There are 8 ways to get from Carrick to Ballymena by plane, train, bus, or car ferry
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Fly Launceston to George Best Belfast City Airport, train
best- Fly from Launceston (LST) to George Best Belfast City Airport (BHD)plane LST - BHD
- Take the train from Lanyon Place to Ballymenatrain
34h 17m£639–1,948Bus to Devonport Airport, fly to Dublin Airport, bus, train
cheapest- Take the bus from Carrick, Meander Valley Rd before Liffey St to Devonport Interchange, Rooke St, Stop Abus
- Fly from Devonport Airport (DPO) to Dublin Airport (DUB)plane DPO - DUB
- Take the bus from Dublin Airport Terminal 1 Zone 2 to Europa Bus Centrebus
- Take the train from Belfast Great Central to Ballymenatrain
34h 50m£443–1,345Fly Launceston to Dublin Airport, bus, train
- Fly from Launceston (LST) to Dublin Airport (DUB)plane LST - DUB
- Take the bus from Dublin Airport Terminal 1 Zone 2 to Europa Bus Centrebus
- Take the train from Belfast Great Central to Ballymenatrain
31h 39m£539–1,563Fly Launceston to Belfast International Airport
- Fly from Launceston (LST) to Belfast International Airport (BFS)plane LST - BFS
31h 52m£479–1,450Fly Launceston to City Of Derry Airport, train
- Fly from Launceston (LST) to City Of Derry Airport (LDY)plane LST - LDY
- Take the train from Coleraine to Ballymenatrain
2d 4h£736–2,245Bus to Devonport Airport, fly to Belfast International Airport
- Take the bus from Carrick, Meander Valley Rd before Liffey St to Devonport Interchange, Rooke St, Stop Abus
- Fly from Devonport Airport (DPO) to Belfast International Airport (BFS)plane DPO - BFS
35h 23m£523–1,632Fly Launceston to Edinburgh Airport, bus, car ferry, train
- Fly from Launceston (LST) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane LST - EDI
- Take the bus from Airport to Buchanan Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Glasgow Buchanan to Cairnryan Stena Terminalbus
- Take the car ferry from Cairnryan to Belfastcarferry
- Take the train from Yorkgate to Ballymenatrain
43h 8mFly Launceston to Manchester Airport, train, car ferry
- Fly from Launceston (LST) to Manchester Airport (MAN)plane LST - MAN
- Take the train from Manchester Airport to Liverpool Lime Streettrain
- Take the car ferry from Liverpool to Belfastcarferry
- Take the train from Yorkgate to Ballymenatrain
41h 31m£627–1,434
Launceston (LST) to George Best Belfast City Airport (BHD) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Carrick to Ballymena is to bus and fly and train which costs £440 - £1,400 and takes 34h 50m.
The fastest way to get from Carrick to Ballymena is to fly and bus and train which takes 31h 39m and costs £500 - £1,600.
The distance between Carrick and Ballymena is 11031 miles.
It takes approximately 34h 17m to get from Carrick to Ballymena, including transfers.
Ballymena is 11h behind Carrick. It is currently 4:15 PM in Carrick and 5:15 AM in Ballymena.
There are 216+ hotels available in Ballymena.
What companies run services between Carrick, TAS, Australia and Ballymena, Mid and East Antrim, Northern Ireland?
Virgin Australia, Qatar Airways, and two other airlines fly from Launceston (LST) to Belfast International Airport (BFS) 6 times a week.
- Website
- qatarairways.com
Flights from Launceston to George Best Belfast City Airport via Perth, Doha, Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 32h 5m
- When
- Monday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £600–1,900
Flights from Launceston to George Best Belfast City Airport via Adelaide, Doha, Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 36h 35m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £600–1,900
Flights from Launceston to George Best Belfast City Airport via Adelaide, Doha, Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 37h 35m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £600–1,900
Flights from Launceston to Dublin Airport via Perth, Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 57m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £490–1,500
Flights from Launceston to Dublin Airport via Adelaide, Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 32h 50m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £490–1,500
Flights from Devonport Airport to Dublin Airport via Melbourne, Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 7m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £600–1,900
Flights from Launceston to Edinburgh Airport via Adelaide, Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 32h 50m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £500–1,600
Flights from Launceston to Manchester Airport via Perth, Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 45m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £500–1,600
Flights from Launceston to Manchester Airport via Adelaide, Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 32h 35m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £500–1,600
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Launceston to Belfast International Airport via Adelaide, Doha, Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 34h 50m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- £440–1,400
Flights from Launceston to Belfast International Airport via Adelaide, Doha, Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 34h 55m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- £440–1,400
Flights from Launceston to Belfast International Airport via Adelaide, Doha, Birmingham
- Ave. Duration
- 39h 5m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £440–1,400
Flights from Launceston to City Of Derry Airport via Adelaide, Doha, Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2d 7h
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- £700–2,200
Flights from Devonport Airport to Belfast International Airport via Melbourne, Dubai, Newcastle
- Ave. Duration
- 33h 57m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £600–1,800
Flights from Devonport Airport to Belfast International Airport via Melbourne, Doha, Birmingham
- Ave. Duration
- 32h 35m
- When
- Wednesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- £500–1,700
Flights from Devonport Airport to Belfast International Airport via Melbourne, Doha, Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 31h
- When
- Wednesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- £500–1,600
Flights from Devonport Airport to Belfast International Airport via Melbourne, Doha, Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 33h 32m
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £500–1,700
- Website
- virginaustralia.com
Flights from Launceston to Dublin Airport via Perth, Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 57m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £490–1,500
