There are 7 ways to get from Colombo to Bedford by plane or train
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Fly to London Heathrow Airport, train
best- Fly from Bandaranaike International Airport (CMB) to London Heathrow Airport (LHR)plane CMB - LHR
- Take the train from Farringdon to Bedfordtrain
13h 50m£378–1,599Fly to London Gatwick Airport, train
cheapest- Fly from Bandaranaike International Airport (CMB) to London Gatwick Airport (LGW)plane CMB - LGW
- Take the train from Gatwick Airport to Bedfordtrain
13h 54m£360–1,304Fly to London Stansted Airport, train
- Fly from Bandaranaike International Airport (CMB) to London Stansted Airport (STN)plane CMB - STN
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Bedfordtrain
15h 28m£433–569Fly to London City Airport, train
- Fly from Bandaranaike International Airport (CMB) to London City Airport (LCY)plane CMB - LCY
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Bedfordtrain
14h 53m£648–1,584Fly to Birmingham Airport, train
- Fly from Bandaranaike International Airport (CMB) to Birmingham Airport (BHX)plane CMB - BHX
- Take the train from Birmingham International to Bletchleytrain
17h 50m£385–1,493Fly to Luton Airport
- Fly from Bandaranaike International Airport (CMB) to Luton Airport (LTN)plane CMB - LTN
14h 31m£434–1,250Fly to Manchester Airport, train
- Fly from Bandaranaike International Airport (CMB) to Manchester Airport (MAN)plane CMB - MAN
- Take the train from Manchester Piccadilly to Milton Keynes Centraltrain
17h 55m£404–1,629
Bandaranaike International Airport (CMB) to London Heathrow Airport (LHR) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Colombo to Bedford is to fly and train which costs £360 - £1,300 and takes 13h 54m.
The fastest way to get from Colombo to Bedford is to fly and train which takes 13h 50m and costs £370 - £1,600.
The distance between Colombo and Bedford is 5537 miles.
It takes approximately 13h 50m to get from Colombo to Bedford, including transfers.
Bedford is 4h 30m behind Colombo. It is currently 9:31 PM in Colombo and 5:01 PM in Bedford.
There are 522+ hotels available in Bedford.
What companies run services between Colombo, Sri Lanka and Bedford, England?
Turkish Airlines, Wizz Air UK, and three other airlines fly from Bandaranaike International Airport (CMB) to Luton Airport (LTN) 3 times a day.
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 46m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £320–470
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to London Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 30m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- £410–1,800
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to London Gatwick Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 15m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £300–550
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Birmingham Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £420–1,300
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Manchester Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 16m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £420–1,300
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Manchester Airport via London Heathrow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £370–1,600
- Website
- qatarairways.com
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 46m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £320–470
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to London Gatwick Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 15m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £300–550
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Birmingham Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £420–1,300
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Manchester Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 16m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £420–1,300
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Manchester Airport via London Heathrow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £370–1,600
- Website
- emirates.com
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to London Gatwick Airport via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 1m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £470–1,400
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to London Stansted Airport via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £370–420
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Birmingham Airport via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £490–1,500
- Website
- srilankan.com
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to London Heathrow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £400–1,700
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Birmingham Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £420–1,300
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Manchester Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 16m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £420–1,300
- Website
- turkishairlines.com
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 40m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £650–1,100
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to London Gatwick Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £440–1,600
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to London Stansted Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 20m
- When
- Tuesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- £420–1,500
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Birmingham Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 10m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £460–1,700
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Manchester Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £460–1,700
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to London Stansted Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 10m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £340–1,500
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Luton Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 45m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £350–1,500
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Luton Airport via Doha, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £400–1,200
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Luton Airport via Doha, Berlin Brandenburg
- Ave. Duration
- 19h
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £400–1,200
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 35m
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £270–1,900
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to London City Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 55m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- £350–2,500
- Website
- airdolomiti.it
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to London City Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 5m
- When
- Wednesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £500–2,200
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to London City Airport via Abu Dhabi, Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 20m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £470–1,300
- Website
- etihad.com
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Manchester Airport via Abu Dhabi
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £340–950
- Website
- kuwaitairways.com
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Kuwait
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 20m
- When
- Friday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £390–1,100
- Website
- airarabia.com
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to London Gatwick Airport via Sharjah
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £370–850
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Birmingham Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 45m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £370–1,600
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Luton Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £430–1,600
- Phone
- 0345 026 4700
- Website
- thameslinkrailway.com
Train from Farringdon to Bedford
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- £26–50
- Website
- https://www.thameslinkrailway.com/
Train from Gatwick Airport to Bedford
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 48m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- £40–80
- Website
- https://www.thameslinkrailway.com/
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Bedford
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 3m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £25–50
- Website
- https://www.thameslinkrailway.com/
- Phone
- 03457 125 678
- Website
- eastmidlandsrailway.co.uk
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Bedford
- Ave. Duration
- 40 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £23–40
- 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 Bletchley
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £20–55
- Website
- https://www.westmidlandsrailway.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 345 528 0253
- Website
- avantiwestcoast.co.uk
Train from Manchester Piccadilly to Milton Keynes Central
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 38m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £45–80
- Website
- https://www.avantiwestcoast.co.uk/
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