There are 11 ways to get from Folkestone to Gibraltar by train, plane, bus, car, car ferry, train (Eurostar, TGV, Renfe), or car train
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Train to London Heathrow Airport, fly to Gibraltar International Airport
best- Take the train from Folkestone Central to London St Pancras Intltrain
- Fly from London Heathrow Airport (LHR) to Gibraltar International Airport (GIB)plane LHR - GIB
6h 49m$202–748Train to London Stansted Airport, fly to Málaga Airport, bus
cheapest- Take the train from Folkestone Central to Stratford Internationaltrain
- Fly from London Stansted Airport (STN) to Málaga Airport (AGP)plane STN - AGP
- Take the bus from Aeropuerto Malaga to Estación de Autobuses de La Línea de la Concepciónbus
9h 30m$116–303Train, bus via Madrid
- Take the train from Folkestone Central to London St Pancras Intltrain
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Lille Europetrain Eil
- Take the train from Lille Europe to Avignon Tgvtrain Tgv
- Take the train from Avignon Tgv to Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandestrain
- Take the train from Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes to Malaga Maria Zambranotrain Ave
- Take the bus from Estación de Autobuses de Málaga to Estación de Autobuses de La Línea de la Concepciónbus
23h 20m$529–969Bus
- Take the bus from Dover to Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine)bus 700
- Take the bus from Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station to Estación Sur de Autobusesbus
- Take the bus from Madrid Estación Sur de Autobuses to Estación de Autobuses de La Línea de la Concepciónbus
32h 50m$160–313Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Folkestone to Plymouthcar
- Take the carferry from Plymouth to Santandercarferry
- Drive from Santander to Gibraltarcar
35h 2m$391–1,202Train, train to London Gatwick Airport, fly to Gibraltar International Airport
- Take the train from Folkestone Central to London St Pancras Intltrain
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Gatwick Airporttrain
- Fly from London Gatwick Airport (LGW) to Gibraltar International Airport (GIB)plane LGW - GIB
6h 41m$180–402Train, train to London Gatwick Airport, fly to Málaga Airport, bus
- Take the train from Folkestone Central to London St Pancras Intltrain
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Gatwick Airporttrain
- Fly from London Gatwick Airport (LGW) to Málaga Airport (AGP)plane LGW - AGP
- Take the bus from Aeropuerto Malaga to Estación de Autobuses de La Línea de la Concepciónbus
9h 26m$126–322Train
- Take the train from Folkestone Central to London St Pancras Intltrain
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Lille Europetrain Eil
- Take the train from Lille Europe to Lyon Part Dieutrain Tgv
- Take the train from Lyon Part Dieu to Barcelona-Santstrain
- Take the train from Barcelona-Sants to Antequera-Santa Anatrain Ave
- Take the train from Antequera-Santa Ana to Algecirastrain Alv
24h 10m$577–981Train, bus
- Take the train from Folkestone Central to London St Pancras Intltrain
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Lille Europetrain Eil
- Take the train from Lille Europe to Bordeaux St Jeantrain Tgv
- Take the bus from Bordeaux to Algecirasbus
33h 20m$480–771Bus via Córdoba
- Take the bus from Dover to Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine)bus 700
- Take the bus from Paris, Quai de Bercy to Estación Sur de Autobusesbus
- Take the bus from Madrid Estación Sur de Autobuses to Estación de Autobuses de Córdobabus
- Take the bus from Cordoba to La Linea De La Concepcionbus
37h 9m$147–343Eurotunnel, drive
- Take the cartrain from Folkestone to Calais-Fréthuncartrain le shuttle
- Drive from Calais-Fréthun to Gibraltarcar
22h 20m$526–706
Folkestone to Gibraltar by train and bus
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Folkestone to Gibraltar is to train and fly and bus which costs $110 - $310 and takes 9h 30m.
The fastest way to get from Folkestone to Gibraltar is to train and fly which takes 6h 41m and costs $180 - $410.
