There are 12 ways to get from Ballymena to London by train, plane, car ferry, busferry, bus, or car
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Train to George Best Belfast City Airport, fly to London Heathrow Airport
best- Take the train from Ballymena to Lanyon Placetrain
- Fly from George Best Belfast City Airport (BHD) to London Heathrow Airport (LHR)plane BHD - LHR
3h 57m£72–310Fly Belfast International Airport to Birmingham Airport, train
cheapest- Fly from Belfast International Airport (BFS) to Birmingham Airport (BHX)plane BFS - BHX
- Take the train from Birmingham International to London Eustontrain
4h 46m£38–202Train, car ferry
- Take the train from Ballymena to Yorkgatetrain
- Take the car ferry from Belfast to Liverpoolcarferry
- Take the train from Liverpool Lime Street to London Eustontrain
13h 44m£97–285Train, bus and ferry, bus
- Take the train from Ballymena to Belfast Great Centraltrain
- Take the busferry from Belfast, Europa Buscentre to Glasgow Buchananbusferry 923
- Take the bus from Buchanan Bus Station to London Victoria Coach Station Arrivalsbus 595 / ...
17h 50mDrive, car ferry
- Drive from Ballymena to Belfastcar
- Take the car ferry from Belfast to Cairnryancarferry
- Drive from Cairnryan to Londoncar
10h 9m£132–204Train to George Best Belfast City Airport, fly to London City Airport
- Take the train from Ballymena to Lanyon Placetrain
- Fly from George Best Belfast City Airport (BHD) to London City Airport (LCY)plane BHD - LCY
4h 6m£109–269Train to George Best Belfast City Airport, fly to London Gatwick Airport, train
- Take the train from Ballymena to Lanyon Placetrain
- Fly from George Best Belfast City Airport (BHD) to London Gatwick Airport (LGW)plane BHD - LGW
- Take the train from Gatwick Airport to London Victoriatrain
4h 8m£70–210Fly Belfast International Airport to Luton Airport, train
- Fly from Belfast International Airport (BFS) to Luton Airport (LTN)plane BFS - LTN
- Take the train from Luton Airport Parkway to London St Pancras Intltrain
4h 5m£46–136Fly Belfast International Airport to London Gatwick Airport, train
- Fly from Belfast International Airport (BFS) to London Gatwick Airport (LGW)plane BFS - LGW
- Take the train from Gatwick Airport to London Victoriatrain
4h 13m£46–212Train to Belfast International Airport, fly to London Stansted Airport
- Take the train from Ballymena to Antrimtrain
- Fly from Belfast International Airport (BFS) to London Stansted Airport (STN)plane BFS - STN
4h 21m£51–139Train to George Best Belfast City Airport, fly to Birmingham Airport, train
- Take the train from Ballymena to Lanyon Placetrain
- Fly from George Best Belfast City Airport (BHD) to Birmingham Airport (BHX)plane BHD - BHX
- Take the train from Birmingham International to London Eustontrain
5h 1m£56–275Bus, bus and ferry
- Take the bus from George Street to Nelson Street Bus Lanebus 218
- Take the busferry from Belfast Stena Line Terminus to Glasgow Buchananbusferry 923
- Take the bus from Buchanan Bus Station to London Victoriabus
17h 54m
Ballymena to London by train, bus, car ferry, and taxi
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Ballymena to London is to train and fly which costs £50 - £140 and takes 4h 21m.
The fastest way to get from Ballymena to London is to train and fly which takes 3h 57m and costs £70 - £310.
No, there is no direct bus from Ballymena to London. However, there are services departing from George Street and arriving at London Victoria via Nelson Street, Belfast Stena Line Terminus and Buchanan Bus Station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 17h 54m.
The distance between Ballymena and London is 364 miles.
The best way to get from Ballymena to London without a car is to train and car ferry which takes 13h 44m and costs £95 - £290.
It takes approximately 3h 57m to get from Ballymena to London, including transfers.
Ballymena to London bus services, operated by Translink, depart from George Street station.
Ballymena to London bus services, operated by Translink, arrive at Nelson Street Bus Lane station.
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What companies run services between Ballymena, Mid and East Antrim, Northern Ireland and London, England?
There is no direct connection from Ballymena to London. However, you can take the train to Lanyon Place, walk to Station Street, take the line 600 bus to George Best Belfast City Airport, walk to George Best Belfast City Airport (BHD) airport, fly to London Heathrow Airport (LHR), walk to Heathrow Terminals 2 & 3, then take the train to London Paddington. Alternatively, you can take a train from Ballymena to London Euston via Yorkgate, Nelson Street, Stena Line terminus, Belfast, Liverpool, and Liverpool Lime Street in around 13h 44m.
