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Ellie Eastwood

Hello

Wanting to book a Eurrail pass but not sure whether the trains go from Athens to Budapest. It looks as if they do on the map, can anyone confirm this though?

Best answer by Hektor

There are no trains from Greece to any other country right now.

You'd need to go by bus at least partially.

On the most direct route via Belgrade, you'd better go by bus completely. Unfortunately, here are no trains from Greece to North Macedonia, no trains from North Macedonia to Serbia and no trains from Serbia to Hungary. 

It's possible to go by train from Bulgaria to Romania and from there to Budapest. Long journey and there's still a bus needed to go to Sofia.

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Hektor
Keeps calm and carries on
  • April 2, 2023

There are no trains from Greece to any other country right now.

You'd need to go by bus at least partially.

On the most direct route via Belgrade, you'd better go by bus completely. Unfortunately, here are no trains from Greece to North Macedonia, no trains from North Macedonia to Serbia and no trains from Serbia to Hungary. 

It's possible to go by train from Bulgaria to Romania and from there to Budapest. Long journey and there's still a bus needed to go to Sofia.


Thetis Autumn

I don't understand then why the interail site allows us to make an itnerary including Greece to Budapest. Later it says invalid but it says invalid to every train trip I included in my designed itinerary (although I know there are operating trains, eg Prague to Vienna). Are there any specific tricks to design an itinerary that is doable? 


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  • Railmaster
  • September 16, 2023

You might take a bus from Saloniki to Sofia and from there go by train (via Romania). The bus is not included in interrail but shouldn’t be too expensive (around 20-25€ if prices didn’t increase in the last years)


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  • Railly clever
  • September 16, 2023
Thetis Autumn wrote:

I don't understand then why the interail site allows us to make an itnerary including Greece to Budapest. Later it says invalid but it says invalid to every train trip I included in my designed itinerary (although I know there are operating trains, eg Prague to Vienna). Are there any specific tricks to design an itinerary that is doable? 

@Hugo V You might want to take a look at this. 


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