Bucharest to Graz by train
Travel from Bucharest (Romania) to Graz (Austria) by train (879km): schedule and information to the train connection. Compare fares and buy your ticket.
To travel from Bucharest to Graz by train, read the following information. You find timetables and ticket prices online via our booking links.
There are two main routes. Compare them and decide which one feeds your needs best.
- 1Bucharest (Romania) - Vienna (Austria) - Graz (Austria)
- 2Bucharest (Romania) - Budapest (Hungary) - Graz (Austria)
879 km
How to use the following information: we show you the best routes and where to buy tickets. On longer routes you may need more than one ticket. Book your tickets step by step as explained. If you have questions about the route from Bucharest to Graz, please ask in our forum. Of course, sometimes there are as well other travel routes possible.
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train connections : popular connections travelled by other users
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The route consist of more than one step. You have to buy several train tickets.
1a Travelling from Bucharest (Romania) to Vienna (Austria)
Travel from Bucharest to Vienna by overnight train. The journey time is 18:20 hours. Train ticket fares start from 49 EUR.
The overnight train "Dacia" (EN346) 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 Bucharest is 14:00 and the arrival time in Vienna is 08:20.
Beside this direct overnight train you can travel first by overnight train from Bucharest to Budapest. In Budapest you change trains to Railjet day train to Vienna.
All in all it is a recommended rail trip trough the beautiful scenery trough the Carpathian mountains and Transylvania.
Find the exact train schedules and buy your ticket via the given booking links.
Where to buy a ticket from Bucharest to Vienna?
Check times&prices 
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train types: Train types you are likely to travel with.
Railjet (RJ)
night train: Night trains that might be suitable for this trip.
EN 346 Bucharest - Vienna / EN 347 Vienna - Bucharest / EN 473 Budapest - Bucharest / EN 472 Bucharest - Budapest
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Vienna - Bucharest
1b Travelling from Vienna (Austria) to Graz (Austria)
Travel from Vienna to Graz by direct Railjet train. The journey time is 2:30 hours. The train ticket price starts at 9,90 EUR in 2nd class and at 19 EUR in 1st class. This special ticket offer is called "ÖBB Sparschiene".
There are train connections every hour. The first departure at morning in Vienna is at 06:00. The last departure in the evening in Vienna is at 23:00.
The ÖBB Railjet trains offer comfortable travel with free Internet access.
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train types: Train types you are likely to travel with.
Railjet (RJ) / InterCity (IC) / Regionalzug (R) / Regionalexpress (REX)
train connections: popular connections travelled by other users
Graz - Vienna
2 Bucharest (Romania) - Budapest (Hungary) - Graz (Austria)
The route consist of more than one step. You have to buy several train tickets.
2a Travelling from Bucharest (Romania) to Budapest (Hungary)
Travel from Bucharest to Budapest 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 Bucharest is 17:45 and the arrival time in Budapest is 08:50.
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 Bucharest is at 05:45 and the arrival time in Budapest is 19:50.
As third option there is the overnight train "Dacia Express". It offers sleeper compartments as well with shower and toilet. Its travel destination is Vienna (Austria), therefore the arrival time in Budapest is very early at 04:50. The departure time in Bucharest is 14:00. The ticket fares are the same like mentioned above.
All in all it is a recommended rail trip trough the beautiful scenery of the Carpathian mountains and into Transylvania.
Find the exact train schedules and buy your ticket via the given booking links.
Where to buy a ticket from Bucharest to Budapest?
Buy the train ticket at a railway station. Note: in some countries you have to pay a service fee at the ticket counter. The ticket can be purchased at a station in the country of departure, also sometimes in other countries.
The following links could be interesting for you.
night train: Night trains that might be suitable for this trip.
EN 346 Bucharest - Vienna / EN 472 Bucharest - Budapest
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Budapest - Bucharest
2b Travelling from Budapest (Hungary) to Graz (Austria)
To travel by train from Hungary to Austria you have the main route from Budapest to Vienna served by frequent Railjet trains. It might be the case that you have to buy a second train ticket from your departure station to Budapest.
Please use the given booking links to find schedules and ticket prices. Buy saver fare tickets are available from 14,90 EUR.
The following links could be interesting for you.
train types: Train types you are likely to travel with.
Railjet (RJ)
night train: Night trains that might be suitable for this trip.
EN 462 Budapest - Munich
train company:
ÖBB Österreichische Bundesbahnen / MÁV Magyar Államvasutak - MÁV START
train connections: popular connections travelled by other users
Graz - Budapest / Budapest - Vienna / Budapest - Salzburg / Budapest - Linz
search for train schedules here: Online timetable information, on which you can find relevant, up-to-date connections.
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Do you have questions about the connection between Bucharest and Graz? Does something not work as it should? Just ask in our forum and get competent answers from our rail travel experts.
Eurail: if you want to travel this route by Eurail instead of train tickets, have a look here for reservation fees and further information.
