There are 13 ways to get from Bulgaria to Leeds by shuttle, plane, bus, train, car, car train, busferry, or car ferry
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Shuttle to Bucharest Otopeni, fly to Leeds Bradford International Airport
best- Take a shuttle bus from Ruse to Bucharest Otopeni Airport
- Fly from Bucharest Otopeni (OTP) to Leeds Bradford International Airport (LBA)plane OTP - LBA
7h 59m£144–407Fly Sofia Airport to Leeds Bradford International Airport
cheapest- Fly from Sofia Airport (SOF) to Leeds Bradford International Airport (LBA)plane SOF - LBA
9h 27m£50–180Bus, train via Frankfurt Airport (FRA)
- Take the bus from Sofia Knyaginya Maria Luiza Station to Linzbus
- Take the train from Linz Hbf to Frankfurt(M) Flughafen Fernbftrain Ice
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Bruxelles Miditrain 79
- Take the train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to London St Pancras Intltrain Eil
- Take the train from King's Cross to Leedstrain
33h 24m£384–524Bus, train
- Take the bus from Sofia to Bratislavabus
- Take the train from Bratislava Hlavna Stanica to St.Poelten Hbftrain Rjx
- Take the train from St.Poelten Hbf to Bruxelles-Miditrain Nj
- Take the train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to London St Pancras Intltrain Eil
- Take the train from King's Cross to Leedstrain
37h 30m£293–480Drive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Sofia to Calais-Fréthuncar
- Take the car train from Calais-Fréthun to Folkestonecartrain
- Drive from Folkestone to Leedscar
25h 26mShuttle to Bucharest Otopeni, fly to Manchester Airport, train
- Take a shuttle bus from Ruse to Bucharest Otopeni Airport
- Fly from Bucharest Otopeni (OTP) to Manchester Airport (MAN)plane OTP - MAN
- Take the train from Manchester Airport to Leedstrain
8h 53m£143–392Fly Sofia Airport to Liverpool, train
- Fly from Sofia Airport (SOF) to Liverpool (LPL)plane SOF - LPL
- Take the train from Liverpool Lime Street to Leedstrain
8h 32m£66–273Fly Sofia Airport to Birmingham Airport, train
- Fly from Sofia Airport (SOF) to Birmingham Airport (BHX)plane SOF - BHX
- Take the train from Birmingham New Street to Leedstrain
9h 8m£103–335Shuttle to Bucharest Otopeni, fly to Birmingham Airport, train
- Take a shuttle bus from Ruse to Bucharest Otopeni Airport
- Fly from Bucharest Otopeni (OTP) to Birmingham Airport (BHX)plane OTP - BHX
- Take the train from Birmingham New Street to Leedstrain
9h 55m£182–562Bus
- Take the bus from Sofia to București, Autogara Militaribus
- Take the bus from Bucharest Obor to Manchester, Coach Stationbus
- Take the bus from Manchester Central Coach Station to Leeds City Bus & Coach Stationbus 170 / ...
34h 3m£65–98Bus via Prague
- Take the bus from Sofia Serdica Bus Station to Praha, ÚAN Florencbus Racic Eurobus
- Take the bus from Praha, ÚAN Florenc to Bradfordbus Michalovce
45h 7m£107–220Train, bus and ferry
- Take the train from Sofia to Vidintrain
- Take the train from Vidin to Craiovatrain
- Take the busferry from Craiova, Autogara Pelendava Nord to Manchester Piccadillybusferry
- Take the train from Manchester Piccadilly to Leedstrain
2d 10h£89–208Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Sofia to Calaiscar
- Take the car ferry from Calais to Port of Dovercarferry
- Drive from Port of Dover to Leedscar
26h 32m£402–578
Bucharest Otopeni (OTP) to Leeds Bradford International Airport (LBA) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Bulgaria to Leeds is to bus which costs £65 - £100 and takes 34h 3m.
