Budapest to Zagreb by train
Budapest-Keleti → Zagreb Glavni kolodvor
Trains link Budapest (Budapest-Keleti) and Zagreb (Zagreb Glavni kolodvor) in about 9h 50m at best, with at least 1 change along the way. The corridor is part of the EuroCity Budapest–Zagreb (340 km, typically ≈ 6 h), one of 1562 routes plotted in the World Train Map atlas.
- Fastest
- ≈ 9h 50m
- Typical
- ≈ 11h 50m
- Direct trains
- No
- Fewest changes
- 1
- Operators
- MÁV, ÖBB, Slovenske železnice
How long does the train from Budapest to Zagreb take?
The fastest trains cover Budapest to Zagreb in about 9h 50m; a typical journey takes around 11h 50m.
Is there a direct train from Budapest to Zagreb?
Usually not; expect at least 1 change on this journey.
Is the train or a flight faster from Budapest to Zagreb?
A typical flight works out roughly 8h 15m quicker door to door (about 3h 55m against 12h 10m by train, once airport time is counted), but the train emits about 3× less CO₂e, even on conservative official emission factors.
- Train, door to door
- ≈ 12h 10m
- Flight, door to door
- ≈ 3h 55m (est.)
- CO₂e per passenger
- ~13 kg train · ~41 kg plane
Flight time and emissions are transparent estimates, not airline schedules: method, factors and all 109 compared pairs on Train vs plane in Europe.
This corridor in the atlas
- EuroCity Budapest–Zagreb The only Hungary–Croatia day train: along Balaton’s southern shore, over the Drava at Gyékényes and down through Zagorje to Zagreb.
Legendary routes through Budapest or Zagreb
- Railjet Vienna → Budapest
- EN Ister Budapest → Bucharest
- ICN Zagreb–Split Zagreb → Split
- Balaton InterCity Budapest → Siófok
More trains from Budapest
- Budapest → Vienna ≈ 2h 50m · direct
- Budapest → Bratislava ≈ 3h 45m
- Budapest → Prague ≈ 7h 53m
- Budapest → Belgrade ≈ 8h 09m
- Budapest → Kraków ≈ 9h 24m
- Budapest → Bucharest ≈ 14h 27m
More train routes in Hungary · Croatia · Austria.
Journey figures are typical values sampled from public European schedule data; exact times vary by day. Always check the operator when booking.