There are 12 ways to get from Altona to London by plane, train (Eurostar), bus, car, car train, train, or car ferry
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Fly Hamburg Airport to London Heathrow Airport
best- Fly from Hamburg Airport (HAM) to London Heathrow Airport (LHR)plane HAM - LHR
4h 38m£68–228Bus
cheapest- Take the bus from Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhof to Hanover central bus stationbus N24 / ...
- Take the bus from Hanover central bus station to London Victoriabus N1328
20h 15m£54–170Train via Cologne
- Take the train from Hamburg-Altona to Köln Hbftrain 43 / ...
- Take the train from Köln Hbf to Bruxelles Miditrain Tha
- Take the train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to London St Pancras Intltrain Eil
10h 12m£106–416Drive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Altona to Calais-Fréthuncar
- Take the car train from Calais-Fréthun to Folkestonecartrain
- Drive from Folkestone to Londoncar
8h 53mFly Hamburg Airport to London City Airport
- Fly from Hamburg Airport (HAM) to London City Airport (LCY)plane HAM - LCY
6h 9m£105–607Fly Hamburg Airport to London Gatwick Airport, train
- Fly from Hamburg Airport (HAM) to London Gatwick Airport (LGW)plane HAM - LGW
- Take the train from Gatwick Airport to London Victoriatrain
4h 55m£56–238Fly Hamburg Airport to London Stansted Airport
- Fly from Hamburg Airport (HAM) to London Stansted Airport (STN)plane HAM - STN
5h 8m£71–190Train to Bremen Airport, fly to London Stansted Airport
- Take the train from Hamburg-Altona to Bremen Hbftrain
- Fly from Bremen Airport (BRE) to London Stansted Airport (STN)plane BRE - STN
5h 58m£64–315Train to Hannover Airport, fly to London Heathrow Airport
- Take the train from Hamburg Hbf to Hannover Hauptbahnhoftrain
- Fly from Hannover Airport (HAJ) to London Heathrow Airport (LHR)plane HAJ - LHR
7h 12m£86–363Train
- Take the train from Hamburg-Bergedorf to Amsterdam Centraaltrain Ice
- Take the train from Amsterdam Centraal to London St. Pancras Int.train Eurostar
11h 54m£108–540Bus via Amsterdam
- Take the bus from Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhof to Amsterdam Sloterdijkbus N75 / ...
- Take the bus from Amsterdam Sloterdijk to Doverbus 814
- Take the bus from Dover to London Victoriabus 700 / ...
21h 45m£60–118Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Altona to Calaiscar
- Take the car ferry from Calais to Port of Dovercarferry
- Drive from Port of Dover to Londoncar
9h 56m£149–212
Altona to London by train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Altona to London is to bus via Amsterdam which costs £60 - £120 and takes 21h 45m.
The fastest way to get from Altona to London is to fly which takes 4h 38m and costs £65 - £230.
No, there is no direct bus from Altona to London. However, there are services departing from Bf. Altona and arriving at London Victoria via Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhof and Hanover central bus station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 20h 15m.
No, there is no direct train from Altona to London. However, there are services departing from Hamburg-Altona and arriving at London St Pancras Intl via Köln Hbf and Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 10h 12m.
The distance between Altona and London is 493 miles.
The best way to get from Altona to London without a car is to train via Cologne which takes 10h 12m and costs £100 - £420.
It takes approximately 4h 38m to get from Altona to London, including transfers.
Altona to London bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhof station.
Altona to London train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), depart from Hamburg-Altona station.
The best way to get from Altona to London is to fly which takes 4h 38m and costs £65 - £230. Alternatively, you can train via Cologne, which costs £100 - £420 and takes 10h 12m, you could also bus, which costs £50 - £170 and takes 20h 15m.
What companies run services between Altona, Germany and London, England?