The fastest way to get from Bulgaria to Leeds is to shuttle and fly which takes 7h 59m and costs £140 - £410.
No, there is no direct bus from Bulgaria station to Leeds. However, there are services departing from Sofia Serdica Bus Station and arriving at Headrow R via Praha, ÚAN Florenc and Bradford Interchange Bus Station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 45h 7m.
The distance between Bulgaria and Leeds is 1471 miles.
The best way to get from Bulgaria to Leeds without a car is to bus and train via Frankfurt Airport (FRA) which takes 33h 24m and costs £380 - £550.
It takes approximately 7h 59m to get from Bulgaria to Leeds, including transfers.
Bulgaria to Leeds bus services, operated by Racic Eurobus, depart from Sofia Serdica Bus Station.
The best way to get from Bulgaria to Leeds is to fly which takes 9h 27m and costs £50 - £180. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs £65 - £100 and takes 34h 3m.
Bulgaria to Leeds bus services, operated by Racic Eurobus, arrive at Praha, ÚAN Florenc station.
Leeds is 2h behind Bulgaria. It is currently 3:06 PM in Bulgaria and 1:06 PM in Leeds.
What companies run services between Bulgaria and Leeds, England?
Ryanair, Bulgaria Air, and two other airlines fly from Sofia Airport (SOF) to Leeds Bradford International Airport (LBA) twice daily. Alternatively, you can take a vehicle from Sveta Nedelya to Leeds City Bus & Coach Station via Tsentralna Gara, Sofia, București, Autogara Militari, Autogara Militari, Piata 21 Decembrie 1989, Universitate, Gara Obor, Bucharest Obor, and Manchester Central Coach Station in around 34h 3m.
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Leeds Bradford International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £60–130
Flights from Sofia Airport to Leeds Bradford International Airport via Wroclaw
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 15m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- £50–180
Flights from Sofia Airport to Leeds Bradford International Airport via Krakow
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 35m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- £50–180
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £40–95
Flights from Sofia Airport to Liverpool
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £45–180
Flights from Sofia Airport to Liverpool via Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £50–180
Flights from Sofia Airport to Birmingham Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £45–140
Flights from Sofia Airport to Birmingham Airport via Beauvais
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £45–140
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Birmingham Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £40–110
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Birmingham Airport via Beauvais
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Thursday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- £40–110
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Leeds Bradford International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 3m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £60–370
Flights from Sofia Airport to Leeds Bradford International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 20m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- £90–260
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Manchester Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 6m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £50–310
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Birmingham Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £50–300
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Manchester Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £65–310
Flights from Sofia Airport to Birmingham Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 41m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £60–250
Flights from Sofia Airport to Birmingham Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- £60–250
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Birmingham Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £60–300
- Website
- lufthansa-city.com
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Manchester Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £65–310
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Birmingham Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £60–300
- Website
- jet2.com
Flights from Sofia Airport to Leeds Bradford International Airport via Berlin Brandenburg
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 25m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £90–270
Flights from Sofia Airport to Leeds Bradford International Airport via Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 5m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £55–210
Flights from Sofia Airport to Leeds Bradford International Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 40m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £55–210
Flights from Sofia Airport to Leeds Bradford International Airport via Budapest
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 45m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £55–210
- Website
- flyulendo.com
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Leeds Bradford International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £45–190
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Birmingham Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £29–140
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Linz Hbf to Frankfurt(M) Flughafen Fernbf
