There are 8 ways to get from Salzburg Hbf to Budapest by train, bus, night train, car, rideshare, or plane
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Train
best- Take the train from Salzburg Hbf to Wien Hbftrain Rjx / ...
- Take the train from Wien Hbf to Budapest-Kelenfoeldtrain Ec
5h 8mFt 16,485–59,094Night train
cheapest- Take the nighttrain from Salzburg Hbf to Budapest-Keletinighttrain En
5h 29mFt 9,500–12,000Bus
- Take the bus from Salzburg South to Budapest, Népliget Autóbusz-Pályaudvarbus N965 / ...
8h 29mFt 16,989–26,292Drive 535.3 km
- Drive from Salzburg Hbf to Budapestcar 535.3 km
5h 1mFt 32,641–47,147Rideshare
- Take the rideshare from Salzburg to Budapest537.6 km
6h 51mFt 9,654Fly from Salzburg Airport
- Fly from Salzburg Airport (SZG) to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport (BUD)plane SZG - BUD
7h 5mFt 50,333–121,829Train, train to Vienna International Airport, fly
- Take the train from Salzburg Hbf to St.Poelten Hbftrain
- Take the train from St.Poelten Hbf to Flughafen Wientrain
- Fly from Vienna International Airport (VIE) to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport (BUD)plane VIE - BUD
5h 49mFt 36,171–111,671Train to Munich International Airport, fly
- Take the train from Salzburg Hbf to Muenchen Osttrain
- Fly from Munich International Airport (MUC) to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport (BUD)plane MUC - BUD
6h 55mFt 42,635–108,907
Salzburg Hbf to Budapest by train
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Salzburg Hbf to Budapest is to rideshare which costs 9 654 Ft and takes 6h 51m.
The fastest way to get from Salzburg Hbf to Budapest is to drive which takes 5h 1m and costs 32 000 Ft - 48 000 Ft.
No, there is no direct bus from Salzburg Hbf to Budapest. However, there are services departing from Salzburg Hauptbahnhof and arriving at Budapest, Népliget Autóbusz-Pályaudvar via Salzburg South. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 8h 29m.
Yes, there is an overnight train departing from Salzburg Hbf and arriving at Budapest-Keleti. This train operates every day. The journey takes approximately 5h 29m.
The distance between Salzburg Hbf and Budapest is 553 km. The road distance is 535.3 km.
The best way to get from Salzburg Hbf to Budapest without a car is to train which takes 5h 8m and costs 16 000 Ft - 60 000 Ft.
It takes approximately 5h 8m to get from Salzburg Hbf to Budapest, including transfers.
Salzburg Hbf to Budapest bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Salzburg South station.
Salzburg Hbf to Budapest train services, operated by Railjet, depart from Salzburg Hbf station.
The best way to get from Salzburg Hbf to Budapest is to train which takes 5h 8m and costs 16 000 Ft - 60 000 Ft. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs 17 000 Ft - 27 000 Ft and takes 8h 29m, you could also fly, which costs 50 000 Ft - 130 000 Ft and takes 7h 5m.
What companies run services between Salzburg Hbf, Austria and Budapest, Hungary?