No, there is no direct bus from Folkestone to Gibraltar. However, there are services departing from Shellons Street Car Park and arriving at Estación de Autobuses de La Línea de la Concepción via Dover, Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station and Madrid Estación Sur de Autobuses. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 32h 50m.
No, there is no direct train from Folkestone to Gibraltar. However, there are services departing from Folkestone Central and arriving at Algeciras via London St Pancras Intl, Lille Europe, Lyon Part Dieu, Barcelona-Sants and Antequera-Santa Ana. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 24h 10m.
The distance between Folkestone and Gibraltar is 1888 km.
The best way to get from Folkestone to Gibraltar without a car is to train and bus via Madrid which takes 23h 20m and costs $500 - $1,000.
It takes approximately 6h 49m to get from Folkestone to Gibraltar, including transfers.
Folkestone to Gibraltar bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Dover station.
Folkestone to Gibraltar train services, operated by Southeastern, depart from Folkestone Central station.
The best way to get from Folkestone to Gibraltar is to bus which takes 32h 50m and costs $160 - $320. Alternatively, you can train, which costs $550 - $1,000 and takes 24h 10m.
What companies run services between Folkestone, England and Gibraltar?
You can take a bus from Shellons Street Car Park to Estación de Autobuses de La Línea de la Concepción via Pencester Road, Dover, Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine), Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station, and Madrid Estación Sur de Autobuses in around 32h 50m. Alternatively, you can take a train from Folkestone Central to Gibraltar via London St Pancras Intl, Lille Europe, Lyon Part Dieu, Barcelona-Sants, Antequera-Santa Ana, and Algeciras in around 24h 10m.
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Gibraltar International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $110–290
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Málaga Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 56m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $40–240
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from London Stansted Airport to Málaga Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 54m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $35–110
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Gibraltar International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 52m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $130–600
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Málaga Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 53m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $45–150
- Website
- vueling.com
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Málaga Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 53m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $45–150
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Málaga Airport via Bilbao
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- When
- Sunday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $45–150
- Website
- jet2.com
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Málaga Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $75–240
Flights from London Stansted Airport to Málaga Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $35–170
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Málaga Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $21–140
Train from Folkestone Central to London St Pancras Intl
- Ave. Duration
- 58 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $45–85
- Website
- Southeastern
Train from Folkestone Central to London St Pancras Intl
- Ave. Duration
- 58 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $45–85
- Website
- Southeastern
Train from Folkestone Central to London St Pancras Intl
- Ave. Duration
- 58 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $45–85
- Website
- Southeastern
Train from Folkestone Central to London St Pancras Intl
- Ave. Duration
- 58 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $45–85
- Website
- Southeastern
Train from Folkestone Central to Stratford International
- Ave. Duration
- 49 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $40–80
- Website
- Southeastern
Train from Folkestone Central to London St Pancras Intl
- Ave. Duration
- 58 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $45–85
- Website
- Southeastern
Train from Folkestone Central to London St Pancras Intl
- Ave. Duration
- 58 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $45–85
- Website
- Southeastern
- Phone
- +44 (0)3432 186 186
- Website
- Eurostar
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Lille Europe
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $110–190
- Website
- Eurostar
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Lille Europe
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $110–190
- Website
- Eurostar
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Lille Europe
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $110–190
- Website
- Eurostar
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Lille Europe to Avignon Tgv
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 11m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $190–290
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Lille Europe to Lyon Part Dieu
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 8m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $140–220
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Lille Europe to Bordeaux St Jean
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- $180–280
- Website
- TGV inOui
- Phone
- +32 70 79 79 79
- Website
- Belgian Railways
Train from Lille Europe to Avignon Tgv
