There are 12 ways to get from Exeter to Ponferrada by train, plane, towncar, car, car ferry, or bus
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 Bristol Airport, fly to Francisco De Sá Carneiro Airport, towncar, train
best- Take the train from Exeter St Davids to Bristol Temple Meads
- Fly from Bristol Airport (BRS) to Francisco De Sá Carneiro Airport (OPO)BRS - OPO
- Take a town car from Porto - Aeroporto Francisco Sá Carneiro to Ourense
- Take the train from Ourense to Ponferrada
12h 58m€345–566Bus
cheapest- Take the bus from Bampfylde Street to London Victoria
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Paris700
- Take the bus from Paris to Leon
- Take the bus from Leon to Ponferrada
36h 1m€53–296Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Exeter to Plymouth
- Take the car ferry from Plymouth to Santander
- Drive from Santander to Ponferrada
25h€143–803Train, bus
- Take the train from Exeter St Davids to London Paddington
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Lille EuropeEil
- Take the bus from Lille to Vitoria-Gasteiz
- Take the train from Vitoria/Gasteiz to PonferradaAlv
27h 44m€212–630Train to London Heathrow Airport, fly to Santiago De Compostela Airport, train
- Take the train from Exeter St Davids to London Paddington
- Fly from London Heathrow Airport (LHR) to Santiago De Compostela Airport (SCQ)LHR - SCQ
- Take the train from Santiago De Compostela to Ponferrada
11h 55m€180–593Train to Bristol Airport, fly to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport, train
- Take the train from Exeter St Davids to Bristol Temple Meads
- Fly from Bristol Airport (BRS) to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport (MAD)BRS - MAD
- Take the train from Madrid Chamartín to Ponferrada
11h 21m€84–341Train, train to London Gatwick Airport, fly to A Coruña Airport
- Take the train from Exeter St Davids to Reading
- Take the train from Reading to Gatwick Airport
- Fly from London Gatwick Airport (LGW) to A Coruña Airport (LCG)LGW - LCG
- Take the train from La Coruna-San Cristobal to Ponferrada
13h 5m€159–498Train, train to London Gatwick Airport, fly to Asturias Airport, bus
- Take the train from Exeter St Davids to Reading
- Take the train from Reading to Gatwick Airport
- Fly from London Gatwick Airport (LGW) to Asturias Airport (OVD)LGW - OVD
- Take the bus from [ANZU|Aeropuerto] Aeropuerto - Salidas [CTA 20118] to [OVIEDO/UVIÉU] Estación Bus Oviedo FL- Pepe Cosmen [CTA 01549]
- Take the train from Oviedo to Leon
- Take the train from Leon to Ponferrada
13h 33m€147–509Train to Bristol Airport, fly to León Airport, train
- Take the train from Exeter St Davids to Bristol Temple Meads
- Fly from Bristol Airport (BRS) to León Airport (LEN)BRS - LEN
- Take the train from Leon to Ponferrada
14h 21m€198–687Train, train to London Gatwick Airport, fly to Bilbao Airport, bus
- Take the train from Exeter St Davids to Reading
- Take the train from Reading to Gatwick Airport
- Fly from London Gatwick Airport (LGW) to Bilbao Airport (BIO)LGW - BIO
- Take the bus from Aireportua/Aeropuerto Bilbao to Vitoria-Gasteiz - Estación de Autobuses
- Take the train from Vitoria/Gasteiz to Ponferrada
15h 42m€145–454Train, car ferry
- Take the train from Exeter St Davids to Plymouth
- Take the car ferry from Plymouth to Santander
- Take the train from Santander to PalenciaAlv / ...
- Take the train from Palencia to PonferradaAlv / ...
29h 50m€120–811Train, car ferry, bus
- Take the train from Exeter St Davids to Plymouth
- Take the car ferry from Plymouth to Santander
- Take the bus from Santander E.A. to Leon
- Take the bus from Leon to Ponferrada
30h 38m€119–788
Exeter to Ponferrada by train, foot, bus, and car ferry
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Exeter to Ponferrada is to bus which costs €50 - €300 and takes 36h 1m.
The fastest way to get from Exeter to Ponferrada is to train and fly which takes 11h 21m and costs €80 - €350.
No, there is no direct bus from Exeter to Ponferrada. However, there are services departing from Bampfylde Street and arriving at Ponferrada via London Victoria, Paris and Leon. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 36h 1m.
The distance between Exeter and Ponferrada is 1692 km.
The best way to get from Exeter to Ponferrada without a car is to train and bus which takes 27h 44m and costs €210 - €650.
It takes approximately 12h 58m to get from Exeter to Ponferrada, including transfers.
Exeter to Ponferrada bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Bampfylde Street station.
Exeter to Ponferrada bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at London Victoria station.
Ponferrada is 1h ahead of Exeter. It is currently 8:42 PM in Exeter and 9:42 PM in Ponferrada.
Book your Exeter to Ponferrada bus tickets online with Omio.
What companies run services between Exeter, England and Ponferrada, Spain?
You can take a bus from Bampfylde Street to Ponferrada via London Victoria, Paris, and Leon in around 36h 1m.
