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Vienna to Bucharest by train

To travel from Vienna to Bucharest by train, read the following information. You find timetables and ticket prices online via our booking links.

Information may be outdated. Please check current schedules and prices directly with the train operator before booking.
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Vienna → Bucharest

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Vienna to Bucharest

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Travel from Vienna to Bucharest by overnight train. The journey time is 20:20 hours. Train ticket fares start from 49 EUR.

The overnight train "Dacia" (EN347) is comfortable and the recommended way of travel. There are the following service classes available:
- standard seats. Ticket fares from 49 EUR.
- couchettes: compartments with berths for 4 or 6 passengers. Ticket fares from 59 EUR.
- sleeper-wagon: private compartments with beds for 1 to 3 passengers and washbasin. Optional you can book these compartments with private shower and toilet. Ticket fares from 79 EUR for a bed in a 3-persons-compartment. And from 159 EUR for a private sleeper-compartment only for yourself.

The departure time in Vienna is 19:40 and the arrival time in Bucharest is 16:00.

Beside this direct overnight train you can travel first by Railjet day train from Vienna to Budapest. And change in Budapest to a night train to Bucharest.

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.

Tickets and booking

ÖBB

Online shop for train tickets of the Austrian Federal Railways ÖBB.