There are 14 ways to get from Ankara to Manchester by plane, train, night train, bus, car, car train, busferry, or car ferry
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Fly Ankara Esenboğa International Airport to Birmingham Airport, train
best- Fly from Ankara Esenboğa International Airport (ESB) to Birmingham Airport (BHX)plane ESB - BHX
- Take the train from Birmingham International to Manchester Piccadillytrain
11h 40mTrain, night train, bus
cheapest- Take the train from Ankara to Halkalitrain Yht
- Take the night train from Halkali to Bucharestnighttrain
- Take the bus from Bucharest Obor to Manchester, Coach Stationbus
39h 14m£54–80Train, night train
- Take the train from Ankara to Halkalitrain Yht
- Take the night train from Halkali to Bucharestnighttrain
- Take the night train from Bucuresti Nord to Wien Hbfnighttrain
- Take the night train from Wien Hbf to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midinighttrain Nj
- Take the train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to London St Pancras Intltrain Eil
- Take the train from London Euston to Manchester Piccadillytrain
2d 7hDrive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Ankara to Calais-Fréthuncar
- Take the car train from Calais-Fréthun to Folkestonecartrain
- Drive from Folkestone to Manchestercar
34h 54mFly Ankara Esenboğa International Airport to Manchester Airport
- Fly from Ankara Esenboğa International Airport (ESB) to Manchester Airport (MAN)plane ESB - MAN
9h 27m£96–291Train to Istanbul, fly to Manchester Airport
- Take the train from Ankara to Istanbul Pendiktrain
- Fly from Istanbul (IST) to Manchester Airport (MAN)plane IST - MAN
12h 16m£92–258Fly Ankara Esenboğa International Airport to London Stansted Airport, train
- Fly from Ankara Esenboğa International Airport (ESB) to London Stansted Airport (STN)plane ESB - STN
- Take the train from Stansted Airport to Tottenham Haletrain
- Take the train from London Euston to Manchester Piccadillytrain
10h 28mTrain to Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport, fly to Manchester Airport
- Take the train from Ankara to Istanbul Pendiktrain
- Fly from Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport (SAW) to Manchester Airport (MAN)plane SAW - MAN
12h 4m£72–178Fly Ankara Esenboğa International Airport to Liverpool, train
- Fly from Ankara Esenboğa International Airport (ESB) to Liverpool (LPL)plane ESB - LPL
- Take the train from Liverpool South Parkway to Manchester Piccadillytrain
20hFly Ankara Esenboğa International Airport to Leeds Bradford International Airport, train
- Fly from Ankara Esenboğa International Airport (ESB) to Leeds Bradford International Airport (LBA)plane ESB - LBA
- Take the train from Bradford Interchange to Manchester Victoriatrain
12h 39mBus
- Take the bus from Ankara to Istanbul Otogaribus
- Take the bus from İstanbul Esenler bus station to Constanțabus
- Take the bus from Constanta to Bucharestbus
- Take the bus from Bucharest Obor to Manchester, Coach Stationbus
45h 14mBus via London
- Take the bus from Ankara to Istanbul Otogaribus
- Take the bus from İstanbul Esenler bus station to București, Autogara Militaribus
- Take the bus from Bucharest to London Victoriabus
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Manchester Central Coach Stationbus 540 / ...
2d 6hTrain, night train, bus and ferry
- Take the train from Ankara to Halkalitrain Hst
- Take the night train from Halkali to Bucharestnighttrain
- Take the busferry from Bucharest to Manchester Piccadillybusferry
3d 9hDrive, car ferry
- Drive from Ankara to Calaiscar
- Take the car ferry from Calais to Port of Dovercarferry
- Drive from Port of Dover to Manchestercar
36h£503–761
Ankara Esenboğa International Airport (ESB) to Birmingham Airport (BHX) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Ankara to Manchester is to train and night train and bus which costs £50 - £80 and takes 39h 14m.
The fastest way to get from Ankara to Manchester is to fly which takes 9h 27m and costs £95 - £300.
No, there is no direct bus from Ankara to Manchester station. However, there are services departing from Ankara and arriving at Manchester, Coach Station via İstanbul Esenler bus station, Constanta and Bucharest Obor. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 45h 14m.
No, there is no direct train from Ankara to Manchester. However, there are services departing from Ankara and arriving at Manchester Piccadilly via Halkali, Bucuresti Nord, Wien Hbf, Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi and London Euston. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 2 days 7h.
