There are 12 ways to get from Folkestone to Hanover by train (Eurostar), bus, car train, car, train, plane, or car ferry
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Train via Cologne
best- Take the train from Folkestone Central to London St Pancras Intltrain
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Miditrain Eil
- Take the train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to Koeln Hbftrain Ice
- Take the train from Köln Hbf to Hannover Hauptbahnhoftrain 19 / ...
9h 22m€236–555Bus
cheapest- Take the bus from Dover to Hanover central bus stationbus N1328
13h 20m€58–93Eurotunnel, drive
- Take the cartrain from Folkestone to Calais-Fréthuncartrain le shuttle
- Drive from Calais-Fréthun to Hanovercar
6h 39m€238–288Train to London City Airport, fly to Hannover Airport
- Take the train from Folkestone Central to Stratford Internationaltrain
- Fly from London City Airport (LCY) to Hannover Airport (HAJ)plane LCY - HAJ
6h 45m€251–483Train
- Take the train from Folkestone Central to London St Pancras Intltrain
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Amsterdam Centraaltrain Eil
- Take the train from Amsterdam Centraal to Hannover Hbftrain Ice
11h 15m€293–510Train #2
- Take the train from Folkestone Central to London St Pancras Intltrain
- Take the train from London St. Pancras Int. to Amsterdam Centraaltrain
- Take the train from Amsterdam Centraal to Hannover Hbftrain
11h 34m€127–270Car ferry, drive
- Take the carferry from Port of Dover to Calaiscarferry
- Drive from Calais to Hanovercar
7h 54m€133–244Train to London Heathrow Airport, fly to Hannover Airport
- Take the train from Folkestone Central to London St Pancras Intltrain
- Fly from London Heathrow Airport (LHR) to Hannover Airport (HAJ)plane LHR - HAJ
6h 7m€140–387Train, train to London Gatwick Airport, fly to Hannover 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 Hannover Airport (HAJ)plane LGW - HAJ
7h 24m€171–319Train to London Heathrow Airport, fly to Hamburg Airport, train
- Take the train from Folkestone Central to London St Pancras Intltrain
- Fly from London Heathrow Airport (LHR) to Hamburg Airport (HAM)plane LHR - HAM
- Take the train from Hamburg Hbf to Hannover Hauptbahnhoftrain
7h 39m€152–411Train to London Stansted Airport, fly to Bremen Airport, train
- Take the train from Folkestone Central to Stratford Internationaltrain
- Fly from London Stansted Airport (STN) to Bremen Airport (BRE)plane STN - BRE
- Take the train from Bremen Hbf to Hannover Hauptbahnhoftrain
6h 42m€100–452Train to London Stansted Airport, fly to Hamburg Airport, train
- Take the train from Folkestone Central to Stratford Internationaltrain
- Fly from London Stansted Airport (STN) to Hamburg Airport (HAM)plane STN - HAM
- Take the train from Hamburg Hbf to Hannover Hauptbahnhoftrain
7h 26m€185–766
Folkestone to Hanover by train
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Folkestone to Hanover is to bus which costs €55 - €95 and takes 13h 20m.
The fastest way to get from Folkestone to Hanover is to train and fly which takes 6h 7m and costs €140 - €390.
No, there is no direct bus from Folkestone to Hanover station. However, there are services departing from Shellons Street Car Park and arriving at Hanover central bus station via Dover. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 13h 20m.
No, there is no direct train from Folkestone to Hanover. However, there are services departing from Folkestone Central and arriving at Hannover Hauptbahnhof via London St Pancras Intl, Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi and Köln Hbf. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 9h 22m.
The distance between Folkestone and Hanover is 998 km.
The best way to get from Folkestone to Hanover without a car is to train via Cologne which takes 9h 22m and costs €230 - €600.
It takes approximately 9h 22m to get from Folkestone to Hanover, including transfers.
Folkestone to Hanover bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Dover station.
Folkestone to Hanover train services, operated by Southeastern, depart from Folkestone Central station.
The best way to get from Folkestone to Hanover is to train via Cologne which takes 9h 22m and costs €230 - €600. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs €55 - €95 and takes 13h 20m.
What companies run services between Folkestone, England and Hanover, Germany?
