There are 10 ways to get from Challans to Chester by train (TGV, Eurostar), bus, car ferry, train, car, car train, or plane
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Train via Paris
best- Take the train from Challans to Nantestrain Ter
- Take the train from Nantes to Paris Montparnasse Hall 1 - 2train
- Take the train from Paris Nord to London St Pancras Intltrain Eil
- Take the train from London Euston to Chestertrain
10h 30m£137–536Bus
cheapest- Take the bus from Saint-Jean-de-Monts to Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine) to London Victoriabus 700
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Chester Bus Interchangebus
24h 37m£66–186Bus, car ferry, train
- Take the bus from Gare SNCF to Nantes Gare SNCFbus 12
- Take the bus from Nantes to Le Havrebus 730
- Take the car ferry from Le Havre to Portsmouth International Portcarferry
- Take the train from Southampton Central to Birmingham Internationaltrain
- Take the train from Birmingham International to Chestertrain
28h 9mDrive, car ferry
- Drive from Challans to Caencar
- Take the car ferry from Caen to Portsmouth International Portcarferry
- Drive from Portsmouth International Port to Chestercar
14h 10m£117–391Train
- Take the train from Challans to Nantestrain Ter
- Take the train from Nantes to Lille Europetrain Tgv
- Take the train from Lille Europe to London St Pancras Intltrain Eil
- Take the train from London Euston to Chestertrain
11h 50m£149–663Drive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Challans to Calais-Fréthuncar
- Take the car train from Calais-Fréthun to Folkestonecartrain
- Drive from Folkestone to Chestercar
11h 21mTrain, fly to Manchester Airport
- Take the train from Challans to Reze Pont Rousseautrain
- Fly from Nantes Atlantique Airport (NTE) to Manchester Airport (MAN)plane NTE - MAN
- Take the train from Manchester Airport to Chestertrain
6h 50m£77–199Train, fly to Liverpool
- Take the train from Challans to Reze Pont Rousseautrain
- Fly from Nantes Atlantique Airport (NTE) to Liverpool (LPL)plane NTE - LPL
9h 4m£80–478Train, fly to Birmingham Airport
- Take the train from Challans to Reze Pont Rousseautrain
- Fly from Nantes Atlantique Airport (NTE) to Birmingham Airport (BHX)plane NTE - BHX
- Take the train from Birmingham New Street to Crewetrain
8h 53m£87–239Train, fly to Leeds Bradford International Airport
- Take the train from Challans to Reze Pont Rousseautrain
- Fly from Nantes Atlantique Airport (NTE) to Leeds Bradford International Airport (LBA)plane NTE - LBA
- Take the train from Bradford Interchange to Chestertrain
11h 52m£90–229
Challans to Chester by train, foot, and subway
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Challans to Chester is to bus which costs £65 - £190 and takes 24h 37m.
The fastest way to get from Challans to Chester is to train and fly which takes 6h 50m and costs £75 - £200.
No, there is no direct bus from Challans to Chester. However, there are services departing from Gare SNCF and arriving at Chester Bus Interchange via Saint-Jean-de-Monts, Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine) and London Victoria. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 24h 37m.
No, there is no direct train from Challans to Chester. However, there are services departing from Challans and arriving at Chester via Nantes, Montparnasse Bienvenue, Paris Nord and London Euston. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 10h 30m.
The distance between Challans and Chester is 743 miles.
The best way to get from Challans to Chester without a car is to train via Paris which takes 10h 30m and costs £130 - £550.
It takes approximately 10h 30m to get from Challans to Chester, including transfers.
Challans to Chester bus services, operated by BlaBlaCar Bus, depart from Saint-Jean-de-Monts station.
Challans to Chester train services, operated by Société Nationale des Chemins de fer Français (SNCF), depart from Challans station.
The best way to get from Challans to Chester is to train via Paris which takes 10h 30m and costs £130 - £550. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs £65 - £190 and takes 24h 37m.
What companies run services between Challans, France and Chester, England?
You can take a train from Challans to Chester via Nantes, Paris Montparnasse Hall 1 - 2, Montparnasse Bienvenue, Gare du Nord, Paris Nord, London St Pancras Intl, and London Euston in around 10h 30m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Gare SNCF to Chester Bus Interchange via Saint-Jean-de-Monts, Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station, Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine), and London Victoria in around 24h 37m.