You can take a train from Salzburg Hbf to Budapest-Kelenfoeld via Wien Hbf in around 5h 8m. Alternatively, FlixBus operates a bus from Salzburg South to Budapest, Népliget Autóbusz-Pályaudvar once daily. Tickets cost Ft 16,000–25,000 and the journey takes 7h 6m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Salzburg Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Ft 65,000–130,000
Flights from Munich International Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Ft 13,000–90,000
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 45 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Ft 27,000–100,000
Flights from Munich International Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Vienna International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Ft 24,000–95,000
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Salzburg Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Hamburg
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 7m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- Ft 55,000–120,000
- Website
- airserbia.com
Flights from Salzburg Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 35m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- Ft 60,000–80,000
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Salzburg Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Berlin Brandenburg
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- Ft 46,000–110,000
- Website
- airalgerie.dz
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- Ft 5,500–140,000
- Website
- lufthansa-city.com
Flights from Munich International Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- Ft 13,000–90,000
- Phone
- +43 (0)5 1717
- Website
- Railjet
Train from Salzburg Hbf to Wien Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- Ft 16,000–25,000
- Website
- Railjet
- Website
- Railjet
- *
- Ft 16,000–25,000
Train from Wien Hbf to Budapest-Kelenfoeld
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 33m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- Ft 13,000–21,000
- Website
- Railjet
- Website
- Railjet
- *
- Ft 13,000–21,000
Train from Salzburg Hbf to St.Poelten Hbf
- *
- Ft 13,000–21,000
Train from St.Poelten Hbf to Flughafen Wien
- *
- Ft 6,000–9,500
Train from Salzburg Hbf to Muenchen Ost
- *
- Ft 9,000–14,000
- Phone
- +43 (0) 5 1717
- Website
- ÖBB Intercity
Train from Salzburg Hbf to Wien Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 59m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- Ft 12,000–22,000
- Website
- ÖBB Intercity
- Website
- ÖBB Intercity
Train from Salzburg Hbf to St.Poelten Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 24m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- Ft 9,500–18,000
- Website
- ÖBB Intercity
- Website
- ÖBB Intercity
Train from St.Poelten Hbf to Flughafen Wien
- Ave. Duration
- 51 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- Ft 3,100–6,000
- Website
- ÖBB Intercity
- Website
- ÖBB Intercity
- Phone
- +43 (0) 5 1717
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
Train from Salzburg Hbf to Wien Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 42m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- Ft 17,000–28,000
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
Train from Wien Hbf to Budapest-Kelenfoeld
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 22m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- Ft 13,000–22,000
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
Train from Salzburg Hbf to St.Poelten Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 8m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- Ft 14,000–22,000
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
- Phone
- _AUSTRIAN_RAILWAYS_(ÖBB)
- Website
- Austrian Railways
Train from Wien Hbf to Budapest-Kelenfoeld
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- Ft 17,000–32,000
- Website
- Austrian Railways
Train from Salzburg Hbf to St.Poelten Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 14m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- Ft 18,000–32,000
- Website
- Austrian Railways
- Phone
- +420 222 222 221
- info@regiojet.com
- Website
- RegioJet
Train from Wien Hbf to Budapest-Kelenfoeld
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 31m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- Ft 4,400–7,000
- Website
- RegioJet
- Phone
- +36 (1) 3 49 49 49
- informacio@mavcsoport.hu
- Website
- Hungarian Railways (MÁV)
Night train from Salzburg Hbf to Budapest-Keleti
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 29m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- Ft 9,500–12,000
- Website
- Hungarian Railways (MÁV)
- Phone
- +43 1 89900
- service@westbahn.at
- Website
- Westbahn
Train from Salzburg Hbf to St.Poelten Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 2m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- Ft 18,000–29,000
- Website
- Westbahn
Train from Salzburg Hbf to Muenchen Ost
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 32m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- Ft 10,000–17,000
- Website
- Westbahn
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- Österreichische Bundesbahnen
Train from Salzburg Hbf to St.Poelten Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- Ft 19,000–29,000
- Website
- Österreichische Bundesbahnen
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Salzburg Hbf to St.Poelten Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 11m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- Ft 9,500–20,000
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
- Phone
- +49 30 200 73-0
- kommunikation@transdev.de
- Website
- Transdev GmbH
Train from Salzburg Hbf to Muenchen Ost
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- Ft 9,500–14,000
- Schedules at
- Transdev GmbH
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Salzburg Hbf to Muenchen Ost
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 34m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- Ft 9,500–20,000
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
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- Phone
- +32 70 79 79 79
- Website
- Belgian Railways
Train from Salzburg Hbf to Muenchen Ost
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 51m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- Ft 9,000–15,000
- Website
- Belgian Railways
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Salzburg South to Budapest, Népliget Autóbusz-Pályaudvar
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 6m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- Ft 16,000–25,000
- Website
- Flixbus
- Phone
- +3 318 576 2228
- Website
- BlaBlaCar
Rideshare from Salzburg to Budapest
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 31m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- Ft 9,654
- Schedules at
- BlaBlaCar
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Salzburg Hbf to Budapest bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Budapest, Népliget Autóbusz-Pályaudvar station.
Salzburg Hbf to Budapest train services, operated by Railjet, arrive at Wien Hbf station.
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