There are 11 ways to get from Birmingham to Colmar by train (Eurostar, TGV), bus, car, car train, plane, train, or car ferry
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Train
best- Take the train from Birmingham New Street to London Eustontrain
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Paris Nordtrain Eil
- Take the train from Paris Est to Colmartrain Tgv
8h 20m€146–502Bus via Brussels
cheapest- Take the bus from Birmingham to Brussel Eurolines Busstationbus Michalovce
- Take the bus from Brussels-North train station to Colmarbus N837
16h 25m€50–90Drive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Birmingham to Folkestonecar
- Take the car train from Folkestone to Calais-Fréthuncartrain
- Drive from Calais-Fréthun to Colmarcar
10h 25mFly Birmingham Airport to Basel, train
- Fly from Birmingham Airport (BHX) to Basel (BSL)plane BHX - BSL
- Take the train from St Louis to Colmartrain
7h 36m€84–196Bus
- Take the bus from Birmingham Coach Station to London Victoria Coach Station Arrivalsbus 400 / ...
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Parisbus 700
- Take the bus from Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station to Colmarbus
20h 36m€64–208Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Birmingham to Port of Dovercar
- Take the car ferry from Port of Dover to Calaiscarferry
- Drive from Calais to Colmarcar
11h 26m€182–267Fly Birmingham Airport to Zurich Airport, train
- Fly from Birmingham Airport (BHX) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane BHX - ZRH
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Mulhousetrain
- Take the train from Mulhouse Ville to Colmartrain
7h 42m€146–321Train to London Heathrow Airport, fly to Basel, train
- Take the train from Birmingham New Street to London Eustontrain
- Fly from London Heathrow Airport (LHR) to Basel (BSL)plane LHR - BSL
- Take the train from St Louis to Colmartrain
7h 43m€118–396Fly Birmingham Airport to Frankfurt, train
- Fly from Birmingham Airport (BHX) to Frankfurt (FRA)plane BHX - FRA
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhoftrain
- Take the train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Strasbourg Bahnhoftrain
- Take the train from Strasbourg to Colmartrain
7h 46m€143–341Train to London City Airport, fly to Zurich Airport, train
- Take the train from Birmingham New Street to London Eustontrain
- Fly from London City Airport (LCY) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane LCY - ZRH
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Mulhousetrain
- Take the train from Mulhouse Ville to Colmartrain
9h 2m€163–483Train to Manchester Airport, fly to Zurich Airport, train
- Take the train from Birmingham New Street to Crewetrain
- Fly from Manchester Airport (MAN) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane MAN - ZRH
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Mulhousetrain
- Take the train from Mulhouse Ville to Colmartrain
9h 54m€112–348
Birmingham to Colmar by train and foot
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Birmingham to Colmar is to bus via Brussels which costs €50 - €90 and takes 16h 25m.
The fastest way to get from Birmingham to Colmar is to fly and train which takes 7h 36m and costs €80 - €200.
No, there is no direct bus from Birmingham to Colmar. However, there are services departing from Birmingham and arriving at Colmar via Brussels-North train station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 16h 25m.
No, there is no direct train from Birmingham to Colmar. However, there are services departing from Birmingham New Street and arriving at Colmar via London St Pancras Intl and Paris Est. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 8h 20m.
The distance between Birmingham and Colmar is 1136 km.
The best way to get from Birmingham to Colmar without a car is to train which takes 8h 20m and costs €140 - €500.
It takes approximately 8h 20m to get from Birmingham to Colmar, including transfers.
Birmingham to Colmar bus services, operated by National Express, depart from Birmingham Coach Station.
Birmingham to Colmar train services, operated by Avanti West Coast, depart from Birmingham New Street station.
The best way to get from Birmingham to Colmar is to train which takes 8h 20m and costs €140 - €500. Alternatively, you can bus via Brussels, which costs €50 - €90 and takes 16h 25m.
What companies run services between Birmingham, England and Colmar, France?
You can take a train from Birmingham New Street to Colmar via London Euston, London St Pancras Intl, Paris Nord, and Paris Est in around 8h 20m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Birmingham to Colmar via Brussel Eurolines Busstation and Brussels-North train station in around 16h 25m.