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Nantes Atlantique Airport to Manchester Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £35–230
Flights from Nantes Atlantique Airport to Birmingham Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 23m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £35–230
Flights from Nantes Atlantique Airport to Leeds Bradford International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £50–300
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Nantes Atlantique Airport to Liverpool via Geneva
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 35m
- When
- Friday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- £50–210
Flights from Nantes Atlantique Airport to Liverpool via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £40–200
Flights from Nantes Atlantique Airport to Liverpool via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 13m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £55–300
Flights from Nantes Atlantique Airport to Leeds Bradford International Airport via Geneva
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 30m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- £50–220
Flights from Nantes Atlantique Airport to Leeds Bradford International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £40–210
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Nantes Atlantique Airport to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £60–170
Flights from Nantes Atlantique Airport to Manchester Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £60–170
Flights from Nantes Atlantique Airport to Liverpool via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £45–550
Flights from Nantes Atlantique Airport to Birmingham Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £60–150
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Nantes Atlantique Airport to Birmingham Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £40–250
Flights from Nantes Atlantique Airport to Leeds Bradford International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £50–300
- Website
- jet2.com
Flights from Nantes Atlantique Airport to Leeds Bradford International Airport via Nice
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £70–240
Flights from Nantes Atlantique Airport to Leeds Bradford International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 12m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £70–230
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Nantes Atlantique Airport to Birmingham Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 25m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £65–280
- Website
- aerlingus.com
Flights from Nantes Atlantique Airport to Liverpool via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £45–220
Rome2Rio's guide to Société Nationale des Chemins de fer Français (SNCF)
Contact Details
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- track.effiliation.com
Train from Challans to Nantes
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £8–13
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
Train from Nantes to Paris Montparnasse Hall 1 - 2
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 18m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- £55–100
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
Train from Nantes to Lille Europe
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £95–210
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
- 2nd Class
- £95–140
- Rail 1st Class
- £140–210
Train from Challans to Reze Pont Rousseau
- Ave. Duration
- 43 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £8–12
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- sncf-connect.com
Train from Nantes to Paris Montparnasse Hall 1 - 2
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 18m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £30–90
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Nantes to Lille Europe
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £60–140
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
- Phone
- +44 343 218 6186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from Paris Nord to London St Pancras Intl
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 28m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £50–240
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
Train from Lille Europe to London St Pancras Intl
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 27m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £70–260
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Phone
- +44 345 528 0253
- Website
- avantiwestcoast.co.uk
Train from London Euston to Chester
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 4m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- £45–180
- Website
- https://www.avantiwestcoast.co.uk/
Train from Birmingham New Street to Crewe
- Ave. Duration
- 58 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £11–40
- Website
- https://www.avantiwestcoast.co.uk/
Train from Southampton Central to Birmingham International
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 24m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £21–130
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
Train from Birmingham New Street to Crewe
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- £19–50
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
- Phone
- 03333 211 202
- Website
- tfw.wales
Train from Birmingham International to Chester
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 12m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £23–60
- Website
- https://tfw.wales/
Train from Manchester Airport to Chester
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 23m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £11–35
- Website
- https://tfw.wales/
Train from Birmingham New Street to Crewe
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 34m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- £10–23
- Website
- https://tfw.wales/
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from Lille Europe to London St Pancras Intl
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 27m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- £35–120
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- £35–55
- 1st Class
- £70–120
- 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
- +44 333 311 0039
- contact.wmr@wmtrains.co.uk
- Website
- westmidlandsrailway.co.uk
Train from Birmingham New Street to Crewe
- Ave. Duration
- 56 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £7–40
- Website
- https://www.westmidlandsrailway.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 800 200 6060
- enquiries@northernrailway.co.uk
- Website
- northernrailway.co.uk
Train from Bradford Interchange to Chester
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 57m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £14–55
- Website
- https://www.northernrailway.co.uk/
- Phone
- +3-389-268-0068
- Website
- blablacar.co.uk
Bus from Saint-Jean-de-Monts to Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 35m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- £30–45
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine) to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 40m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £21–95
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from London Victoria to Chester Bus Interchange
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £10–40
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Nantes to Le Havre
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 5m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- £16–75
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- 09 69 39 14 14
- Website
- aleop.paysdelaloire.fr
Bus from Gare SNCF to Nantes Gare SNCF
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Schedules at
- aleop.paysdelaloire.fr
- Phone
- 0330 159 7000
- reservations@brittanyferries.com
- Website
- brittany-ferries.co.uk
Car ferry from Le Havre to Portsmouth International Port
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 44m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- £28–65
- Schedules at
- brittany-ferries.co.uk
- Book at
- brittany-ferries.co.uk
Car ferry from Caen to Portsmouth International Port
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- £18–240
- Schedules at
- brittany-ferries.co.uk
- Book at
- brittany-ferries.co.uk
- Adult
- £27–35
- Car
- £55–80
- Single Ticket
- £18–70
- Car Single Ticket
- £60–240
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More Questions & Answers
Challans to Chester bus services, operated by BlaBlaCar Bus, arrive at Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station.
Chester is 1h behind Challans. It is currently 12:25 PM in Challans and 11:25 AM in Chester.
Challans to Chester train services, operated by Société Nationale des Chemins de fer Français (SNCF), arrive at Nantes station.
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