There are 12 ways to get from Folkestone to Leipzig by train (Eurostar), bus, car train, car, train, plane, or car ferry
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Train
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 Frankfurt(Main)Hbftrain Ice
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Leipzig Hbftrain 50 / ...
11h 48m€170–497Bus via Ghent
cheapest- Take the bus from Dover to Gent-Dampoortbus Michalovce
- Take the bus from Ghent Dampoort to Hallebus N1360b
18h 13m€70–100Bus
- Take the bus from Dover to Brussel Eurolines Busstationbus Michalovce
- Take the bus from Brussels Boulevard du Roi Albert II to Leipzig Central Train Station Exit Sachsenalleebus FlixBus
16h 12mEurotunnel, drive
- Take the car train from Folkestone to Calais-Fréthuncartrain le shuttle
- Drive from Calais-Fréthun to Leipzigcar
8h 59mTrain to London City Airport, fly to Leipzig-Halle Airport
- Take the train from Folkestone Central to Stratford Internationaltrain
- Fly from London City Airport (LCY) to Leipzig-Halle Airport (LEJ)plane LCY - LEJ
7h 32m€157–571Bus, train
- Take the bus from Dover to Brussel Eurolines Busstationbus
- Take the train from Brussels-Nord to Frankfurttrain 79
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Leipzig Hbftrain 50 / ...
13h 13m€86–205Car ferry, drive
- Take the car ferry from Port of Dover to Calaiscarferry
- Drive from Calais to Leipzigcar
10h 19m€151–229Train to London City Airport, fly to Berlin Brandenburg Airport, train
- Take the train from Folkestone Central to Stratford Internationaltrain
- Fly from London City Airport (LCY) to Berlin Brandenburg Airport (BER)plane LCY - BER
- Take the train from S Südkreuz Bhf to Leipzig Hbftrain
6h 57m€121–458Train to London Heathrow Airport, fly to Berlin Brandenburg Airport, train
- Take the train from Folkestone Central to London St Pancras Intltrain
- Fly from London Heathrow Airport (LHR) to Berlin Brandenburg Airport (BER)plane LHR - BER
- Take the train from S Südkreuz Bhf to Leipzig Hbftrain
7h 57m€106–382Train, train to London Gatwick Airport, fly to Berlin Brandenburg 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 Berlin Brandenburg Airport (BER)plane LGW - BER
- Take the train from S Südkreuz Bhf to Leipzig Hbftrain
7h 41m€91–340Train to London Stansted Airport, fly to Berlin Brandenburg Airport, train
- Take the train from Folkestone Central to Stratford Internationaltrain
- Fly from London Stansted Airport (STN) to Berlin Brandenburg Airport (BER)plane STN - BER
- Take the train from S Südkreuz Bhf to Leipzig Hbftrain
7h 40m€72–311Train to London City Airport, fly to Frankfurt, train
- Take the train from Folkestone Central to Stratford Internationaltrain
- Fly from London City Airport (LCY) to Frankfurt (FRA)plane LCY - FRA
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Leipzig Hbftrain
8h 43m€152–472
Folkestone to Leipzig by train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Folkestone to Leipzig is to bus via Ghent which costs €65 - €100 and takes 18h 13m.
The fastest way to get from Folkestone to Leipzig is to train and fly which takes 6h 57m and costs €120 - €460.
No, there is no direct bus from Folkestone to Leipzig station. However, there are services departing from Shellons Street Car Park and arriving at Leipzig Central Train Station Exit Sachsenallee via Dover and Brussels Boulevard du Roi Albert II. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 16h 12m.
No, there is no direct train from Folkestone to Leipzig. However, there are services departing from Folkestone Central and arriving at Leipzig Hbf via London St Pancras Intl, Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi and Frankfurt. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 11h 48m.
The distance between Folkestone and Leipzig is 1254 km.
The best way to get from Folkestone to Leipzig without a car is to train which takes 11h 48m and costs €170 - €500.
It takes approximately 11h 48m to get from Folkestone to Leipzig, including transfers.
Folkestone to Leipzig bus services, operated by Eurobus SK, depart from Dover station.
Folkestone to Leipzig train services, operated by Southeastern, depart from Folkestone Central station.
The best way to get from Folkestone to Leipzig is to train which takes 11h 48m and costs €170 - €500. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs and takes 16h 12m.
