Baia Mare to Budapest train

Trains from Baia Mare to Budapest start at €29.49 and take 5h 45m at their fastest.

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Budapest at Night from the Hotel Papillon

The Trains from Baia Mare to Budapest starts at €29.49 and takes 5h 45m door to door, run by 3 operators over 611 km, with around 2 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 60 days before departure.

Checked September 23, 2026Priced for October 13, 2026One passenger, all fees included

  • 5h 45mDoor to door
  • 2h 17mMoving
  • €35.54 to €90.54From
  • 07:30 to 07:30First and last departure
  • 2Per day
  • 57.1 kgCO2

First and last are taken from the services we sell on October 13, 2026. The return direction keeps its own timetable and is not these times reversed.

€35.54 to €90.54 for one passenger across the 14 departure dates priced here. The low end is one day, not every day. Typical for this corridor. The operator sets the price on the day.

Departure times on this route

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Fares by date

What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.

Typical fares

  1. about €90.54Thu24
  2. about €75.69Fri25
  3. about €76.79Sat26
  4. about €62.49Sun27
  5. about €47.64Mon28
  6. about €51.49Tue29
  7. about €60.84Wed30
  8. about €51.49Thu1
  9. about €46.54Fri2
  10. about €41.04Sat3
  11. about €38.84Sun4
  12. about €38.29Mon5
  13. about €35.54Tue6
  14. about €39.94Wed7

Based on what this route has cost recently. The live fare is confirmed when you book.

Real services

The cheapest and the fastest on October 13, 2026

Cheapest€29.49
  1. CFR Călători CF382307:3057m08:27Baia Mare railway stationCluj Napoca
  2. FlixBus FB962209:414h 40m13:21Cluj Napoca Autogara BetaBudapest Nepliget

Changes at Cluj-Napoca, with 74 minutes between services and a walk of about 14 minutes.

Door to door 7h 35mCO2 15.8 kgChanges 1Changeable for a fee

Fastest€52.59
  1. CFR Călători CF887407:301h 17m08:47Baia Mare railway stationTârgu Mureș Railway Station
  2. Wizz Air WA190110:181h10:18Târgu Mureş Transilvania International Airport TGMBudapest Liszt Ferenc International Airport BUD

Changes at Târgu Mureş, with 91 minutes between services and a walk of about 14 minutes.

Door to door 5h 45mCO2 98.3 kgChanges 1Fixed, no changes

Carriers

Rail operators

Every operator we sell on this corridor. Speed is the carrier's own typical cruising speed, not the average over this route.
OperatorTypical speedFlexibilityOn board
CFR Călători140 km/hRefundablePower outlets, Wi-Fi
FlixBus72 km/hChangeablePower outlets, Restrooms, Wi-Fi
Wizz Air740 km/hFixed fareNot published

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A hotel room

A room in Budapest for the night the train gets in

Sort by distance from Budapest Keleti and you can see which places are ten minutes on foot and which are not.

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Booking window

When to book Baia Mare to Budapest

The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.

  1. €32.2490 days
  2. €27.2960 days
  3. €30.0445 days
  4. €34.9930 days
  5. €34.4421 days
  6. €39.9414 days
  7. €60.847 days
  8. €76.793 days
  9. €90.541 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €27.29.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 232 percent. The most expensive point is €90.54, 1 days out.
What that means
Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 60 days before departure. Waiting from here has usually cost money on this corridor rather than saved it.
Day of the week

Which departure day costs least

Median cheapest fare for each weekday, taken across the next three weeks of real prices.

  1. €38.84Sun
  2. €38.29Mon
  3. €35.54Tue
  4. €39.94Wed
  5. €51.49Thu
  6. €46.54Fri
  7. €45.44Sat
Terminals

Where you leave from and where you arrive

Baia Mare

Rail
  • Baia Mare railway station
  • Ilba railway station
  • Bușag railway station

Budapest

Rail
  • Budapest Keleti
  • Budapest-Kelenföld
  • Budapest-Déli
The journey

What the journey looks like

Direct or connecting
0% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 100% involve one connection.
How far it really runs
The route covers 611 km against 340 km in a straight line, a detour of 59 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
Where the change is
Connections are made at Cluj-Napoca, Târgu Mureş. The gap between arriving and leaving is 74 minutes, of which about 14 is walking.
If the connection is missed
The tightest connection we sell here has a 13 percent chance of not being made on the timetable alone. Part of this journey is a self transfer between separate tickets, so leave more time than the minimum and expect to check in again.
First and last departure
The first service of the day leaves Baia Mare at 07:30 and the last at 07:30, across 2 departures The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.

Questions about Baia Mare to Budapest

The questions people actually ask about this trip, answered from the same prices and times the page above is built on rather than written once and left to go stale.

How long does the Train from Baia Mare to Budapest take?

The Train from Baia Mare to Budapest takes 5h 45m door to door, of which 2h 17m is spent moving. The route runs 611 km. The difference between the two times is reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end, which every time on this page includes.

How much does the Train from Baia Mare to Budapest cost?

The Train from Baia Mare to Budapest starts at €29.49 for one passenger, as of September 23, 2026. A typical fare is €41.04. Both are the total including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so the price here is the price at checkout.

Who runs the Train from Baia Mare to Budapest?

3 operators run the Train from Baia Mare to Budapest: CFR Călători, FlixBus, Wizz Air. Between them they file around 2 departures a day. The operator table on this page compares them on fare, journey time, cruising speed, fare conditions and what is provided on board.

Which terminal does the Train from Baia Mare to Budapest use?

The Train from Baia Mare to Budapest leaves from Baia Mare railway station and arrives at Budapest Liszt Ferenc International Airport BUD. Allow about 1h 57m for reaching the departure terminal and leaving the arrival one. That time is already inside every door to door figure quoted on this page.

When should I book the Train from Baia Mare to Budapest?

Fares for the Train from Baia Mare to Budapest bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €27.29. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 232 percent, measured on September 23, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.

How much CO2 does the Train from Baia Mare to Budapest produce?

The Train from Baia Mare to Budapest produces about 57.1 kg of CO2 per passenger over 611 km, which works out at roughly 93 grams per passenger kilometer. That figure is for the whole journey and for one traveler, not for the vehicle.

What is provided on board the Train from Baia Mare to Budapest?

Operators on the Train from Baia Mare to Budapest publish Power outlets, Restrooms, Wi-Fi. That is what 3 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 5h 45m door to door. Where a carrier publishes nothing, this page lists nothing for it.

Where these numbers come from

Places, coordinates, operators, which operator serves which pair, and every distance on this page are real and come from open data. Where a corridor has a filed timetable the departure times are real too, and ferry fares are the prices the operators publish themselves.

Observed service A carrier record names this operator on this pair, carried through unchanged.

Prices come from the supplier wherever we hold a live quote. Elsewhere we show an indicative price built from the real distance, the real operator and a fare curve over lead time, day of the week and season. Those are labeled Estimated fare and cannot be booked.

Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon

On this page
Every figure above was computed for Baia Mare to Budapest on September 23, 2026: 611 km of route against 340 km in a straight line, 2 services a day, 3 operators a cheapest fare of €29.49, and 5h 45m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

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