There are 6 ways to get from Europe to Ballymena by train, plane, or bus
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Train to Frankfurt, fly to George Best Belfast City Airport, train
best- Take the train from Bad Hersfeld Bahnhof to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to George Best Belfast City Airport (BHD)plane FRA - BHD
- Take the train from Lanyon Place to Ballymenatrain
10h 44m£167–322Train to Frankfurt, fly to Belfast International Airport
cheapest- Take the train from Bad Hersfeld Bahnhof to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Belfast International Airport (BFS)plane FRA - BFS
10h 59m£77–254Train, train to Hannover Airport, fly to George Best Belfast City Airport
- Take the train from Eschwege-Niederhone Bahnhof to Göttingentrain
- Take the train from Göttingen to Hannover Hbftrain
- Fly from Hannover Airport (HAJ) to George Best Belfast City Airport (BHD)plane HAJ - BHD
- Take the train from Lanyon Place to Ballymenatrain
11h 34mTrain to Frankfurt, fly to Dublin Airport, bus, train
- Take the train from Bad Hersfeld Bahnhof to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Dublin Airport (DUB)plane FRA - DUB
- Take the bus from Terminal 1 Zone 2 to Europa Bus Centrebus
- Take the train from Belfast Great Central to Ballymenatrain
11h 16m£96–287Train, train to Cologne Bonn Airport, fly to Belfast International Airport
- Take the train from Bad Hersfeld Bahnhof to Frankfurttrain
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Siegburg Bftrain
- Fly from Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN) to Belfast International Airport (BFS)plane CGN - BFS
12h 14m£112–431Train, train to Düsseldorf International Airport, fly to Dublin Airport, bus
- Take the train from Bebra Bahnhof to Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhetrain
- Take the train from Kassel-Wilhelmshoehe to Duesseldorf Flughafentrain
- Fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Dublin Airport (DUB)plane DUS - DUB
- Take the bus from Terminal 1 Zone 2 to Europa Bus Centrebus
- Take the train from Belfast Great Central to Ballymenatrain
13h 34m£121–323
Frankfurt (FRA) to George Best Belfast City Airport (BHD) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Europe to Ballymena is to train and fly which costs £75 - £260 and takes 10h 59m.
The fastest way to get from Europe to Ballymena is to train and fly which takes 10h 44m and costs £160 - £330.
The distance between Europe and Ballymena is 842 miles.
It takes approximately 10h 44m to get from Europe to Ballymena, including transfers.
Ballymena is 1h behind Europe. It is currently 7:01 PM in Europe and 6:01 PM in Ballymena.
There are 226+ hotels available in Ballymena.
What companies run services between Europe and Ballymena, Mid and East Antrim, Northern Ireland?
There is no direct connection from Europe to Ballymena. However, you can take the line 315 bus to Bebra Bahnhof, walk to Bebra Bahnhof, take the train to Bad Hersfeld Bahnhof, take the train to Frankfurt, take the train to Frankfurt, walk to Frankfurt (FRA) airport, fly to George Best Belfast City Airport (BHD), walk to George Best Belfast City Airport, take the line 600 bus to Bridge End, walk to Lanyon Place, then take the train to Ballymena. Alternatively, you can take the line 260 bus to Sontra Breitwiese, walk to Sontra Bahnhof, take the train to Eschwege-Niederhone Bahnhof, take the train to Göttingen, take the train to Hannover Hbf, take the train to Langenhagen Flughafen, walk to Hannover Airport (HAJ) airport, fly to George Best Belfast City Airport (BHD), walk to George Best Belfast City Airport, take the line 600 bus to Bridge End, walk to Lanyon Place, then take the train to Ballymena.
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Hannover Airport to George Best Belfast City Airport via Glasgow
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 5m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- £80–280
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Belfast International Airport via London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- £40–170
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Belfast International Airport via Manchester
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 47m
- When
- Sunday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £50–220
Flights from Frankfurt to Belfast International Airport via Manchester
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £40–230
Flights from Frankfurt to Belfast International Airport via Birmingham
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 2m
- When
- Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday
- Estimated price
- £70–280
Flights from Frankfurt to Belfast International Airport via Newcastle
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Wednesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £70–280
Flights from Frankfurt to Belfast International Airport via Edinburgh
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 17m
- When
- Friday to Thursday
- Estimated price
- £70–280
Flights from Frankfurt to Belfast International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Thursday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £45–170
Flights from Frankfurt to Belfast International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £40–170
Flights from Frankfurt to Belfast International Airport via London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 32m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £60–180
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Frankfurt to George Best Belfast City Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £55–330
Flights from Frankfurt to George Best Belfast City Airport via London City
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £150–750
Flights from Hannover Airport to George Best Belfast City Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £85–390
- Website
- aerlingus.com
Flights from Frankfurt to George Best Belfast City Airport via London City
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £150–750
Flights from Frankfurt to George Best Belfast City Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- £55–300
Flights from Frankfurt to Dublin Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £40–160
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Dublin Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 57m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £40–150
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Frankfurt to George Best Belfast City Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £50–290
Flights from Hannover Airport to George Best Belfast City Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £60–340
Flights from Frankfurt to Dublin Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £45–260
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Belfast International Airport via London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 46m
- When
- Sunday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- £50–360
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Belfast International Airport via Manchester
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 45m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- £50–360
Flights from Frankfurt to Belfast International Airport via Manchester
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £70–280
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Dublin Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £70–190
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Dublin Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £45–160
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Bad Hersfeld Bahnhof to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 21m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- £23–55
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Göttingen to Hannover Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 33 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £16–40
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Frankfurt to Siegburg Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 6m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £24–60
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Bebra Bahnhof to Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhe
- Ave. Duration
- 39 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £8–21
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Kassel-Wilhelmshoehe to Duesseldorf Flughafen
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 2m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £45–110
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Bad Hersfeld Bahnhof to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 51m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- £26–40
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +44 28 9066 6630
- Website
- translink.co.uk
Train from Lanyon Place to Ballymena
- Ave. Duration
- 39 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £8–12
- Website
- https://www.translink.co.uk/
Train from Belfast Great Central to Ballymena
- Ave. Duration
- 49 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £8–12
- Website
- https://www.translink.co.uk/
- Phone
- +49 561 766396-0
- info@cantus-bahn.de
- Website
- cantus-bahn.de
Train from Eschwege-Niederhone Bahnhof to Göttingen
- Ave. Duration
- 37 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- https://www.cantus-bahn.de/
Train from Bebra Bahnhof to Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhe
- Ave. Duration
- 43 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- https://www.cantus-bahn.de/
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- konzern.oebb.at
Train from Göttingen to Hannover Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 56 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £23–35
- Website
- https://konzern.oebb.at/en/
- Phone
- 0221 13 999 444
- Website
- nationalexpress.de
Train from Kassel-Wilhelmshoehe to Duesseldorf Flughafen
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 12m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Schedules at
- nationalexpress.de
- Phone
- +353 0 1 844 7118
- info@aircoach.ie
- Website
- aircoach.ie
Bus from Terminal 1 Zone 2 to Europa Bus Centre
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £12–18
- Website
- https://www.aircoach.ie/
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