Vienna to Bucharest train
Trains from Vienna to Bucharest start at €107.59 and take 6h 32m at their fastest.
The Trains from Vienna to Bucharest starts at €107.59 and takes 6h 32m door to door, run by 1 operator over 856 km, with around 10 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 60 days before departure.
- 6h 32mDoor to door
- 5h 48mMoving
- €107.59From
- 28.2 kgCO2
The cheapest and the fastest on September 28, 2026
Two journeys we can sell today, with the service number each operator files them under.
No bookable itinerary on the day this page prices, so none is shown.
Rail operators
Speed, flexibility and what is on board. Nothing here is a rating, because we have not earned one.
| Operator | From | Fastest | Typical speed | Flexibility | On board |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 cfr | €89.99 | 6h 30m | 140 km/h | Refundable | Power outlets, Wi-Fi |
The train gets you into Bucharest. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
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When to book Vienna to Bucharest
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €35.9390 days
- €33.1860 days
- €38.6845 days
- €37.5830 days
- €44.7321 days
- €49.1314 days
- €59.037 days
- €83.233 days
- €101.381 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €33.18.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 206 percent. The most expensive point is €101.38, 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.
Which departure day costs least
Median cheapest fare for each weekday, taken across the next three weeks of real prices.
- €58.48Sun
- €45.28Mon
- €45.83Tue
- €49.13Wed
- €61.78Thu
- €55.73Fri
- €57.38Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
The stations, airports and ports each mode on this corridor actually uses.
Vienna
- Wien Hauptbahnhof
- Wien Hbf
- Nordbahnhof, Vienna
Bucharest
- Bucuresti Nord
- Bucharest Obor
- Bucharest Băneasa
What the journey actually looks like
Direct or connecting, how far the route really runs, and what happens when a connection is missed.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 856 km against 856 km in a straight line, a detour of 2 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
- First and last departure
- The first service of the day leaves Vienna at 06:31 and the last at 21:13, across 10 departures. The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.
Trains against the other ways to make this journey
The same corridor, door to door, with every mode that runs it.
| Mode | Door to door | Moving | At the ends | From | CO2 | Per day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flight | 4h 42m | 1h 32m | 3h 10m | €88.64 | 217.0 kg | 28 |
| Train | 6h 32m | 5h 48m | 44m | €107.59 | 28.2 kg | 10 |
| Coach | 12h 1m | 11h 17m | 44m | €45.28 | 23.1 kg | 10 |
Questions about Vienna to Bucharest
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 Vienna to Bucharest take?
The Train from Vienna to Bucharest takes 6h 32m door to door, of which 5h 48m is spent moving. The route runs 856 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 Vienna to Bucharest cost?
The Train from Vienna to Bucharest starts at €107.59 for one passenger, checked on September 28, 2026. A typical fare is €108.14. 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 Vienna to Bucharest?
1 operators run the Train from Vienna to Bucharest: cfr. Between them they file around 10 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 Vienna to Bucharest use?
The Train from Vienna to Bucharest leaves from Wien Hauptbahnhof and arrives at Bucuresti Nord. Allow about 44m for reaching the departure terminal and leaving the arrival one. That time is already inside every door to door figure quoted on this page.
Is the Train the best way from Vienna to Bucharest?
Traveling from Vienna to Bucharest by Flight costs €88.64 and takes 4h 42m door to door, against 6h 32m by Train. Which is better depends on whether the money or the hours matter more on this trip. The comparison table on this page shows every mode side by side.
When should I book the Train from Vienna to Bucharest?
Fares for the Train from Vienna to Bucharest bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €33.18. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 206 percent, measured on September 28, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Train from Vienna to Bucharest produce?
The Train from Vienna to Bucharest produces about 28.2 kg of CO2 per passenger over 856 km, which works out at roughly 33 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 Vienna to Bucharest?
Operators on the Train from Vienna to Bucharest publish Power outlets, Wi-Fi. That is what 1 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 6h 32m door to door. Where a carrier publishes nothing, this page lists nothing for it.
Where these numbers come from
Observed service A carrier record shows this named operator serving this named pair, and we carry that through unchanged.
Schedules, seat counts and fares are generated by our own model until the supplier contracts are signed. Places, coordinates, operators, which operator serves which pair, and every distance are real. We would rather say that on every page than let a modeled number pass for a filed one.
Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon
- On this page
- Every figure above was computed for Vienna to Bucharest on September 9, 2026: 856 km of route against 856 km in a straight line, 10 services a day, 1 operators, a cheapest fare of €107.59, and 6h 32m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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