Zagreb to Budapest by train
Zagreb Glavni kolodvor → Budapest-Keleti
Trains link Zagreb (Zagreb Glavni kolodvor) and Budapest (Budapest-Keleti) in about 10h 23m 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
- ≈ 10h 23m
- Typical
- ≈ 12h 19m
- Direct trains
- No
- Fewest changes
- 1
- Operators
- ÖBB
How long does the train from Zagreb to Budapest take?
The fastest trains cover Zagreb to Budapest in about 10h 23m; a typical journey takes around 12h 19m.
Is there a direct train from Zagreb to Budapest?
Usually not; expect at least 1 change on this journey.
Is the train or a flight faster from Zagreb to Budapest?
A typical flight works out roughly 8h 45m quicker door to door (about 3h 55m against 12h 40m 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 40m
- 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 Zagreb or Budapest
- Railjet Vienna → Budapest
- EN Ister Budapest → Bucharest
- ICN Zagreb–Split Zagreb → Split
- Balaton InterCity Budapest → Siófok
More trains from Zagreb
- Zagreb → Ljubljana ≈ 2h 22m · direct
- Zagreb → Rijeka ≈ 4h 17m · direct
- Zagreb → Split ≈ 7h 01m · direct
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.