The distance between Ankara and Manchester is 1961 miles.
The best way to get from Ankara to Manchester without a car is to train and night train and bus which takes 39h 14m and costs £50 - £80.
It takes approximately 11h 40m to get from Ankara to Manchester, including transfers.
Ankara to Manchester bus services, operated by Metro Turizm, depart from Ankara station.
Ankara to Manchester train services, operated by Turkish Railways (TCDD), depart from Ankara station.
The best way to get from Ankara to Manchester is to fly which takes 9h 27m and costs £95 - £300. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs and takes 45h 14m.
What companies run services between Ankara, Turkey and Manchester, England?
Pegasus Airlines, Eurowings, and six other airlines fly from Ankara Esenboğa International Airport (ESB) to Manchester Airport (MAN) twice daily. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Ankara to Manchester, Coach Station via Istanbul Otogari, İstanbul Esenler bus station, Constanta, and Bucharest Obor in around 45h 14m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Ankara Esenboğa International Airport to Birmingham Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 10m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £70–350
Flights from Ankara Esenboğa International Airport to Birmingham Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 5m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £80–260
Flights from Istanbul to Manchester Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £95–270
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Ankara Esenboğa International Airport to Manchester Airport via Berlin Brandenburg
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 2m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £70–260
Flights from Ankara Esenboğa International Airport to Liverpool via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 50m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- £95–430
Flights from Ankara Esenboğa International Airport to Liverpool via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 10m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- £90–280
Flights from Ankara Esenboğa International Airport to Liverpool via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 47m
- When
- Thursday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £85–310
- Website
- jet2.com
Flights from Ankara Esenboğa International Airport to Birmingham Airport via Krakow
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 25m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- £90–290
Flights from Ankara Esenboğa International Airport to Birmingham Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 30m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £70–230
Flights from Ankara Esenboğa International Airport to Manchester Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 40m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £70–230
Flights from Ankara Esenboğa International Airport to Leeds Bradford International Airport via Berlin Brandenburg
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 55m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £95–430
Flights from Ankara Esenboğa International Airport to Leeds Bradford International Airport via Krakow
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 5m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- £110–350
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Ankara Esenboğa International Airport to Manchester Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 5m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- £80–260
Flights from Ankara Esenboğa International Airport to Manchester Airport via Berlin Brandenburg
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 55m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £80–360
Flights from Ankara Esenboğa International Airport to Manchester Airport via Cologne Bonn
- Ave. Duration
- 13h
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £80–260
Flights from Ankara Esenboğa International Airport to Liverpool via Krakow
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 20m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- £90–330
- Website
- turkishairlines.com
Flights from Istanbul to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 11m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £100–240
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Ankara Esenboğa International Airport to Manchester Airport via Cologne Bonn
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 5m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- £75–350
Flights from Ankara Esenboğa International Airport to Manchester Airport via Berlin Brandenburg
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 35m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- £80–260
Flights from Ankara Esenboğa International Airport to Manchester Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 9h
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- £75–350
- Website
- flypgs.com
Flights from Ankara Esenboğa International Airport to London Stansted Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- £70–320
Flights from Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £60–280
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Ankara Esenboğa International Airport to Leeds Bradford International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 35m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- £85–310
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Ankara Esenboğa International Airport to Birmingham Airport via Dusseldorf
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 5m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Thursday
- Estimated price
- £70–230
Flights from Ankara Esenboğa International Airport to Manchester Airport via Hamburg
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 20m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £80–360
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Ankara Esenboğa International Airport to Birmingham Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 40m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £80–260
- Website
- ajet.com
Flights from Ankara Esenboğa International Airport to London Stansted Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £50–190
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Ankara Esenboğa International Airport to Liverpool via Warsaw Chopin
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 25m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £95–440
- Website
