There are 7 ways to get from Colombo to Bedford by plane or train
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
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
14h 14m£337–685Fly to Luton Airport
cheapest- Fly from Bandaranaike International Airport (CMB) to Luton Airport (LTN)plane CMB - LTN
16h 41m£214–593Fly to London Gatwick Airport, train
- Fly from Bandaranaike International Airport (CMB) to London Gatwick Airport (LGW)plane CMB - LGW
- Take the train from Gatwick Airport to Bedfordtrain
14h 18m£402–626Fly 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
16h 5m£440–1,386Fly 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 41m£361–737Fly 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
16h 2m£597–1,568Fly 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
18h 10m£372–586
Bandaranaike International Airport (CMB) to London Heathrow Airport (LHR) flights
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Colombo to Bedford is to fly which costs £210 - £600 and takes 16h 41m.
The fastest way to get from Colombo to Bedford is to fly and train which takes 14h 14m and costs £330 - £700.
The distance between Colombo and Bedford is 5537 miles.
It takes approximately 14h 14m to get from Colombo to Bedford, including transfers.
Bedford is 5h 30m behind Colombo. It is currently 3:10 PM in Colombo and 9:40 AM in Bedford.
There are 922+ hotels available in Bedford.
What companies run services between Colombo, Sri Lanka and Bedford, England?
SriLankan Airlines, easyJet, and five 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
- 15h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £440–1,300
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to London Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 55m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £310–1,100
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to London Gatwick Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £380–1,100
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Birmingham Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 15m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £380–1,100
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Manchester Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 46m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £370–1,100
- Website
- qatarairways.com
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 15h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £440–1,300
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to London Gatwick Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £380–1,100
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Birmingham Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 15m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £380–1,100
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Manchester Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 46m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £370–1,100
- Website
- srilankan.com
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to London Heathrow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £420–1,100
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Birmingham Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 15m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £380–1,100
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Manchester Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 46m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £370–1,100
- Website
- emirates.com
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to London Gatwick Airport via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £370–1,200
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to London Stansted Airport via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £400–1,300
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Birmingham Airport via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £380–1,300
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Luton Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 42m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £400–1,100
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Luton Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 17h
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- £340–1,200
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Luton Airport via Abu Dhabi, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 37m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £300–850
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Luton Airport via Doha, Berlin Brandenburg
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 30m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £410–1,200
- Website
- turkishairlines.com
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £410–1,400
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to London Gatwick Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £350–1,200
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to London Stansted Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 25m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £380–1,300
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Birmingham Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £360–1,200
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Manchester Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 30m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £350–1,200
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to London Gatwick Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 50m
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £310–1,100
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Birmingham Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 14h
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- £320–1,200
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to London City Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 30m
- When
- Tuesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- £500–1,800
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Manchester Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 55m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £310–1,100
- Website
- etihad.com
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Manchester Airport via Abu Dhabi
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 43m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £270–750
- Website
- kuwaitairways.com
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Kuwait
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 30m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £290–750
- Website
- airarabia.com
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to London Gatwick Airport via Sharjah
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £330–490
- Website
- airdolomiti.it
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to London City Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 5m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- £550–1,500
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Luton Airport via Kuwait, Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 19h
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £180–550
- Phone
- +44 (0)345 026 4700
- Website
- Thameslink
Train from Farringdon to Bedford
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- £34
- Website
- Thameslink
Train from Gatwick Airport to Bedford
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 48m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- £52
- Website
- Thameslink
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Bedford
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 4m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £33
- Website
- Thameslink
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Bedford
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 4m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £33
- Website
- Thameslink
- Phone
- 03457 125 678
- Website
- East Midlands Railways
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Bedford
- Ave. Duration
- 40 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £22–35
- Website
- East Midlands Railways
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Bedford
- Ave. Duration
- 40 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £22–35
- Website
- East Midlands Railways
- Phone
- +44 333 311 0039
- contact.wmr@wmtrains.co.uk
- Website
- West Midlands Trains
Train from Birmingham International to Bletchley
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 23m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £17–50
- Website
- West Midlands Trains
- Phone
- +44 (0)345 528 0253
- Website
- Avanti West Coast
Train from Manchester Piccadilly to Milton Keynes Central
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 38m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £45–70
- Website
- Avanti West Coast
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