There are 12 ways to get from Trieste to Budapest by bus, train, car, shuttle, or plane
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Bus via Maribor
best- Take the bus from Trieste Centrale to Maribor, Avtobusna Postajabus
- Take the bus from Maribor bus station to Budapest, Népliget Autóbusz-Pályaudvarbus N403 / ...
7h 42mFt 111,148–181,795Bus, train
cheapest- Take the bus from Trieste to Ljubljana bus stationbus N482 / ...
- Take the train from Ljubljana to Budapest-Delitrain Ic
10h 9mFt 10,258–15,137Train
- Take the train from Trieste Centrale to Wien Hbftrain Rj / ...
- Take the train from Wien Hbf to Budapest-Kelenfoeldtrain Ec
9h 40mFt 35,549–77,630Drive 525.3 km
- Drive from Trieste to Budapestcar 525.3 km
5h 37mFt 30,805–44,495Shuttle to Venice Marco Polo Airport, fly to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport
- Take a shuttle bus from Trieste Centrale to Venezia, Aeroporto Marco Polo di Venezia
- Fly from Venice Marco Polo Airport (VCE) to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport (BUD)plane VCE - BUD
6h 24mFt 89,165–184,741Bus, train via Maribor
- Take the bus from Trieste Centrale to Maribor, Avtobusna Postajabus
- Take the bus from Maribor bus station to Siófokbus
- Take the train from Siofok to Budapest-Delitrain Ic / ...
7h 51mFt 111,429–180,076Bus
- Take the bus from Trieste to Budapest, Népliget Autóbusz-Pályaudvarbus 977 / ...
8h 10mFt 16,000–25,000Shuttle to Klagenfurt Airport, fly to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport
- Take a shuttle bus from Trieste Centrale to Klagenfurt Flughafen
- Fly from Klagenfurt Airport (KLU) to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport (BUD)plane KLU - BUD
10h 1mFt 130,873–292,542Shuttle to Klagenfurt Airport, fly to Vienna International Airport, train
- Take a shuttle bus from Trieste Centrale to Klagenfurt Flughafen
- Fly from Klagenfurt Airport (KLU) to Vienna International Airport (VIE)plane KLU - VIE
- Take the train from Wien Hbf to Budapest-Kelenfoeldtrain
7h 4mFt 119,453–264,292Train to Treviso Airport, fly to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport
- Take the train from Trieste Centrale to Treviso Centraletrain
- Fly from Treviso Airport (TSF) to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport (BUD)plane TSF - BUD
7h 48mFt 29,203–97,622Shuttle, train to Vienna International Airport, fly to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport
- Take a shuttle bus from Trieste Centrale to Klagenfurt - Hauptbahnhof
- Take the train from Klagenfurt Hbf to Wien Hbftrain
- Fly from Vienna International Airport (VIE) to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport (BUD)plane VIE - BUD
9h 2mFt 114,330–242,808Bus, shuttle
- Take the bus from Trieste Centrale to Kranj, Avtobusna Postaja Kranjbus
- Take a shuttle bus from Zgornji Brnik, Letališče Jožeta Pučnika Ljubljana to Budapest-Nyugati
12h 53mFt 121,962–224,935
Trieste to Budapest by train
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Trieste to Budapest is to bus and train which costs 10 000 Ft - 16 000 Ft and takes 10h 9m.
The fastest way to get from Trieste to Budapest is to drive which takes 5h 37m and costs 30 000 Ft - 45 000 Ft.
Yes, there is a direct bus departing from Trieste and arriving at Budapest, Népliget Autóbusz-Pályaudvar. Services depart three times a day, and operate every day. The journey takes approximately 8h 10m.
No, there is no direct train from Trieste to Budapest. However, there are services departing from Trieste Centrale and arriving at Budapest-Kelenfoeld via Wien Hbf. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 9h 40m.
The distance between Trieste and Budapest is 564 km. The road distance is 525.3 km.
The best way to get from Trieste to Budapest without a car is to bus via Maribor which takes 7h 42m and costs 110 000 Ft - 190 000 Ft.
It takes approximately 7h 42m to get from Trieste to Budapest, including transfers.
Trieste to Budapest bus services, operated by GoOpti, depart from Trieste Centrale station.
Trieste to Budapest train services, operated by Railjet, depart from Trieste Centrale station.
The best way to get from Trieste to Budapest is to bus via Maribor which takes 7h 42m and costs 110 000 Ft - 190 000 Ft. Alternatively, you can train, which costs 35 000 Ft - 80 000 Ft and takes 9h 40m.
What companies run services between Trieste, Italy and Budapest, Hungary?
You can take a bus from Trieste Centrale to Budapest, Népliget Autóbusz-Pályaudvar via Maribor, Bus Station and Maribor bus station in around 7h 42m. Alternatively, you can take a train from Trieste Centrale to Budapest-Kelenfoeld via Wien Hbf in around 9h 40m.