- Website
- iberia.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Santiago De Compostela Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €28–270
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Santiago De Compostela Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €28–300
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Santiago De Compostela Airport via Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €85–300
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to A Coruña Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €55–200
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to A Coruña Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 56m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €55–200
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Asturias Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €40–170
Flights from Bristol Airport to León Airport via Palma Mallorca
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 55m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €180–700
Flights from Bristol Airport to León Airport via Francisco De Sá Carneiro Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 25m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €160–600
Flights from Bristol Airport to León Airport via Dublin, Francisco De Sá Carneiro Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 35m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €180–650
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Bilbao Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €30–150
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Bilbao Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €30–150
- Website
- vueling.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Santiago De Compostela Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €28–270
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Santiago De Compostela Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €28–270
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to A Coruña Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €55–200
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to A Coruña Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 56m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €55–200
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Asturias Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €40–170
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Bilbao Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €30–150
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Bilbao Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €30–150
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Bristol Airport to Francisco De Sá Carneiro Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €50–230
Flights from Bristol Airport to Francisco De Sá Carneiro Airport via Bordeaux
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €50–230
Flights from Bristol Airport to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €29–140
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Bilbao Airport via Geneva
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €70–210
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Bristol Airport to Francisco De Sá Carneiro Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €60–170
Flights from Bristol Airport to Francisco De Sá Carneiro Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €60–170
Flights from Bristol Airport to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €30–140
- Website
- aerlingus.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Santiago De Compostela Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €150–290
Train from Exeter St Davids to Bristol Temple Meads
- Ave. Duration
- 57 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €14–50
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
Train from Exeter St Davids to Plymouth
- Ave. Duration
- 57 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €5–18
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 3457 000 125
- gwr.feedback@gwr.com
- Website
- gwr.com
Train from Exeter St Davids to Bristol Temple Meads
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 32m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €45–48
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
Train from Exeter St Davids to London Paddington
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 13m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €60–140
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
Train from Exeter St Davids to Reading
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 43m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €40–120
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
Train from Reading to Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 31m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €30–65
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
Train from Exeter St Davids to Plymouth
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 6m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €6–22
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
Rome2Rio's guide to Renfe Viajeros
Contact Details
- Phone
- +34 91 232 03 20
- Website
- renfe.com
Train from Ourense to Ponferrada
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 26m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €14–28
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
Train from Vitoria/Gasteiz to Ponferrada
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 34m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €35–55
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
Train from Santiago De Compostela to Ponferrada
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 8m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €22–40
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
Train from Madrid Chamartín to Ponferrada
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 12m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- €25–120
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
Train from La Coruna-San Cristobal to Ponferrada
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 39m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €26–45
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
Train from Oviedo to Leon
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €10–40
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
Train from Leon to Ponferrada
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €11–28
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
Train from Santander to Palencia
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €18–45
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
Train from Palencia to Ponferrada
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €20–40
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
- Phone
- +44 343 218 6186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Lille Europe
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €85–310
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Lille Europe
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €40–140
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- €40–65
- 1st Class
- €85–140
- Phone
- 0345 6000 650
- Website
- southwesternrailway.com
Train from Exeter St Davids to Reading
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €65–160
- Website
- https://www.southwesternrailway.com/
- Anytime Day Single
- €65–95
- Anytime Day Single 1st Class
- €110–160
Rome2Rio's guide to Renfe AVE
Contact Details
- Phone
- +34 91 232 03 20
- Website
- renfe.com
Train from Oviedo to Leon
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 4m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €18–50
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Lille to Vitoria-Gasteiz
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 5m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €85–120
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Bampfylde Street to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €15–40
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from London Victoria to Paris
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 15m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- €22–85
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Paris to Leon
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 20m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €60–150
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +3-389-268-0068
- Website
- blablacar.co.uk
Bus from Lille to Vitoria-Gasteiz
- Ave. Duration
- 17h
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €70–100
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
Bus from London Victoria to Paris
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 41m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €21–70
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
- Phone
- +34 910 207 007
- alsa@alsa.es
- Website
- alsa.com
Bus from [ANZU|Aeropuerto] Aeropuerto - Salidas [CTA 20118] to [OVIEDO/UVIÉU] Estación Bus Oviedo FL- Pepe Cosmen [CTA 01549]
- Ave. Duration
- 40 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €9
- Website
- https://www.alsa.com/en/
Bus from Santander E.A. to Leon
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €26–50
- Website
- https://www.alsa.com/en/
Bus from Leon to Ponferrada
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €11–12
- Website
- https://www.alsa.com/en/
- Phone
- +34 94 476 50 07
- Website
- autobuseslaunion.com
Bus from Aireportua/Aeropuerto Bilbao to Vitoria-Gasteiz - Estación de Autobuses
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €7–15
- Website
- https://www.autobuseslaunion.com/en
- Phone
- 08717 81 81 81
- Website
- nationalexpress.com
Bus from Bampfylde Street to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- €22–50
- Website
- https://www.nationalexpress.com/en
- Phone
- 07001 8282
- booking@union-ivkoni.com
- Website
- union-ivkoni.com
Bus from London Victoria to Paris
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 30m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €16–23
- Website
- https://union-ivkoni.com/en
- Phone
- +351 21 75 24 524
- Website
- rede-expressos.pt
Bus from Paris to Leon
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €11–109
- Website
- https://rede-expressos.pt/en
- Online ticket
- €11–60
- Phone
- 0330 159 7000
- reservations@brittanyferries.com
- Website
- brittany-ferries.co.uk
Car ferry from Plymouth to Santander
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 15m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €75–700
- Book at
- Brittany Ferries
- Adult
- €75–95
- Car
- €230–330
- Single Ticket
- €100–220
- Car Single Ticket
- €280–700
- Phone
- (+351) 220 971 653
- info@vmtransfers.com
- Website
- vmtransfers.com
Towncar from Porto - Aeroporto Francisco Sá Carneiro to Ourense
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 11m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €250
- Website
- https://www.vmtransfers.com/en/
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