There are 10 ways to get from Cumbria to Belfast by train, plane, bus, car ferry, busferry, or car
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Train to Glasgow Airport, fly to Belfast International Airport
best- Take the train from Penrith North Lakes to Glasgow Centraltrain
- Fly from Glasgow Airport (GLA) to Belfast International Airport (BFS)plane GLA - BFS
5h 18m£73–165Bus, bus and ferry
cheapest- Take the bus from Halston Hotel to Buchanan Bus Stationbus Ukn31
- Take the busferry from Glasgow Buchanan to Belfast, Europa Buscentrebusferry 923
12h 7m£32–41Train, Bus, car ferry
- Take the train from Penrith North Lakes to Glasgow Centraltrain
- Take the bus from Glasgow Buchanan to Cairnryan Stena Terminalbus 923
- Take the carferry from Cairnryan to Belfastcarferry
10h 26m£67–122Train, car ferry
- Take the train from Penrith North Lakes to Glasgow Centraltrain
- Take the train from Glasgow Central to Ayrtrain
- Take the train from Ayr to Stranraertrain
- Take the carferry from Cairnryan to Larnecarferry
- Take the train from Larne Harbour to Belfast Lanyon Placetrain Re
10h 34m£138–405Train, bus and ferry
- Take the train from Carlisle to Auchinlecktrain Carlisle - Glasgow Central
- Take the busferry from Ayr to Belfast, Europa Buscentrebusferry 923
11h 14m£60–91Train to Manchester Airport, fly to George Best Belfast City Airport
- Take the train from Penrith North Lakes to Manchester Airporttrain
- Fly from Manchester Airport (MAN) to George Best Belfast City Airport (BHD)plane MAN - BHD
5h 37m£66–171Line 508 bus, train, train to Newcastle, fly to Belfast International Airport
- Take the bus from Brackenrigg Inn to Rail Stationbus
- Take the train from Penrith North Lakes to Carlisletrain
- Take the train from Carlisle to Newcastletrain
- Fly from Newcastle (NCL) to Belfast International Airport (BFS)plane NCL - BFS
6h 13m£70–170Train to Manchester Airport, fly to Belfast International Airport
- Take the train from Penrith North Lakes to Manchester Airporttrain
- Fly from Manchester Airport (MAN) to Belfast International Airport (BFS)plane MAN - BFS
5h 57m£65–170Train to Edinburgh Airport, fly to George Best Belfast City Airport
- Take the train from Penrith North Lakes to Haymarkettrain
- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to George Best Belfast City Airport (BHD)plane EDI - BHD
5h 48m£81–181Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Cumbria to Cairnryancar
- Take the carferry from Cairnryan to Larnecarferry
4h 54m£62–276
Glasgow Airport (GLA) to Belfast International Airport (BFS) flights
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Cumbria to Belfast is to bus and bus and ferry which costs £30 - £45 and takes 12h 7m.
The fastest way to get from Cumbria to Belfast is to drive and car ferry which takes 4h 54m and costs £60 - £280.
No, there is no direct bus from Cumbria to Belfast. However, there are services departing from Longthwaite road end and arriving at Belfast, Europa Buscentre via Bus Station, Halston Hotel and Glasgow Buchanan. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 12h 7m.
The distance between Cumbria and Belfast is 265 miles.
The best way to get from Cumbria to Belfast without a car is to train and Bus and car ferry which takes 10h 26m and costs £65 - £130.
It takes approximately 5h 18m to get from Cumbria to Belfast, including transfers.
Cumbria to Belfast bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Halston Hotel station.
Cumbria to Belfast bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Buchanan Bus Station.
There are 1235+ hotels available in Belfast.
What companies run services between Cumbria, England and Belfast, Northern Ireland?
There is no direct connection from Cumbria to Belfast. However, you can take the line 508 bus to Rail Station, walk to Penrith North Lakes, take the train to Glasgow Central, walk to West Campbell Street, take the line 500 bus to Terminal Building, walk to Glasgow Airport (GLA) airport, fly to Belfast International Airport (BFS), walk to Belfast International Airport, then take the bus to Ulster University Belfast. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Brackenrigg Inn to Castlecourt via Rail Station, Penrith North Lakes, Glasgow Central, Waterloo Lane, Buchanan Bus Station, Glasgow Buchanan, Cairnryan Stena Terminal, Cairnryan, Port Of Belfast, and Stena Line terminus in around 10h 26m.
