There are 11 ways to get from Aachen to Belfast by train, plane, car ferry, busferry, or bus
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Train to Düsseldorf International Airport, fly to George Best Belfast City Airport
best- Take the train from Aachen West to Duesseldorf Hbftrain
- Fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to George Best Belfast City Airport (BHD)plane DUS - BHD
7h 54m£130–231Train to Brussels Airport, fly to Dublin Airport, bus
cheapest- Take the train from Aachen, Hbf to Brussels-Nordtrain
- Fly from Brussels Airport (BRU) to Dublin Airport (DUB)plane BRU - DUB
- Take the bus from Dublin Airport Terminal 1 Zone 2 to Europa Bus Centrebus
7h 46m£69–216Train, car ferry
- Take the train from Aachen, Hbf to Bruxelles Miditrain 79
- Take the train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to London St Pancras Intltrain Eil
- Take the train from London Euston to Liverpool Lime Streettrain
- Take the car ferry from Liverpool to Belfastcarferry
17h 33m£160–570Train, bus and ferry
- Take the train from Aachen Hbf to Liege-Guilleminstrain Tha
- Take the train from Liège-Guillemins to Bruxelles-Miditrain Ic / ...
- Take the train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to London St Pancras Intltrain Eil
- Take the train from King's Cross to Glasgow Queen Streettrain
- Take the busferry from Glasgow Buchanan to Belfast, Europa Buscentrebusferry 923
18h 9mBus, bus and ferry via Birmingham
- Take the bus from Aachen station west to Brussels-North train stationbus 328
- Take the bus from Brussel Eurolines Busstation to Birminghambus
- Take the bus from Newhall St to Buchanan Bus Stationbus
- Take the busferry from Glasgow Buchanan to Belfast, Europa Buscentrebusferry 923
26h 9mTrain to Cologne Bonn Airport, fly to George Best Belfast City Airport
- Take the train from Aachen, Hbf to Köln Hbftrain
- Fly from Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN) to George Best Belfast City Airport (BHD)plane CGN - BHD
7h 30m£98–287Train to Eindhoven Airport, fly to Belfast International Airport
- Take the train from Heerlen to Eindhoventrain
- Fly from Eindhoven Airport (EIN) to Belfast International Airport (BFS)plane EIN - BFS
8h 35m£82–275Train, train to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, fly to George Best Belfast City Airport
- Take the train from Heerlen to Eindhoventrain
- Take the train from Eindhoven to Schiphol Airporttrain
- Fly from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS) to George Best Belfast City Airport (BHD)plane AMS - BHD
7h 44m£116–302Train to Düsseldorf International Airport, fly to Dublin Airport, bus
- Take the train from Aachen West to Duesseldorf Hbftrain
- Fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Dublin Airport (DUB)plane DUS - DUB
- Take the bus from Dublin Airport Terminal 1 Zone 2 to Europa Bus Centrebus
8h 6m£70–216Train to Eindhoven Airport, fly to Dublin Airport, bus
- Take the train from Heerlen to Eindhoventrain
- Fly from Eindhoven Airport (EIN) to Dublin Airport (DUB)plane EIN - DUB
- Take the bus from Dublin Airport Terminal 1 Zone 2 to Europa Bus Centrebus
8h 37m£86–241Bus, bus and ferry
- Take the bus from Maastricht to London Victoriabus
- Take the bus from London Victoria Coach Station to Glasgow Buchanan Bus Station Stance 56bus
- Take the busferry from Glasgow Buchanan to Belfast, Europa Buscentrebusferry 923
32h 16m
Aachen to Belfast by train, foot, taxi, car ferry, and bus
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Aachen to Belfast is to train and fly and bus which costs £65 - £220 and takes 7h 46m.
The fastest way to get from Aachen to Belfast is to train and fly which takes 7h 30m and costs £95 - £290.
No, there is no direct bus from Aachen station to Belfast. However, there are services departing from Aachen station west and arriving at Belfast, Europa Buscentre via Brussel Eurolines Busstation, Newhall St and Glasgow Buchanan. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 26h 9m.
The distance between Aachen and Belfast is 640 miles.
The best way to get from Aachen to Belfast without a car is to train and car ferry which takes 17h 33m and costs £160 - £600.
It takes approximately 7h 54m to get from Aachen to Belfast, including transfers.
Aachen to Belfast bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Aachen station west.
Aachen to Belfast bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Brussels-North train station.
Belfast is 1h behind Aachen. It is currently 7:59 PM in Aachen and 6:59 PM in Belfast.
There are 1253+ hotels available in Belfast.
What companies run services between Aachen, Germany and Belfast, Northern Ireland?
There is no direct connection from Aachen to Belfast. However, you can take the train to Duesseldorf Hbf, take the train to D-Flughafen Terminal S, walk to Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) airport, fly to George Best Belfast City Airport (BHD), walk to George Best Belfast City Airport, then take the line 600 bus to Queens Square. Alternatively, you can take a train from Aachen, Hbf to Ulster University Belfast via Bruxelles Midi, Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi, London St Pancras Intl, London Euston, Liverpool Lime Street, Liverpool, Port Of Belfast, and Stena Line terminus in around 17h 33m.