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from George Best Belfast City Airport to London Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 21m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £45–140
Flights from Belfast International Airport to Luton Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £22–85
Flights from Belfast International Airport to Luton Airport via Glasgow
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 57m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- £22–85
Flights from Belfast International Airport to Luton Airport via Edinburgh
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- £22–85
Flights from Belfast International Airport to London Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £22–140
Flights from Belfast International Airport to London Gatwick Airport via Glasgow
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Thursday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £22–140
Flights from Belfast International Airport to London Gatwick Airport via Edinburgh
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £22–140
Flights from Belfast International Airport to London Stansted Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 16m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £20–100
Flights from Belfast International Airport to London Stansted Airport via Glasgow
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- £20–100
Flights from Belfast International Airport to Birmingham Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £18–90
Flights from Belfast International Airport to Birmingham Airport via Glasgow
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- £18–90
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from George Best Belfast City Airport to London Heathrow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 26m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £50–250
Flights from George Best Belfast City Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Manchester
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 2m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £130–410
Flights from George Best Belfast City Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Glasgow
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £50–250
Flights from George Best Belfast City Airport to London City Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 28m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £95–240
Flights from George Best Belfast City Airport to London City Airport via Edinburgh
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £95–240
Flights from George Best Belfast City Airport to Birmingham Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £35–130
- Website
- aerlingus.com
Flights from George Best Belfast City Airport to London Heathrow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 26m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £50–250
Flights from George Best Belfast City Airport to London City Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 28m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £95–240
Flights from George Best Belfast City Airport to Birmingham Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £35–130
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Belfast International Airport to London Stansted Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £23–85
- Phone
- +44 28 9066 6630
- Website
- translink.co.uk
Train from Ballymena to Lanyon Place
- Ave. Duration
- 39 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £8–12
- Website
- https://www.translink.co.uk/
Train from Ballymena to Yorkgate
- Ave. Duration
- 34 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £8–12
- Website
- https://www.translink.co.uk/
Train from Ballymena to Belfast Great Central
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £8–12
- Website
- https://www.translink.co.uk/
Train from Ballymena to Antrim
- Ave. Duration
- 12 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £6–9
- Website
- https://www.translink.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 345 528 0253
- Website
- avantiwestcoast.co.uk
Train from Liverpool Lime Street to London Euston
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £35–190
- Website
- https://www.avantiwestcoast.co.uk/
Train from Birmingham International to London Euston
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £20–90
- Website
- https://www.avantiwestcoast.co.uk/
- 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
- 0345 026 4700
- Website
- thameslinkrailway.com
Train from Luton Airport Parkway to London St Pancras Intl
- Ave. Duration
- 33 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- £7–24
- Website
- https://www.thameslinkrailway.com/
- Phone
- 03457 125 678
- Website
- eastmidlandsrailway.co.uk
Train from Luton Airport Parkway to London St Pancras Intl
- Ave. Duration
- 23 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £7–24
- Website
- https://www.eastmidlandsrailway.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 333 311 0039
- contact.wmr@wmtrains.co.uk
- Website
- westmidlandsrailway.co.uk
Train from Birmingham International to London Euston
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 4m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- £9–65
- Website
- https://www.westmidlandsrailway.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 330 060 0500
- enquiry@sleeper.scot
- Website
- sleeper.scot
Train from Birmingham International to London Euston
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 27m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- £60–80
- Website
- https://www.sleeper.scot/
- Sleeper Berth Classic
- £210–230
- Sleeper Seat
- £60–80
- Sleeper Berth Club Solo
- £240–280
- Phone
- +44 28 9066 6630
- Website
- translink.co.uk
Busferry from Belfast, Europa Buscentre to Glasgow Buchanan
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 5m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Website
- https://www.translink.co.uk/
Bus from George Street to Nelson Street Bus Lane
- Ave. Duration
- 57 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- https://www.translink.co.uk/
Busferry from Belfast Stena Line Terminus to Glasgow Buchanan
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Website
- https://www.translink.co.uk/
- Phone
- 08717 81 81 81
- Website
- nationalexpress.com
Bus from Buchanan Bus Station to London Victoria Coach Station Arrivals
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 55m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £21–85
- Website
- https://www.nationalexpress.com/en
- Phone
- 0141 352 4444
- enquiries@megabus.com
- Website
- uk.megabus.com
Bus from Buchanan Bus Station to London Victoria Coach Station Arrivals
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 10m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £26–40
- Website
- https://uk.megabus.com
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Buchanan Bus Station to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 30m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £20–85
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +44 844 770 7070
- info.se@stenaline.com
- Website
- stenaline.dk
Car ferry from Belfast to Liverpool
- Ave. Duration
- 8h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £35–60
- Website
- https://www.stenalinetravel.com/
Car ferry from Belfast to Cairnryan
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 22m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £30–45
- Website
- https://www.stenalinetravel.com/
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