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 22m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- £75–85
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Frankfurt to Bruxelles Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 47m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £55–65
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +44 343 218 6186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to London St Pancras Intl
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 4m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £70–150
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Standard
- £70–110
- Comfort
- £85–120
- Premium
- £110–150
- Phone
- +44 345 722 5333
- customers@lner.co.uk
- Website
- lner.co.uk
Train from King's Cross to Leeds
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 9m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £90–130
- Website
- https://www.lner.co.uk/
- Anytime Day Single
- £90–130
Train from Bratislava Hlavna Stanica to St.Poelten Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £23–35
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/railjet
- *
- £23–35
- Phone
- +32 70 79 79 79
- Website
- belgiantrain.be
Train from St.Poelten Hbf to Bruxelles-Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 43m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- £80–120
- Website
- https://www.belgiantrain.be/en
- 2nd Class
- £80–120
- 1st Class
- £120–180
- 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
- +44 345 600 1671
- tpecustomer.relations@tpexpress.co.uk
- Website
- tpexpress.co.uk
Train from Manchester Airport to Leeds
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 26m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £14–35
- Website
- https://www.tpexpress.co.uk/
- Standard
- £14–20
- 1st Class
- £28–35
Train from Liverpool Lime Street to Leeds
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £17–45
- Website
- https://www.tpexpress.co.uk/
- Standard
- £17–25
- 1st Class
- £35–45
Train from Manchester Piccadilly to Leeds
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 12m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £12–31
- Website
- https://www.tpexpress.co.uk/
- Standard
- £12–18
- 1st Class
- £26–31
Train from Birmingham New Street to Leeds
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 59m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £55–150
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
- Standard
- £55–80
- 1st Class
- £100–150
- Phone
- +35929311111
- onlineticket@bdz.bg
- Website
- bdz.bg
Train from Sofia to Vidin
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £7–12
- Website
- https://www.bdz.bg/en
- 2nd Class
- £7–10
- 1st Class
- £9–12
- Phone
- 0219521
- petitii@cfrcalatori.ro
- Website
- cfrcalatori.ro
Train from Vidin to Craiova
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 13m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £10–11
- Website
- https://www.cfrcalatori.ro/en/
- Phone
- +359 89 345 5533
- info@atlastaxi.eu
- Website
- atlastaxi.eu
Shuttle from Ruse to Bucharest Otopeni Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- £85–210
- Website
- https://atlastaxi.eu/
- Phone
- 00359 2 971 11 11
- tickets@airkona.com
- Website
- airkona.com
Bus from Sofia Knyaginya Maria Luiza Station to Linz
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- £94
- Website
- Air Kona
- Phone
- +359 88 949 0000
- office@union-ivkoni.com
- Website
- union-ivkoni.com
Bus from Sofia to Bratislava
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 15m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- £30–45
- Website
- https://union-ivkoni.com/en
Bus from Sofia Serdica Bus Station to Praha, ÚAN Florenc
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 5m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- £40–60
- Website
- https://union-ivkoni.com/en
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Sofia to București, Autogara Militari
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 35m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- £21–40
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- 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
- 08717 81 81 81
- Website
- nationalexpress.com
Bus from Manchester Central Coach Station to Leeds City Bus & Coach Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £16–22
- Website
- https://www.nationalexpress.com/en
- Phone
- +359-887-208-506
- racic_bg@yahoo.com
- Website
- racicbg.com
Bus from Sofia Serdica Bus Station to Praha, ÚAN Florenc
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 15m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- £55–75
- Website
- https://www.racicbg.com/bg/
- Phone
- +359 0885700870
- support@citylines.eu
- Website
- citylines.eu
Bus from Sofia Serdica Bus Station to Praha, ÚAN Florenc
- Ave. Duration
- 21h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- £60–80
- Website
- https://citylines.eu/
- Phone
- +421 55 680 73 06
- onlinepredaj@eurobus.sk
- Website
- eurobus.sk
Bus from Praha, ÚAN Florenc to Bradford
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 52m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- £65–160
- Website
- https://www.eurobus.sk/en
- Phone
- 0040263701919
- latinoexpres@yahoo.com
- Website
- latinoexpres.ro
Busferry from Craiova, Autogara Pelendava Nord to Manchester Piccadilly
- Ave. Duration
- 45h 51m
- Frequency
- Twice 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
- £45–60
- 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
- £30–40
- Website
- https://www.irishferries.com/uk-en/Travel-to-Ireland
- Car
- £65–160
- On Foot
- £30–40
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