There are 13 ways to get from Germany to Manchester by plane, train (Eurostar), bus, car, car train, train, 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.
Fly Düsseldorf International Airport to Manchester Airport
best- Fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Manchester Airport (MAN)plane DUS - MAN
4h 13m£76–169Fly Cologne Bonn Airport to Manchester Airport
cheapest- Fly from Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN) to Manchester Airport (MAN)plane CGN - MAN
4h 4m£40–186Train via Cologne
- Take the train from S Spandau Bhf to Köln Hbftrain 19 / ...
- Take the train from Koeln Hbf to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Miditrain
- Take the train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to London St Pancras Intltrain Eil
- Take the train from London Euston to Manchester Piccadillytrain
14h 44m£317–583Bus
- Take the bus from Berlin Südkreuz train station to London Victoriabus N1328
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Manchester, Shudehill Interchangebus Uk023 / ...
26h 48m£105–168Drive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Berlin to Calais-Fréthuncar
- Take the cartrain from Calais-Fréthun to Folkestonecartrain
- Drive from Folkestone to Manchestercar
13h 56m£301–392Fly Hamburg Airport to Manchester Airport
- Fly from Hamburg Airport (HAM) to Manchester Airport (MAN)plane HAM - MAN
4h 29m£56–189Fly Frankfurt to Manchester Airport
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Manchester Airport (MAN)plane FRA - MAN
4h 24m£70–205Fly Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Manchester Airport
- Fly from Berlin Brandenburg Airport (BER) to Manchester Airport (MAN)plane BER - MAN
5h 7m£41–179Fly Munich International Airport to Manchester Airport
- Fly from Munich International Airport (MUC) to Manchester Airport (MAN)plane MUC - MAN
4h 59m£74–209Fly Düsseldorf International Airport to Birmingham Airport, train
- Fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Birmingham Airport (BHX)plane DUS - BHX
- Take the train from Birmingham International to Manchester Piccadillytrain
6h 27m£98–233Train
- Take the train from Berlin Gesundbrunnen to Bruxelles-Miditrain Trn
- Take the train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to London St Pancras Intltrain Eil
- Take the train from London Euston to Manchester Piccadillytrain
20h 40m£303–503Bus via Manchester Central Coach Station
- Take the bus from Berlin Südkreuz train station to London Victoriabus N1328
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Manchester Central Coach Stationbus 541 / ...
27h 15m£112–188Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Berlin to Calaiscar
- Take the carferry from Calais to Port of Dovercarferry
- Drive from Port of Dover to Manchestercar
14h 57m£214–349
Germany to Manchester by train and foot
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Germany to Manchester is to fly which costs £40 - £180 and takes 5h 7m.
The fastest way to get from Germany to Manchester is to fly which takes 4h 4m and costs £40 - £190.
No, there is no direct bus from Germany to Manchester. However, there are services departing from S+U Alexanderplatz Bhf/Memhardstr. and arriving at Manchester, Shudehill Interchange via Berlin Südkreuz train station and London Victoria. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 26h 48m.
No, there is no direct train from Germany to Manchester. However, there are services departing from S+U Alexanderplatz Bhf and arriving at Manchester Piccadilly via S Spandau Bhf, Koeln Hbf, Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi and London Euston. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 14h 44m.
The distance between Germany and Manchester is 425 miles.
The best way to get from Germany to Manchester without a car is to train via Cologne which takes 14h 44m and costs £310 - £600.
It takes approximately 4h 13m to get from Germany to Manchester, including transfers.
Germany to Manchester bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Berlin Südkreuz train station.
Germany to Manchester train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), depart from S Spandau Bhf station.
The best way to get from Germany to Manchester is to fly which takes 4h 13m and costs £75 - £170. Alternatively, you can train via Cologne, which costs £310 - £600 and takes 14h 44m, you could also bus, which costs £100 - £170 and takes 26h 48m.
What companies run services between Germany and Manchester, England?