- flyulendo.com
Flights from Ankara Esenboğa International Airport to Liverpool via Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 26h
- When
- Monday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £85–300
- Website
- crosscountrytrains.co.uk
Train from Birmingham International to Manchester Piccadilly
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 48m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Schedules at
- crosscountrytrains.co.uk
- Website
- arrivatrainswales.co.uk
Train from Birmingham International to Manchester Piccadilly
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 12m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Schedules at
- arrivatrainswales.co.uk
- Phone
- +90 444 8 233
- cozum@tcddtasimacilik.gov.tr
- Website
- tcdd.gov.tr
Train from Ankara to Halkali
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 57m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £10–17
- Website
- https://www.tcdd.gov.tr/lang/en
Train from Ankara to Istanbul Pendik
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 52m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £10–17
- Website
- https://www.tcdd.gov.tr/lang/en
- Phone
- +35929311111
- onlineticket@bdz.bg
- Website
- bdz.bg
Night train from Halkali to Bucharest
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 8m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- £16–28
- Website
- https://www.bdz.bg/en
- 2nd Class
- £16–22
- 1st Class
- £21–28
- Website
- cfrcalatori.ro
Night train from Bucuresti Nord to Wien Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 53m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Schedules at
- cfrcalatori.ro
- Website
- personenverkehr.oebb.at
Night train from Wien Hbf to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 20m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Schedules at
- personenverkehr.oebb.at
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to London St Pancras Intl
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 1m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Schedules at
- eurostar.com
- Website
- virgintrains.co.uk
Train from London Euston to Manchester Piccadilly
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 12m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Schedules at
- virgintrains.co.uk
- 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
- Website
- stanstedexpress.com
Train from Stansted Airport to Tottenham Hale
- Ave. Duration
- 32 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Schedules at
- stanstedexpress.com
- Website
- abelliogreateranglia.co.uk
Train from Stansted Airport to Tottenham Hale
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Schedules at
- abelliogreateranglia.co.uk
- Website
- tpexpress.co.uk
Train from Liverpool South Parkway to Manchester Piccadilly
- Ave. Duration
- 41 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Schedules at
- tpexpress.co.uk
- Website
- eastmidlandstrains.co.uk
Train from Liverpool South Parkway to Manchester Piccadilly
- Ave. Duration
- 39 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Schedules at
- eastmidlandstrains.co.uk
- Website
- northernrail.org
Train from Liverpool South Parkway to Manchester Piccadilly
- Ave. Duration
- 45 min
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Schedules at
- northernrail.org
Train from Bradford Interchange to Manchester Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Schedules at
- northernrail.org
- Website
- tcddtasimacilik.gov.tr
Train from Ankara to Halkali
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 4m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Schedules at
- tcddtasimacilik.gov.tr
- Phone
- +40 230 560 555
- tarsin_irlanda@yahoo.com
- Website
- tarsin.ro
Bus from Bucharest Obor to Manchester, Coach Station
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 31m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- £27–35
- Schedules at
- tarsin.ro
- Phone
- 0850 222 34 55
- Website
- metroturizm.com.tr
Bus from Ankara to Istanbul Otogari
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 18m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- £10–16
- Website
- https://www.metroturizm.com.tr/en
- Standard
- £10–13
- Website
- flixbus.com.tr
Bus from İstanbul Esenler bus station to Constanța
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 10m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Schedules at
- flixbus.com.tr
- Phone
- +38(098) 343 8282
- callcenter@likebus.ua
- Website
- likebus.ua
Bus from İstanbul Esenler bus station to Constanța
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 31m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Schedules at
- likebus.ua
- Phone
- +4-0765-408.848
- horasmu@yahoo.com
- Website
- horas.ro
Bus from Constanta to Bucharest
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- £8–12
- Schedules at
- horas.ro
- Website
- global.flixbus.com
Bus from İstanbul Esenler bus station to București, Autogara Militari
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 10m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Schedules at
- global.flixbus.com
- Phone
- +40 745 766 766
- dispecerat@maxibustravel.ro
- Website
- maxibustravel.autogari.ro
Bus from Bucharest to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 30h
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- £120
- Schedules at
- maxibustravel.autogari.ro
- Website
- traveline.info
Bus from London Victoria to Manchester Central Coach Station
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Schedules at
- traveline.info
- Phone
- 0040263701919
- latinoexpres@yahoo.com
- Website
- latinoexpres.ro
Busferry from Bucharest to Manchester Piccadilly
- Ave. Duration
- 2d 17h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- £60–150
- Schedules at
- latinoexpres.ro
- Phone
- 01304 44 88 88
- customer.services@poferries.com
- Website
- poferries.com
Car ferry from Calais to Port of Dover
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- £8–19
- Website
- https://www.poferries.com/en
- 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
- £5–40
- Website
- https://www.irishferries.com/uk-en/Travel-to-Ireland
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More Questions & Answers
Ankara to Manchester bus services, operated by Metro Turizm, arrive at Istanbul Otogari station.
Manchester is 2h behind Ankara. It is currently 9:04 PM in Ankara and 7:04 PM in Manchester.
Ankara to Manchester train services, operated by Turkish Railways (TCDD), arrive at Halkali station.
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