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Budapest → Warsaw

Warsaw → Budapest ⇄
1.8 a dayfastest 11h00PKP Intercity, ZSSKIntercity

Direct trains · no change

  • 08:12 → 19:40
    IC 130 Intercity
    Budapest-Nyugati → Warszawa Centralna · via Bratislava, Břeclav, Ostrava, Katowice
    11h2826 stops
    Runs: Most daysPKP Intercity ↗
  • 08:12 → 19:12
    EC 130 Intercity
    Budapest-Nyugati → Lublin Główny · via Bratislava, Břeclav, Ostrava, Katowice
    11h0026 stops
    Runs: DailyZSSK ↗

Local times at each station. From official open timetable data (pl, sk) for 28 Sep – 25 Oct 2026; timetables change, so check with the operator before you travel. How we build this.

Door to door vs flying

The plane is faster by 7h06
Train · fastest direct11h26
  • To Budapest-Nyugati15 min
  • Before departure10 min
  • EC 13011h00
  • From Lublin Główny1 min
Plane · nonstop BUD–WAW4h20
  • To Budapest Ferenc Liszt (BUD)40 min
  • Check-in & security1h30
  • Flight BUD–WAW1h25
  • Landing to exit20 min
  • From WAW25 min

From city centre to city centre unless you pick otherwise. Getting to stations and airports: typical public-transport times (estimates). Airport: check-in & security 1h30 before, 20 min to get out after landing. Flight time is typical for the distance. Nonstop airlines: LOT Polish Airlines, Wizz Air.