You can take a train from Folkestone Central to Hannover Hauptbahnhof via London St Pancras Intl, Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi, Koeln Hbf, and Köln Hbf in around 9h 22m. Alternatively, FlixBus operates a bus from Dover to Hanover central bus station 3 times a week. Tickets cost €55–90 and the journey takes 11h 25m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from London City Airport to Hannover Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €260–900
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Hannover Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–430
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Hannover Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €150–310
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Hamburg Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–220
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Hamburg Airport via Dusseldorf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €65–220
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Hamburg Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €130–650
Flights from London Stansted Airport to Hamburg Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €110–380
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Hannover Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–250
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Hamburg Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 36m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–260
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from London City Airport to Hannover Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 18m
- When
- Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €80–550
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Hannover Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 52m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–400
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Hannover Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Friday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- €55–300
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Hamburg Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €55–350
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from London Stansted Airport to Bremen Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, Monday, and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €26–250
Flights from London Stansted Airport to Hamburg Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–600
- Website
- flysas.com
Flights from London City Airport to Hannover Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Tuesday to Friday
- Estimated price
- €120–550
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Hannover Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Friday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- €55–300
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Hannover Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €70–320
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Hamburg Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–220
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Hamburg Airport via Dusseldorf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 17m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €65–220
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from London City Airport to Hannover Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 47m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €150–600
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Hannover Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €100–400
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Hannover Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–440
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Hannover Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–370
- Website
- lufthansa-city.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Hannover Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €75–430
- Website
- brusselsairlines.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Hamburg Airport via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €130–240
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from London Stansted Airport to Bremen Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €55–290
Train from Folkestone Central to London St Pancras Intl
- Ave. Duration
- 58 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €40–75
- Website
- Southeastern
Train from Folkestone Central to Stratford International
- Ave. Duration
- 49 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €35–70
- Website
- Southeastern
Train from Folkestone Central to London St Pancras Intl
- Ave. Duration
- 58 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €40–75
- Website
- Southeastern
Train from Folkestone Central to London St Pancras Intl
- Ave. Duration
- 58 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €40–75
- Website
- Southeastern
Train from Folkestone Central to London St Pancras Intl
- Ave. Duration
- 58 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €40–75
- Website
- Southeastern
Train from Folkestone Central to London St Pancras Intl
- Ave. Duration
- 58 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €40–75
- Website
- Southeastern
Train from Folkestone Central to London St Pancras Intl
- Ave. Duration
- 58 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €40–75
- Website
- Southeastern
Train from Folkestone Central to Stratford International
- Ave. Duration
- 49 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €35–70
- Website
- Southeastern
Train from Folkestone Central to Stratford International
- Ave. Duration
- 49 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €35–70
- Website
- Southeastern
- Phone
- +44 (0)3432 186 186
- Website
- Eurostar
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 1m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €130–230
- Website
- Eurostar
Train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to Koeln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €80–140
- Website
- Eurostar
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Amsterdam Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 16m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €210–350
- Website
- Eurostar
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to Koeln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €40–85
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Köln Hbf to Hannover Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €55–110
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Hamburg Hbf to Hannover Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €30–70
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Bremen Hbf to Hannover Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 59 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €22–45
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Hamburg Hbf to Hannover Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €30–70
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- info@flixbus.de
- Website
- FlixTrain GmbH
Train from Köln Hbf to Hannover Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 27m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €23–35
- Website
- FlixTrain GmbH
- 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
- €139
- Website
- LeShuttle
- Standard fare
- €139
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Amsterdam Centraal to Hannover Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 1m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €40–85
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from London St. Pancras Int. to Amsterdam Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 16m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €60–130
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
- Phone
- +32 70 79 79 79
- Website
- Belgian Railways
Train from London St. Pancras Int. to Amsterdam Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 46m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- €100–160
- Website
- Belgian Railways
- service@govolta.nl
- Website
- GoVolta
Train from Amsterdam Centraal to Hannover Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €24–35
- Website
- GoVolta
- 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
- €18–24
- Website
- Thameslink
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- Österreichische Bundesbahnen
Train from Hamburg Hbf to Hannover Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €40–60
- Website
- Österreichische Bundesbahnen
Train from Bremen Hbf to Hannover Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 16m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €30–45
- Website
- Österreichische Bundesbahnen
Train from Hamburg Hbf to Hannover Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €40–60
- Website
- Österreichische Bundesbahnen
- Phone
- +49 581 97164164
- info@der-metronom.de
- Website
- metronom
Train from Hamburg Hbf to Hannover Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 23m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €29
- Schedules at
- metronom
Train from Hamburg Hbf to Hannover Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 23m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €29
- Schedules at
- metronom
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Bremen Hbf to Hannover Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 21m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €20–90
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Dover to Hanover central bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 25m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €55–90
- Website
- Flixbus
- Phone
- +353 818 300 400
- info@irishferries.fr
- Website
- Irish Ferries
Car ferry from Port of Dover to Calais
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €30–90
- Website
- Irish Ferries
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Booking & Getting There
Folkestone to Hanover bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Hanover central bus station.
Hanover is 1h ahead of Folkestone. It is currently 8:10 PM in Folkestone and 9:10 PM in Hanover.
Folkestone to Hanover train services, operated by Southeastern, arrive at London St Pancras Intl station.
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