Växjö to Athens by train

To travel in Sweden by train, please buy your ticket via one of the following booking links. There you find exact schedules and ticket prices. If you book early in advance, you will get attractive discount prices. Beside the Swedish state railway SJ, several operators are available. It is usually no problem to buy your ticket in one step even using different operators. For long-distance travel, use one of the comfortable night train connections. Often tickets are also available at ticket machines or kiosks.

Deutsche Bahn offers train tickets from selected destinations in Sweden to Germany, called "Sparpreis Europa". The ticket fare starts at 37 EUR.

These train tickets are available from cities such as Gothenburg, Stockholm and Malmö to Germany. They always include transit through Denmark on InterCity, EuroCity and ICE trains. From Sweden to Copenhagen, tickets are only available for travel on SJ high-speed trains (marked "X2000" when booking) or Öresundståg trains.

Travel from Berlin to Budapest by train. Train tickets start from 29 EUR. A comfortable overnight train is available. The journey time by the direct day train is 11 hours.

The night train offers as cheapest category seats from 29 EUR. More comfortable is a berth in compartments for 4 or 6 persons. Or a sleeper compartment which you can book for one to three persons. The departure time in Berlin is 18:40. The arrival time in Budapest Keleti railway station is 08:35.

Train ticket fares for the direct day train start from 46,90 EUR. The departure time in Berlin is 09:15. The arrival time in Budapest is 20:20.

Find the exact train schedules and buy your ticket via the given booking links.

The train connection from Budapest to Belgrade is currently only possible with two changes. The line has been under reconstruction since 2019 and should be fully operational again from 2026. Until now, direct trains took around six hours to cover the 350-kilometre route. In 2026, the journey time should be reduced to 2 hours and 40 minutes, at a possible speed of 200 km/h.

Your train departs from "Budapest Nyugati" station. You have to change trains in Szeged and Subotica. Then you continue via Novi Sad and arrive at "Beograd Centar" station.

You have to buy the following tickets:

#1 From Budapest to Subotica with the Hungarian railway MAV. If you buy one train ticket, it costs 26 EUR. If you buy two train tickets, it is cheaper. First from Budapest to Szeged from 6 EUR. Then from Szeged to Subotica for 5 EUR.

#2. From Subotica to Belgrade, the ticket costs 15 EUR. These can be bought on the Serbian Railways website. At the moment it is only in Serbian, but you can understand it. Otherwise, buy the ticket at the station.

There are currently three train connections per day with departure from Budapest at 05:50h, 11:50h and 14:50h. Arrival in Belgrade is at 12:40h, 18:40h and 21:20h. You can find the exact timetables on the websites of the Hungarian and Serbian railways.

Travel from Belgrade to Thessaloniki by direct overnight train. The journey time is 16 hours.

Important note: this direct overnight train only runs in the summer months June to September. If the this train is not available you have to travel from Belgrade to Sofia. And from Sofia to Thessaloniki. Please search for these train connections to find details.

The departure time in Belgrade (Topcider) is 18:30. The arrival time in Thessaloniki is 10:30.

The overnight train offers one wagon with seats and one couchette-car with 6 beds per compartment. The couchette-car is recommended. Buy train tickets for 35 EUR. The supplement for the couchette-car is 8 EUR per person. Usually there is enough free seats and berths available even on the day of departure. Ask the train conductor to optimize the occupancy of the couchette compartments if you want to have more space. Just be friendly.

To travel by train from Thessaloniki to Athens, use one of the direct IC connections for day travel. There are usually five connections per day with a journey time of four hours.
The ticket price for a one-way journey starts from EUR 35 in second class.

There is one overnight train available with a journey time of about seven hours. Ticket prices start from EUR 20.

Find the train-schedules and ticket fares via our booking links.

Deutsche Bahn offers train tickets from selected destinations in Sweden to Germany, called "Sparpreis Europa". The ticket fare starts at 37 EUR.

These train tickets are available from cities such as Gothenburg, Stockholm and Malmö to Germany. They always include transit through Denmark on InterCity, EuroCity and ICE trains. From Sweden to Copenhagen, tickets are only available for travel on SJ high-speed trains (marked "X2000" when booking) or Öresundståg trains.

Travel from Berlin to Budapest by train. Train tickets start from 29 EUR. A comfortable overnight train is available. The journey time by the direct day train is 11 hours.

The night train offers as cheapest category seats from 29 EUR. More comfortable is a berth in compartments for 4 or 6 persons. Or a sleeper compartment which you can book for one to three persons. The departure time in Berlin is 18:40. The arrival time in Budapest Keleti railway station is 08:35.

Train ticket fares for the direct day train start from 46,90 EUR. The departure time in Berlin is 09:15. The arrival time in Budapest is 20:20.

Find the exact train schedules and buy your ticket via the given booking links.

Travel from Budapest to Bucharest by overnight train or by day train. The journey time is 15 hours. Train tickets start from 29 EUR.

The overnight train is comfortable and the recommended way of travel. It offers couchettes for 4 or 6 persons per compartment with ticket fares from 39 EUR. And sleeper compartments for one to three travellers with ticket fares from 55 EUR. The departure time in Budapest is 19:10 and the arrival time in Bucharest is 12:30.

Beside the overnight train there is a comfortable air-conditioned Intercity train which run at daytime. Ticket fares start from 29 EUR. The departure time in Budapest is at 07:10 and the arrival time in Bucharest is 23:59.

As third option there is the overnight train "Dacia Express". It offers sleeper compartments as well with shower and toilet. The departure station of the train is Vienna (Austria), therefore the arrival time in Bucharest is very late the next day at 16:00. The departure time in Budapest is 23:10. You can board the train already one hour earlier. The ticket fares are the same like mentioned above.

All in all it is a recommended rail trip trough the beautiful scenery trough Transylvania and of the Carpathian mountains.

Find the exact train schedules and buy your ticket via the given booking links.

Travel from Bucharest to Sofia by direct train. The journey time is 9:10 hours. The ticket fare is 161 RON (33 EUR).

The departure time in Bucharest is 11:00. And the arrival time in Sofia 20:10. In off-season (October to May) you have to change trains in Ruse (Bulgaria). Arrival time in Ruse is 13:45. Departure time in Ruse is 14:15. You can save money if you split your ticket booking: buy one ticket for Bucharest to Ruse and a second ticket for Ruse to Sofia.

Find the exact train schedules and buy your tickets via the given booking links.

Travel from Sofia to Thessaloniki by direct day train. The journey time is 8:30 hours. Buy your train ticket for 35 BGN (18 EUR) at the train station in Sofia.

The departure time in Sofia is 15:00. The arrival time in Thessaloniki is 23:30. There are always seats available therefore it is no problem to buy the ticket at the day of departure.

Note (2022/2023): currently the train traffic is interrupted and you have to travel by bus. The bus ticket price is 15-20 EUR. Buy it via the given links or on union-ivkoni.com
No discount with Interrail/Eurail.

To travel by train from Thessaloniki to Athens, use one of the direct IC connections for day travel. There are usually five connections per day with a journey time of four hours.
The ticket price for a one-way journey starts from EUR 35 in second class.

There is one overnight train available with a journey time of about seven hours. Ticket prices start from EUR 20.

Find the train-schedules and ticket fares via our booking links.