British Airways, Eurowings, and two other airlines fly from Hamburg Airport (HAM) to London Heathrow Airport (LHR) every 2 hours. Alternatively, you can take a train from Hamburg-Altona to London St Pancras Intl via Köln Hbf, Bruxelles Midi, and Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi in around 10h 12m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Hamburg Airport to London Heathrow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £50–150
Flights from Hamburg Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £80–370
Flights from Hamburg Airport to London City Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- £140–460
Flights from Hannover Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £100–340
Flights from Hannover Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Monday and Tuesday
- Estimated price
- £100–340
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Hamburg Airport to London Heathrow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £50–120
Flights from Hannover Airport to London Heathrow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £60–170
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Hamburg Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £40–260
Flights from Hamburg Airport to London City Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 41m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £55–350
Flights from Hannover Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £45–300
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Hamburg Airport to London Stansted Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £45–150
Flights from Bremen Airport to London Stansted Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £30–190
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Hamburg Airport to London Heathrow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £50–150
Flights from Hamburg Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Stuttgart
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Thursday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £50–150
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Hamburg Airport to London City Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 5m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- £100–600
Flights from Hamburg Airport to London Gatwick Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £65–270
Flights from Hannover Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £90–270
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Hamburg Airport to London Gatwick Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £45–250
Flights from Hannover Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £55–330
- Website
- luxair.lu
Flights from Hamburg Airport to London City Airport via Luxembourg
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 40m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £95–450
- Website
- ita-airways.com
Flights from Hamburg Airport to London City Airport via Milan Linate
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £95–360
- Website
- aerlingus.com
Flights from Hamburg Airport to London City Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 10m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- £70–340
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Hamburg Airport to London Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £35–150
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Bremen Airport to London Stansted Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- £30–110
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Hamburg-Altona to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 21m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £24–85
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Köln Hbf to Bruxelles Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 54m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £26–70
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Hamburg-Altona to Bremen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £15–26
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Hamburg Hbf to Hannover Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 2m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £8–40
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +44 343 218 6186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from Köln Hbf to Bruxelles Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 56m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- £21–85
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
Train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to London St Pancras Intl
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 4m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £65–250
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
Train from Amsterdam Centraal to London St. Pancras Int.
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 17m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- £45–300
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Phone
- +32 70 79 79 79
- Website
- belgiantrain.be
Train from Köln Hbf to Bruxelles Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 24m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- £17–24
- Website
- https://www.belgiantrain.be/en
- 2nd Class
- £17–24
- 1st Class
- £26–40
- Phone
- +44 (0) 8443 35 35 35
- Website
- leshuttle.com
Car train from Calais-Fréthun to Folkestone
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- https://www.leshuttle.com/uk-en
- Phone
- +44 3451 27 29 20
- Website
- southernrailway.com
Train from Gatwick Airport to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 32 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- £13–45
- Website
- https://www.southernrailway.com/
- Phone
- +44 345 850 1530
- Website
- gatwickexpress.com
Train from Gatwick Airport to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 31 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £25–55
- Website
- https://www.gatwickexpress.com/
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- konzern.oebb.at
Train from Hamburg-Altona to Bremen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 11m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £26–40
- Website
- https://konzern.oebb.at/en/
Train from Hamburg Hbf to Hannover Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- £30–50
- Website
- https://konzern.oebb.at/en/
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from Hamburg-Bergedorf to Amsterdam Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 3m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- £60–220
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- £60–95
- 1st Class
- £130–220
Train from Amsterdam Centraal to London St. Pancras Int.
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 17m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- £80–270
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhof to Hanover central bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £7–17
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Hanover central bus station to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 50m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- £45–150
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhof to Amsterdam Sloterdijk
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 35m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £19–60
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Amsterdam Sloterdijk to Dover
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 15m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- £29–40
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Dover to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- £10–15
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- 01204 327509
- info@atlantictravel.co.uk
- Website
- atlantictravel.co.uk
Bus from Hanover central bus station to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 50m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Website
- Atlantic Travel GB Ltd
- Phone
- +353 818 300 400
- info@irishferries.com
- Website
- irishferries.com
Car ferry from Calais to Port of Dover
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £30–40
- Website
- https://www.irishferries.com/uk-en/Travel-to-Ireland
- Car
- £65–170
- On Foot
- £30–40
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More Questions & Answers
Altona to London bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Hanover central bus station.
London is 1h behind Altona. It is currently 6:40 AM in Altona and 5:40 AM in London.
Altona to London train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), arrive at Köln Hbf station.
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