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Venice Marco Polo Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Vienna International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 31m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Ft 22,000–85,000
Flights from Klagenfurt Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Vienna International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 56m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Ft 34,000–140,000
Flights from Klagenfurt Airport to Vienna International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 47 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Ft 33,000–95,000
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
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Venice Marco Polo Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- Ft 10,000–50,000
Flights from Klagenfurt Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 55m
- When
- Monday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- Ft 50,000–110,000
Flights from Treviso Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- Ft 23,000–95,000
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Venice Marco Polo Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Ft 26,000–95,000
Flights from Klagenfurt Airport to Vienna International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 47 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Ft 33,000–95,000
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Klagenfurt Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Cologne Bonn
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 50m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- Ft 35,000–140,000
Flights from Klagenfurt Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Hamburg
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- Ft 35,000–140,000
- Website
- flyulendo.com
Flights from Venice Marco Polo Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- Ft 8,500–46,000
- 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
- Phone
- +43 (0)5 1717
- Website
- Railjet
Train from Trieste Centrale to Wien Hbf
- *
- Ft 31,000–46,000
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 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 Klagenfurt Hbf to Wien Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 34m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- Ft 18,000–27,000
- Website
- Railjet
- Website
- Railjet
- *
- Ft 18,000–27,000
- Phone
- +43 (0) 5 1717
- 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 Wien Hbf to Budapest-Kelenfoeld
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 22m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- Ft 13,000–22,000
- 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 Wien Hbf to Budapest-Kelenfoeld
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- Ft 17,000–32,000
- 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
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)
Train from Siofok to Budapest-Deli
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 21m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- Ft 2,000–2,400
- Website
- Hungarian Railways (MÁV)
Train from Ljubljana to Budapest-Deli
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 44m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- Ft 8,500–11,000
- Website
- Hungarian Railways (MÁV)
- Phone
- +385 60 333 444
- informacije@hzpp.hr
- Website
- HŽ Putnički prijevoz (HŽPP)
Train from Siofok to Budapest-Deli
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 21m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- Ft 3,281
- Website
- HŽ Putnički prijevoz (HŽPP)
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- Trenitalia
Train from Trieste Centrale to Treviso Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 57m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- Ft 8,000–12,000
- Website
- Trenitalia
- Phone
- +43 1 89900
- service@westbahn.at
- Website
- Westbahn
Train from Klagenfurt Hbf to Wien Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 13m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- Ft 25,000–40,000
- Website
- Westbahn
- Phone
- +43 (0) 5 1717
- Website
- ÖBB Intercity
Train from Klagenfurt Hbf to Wien Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 34m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- Ft 13,000–25,000
- Website
- ÖBB Intercity
- Website
- ÖBB Intercity
- Phone
- +386 1 320 4530
- info@goopti.com
- Website
- GoOpti
Bus from Trieste Centrale to Maribor, Avtobusna Postaja
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 22m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- Ft 100,000–170,000
- Website
- GoOpti
Shuttle from Trieste Centrale to Venezia, Aeroporto Marco Polo di Venezia
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- Ft 75,000–130,000
- Website
- GoOpti
Bus from Trieste Centrale to Maribor, Avtobusna Postaja
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 22m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- Ft 100,000–170,000
- Website
- GoOpti
Shuttle from Trieste Centrale to Klagenfurt Flughafen
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 12m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- Ft 80,000–140,000
- Website
- GoOpti
Shuttle from Trieste Centrale to Klagenfurt Flughafen
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 12m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- Ft 80,000–140,000
- Website
- GoOpti
Shuttle from Trieste Centrale to Klagenfurt - Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 7m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- Ft 75,000–130,000
- Website
- GoOpti
Bus from Trieste Centrale to Kranj, Avtobusna Postaja Kranj
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 28m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- Ft 10,913–85,000
- Website
- GoOpti
- Shared
- Ft 10,913
- Private
- Ft 45,469
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Maribor bus station to Budapest, Népliget Autóbusz-Pályaudvar
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- Ft 10,000–16,000
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Maribor bus station to Siófok
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- Ft 7,000–11,000
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Trieste to Budapest, Népliget Autóbusz-Pályaudvar
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 10m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- Ft 16,000–25,000
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Trieste to Ljubljana bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- Ft 2,700–4,200
- Website
- Flixbus
- Phone
- +39 06 88 93 82 32
- Website
- Itabus S.p.A.
Bus from Trieste to Ljubljana bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- Ft 1,700–3,100
- Website
- Itabus S.p.A.
- Phone
- +3 318 576 2228
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
Bus from Trieste to Ljubljana bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- Ft 2,200–3,700
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
- Phone
- +386 (0) 31 30 41 41
- info@zup-prevozi.eu
- Website
- zup-prevozi.eu
Shuttle from Zgornji Brnik, Letališče Jožeta Pučnika Ljubljana to Budapest-Nyugati
- Ave. Duration
- 10h
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- Ft 110,000–140,000
- Schedules at
- zup-prevozi.eu
- Economy class
- Ft 110,000–140,000
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Trieste to Budapest bus services, operated by GoOpti, arrive at Maribor, Avtobusna Postaja station.
Trieste to Budapest train services, operated by Railjet, arrive at Wien Hbf station.
Yes, the driving distance between Trieste to Budapest is 525 km. It takes approximately 5h 37m to drive from Trieste to Budapest.
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