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Basel via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €55–310
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Basel via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 50m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €65–210
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Zurich Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €50–280
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Basel via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €60–340
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Frankfurt via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €40–250
Flights from London City Airport to Zurich Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 41m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–370
Flights from Manchester Airport to Zurich Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 7m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €50–280
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Basel via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–340
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Basel via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €90–360
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Zurich Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €75–300
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Zurich Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €60–310
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Basel via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 52m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €130–300
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €95–300
Flights from London City Airport to Zurich Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- €140–440
Flights from Manchester Airport to Zurich Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–300
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €70–290
Flights from London City Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 38m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–330
Flights from Manchester Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–110
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Basel
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 42m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €55–230
Flights from London City Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–240
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Basel via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 20m
- When
- Monday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €50–300
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Basel via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Monday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €55–320
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Frankfurt via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €45–260
- Website
- brusselsairlines.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Zurich Airport via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 8m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- €65–240
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Basel via Edinburgh
- Ave. Duration
- 7h
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €65–210
Flights from Manchester Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €35–130
- Website
- airdolomiti.it
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €95–300
Flights from London City Airport to Zurich Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- €140–440
- Phone
- +44 345 528 0253
- Website
- avantiwestcoast.co.uk
Train from Birmingham New Street to London Euston
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 19m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €19–65
- Website
- https://www.avantiwestcoast.co.uk/
Train from Birmingham New Street to Crewe
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €12–45
- Website
- https://www.avantiwestcoast.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 333 311 0039
- contact.wmr@wmtrains.co.uk
- Website
- westmidlandsrailway.co.uk
Train from Birmingham New Street to London Euston
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 17m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €11–40
- Website
- https://www.westmidlandsrailway.co.uk/
Train from Birmingham New Street to Crewe
- Ave. Duration
- 56 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €10–45
- Website
- https://www.westmidlandsrailway.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 343 218 6186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Paris Nord
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 28m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €70–290
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- sncf-connect.com
Train from Paris Est to Colmar
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 28m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €65–150
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Mulhouse Ville to Colmar
- Ave. Duration
- 29 min
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €12–13
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Strasbourg to Colmar
- Ave. Duration
- 29 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €10–17
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
- Phone
- +44 (0) 8443 35 35 35
- Website
- leshuttle.com
Car train from Folkestone to Calais-Fréthun
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- https://www.leshuttle.com/uk-en
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- track.effiliation.com
Train from St Louis to Colmar
- Ave. Duration
- 34 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €16–17
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
Train from Mulhouse Ville to Colmar
- Ave. Duration
- 38 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €10–11
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
Train from Strasbourg to Colmar
- Ave. Duration
- 30 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €15–16
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
- Phone
- +41 848 446 688
- Website
- sbb.ch
Train from Zürich HB to Mulhouse
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 19m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €45–80
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Frankfurt to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €10–28
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Strasbourg Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 9m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €35–65
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from Frankfurt to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 23m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €12–40
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- €12–19
- 1st Class
- €23–40
- Phone
- 03333 211 202
- Website
- tfw.wales
Train from Birmingham New Street to Crewe
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 34m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €15–27
- Website
- https://tfw.wales/
Train from Birmingham New Street to Crewe
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €28–60
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
- Phone
- +421 55 680 73 06
- onlinepredaj@eurobus.sk
- Website
- eurobus.sk
Bus from Birmingham to Brussel Eurolines Busstation
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 45m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €22–25
- Website
- https://www.eurobus.sk/en
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Brussels-North train station to Colmar
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 40m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €28–65
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- 08717 81 81 81
- Website
- nationalexpress.com
Bus from Birmingham Coach Station to London Victoria Coach Station Arrivals
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €8–45
- Website
- https://www.nationalexpress.com/en
- Phone
- 01204 327509
- info@atlantictravel.co.uk
- Website
- atlantictravel.co.uk
Bus from London Victoria to Paris
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 15m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Website
- Atlantic Travel GB Ltd
- Phone
- +3-389-268-0068
- Website
- blablacar.co.uk
Bus from London Victoria to Paris
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 41m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €24–110
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
Bus from Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station to Colmar
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 5m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €40–55
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
- Phone
- 07001 8282
- booking@union-ivkoni.com
- Website
- union-ivkoni.com
Bus from London Victoria to Paris
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 30m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €16–23
- Website
- https://union-ivkoni.com/en
- Phone
- +353 818 300 400
- info@irishferries.com
- Website
- irishferries.com
Car ferry from Port of Dover to Calais
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €35–45
- Website
- https://www.irishferries.com/uk-en/Travel-to-Ireland
- Car
- €75–190
- On Foot
- €35–45
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More Questions & Answers
Birmingham to Colmar bus services, operated by National Express, arrive at London Victoria Coach Station Arrivals.
Colmar is 1h ahead of Birmingham. It is currently 12:31 PM in Birmingham and 1:31 PM in Colmar.
Birmingham to Colmar train services, operated by Avanti West Coast, arrive at London Euston station.
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