What companies run services between Folkestone, England and Leipzig, Germany?
You can take a train from Folkestone Central to Leipzig Hbf via London St Pancras Intl, Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi, Frankfurt(Main)Hbf, and Frankfurt in around 11h 48m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Shellons Street Car Park to Leipzig Central Train Station Exit Sachsenallee via Pencester Road, Dover, Brussel Eurolines Busstation, and Brussels Boulevard du Roi Albert II in around 16h 12m.
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from London City Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–240
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 56m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–260
Flights from London City Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 31m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €110–250
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from London City Airport to Leipzig-Halle Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €120–600
Flights from London City Airport to Leipzig-Halle Airport via Zurich, Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 55m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €130–600
Flights from London City Airport to Leipzig-Halle Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 45m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €130–440
Flights from London City Airport to Leipzig-Halle Airport via Berlin Brandenburg Airport, Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 45m
- When
- Thursday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €130–650
Flights from London City Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- €120–380
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–300
Flights from London City Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- €80–240
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from London Stansted Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €30–140
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from London City Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 52m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- €50–320
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 46m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €45–270
Flights from London City Airport to Frankfurt via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 22m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €45–310
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 53m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €40–150
Flights from London Stansted Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €75–180
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €65–170
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport via Dusseldorf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €65–170
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport via Stuttgart
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €65–170
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport via Cologne Bonn
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €55–200
- Website
- airdolomiti.it
Flights from London City Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- €80–240
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from London City Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- €110–390
- Website
- brusselsairlines.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €65–220
- Website
- condor.com
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €55–190
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from London Stansted Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Monday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €27–120
- Phone
- +44 345 322 7021
- Website
- southeasternrailway.co.uk
Train from Folkestone Central to London St Pancras Intl
- Ave. Duration
- 56 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €22–70
- Website
- https://www.southeasternrailway.co.uk/
Train from Folkestone Central to Stratford International
- Ave. Duration
- 47 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €17–70
- Website
- https://www.southeasternrailway.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 343 218 6186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 1m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €70–240
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to Frankfurt(Main)Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 2m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €50–120
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Frankfurt to Leipzig Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 12m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €28–70
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Brussels-Nord to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 53m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €45–120
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from S Südkreuz Bhf to Leipzig Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 11m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €25–55
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +44 (0) 8443 35 35 35
- Website
- leshuttle.com
Car train from Folkestone to Calais-Fréthun
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- https://www.leshuttle.com/uk-en
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- info@flixbus.de
- Website
- flixtrain.de
Train from S Südkreuz Bhf to Leipzig Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €4–16
- Website
- https://www.flixtrain.com/
- Phone
- 0345 026 4700
- Website
- thameslinkrailway.com
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 43 min
- Frequency
- Every 10 minutes
- Estimated price
- €18–35
- Website
- https://www.thameslinkrailway.com/
- Phone
- +421 55 680 73 06
- onlinepredaj@eurobus.sk
- Website
- eurobus.sk
Bus from Dover to Brussel Eurolines Busstation
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €13–15
- Website
- https://www.eurobus.sk/en
Bus from Dover to Gent-Dampoort
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 3m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €10–12
- Website
- https://www.eurobus.sk/en
- Website
- global.flixbus.com
Bus from Brussels Boulevard du Roi Albert II to Leipzig Central Train Station Exit Sachsenallee
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 50m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Schedules at
- global.flixbus.com
Bus from Ghent Dampoort to Halle
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 38m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €50–75
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- 01304 44 88 88
- customer.services@poferries.com
- Website
- poferries.com
Car ferry from Port of Dover to Calais
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €28–45
- Website
- https://www.poferries.com/en
- Phone
- +353 818 300 400
- info@irishferries.com
- Website
- irishferries.com
Car ferry from Port of Dover to Calais
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €35–45
- Website
- https://www.irishferries.com/uk-en/Travel-to-Ireland
- Car
- €75–190
- On Foot
- €35–45
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More Questions & Answers
Folkestone to Leipzig bus services, operated by Eurobus SK, arrive at Brussel Eurolines Busstation.
Leipzig is 1h ahead of Folkestone. It is currently 10:21 PM in Folkestone and 11:21 PM in Leipzig.
Folkestone to Leipzig train services, operated by Southeastern, arrive at London St Pancras Intl station.
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