Eurowings, KLM, and three other airlines fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Manchester Airport (MAN) 5 times a day. Alternatively, you can take a train from S+U Alexanderplatz Bhf to Manchester Piccadilly via S Spandau Bhf, Koeln Hbf, Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi, London St Pancras Intl, and London Euston in around 14h 44m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Manchester Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 52m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £40–250
Flights from Frankfurt to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £35–210
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Manchester Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 52m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £45–260
Flights from Munich International Airport to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £45–250
Flights from Munich International Airport to Manchester Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £45–250
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Birmingham Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £80–400
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Manchester Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £30–220
Flights from Hamburg Airport to Manchester Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £40–250
Flights from Frankfurt to Manchester Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 6m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £35–210
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Manchester Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £40–240
Flights from Munich International Airport to Manchester Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 57m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £45–250
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Birmingham Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £30–220
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £70–170
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Manchester Airport via Hamburg Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Thursday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £70–170
Flights from Hamburg Airport to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £90–250
Flights from Hamburg Airport to Manchester Airport via Stuttgart
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- £90–250
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Manchester Airport via Düsseldorf International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £70–190
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Birmingham Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £60–170
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £30–140
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £30–150
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Manchester Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Sunday, Tuesday, and Thursday
- Estimated price
- £55–240
Flights from Hamburg Airport to Manchester Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 9m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £60–270
- Website
- brusselsairlines.com
Flights from Hamburg Airport to Manchester Airport via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- £55–210
Flights from Frankfurt to Manchester Airport via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £45–180
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Manchester Airport via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £50–200
Flights from Munich International Airport to Manchester Airport via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £50–200
- Website
- lufthansa-city.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £35–210
Flights from Munich International Airport to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £45–250
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Hamburg Airport to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £35–140
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £35–140
Flights from Munich International Airport to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £55–150
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Manchester Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £40–230
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Birmingham Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Wednesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- £40–240
- Website
- flysas.com
Flights from Hamburg Airport to Manchester Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £65–270
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 34m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £30–130
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £40–95
- Website
- jet2.com
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £80–190
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- £75–170
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from S Spandau Bhf to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £75–170
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
- Phone
- +44 (0)3432 186 186
- Website
- Eurostar
Train from Koeln Hbf to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 56m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- £70–120
- Website
- Eurostar
Train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to London St Pancras Intl
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 1m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £110–190
- Website
- Eurostar
Train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to London St Pancras Intl
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 1m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £110–190
- Website
- Eurostar
- Phone
- +44 (0)345 528 0253
- Website
- Avanti West Coast
Train from London Euston to Manchester Piccadilly
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 12m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £60–100
- Website
- Avanti West Coast
Train from London Euston to Manchester Piccadilly
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 12m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £60–100
- Website
- Avanti West Coast
- Phone
- +44 (0) 8443 35 35 35
- customer.support@eurotunnel.com
- Website
- LeShuttle
Car train from Calais-Fréthun to Folkestone
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £117
- Website
- LeShuttle
- Standard fare
- £117
Train from Birmingham International to Manchester Piccadilly
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 48m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £35–60
- Website
- Cross Country
- Phone
- 03333 211 202
- Website
- Transport for Wales
Train from Birmingham International to Manchester Piccadilly
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 12m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- £30–50
- Website
- Transport for Wales
- Phone
- +32 70 79 79 79
- Website
- Belgian Railways
Train from Berlin Gesundbrunnen to Bruxelles-Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 12m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- £130–210
- Website
- Belgian Railways
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Berlin Südkreuz train station to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 40m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- £80–130
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from London Victoria to Manchester, Shudehill Interchange
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £23–35
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Berlin Südkreuz train station to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 40m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- £80–130
- Website
- Flixbus
- Phone
- +44 (0)3717 81 81 81
- Website
- National Express
Bus from London Victoria to Manchester Central Coach Station
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £30–55
- Website
- National Express
- Phone
- +353 818 300 400
- info@irishferries.fr
- Website
- Irish Ferries
Car ferry from Calais to Port of Dover
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £25–75
- Website
- Irish Ferries
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Germany to Manchester bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at London Victoria station.
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