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
14h 20m£332–688Fly to Luton Airport
cheapest- Fly from Bandaranaike International Airport (CMB) to Luton Airport (LTN)plane CMB - LTN
16h 18m£273–903Fly 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
16h 14m£312–536Fly 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 45m£293–955Fly 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
15h 50m£423–1,185Fly 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 40mFly 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 19m£316–656
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 £310 - £550 and takes 16h 14m.
The fastest way to get from Colombo to Bedford is to fly and train which takes 14h 20m and costs £330 - £700.
The distance between Colombo and Bedford is 5537 miles.
It takes approximately 14h 20m to get from Colombo to Bedford, including transfers.
Bedford is 5h 30m behind Colombo. It is currently 1:48 AM in Colombo and 8:18 PM in Bedford.
There are 787+ hotels available in Bedford.
What companies run services between Colombo, Sri Lanka and Bedford, England?
Edelweiss Air, easyJet, and four 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 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £370–1,200
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to London Gatwick Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 52m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £330–1,100
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to London City Airport via Bengaluru, Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 15m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- £450–1,700
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to London City Airport via Abu Dhabi, Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 25m
- When
- Monday to Thursday
- Estimated price
- £380–1,100
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to London City Airport via Doha, Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £500–1,700
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Birmingham Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 2m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £330–1,100
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Manchester Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £330–1,100
- Website
- qatarairways.com
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £370–1,200
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to London Gatwick Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 52m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £330–1,100
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Birmingham Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 2m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £330–1,100
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Manchester Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £330–1,100
- Website
- srilankan.com
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to London Heathrow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £260–900
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Birmingham Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 2m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £330–1,100
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Manchester Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £330–1,100
- Website
- turkishairlines.com
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 14h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £320–1,100
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to London Gatwick Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £280–950
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to London Stansted Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 20m
- When
- Tuesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £290–950
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Birmingham Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 35m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £290–950
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Manchester Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 17m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £290–950
- Website
- emirates.com
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to London Gatwick Airport via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 16m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £320–1,100
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to London Stansted Airport via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £330–1,100
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Birmingham Airport via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £320–1,100
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to London Stansted Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 45m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £240–850
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Luton Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 20m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- £270–1,100
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Luton Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 25m
- When
- Wednesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £240–850
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Luton Airport via Doha, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 55m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £340–1,100
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Luton Airport via Doha, Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 5m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £340–1,100
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Luton Airport via Doha, Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 40m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- £340–1,100
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Luton Airport via Doha, Berlin Brandenburg
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £340–1,100
- Website
- airdolomiti.it
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to London City Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 55m
- When
- Wednesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £350–1,300
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to London City Airport via Abu Dhabi, Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 5m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £380–1,100
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to London City Airport via Doha, Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 55m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £500–1,700
- Website
- etihad.com
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Manchester Airport via Abu Dhabi
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £250–700
- Website
- kuwaitairways.com
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Kuwait
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 30m
- When
- Friday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £300–800
- Website
- airarabia.com
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to London Gatwick Airport via Sharjah
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £300–400
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to London City Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 45m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- £410–1,600
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Birmingham Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 35m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £230–850
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Luton Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 21h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £290–950
- Phone
- 0345 026 4700
- Website
- thameslinkrailway.com
Train from Farringdon to Bedford
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- £25–50
- Website
- https://www.thameslinkrailway.com/
- Anytime Day Single
- £25–40
- Anytime Day Single 1st Class
- £35–50
Train from Gatwick Airport to Bedford
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 48m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- £40–80
- Website
- https://www.thameslinkrailway.com/
- Anytime Day Single
- £40–60
- Anytime Day Single 1st Class
- £55–80
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/
- Anytime Day Single
- £25–40
- Anytime Day Single 1st Class
- £35–50
- Phone
- 03457 125 678
- Website
- eastmidlandsrailway.co.uk
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Bedford
- Ave. Duration
- 40 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £16–26
- Website
- https://www.eastmidlandsrailway.co.uk/
- Standard
- £16–26
- Phone
- +44 333 311 0039
- contact.wmr@wmtrains.co.uk
- Website
- westmidlandsrailway.co.uk
Train from Birmingham International to Bletchley
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- 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
- £50–140
- Website
- https://www.avantiwestcoast.co.uk/
- Anytime Single
- £50–70
- Anytime Single 1st Class
- £95–140
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