Flights from Launceston to Dublin Airport via Adelaide, Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 32h 50m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £490–1,500
Flights from Devonport Airport to Dublin Airport via Melbourne, Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 7m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £600–1,900
Flights from Launceston to Edinburgh Airport via Adelaide, Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 32h 50m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £500–1,600
Flights from Launceston to Manchester Airport via Perth, Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 45m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £500–1,600
Flights from Launceston to Manchester Airport via Adelaide, Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 32h 35m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £500–1,600
- Website
- emirates.com
Flights from Launceston to Dublin Airport via Adelaide, Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 35m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £550–1,700
Flights from Devonport Airport to Dublin Airport via Melbourne, Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 27m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £650–2,100
Flights from Launceston to Manchester Airport via Adelaide, Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 30m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £550–1,700
- Website
- qantas.com
Flights from Launceston to Dublin Airport via Adelaide, Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 35m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £550–1,700
Flights from Devonport Airport to Dublin Airport via Melbourne, Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 27m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £650–2,100
Flights from Launceston to Manchester Airport via Adelaide, Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 30m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £550–1,700
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Launceston to Belfast International Airport via Perth, Doha, Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 40m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £440–1,400
Flights from Launceston to City Of Derry Airport via Adelaide, Doha, Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2d 3h
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £700–2,200
Flights from Launceston to City Of Derry Airport via Adelaide, Dubai, Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2d 3h
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £800–2,500
Flights from Devonport Airport to Belfast International Airport via Melbourne, Doha, Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 10m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £500–1,700
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Launceston to George Best Belfast City Airport via Adelaide, Doha, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 37h 5m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £600–1,900
Flights from Launceston to City Of Derry Airport via Perth, London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 2d 1h
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £750–2,500
- Website
- loganair.co.uk
Flights from Launceston to City Of Derry Airport via Perth, London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 2d 1h
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £750–2,500
Flights from Launceston to City Of Derry Airport via Adelaide, Dubai, Glasgow
- Ave. Duration
- 2d 9h
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- £800–2,500
- Website
- etihad.com
Flights from Devonport Airport to Dublin Airport via Melbourne, Abu Dhabi
- Ave. Duration
- 32h 40m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- £410–1,300
- Phone
- +44 28 9066 6630
- Website
- translink.co.uk
Train from Lanyon Place to Ballymena
- Ave. Duration
- 39 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £8–12
- Website
- https://www.translink.co.uk/
Train from Belfast Great Central to Ballymena
- Ave. Duration
- 49 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £8–12
- Website
- https://www.translink.co.uk/
Train from Coleraine to Ballymena
- Ave. Duration
- 37 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £8–12
- Website
- https://www.translink.co.uk/
Train from Yorkgate to Ballymena
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £8–12
- Website
- https://www.translink.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 800 200 6060
- enquiries@northernrailway.co.uk
- Website
- northernrailway.co.uk
Train from Manchester Airport to Liverpool Lime Street
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 21m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £4–21
- Website
- https://www.northernrailway.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 345 600 1671
- tpecustomer.relations@tpexpress.co.uk
- Website
- tpexpress.co.uk
Train from Manchester Airport to Liverpool Lime Street
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- £5–24
- Website
- https://www.tpexpress.co.uk/
- Phone
- +353 0 1 844 7118
- info@aircoach.ie
- Website
- aircoach.ie
Bus from Dublin Airport Terminal 1 Zone 2 to Europa Bus Centre
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £13–18
- Website
- https://www.aircoach.ie/
- Phone
- +61 7 5552 2700
- info@wearekinetic.com
- Website
- wearekinetic.com
Bus from Carrick, Meander Valley Rd before Liffey St to Devonport Interchange, Rooke St, Stop A
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- £1
- Website
- https://www.wearekinetic.com/
- Phone
- 0141 352 4444
- info@citylink.co.uk
- Website
- citylink.co.uk
Bus from Airport to Buchanan Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 58 min
- Frequency
- Every 5 minutes
- Estimated price
- £9–13
- Website
- https://www.citylink.co.uk/
- Phone
- 0141 352 4444
- enquiries@megabus.com
- Website
- uk.megabus.com
Bus from Airport to Buchanan Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 2m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £9–13
- Website
- https://uk.megabus.com
- Phone
- +44 28 9066 6630
- Website
- translink.co.uk
Bus from Glasgow Buchanan to Cairnryan Stena Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Website
- https://www.translink.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 844 770 7070
- info.se@stenaline.com
- Website
- stenaline.dk
Car ferry from Cairnryan to Belfast
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £30–45
- Website
- https://www.stenalinetravel.com/
Car ferry from Liverpool to Belfast
- Ave. Duration
- 8h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £35–60
- Website
- https://www.stenalinetravel.com/
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