Essen to Budapest bus: 1 a day, fastest 19h50

1 a dayfastest 19h50☾ 1 overnight busFlixBus🇩🇪 Germany → 🇭🇺 Hungary

Direct buses · no change

EssenDuisburgDüsseldorfLeverkusenCologneMontabaurBudapest· 973 km as the crow flies

13:15 → 09:05⁺¹
FlixBus N161 ☾ Overnight
Essen central train station (Freiheit) → Budapest Déli train station · via Duisburg, Düsseldorf, Leverkusen, Cologne…
19h5017 stops
Runs: DailyThe night the clocks change (Sat 24 Oct: 13:15 → 08:05+1)Book on FlixBus ↗

Local times at each stop. Times from official open data: FlixBus (file of 11 Oct 2026). Checked Sun 18 Oct 2026; they cover 18 Oct to 14 Nov 2026. Timetables change, so check with the operator before you travel. Contains FlixBus timetable data (FlixMobility, transport.data.gouv.fr), ODbL 1.0. How we build this.

Bus, train or plane

☾ Overnight: leave 13:15, arrive 09:05

The plane is 14h47 quicker door to door, but the night bus spends your night on the road instead of a day.

Bus · fastest direct20h27

To Essen central train station (Freiheit)9 min
At the stop before departure15 min
FlixBus N16119h50
From Budapest Déli train station13 min

Plane · nonstop DTM to BUD5h40

To Dortmund (DTM)55 min
Check-in & security1h30
Flight DTM to BUD2h05
Landing to exit20 min
From BUD50 min

City centre to city centre. Getting to stops, stations and airports: typical public-transport times (estimates). Bus: be at the stop 15 min before. Plane: check-in and security 1h30 before, then getting out after landing; flight time typical for the distance.

Train instead?

No direct train from Essen to Budapest in pickthetrain's timetables: the bus is the no-change way.

Where Essen goes by direct train ↗

Flying instead?

2 airlines fly Essen to Budapest nonstop. Book on the airline's own site:

EurowingsDUS→BUDBook direct ↗
Wizz AirDTM→BUDBook direct ↗

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Quick answers

Is there a direct bus from Essen to Budapest?

Yes. 1 a day on average, with FlixBus, no change of bus (18 Oct to 14 Nov 2026).

How long is the bus from Essen to Budapest?

The fastest takes 19h50; the slowest 19h50, for 973 km as the crow flies.

Is there a night bus from Essen to Budapest?

Yes: 1 overnight departure in the timetable, for example 13:15 arriving 09:05 the next morning.

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