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to George Best Belfast City Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £65–290
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to George Best Belfast City Airport via Birmingham
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- £110–200
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to George Best Belfast City Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £60–280
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to George Best Belfast City Airport via Manchester
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 57m
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £45–210
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to George Best Belfast City Airport via Birmingham
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 40m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £65–210
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to George Best Belfast City Airport via London City
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £120–370
Flights from Brussels Airport to Dublin Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £28–200
- Website
- aerlingus.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to George Best Belfast City Airport via Birmingham
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- £110–200
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to George Best Belfast City Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £60–230
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to George Best Belfast City Airport via Manchester
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 57m
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £45–210
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to George Best Belfast City Airport via Birmingham
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 40m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £65–210
Flights from Brussels Airport to Dublin Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £28–120
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Dublin Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £29–120
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Brussels Airport to Dublin Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £23–140
Flights from Eindhoven Airport to Dublin Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £50–180
Flights from Eindhoven Airport to Dublin Airport via London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Monday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £50–180
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to George Best Belfast City Airport via London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £110–200
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to George Best Belfast City Airport via Manchester
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £45–190
Flights from Eindhoven Airport to Belfast International Airport via London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- £28–150
Flights from Eindhoven Airport to Belfast International Airport via Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 25m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- £45–170
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to George Best Belfast City Airport via Glasgow
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £75–200
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Eindhoven Airport to Belfast International Airport via London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 8m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £35–140
Flights from Eindhoven Airport to Belfast International Airport via Gdansk
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 35m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £45–170
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to George Best Belfast City Airport via Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £45–270
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to George Best Belfast City Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £50–310
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Dublin Airport via Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £35–220
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Dublin Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £45–160
- Phone
- 0221 13 999 444
- Website
- nationalexpress.de
Train from Aachen West to Duesseldorf Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £14–20
- Schedules at
- nationalexpress.de
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Aachen, Hbf to Bruxelles Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £23–45
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Aachen Hbf to Liege-Guillemins
- Ave. Duration
- 23 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £13–25
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Liège-Guillemins to Bruxelles-Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 49 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £26–29
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Aachen, Hbf to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 37 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £15–26
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Aachen, Hbf to Brussels-Nord
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 6m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £23–40
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +44 343 218 6186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from Aachen, Hbf to Bruxelles Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 16m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- £30–85
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
Train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to London St Pancras Intl
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 1m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £60–210
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
Train from Aachen Hbf to Liege-Guillemins
- Ave. Duration
- 27 min
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £30–70
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
Train from Liège-Guillemins to Bruxelles-Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 44 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- £30–65
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Standard
- £30–45
- Comfort
- £30–50
- Premium
- £50–65
Train from Aachen, Hbf to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 38 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- £25–55
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Standard
- £25–40
- Comfort
- £27–40
- Premium
- £40–55
- Phone
- +32 70 79 79 79
- Website
- belgiantrain.be
Train from Aachen, Hbf to Bruxelles Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 57m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- £12–18
- Website
- https://www.belgiantrain.be/en
- 2nd Class
- £12–18
- 1st Class
- £19–27
Train from Aachen Hbf to Liege-Guillemins
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 33m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £5–8
- Website
- https://www.belgiantrain.be/en
- 2nd Class
- £5–8
- 1st Class
- £8–13
Train from Liège-Guillemins to Bruxelles-Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- £9–13
- Website
- https://www.belgiantrain.be/en
- 2nd Class
- £9–13
- 1st Class
- £14–20
Train from Aachen, Hbf to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 39 min
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- £7–10
- Website
- https://www.belgiantrain.be/en
- 2nd Class
- £7–10
- 1st Class
- £10–16
- Phone
- +44 345 528 0253
- Website
- avantiwestcoast.co.uk
Train from London Euston to Liverpool Lime Street
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 16m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £35–190
- Website
- https://www.avantiwestcoast.co.uk/
- Phone
- 0800-0232 545
- Website
- arriva.nl
Train from Aachen Hbf to Liege-Guillemins
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 33m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £9–11
- Website
- https://www.arriva.nl/en/
- 2nd Class
- £9–11
Train from Heerlen to Eindhoven
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- £18–20
- Website
- https://www.arriva.nl/en/
- 2nd Class
- £18–20
Train from Eindhoven to Schiphol Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 32m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- £23–26
- Website
- https://www.arriva.nl/en/
- 2nd Class
- £23–26
- Phone
- 0800 031 8542
- Passengerassistance@lumo.co.uk.
- Website
- lumo.co.uk
Train from King's Cross to Glasgow Queen Street
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 26m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £40–110
- Website
- https://www.lumo.co.uk/
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Aachen, Hbf to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £11–17
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- konzern.oebb.at
Train from Aachen, Hbf to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 38 min
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- £18–27
- Website
- https://konzern.oebb.at/en/
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from Heerlen to Eindhoven
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 2m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £17–19
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
Train from Eindhoven to Schiphol Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 27m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £17–60
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- £17–26
- 1st Class
- £30–60
- Phone
- +44 28 9066 6630
- Website
- translink.co.uk
Busferry from Glasgow Buchanan to Belfast, Europa Buscentre
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 10m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Website
- https://www.translink.co.uk/
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Aachen station west to Brussels-North train station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £8–22
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Newhall St to Buchanan Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 10m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £13–35
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Maastricht to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 35m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £28–80
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +421 55 680 73 06
- onlinepredaj@eurobus.sk
- Website
- eurobus.sk
Bus from Brussel Eurolines Busstation to Birmingham
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 45m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- £24–28
- Website
- https://www.eurobus.sk/en
- Phone
- +353 0 1 844 7118
- info@aircoach.ie
- Website
- aircoach.ie
Bus from Dublin Airport Terminal 1 Zone 2 to Europa Bus Centre
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £13–18
- Website
- https://www.aircoach.ie/
- Phone
- 0141 352 4444
- enquiries@megabus.com
- Website
- uk.megabus.com
Bus from London Victoria Coach Station to Glasgow Buchanan Bus Station Stance 56
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 25m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £28–40
- Website
- https://uk.megabus.com
- Phone
- +44 844 770 7070
- info.se@stenaline.com
- Website
- stenaline.dk
Car ferry from Liverpool to Belfast
- Ave. Duration
- 8h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £35–65
- Website
- https://www.stenalinetravel.com/
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