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Belfast International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 45 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £24–80
Flights from Manchester Airport to George Best Belfast City Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £29–110
Flights from Newcastle to Belfast International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £30–90
Flights from Manchester Airport to Belfast International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £35–110
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to George Best Belfast City Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £29–110
- Website
- aerlingus.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to George Best Belfast City Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £35–130
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to George Best Belfast City Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £30–95
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Belfast International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £20–80
- Phone
- +44 (0)345 528 0253
- Website
- Avanti West Coast
Train from Penrith North Lakes to Glasgow Central
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 29m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £40–65
- Website
- Avanti West Coast
Train from Penrith North Lakes to Glasgow Central
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 29m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £40–65
- Website
- Avanti West Coast
Train from Penrith North Lakes to Glasgow Central
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 29m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £40–65
- Website
- Avanti West Coast
Train from Penrith North Lakes to Carlisle
- Ave. Duration
- 15 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £6–10
- Website
- Avanti West Coast
Train from Penrith North Lakes to Haymarket
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 27m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- £40–65
- Website
- Avanti West Coast
Train from Penrith North Lakes to Glasgow Central
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 41m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £35–60
- Website
- TransPennine Express
Train from Penrith North Lakes to Glasgow Central
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 41m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £35–60
- Website
- TransPennine Express
Train from Penrith North Lakes to Glasgow Central
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 41m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £35–60
- Website
- TransPennine Express
Train from Penrith North Lakes to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 54m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £30–55
- Website
- TransPennine Express
Train from Penrith North Lakes to Carlisle
- Ave. Duration
- 15 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £5–9
- Website
- TransPennine Express
Train from Penrith North Lakes to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 54m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £30–55
- Website
- TransPennine Express
Train from Penrith North Lakes to Haymarket
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 32m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £35–60
- Website
- TransPennine Express
- Phone
- +44 (0)344 811 0141
- Website
- ScotRail
Train from Glasgow Central to Ayr
- Ave. Duration
- 53 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £16–26
- Website
- ScotRail
Train from Ayr to Stranraer
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 21m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- £22–40
- Website
- ScotRail
Train from Carlisle to Auchinleck
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 27m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £30–50
- Website
- ScotRail
- Phone
- +44 28 9066 6630
- Website
- Translink
Train from Larne Harbour to Belfast Lanyon Place
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £7–11
- Website
- Translink
Train from Carlisle to Newcastle
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 31m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £20–40
- Website
- Northern Trains Limited
- Phone
- +44 28 9066 6630
- Website
- Translink
Bus from Glasgow Buchanan to Cairnryan Stena Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- £4
- Website
- Translink
- Belfast urban network
- £4
Busferry from Ayr to Belfast, Europa Buscentre
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- £4
- Website
- Translink
- Belfast urban network
- £4
Busferry from Glasgow Buchanan to Belfast, Europa Buscentre
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 25m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- £4
- Website
- Translink
- Belfast urban network
- £4
Bus from Brackenrigg Inn to Rail Station
- Ave. Duration
- 27 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £3
- Website
- Stagecoach
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Halston Hotel to Buchanan Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £10–16
- Website
- Flixbus
- Phone
- +44 844 770 7070
- info.se@stenaline.com
- Website
- Stena Line
Car ferry from Cairnryan to Belfast
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 22m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- £20–36
- Website
- Stena Line
- Passenger
- £36
- Car Passenger
- £149
- Phone
- +44 01304 44 88 88
- customer.services@poferries.com
- Website
- P&O Ferries
Car ferry from Cairnryan to Larne
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £25–220
- Website
- P&O Ferries
- Passenger Standard
- £25–45
- Passenger Car
- £130–220
Car ferry from Cairnryan to Larne
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £25–220
- Website
- P&O Ferries
- Passenger Standard
- £25–45
- Passenger Car
- £130–220
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