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 8m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $170–270
- Website
- Belgian Railways
Train from Lille Europe to Lyon Part Dieu
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 7m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $130–200
- Website
- Belgian Railways
- Phone
- +34 91 232 03 20
- Website
- Renfe Viajeros
Train from Avignon Tgv to Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 38m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $140–220
- Website
- Renfe Viajeros
Train from Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes to Malaga Maria Zambrano
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $70–110
- Website
- Renfe Viajeros
Train from Lyon Part Dieu to Barcelona-Sants
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 48m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $90–140
- Website
- Renfe Viajeros
Train from Antequera-Santa Ana to Algeciras
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 9m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $25–40
- Website
- Renfe Viajeros
- Phone
- +34 91 232 03 20
- Website
- Renfe AVE
Train from Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes to Malaga Maria Zambrano
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $80–150
- Website
- Renfe AVE
Train from Barcelona-Sants to Antequera-Santa Ana
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $170–300
- Website
- Renfe AVE
- Phone
- +34 900 926 851
- atencion.cliente@iryo.eu
- Website
- Iryo
Train from Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes to Malaga Maria Zambrano
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 56m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $50–95
- Website
- Iryo
- Phone
- +34 900 759 781
- Website
- Ouigo
Train from Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes to Malaga Maria Zambrano
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $40–75
- Website
- Ouigo
- Phone
- +44 (0)345 026 4700
- Website
- Thameslink
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 43 min
- Frequency
- Every 10 minutes
- Estimated price
- $22–28
- Website
- Thameslink
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 43 min
- Frequency
- Every 10 minutes
- Estimated price
- $22–28
- Website
- Thameslink
- Phone
- +44 (0) 8443 35 35 35
- customer.support@eurotunnel.com
- Website
- LeShuttle
Car train from Folkestone to Calais-Fréthun
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $157
- Website
- LeShuttle
- Standard fare
- $157
- Phone
- +34 91 272 28 32
- info.LD@avanzagrupo.com
- Website
- avanzabus.com
Bus from Estación de Autobuses de Málaga to Estación de Autobuses de La Línea de la Concepción
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $21–35
- Schedules at
- malaga.avanzagrupo.com
Bus from Aeropuerto Malaga to Estación de Autobuses de La Línea de la Concepción
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $21–30
- Schedules at
- malaga.avanzagrupo.com
Bus from Aeropuerto Malaga to Estación de Autobuses de La Línea de la Concepción
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $21–30
- Schedules at
- malaga.avanzagrupo.com
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Dover to Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine)
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $30–50
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Bordeaux to Algeciras
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 25m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- $140–210
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Dover to Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine)
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $30–50
- Website
- Flixbus
- Phone
- +3 318 576 2228
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
Bus from Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station to Estación Sur de Autobuses
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 45m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $100–180
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
- Phone
- +34 916 52 00 11
- infobus@interbus.es
- Website
- grupointerbus.com
Bus from Madrid Estación Sur de Autobuses to Estación de Autobuses de La Línea de la Concepción
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 50m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $27–80
- Schedules at
- grupointerbus.com
- Phone
- +34 910 207 007
- Website
- alsa.es
Bus from Paris, Quai de Bercy to Estación Sur de Autobuses
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 45m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $50–190
- Schedules at
- alsa.es
Bus from Cordoba to La Linea De La Concepcion
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 5m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $29–50
- Website
- ALSA
- Phone
- +34 915 304 417
- socibus@socibus.es
- Website
- Socibus
Bus from Madrid Estación Sur de Autobuses to Estación de Autobuses de Córdoba
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $35–50
- Website
- Socibus
- Phone
- 0330 159 7000
- reservations@brittanyferries.com
- Website
- brittany-ferries.co.uk
Car ferry from Plymouth to Santander
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 15m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $120–800
- Schedules at
- brittany-ferries.co.uk
- Book at
- brittany-ferries.co.uk
- Single Ticket
- $120–260
- Car Single Ticket
- $330–800
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Folkestone to Gibraltar bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine) station.
Gibraltar is 1h ahead of Folkestone. It is currently 11:04 AM in Folkestone and 12:04 PM in Gibraltar.
Folkestone to Gibraltar train services, operated by Southeastern, arrive at London St Pancras Intl station.
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