There are 7 ways to get from Europe to Ballymena by train, plane, taxi, bus, or busferry
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Train to Frankfurt, fly to George Best Belfast City Airport, train
best- Take the train from Bad Hersfeld Bahnhof to Frankfurt
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to George Best Belfast City Airport (BHD)FRA - BHD
- Take the train from Lanyon Place to Ballymena
11h 19m£160–329Train to Frankfurt, fly to Belfast International Airport
cheapest- Take the train from Bad Hersfeld Bahnhof to Frankfurt
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Belfast International Airport (BFS)FRA - BFS
10h 54m£70–221Taxi, train, bus, bus and ferry
- Take the taxi from Sontra-Blankenbach to Bebra Bahnhof250
- Take the train from Bebra Bahnhof to Düsseldorf Hbf51
- Take the bus from Düsseldorf central bus station to London Victoria
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Buchanan Bus Station
- Take the busferry from Glasgow Buchanan to Belfast, Europa Buscentre923
- Take the train from Belfast Great Central to Ballymena0
38hTrain, train to Hannover Airport, fly to George Best Belfast City Airport
- Take the train from Bebra Bahnhof to Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhe
- Take the train from Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhe to Hannover Hauptbahnhof
- Fly from Hannover Airport (HAJ) to George Best Belfast City Airport (BHD)HAJ - BHD
- Take the train from Lanyon Place to Ballymena
10h 48m£114–439Train to Frankfurt, fly to Dublin Airport, bus, train
- Take the train from Bad Hersfeld Bahnhof to Frankfurt
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Dublin Airport (DUB)FRA - DUB
- Take the bus from Dublin Airport Terminal 1 Zone 2 to Europa Bus Centre
- Take the train from Belfast Great Central to Ballymena
11h 26m£100–264Train, train to Cologne Bonn Airport, fly to Belfast International Airport
- Take the train from Bad Hersfeld Bahnhof to Frankfurt
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Siegburg Bf
- Fly from Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN) to Belfast International Airport (BFS)CGN - BFS
11h 44m£122–555Train, train to Düsseldorf International Airport, fly to Dublin Airport, bus
- Take the train from Bebra Bahnhof to Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhe
- Take the train from Kassel-Wilhelmshoehe to Duesseldorf Flughafen
- Fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Dublin Airport (DUB)DUS - DUB
- Take the bus from Dublin Airport Terminal 1 Zone 2 to Europa Bus Centre
- Take the train from Belfast Great Central to Ballymena
13h 27m£128–327
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 £65 - £230 and takes 10h 54m.
The fastest way to get from Europe to Ballymena is to train and fly which takes 10h 48m and costs £110 - £440.
The distance between Europe and Ballymena is 842 miles.
The best way to get from Europe to Ballymena without a car is to taxi and train and bus and bus and ferry which takes 38h and costs .
It takes approximately 11h 19m to get from Europe to Ballymena, including transfers.
Ballymena is 1h behind Europe. It is currently 7:01 AM in Europe and 6:01 AM in Ballymena.
There are 217+ 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, 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 taxi to Bebra Bahnhof, walk to Bebra Bahnhof, take the train to Düsseldorf Hbf, walk to Düsseldorf central bus station, take the bus to London Victoria, take the bus to Buchanan Bus Station, walk to Glasgow Buchanan, take the vehicle to Belfast, Europa Buscentre, walk to Belfast Great Central, then take the train to Ballymena.
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Frankfurt to George Best Belfast City Airport via Manchester
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- £75–300
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Belfast International Airport via Birmingham
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £50–160
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Belfast International Airport via Manchester
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £35–160
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Belfast International Airport via London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- £30–150
Flights from Frankfurt to Belfast International Airport via Glasgow
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £55–220
Flights from Frankfurt to Belfast International Airport via Manchester
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Monday and Tuesday
- Estimated price
- £35–200
Flights from Frankfurt to Belfast International Airport via Edinburgh
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Monday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £55–220
Flights from Frankfurt to Belfast International Airport via Newcastle
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 17m
- When
- Tuesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £55–220
Flights from Frankfurt to Belfast International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £30–140
Flights from Frankfurt to Belfast International Airport via Birmingham
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £55–260
Flights from Frankfurt to Belfast International Airport via London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 35m
- When
- Monday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £45–150
- Website
- aerlingus.com
Flights from Frankfurt to George Best Belfast City Airport via London City
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £110–360
Flights from Frankfurt to George Best Belfast City Airport via Manchester
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £75–300
Flights from Frankfurt to George Best Belfast City Airport via Birmingham
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- £110–360
Flights from Frankfurt to Dublin Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 12m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £30–130
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Dublin Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £30–130
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Frankfurt to George Best Belfast City Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £50–280
Flights from Hannover Airport to George Best Belfast City Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £65–350
Flights from Frankfurt to Dublin Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- £40–220
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Dublin Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £40–230
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Frankfurt to George Best Belfast City Airport via London City
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 40m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £110–360
Flights from Frankfurt to George Best Belfast City Airport via Manchester
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £75–300
Flights from Hannover Airport to George Best Belfast City Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 10m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £85–400
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Dublin Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £60–190
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Belfast International Airport via London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £35–140
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Belfast International Airport via Edinburgh
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £45–170
Flights from Frankfurt to Belfast International Airport via Manchester
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £55–210
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Dublin Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £50–170
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Bad Hersfeld Bahnhof to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £19–50
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Bebra Bahnhof to Düsseldorf Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- £50–60
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Bebra Bahnhof to Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhe
- Ave. Duration
- 39 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £21–24
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhe to Hannover Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 51 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £13–45
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Frankfurt to Siegburg Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 53 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £21–70
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Kassel-Wilhelmshoehe to Duesseldorf Flughafen
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 2m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £35–85
- 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 Bebra Bahnhof to Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhe
- Ave. Duration
- 43 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- cantus Verkehrsgesellschaft mbH
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Bad Hersfeld Bahnhof to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 51m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- £20–28
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- 0221 13 999 444
- Website
- nationalexpress.de
Train from Kassel-Wilhelmshoehe to Duesseldorf Flughafen
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 12m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- £40–60
- Schedules at
- nationalexpress.de
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Düsseldorf central bus station to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 20m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- £40–140
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from London Victoria to Buchanan Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 15m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- £22–75
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- 08717 81 81 81
- Website
- nationalexpress.com
Bus from London Victoria to Buchanan Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 35m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- £30–80
- Website
- https://www.nationalexpress.com/en
- Phone
- +44 28 9066 6630
- Website
- translink.co.uk
Busferry from Glasgow Buchanan to Belfast, Europa Buscentre
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 10m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Website
- https://www.translink.co.uk/
- Phone
- +353 0 1 844 7118
- info@aircoach.ie
- Website
- aircoach.ie
Bus from Dublin Airport Terminal 1 Zone 2 to Europa Bus Centre
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £13–18
- Website
- https://www.aircoach.ie/
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Estimated price
- £7–10
Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
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