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£379–1,601Fly 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
15h 44m£341–905Fly 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 58m£530–1,385Fly 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 36m£464–1,516Fly to Birmingham Airport, train
- Fly from Bandaranaike International Airport (CMB) to Birmingham Airport (BHX)plane CMB - BHX
- Take the train from Birmingham International to Milton Keynes Centraltrain
17h£386–1,592Fly to Luton Airport
- Fly from Bandaranaike International Airport (CMB) to Luton Airport (LTN)plane CMB - LTN
14h 33m£456–1,351Fly 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 59m£415–1,630
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 £340 - £950 and takes 15h 44m.
The fastest way to get from Colombo to Bedford is to fly and train which takes 14h 20m and costs £370 - £1,600.
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 11:36 PM in Colombo and 6:06 PM in Bedford.
There are 809+ 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
- qatarairways.com
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 18m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £470–1,500
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to London Gatwick Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £410–1,300
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Birmingham Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 37m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £410–1,300
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Manchester Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 16m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £420–1,400
- Website
- turkishairlines.com
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 42m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £480–1,100
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to London Gatwick Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 7m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £380–1,500
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to London Stansted Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 7m
- When
- Tuesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- £380–1,500
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Birmingham Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 42m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £380–1,500
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Manchester Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £390–1,500
- Website
- srilankan.com
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to London Heathrow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £390–1,600
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Birmingham Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 37m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £410–1,300
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Manchester Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 16m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £420–1,400
- Website
- emirates.com
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to London Gatwick Airport via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £400–1,400
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to London Stansted Airport via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 7m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £400–1,400
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Birmingham Airport via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £400–1,400
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Luton Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 30m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £350–1,400
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Luton Airport via Doha, Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 50m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- £420–1,400
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Luton Airport via Doha, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £420–1,400
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Luton Airport via Doha, Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 20m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- £420–1,300
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Luton Airport via Doha, Berlin Brandenburg
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 40m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £420–1,400
- Website
- airdolomiti.it
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to London City Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 13h
- When
- Wednesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £500–2,100
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to London City Airport via Abu Dhabi, Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £480–1,300
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to London City Airport via Doha, Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 7m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £600–2,000
- Website
- etihad.com
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Manchester Airport via Abu Dhabi
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £330–900
- Website
- kuwaitairways.com
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Kuwait
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 30m
- When
- Friday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £390–1,100
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to London City Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 45m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- £500–2,100
- 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
- wizzair.com
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Luton Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £390–1,500
- 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 London St Pancras Intl to Bedford
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 3m
- Frequency
- Every 30 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/
- Phone
- 03457 125 678
- Website
- eastmidlandsrailway.co.uk
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Bedford
- Ave. Duration
- 41 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £24–40
- Website
- https://www.eastmidlandsrailway.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 345 528 0253
- Website
- avantiwestcoast.co.uk
Train from Birmingham International to Milton Keynes Central
- Ave. Duration
- 42 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £19–35
- Website
- https://www.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/
- Phone
- +44 333 311 0039
- contact.wmr@wmtrains.co.uk
- Website
- westmidlandsrailway.co.uk
Train from Birmingham International to Milton Keynes Central
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £19–50
- Website
- https://www.westmidlandsrailway.co.uk/
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