There are 11 ways to get from Istanbul to Sunderland by plane, night train, bus, train, car, car train, busferry, or car ferry
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Fly Istanbul to Newcastle
best- Fly from Istanbul (IST) to Newcastle (NCL)plane IST - NCL
10h 32m£85–166Bus
cheapest- Take the bus from İstanbul Esenler bus station to Constanțabus
- Take the bus from Constanta to Bucharestbus
- Take the bus from Bucharest Obor to Manchester, Coach Stationbus
- Take the bus from Manchester Central Coach Station to Sunderland Interchangebus 172
42h 11m£66–133Night train, bus, train
- Take the night train from Halkali to Bucharestnighttrain
- Take the bus from Bucharest Obor to Birminghambus
- Take the train from Birmingham New Street to Newcastletrain
38h 23m£73–279Drive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Istanbul to Calais-Fréthuncar
- Take the car train from Calais-Fréthun to Folkestonecartrain
- Drive from Folkestone to Sunderlandcar
31h 24mFly Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport to Newcastle
- Fly from Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport (SAW) to Newcastle (NCL)plane SAW - NCL
10h 47m£83–284Fly Istanbul to Durham Tees Valley Airport, train
- Fly from Istanbul (IST) to Durham Tees Valley Airport (MME)plane IST - MME
- Take the train from Middlesbrough to Sunderlandtrain
12h 16m£171–769Fly Istanbul to Edinburgh Airport, train
- Fly from Istanbul (IST) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane IST - EDI
- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to Newcastletrain
10h 28m£87–323Fly Istanbul to Manchester Airport, train
- Fly from Istanbul (IST) to Manchester Airport (MAN)plane IST - MAN
- Take the train from Manchester Airport to Yorktrain
- Take the train from York to Newcastletrain
11h 51m£100–296Bus via London
- Take the bus from İstanbul Esenler bus station to București, Autogara Militaribus
- Take the bus from Bucharest to London Victoriabus
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Sunderland Interchangebus
47h 55m£169–211Night train, bus and ferry, train
- Take the night train from Halkali to Bucharestnighttrain
- Take the busferry from Bucharest to Manchester Piccadillybusferry
- Take the train from Manchester Piccadilly to Middlesbroughtrain
- Take the train from Middlesbrough to Sunderlandtrain
3d 10h£106–281Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Istanbul to Calaiscar
- Take the car ferry from Calais to Port of Dovercarferry
- Drive from Port of Dover to Sunderlandcar
32h 26m£479–692
Istanbul (IST) to Newcastle (NCL) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Istanbul to Sunderland is to bus which costs £65 - £140 and takes 42h 11m.
The fastest way to get from Istanbul to Sunderland is to fly and train which takes 10h 28m and costs £85 - £330.
No, there is no direct bus from Istanbul station to Sunderland. However, there are services departing from İstanbul Esenler bus station and arriving at Sunderland Interchange via Constanta, Bucharest Obor and Manchester Central Coach Station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 42h 11m.
The distance between Istanbul and Sunderland is 1731 miles.
The best way to get from Istanbul to Sunderland without a car is to night train and bus and train which takes 38h 23m and costs £70 - £280.
It takes approximately 10h 32m to get from Istanbul to Sunderland, including transfers.
Istanbul to Sunderland bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from İstanbul Esenler bus station.
The best way to get from Istanbul to Sunderland is to fly which takes 10h 32m and costs £80 - £170. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs £65 - £140 and takes 42h 11m.
Istanbul to Sunderland bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Constanța station.
Sunderland is 3h behind Istanbul. It is currently 9:58 PM in Istanbul and 6:58 PM in Sunderland.
What companies run services between Istanbul, Turkey and Sunderland, England?
Turkish Airlines, KLM, and four other airlines fly from Istanbul (IST) to Newcastle (NCL) 4 times a day. Alternatively, you can take a bus from İstanbul Esenler bus station to Sunderland Interchange via Constanta, Bucharest Obor, and Manchester Central Coach Station in around 42h 11m.
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Istanbul to Newcastle via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £70–440
Flights from Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport to Newcastle via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 51m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £70–330
Flights from Istanbul to Durham Tees Valley Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £160–1,000
Flights from Istanbul to Edinburgh Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £65–300
- Website
- turkishairlines.com
Flights from Istanbul to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £100–390
Flights from Istanbul to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £80–280
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Istanbul to Newcastle via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 7m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £85–440
Flights from Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport to Newcastle via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 35m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £70–330
Flights from Istanbul to Manchester Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 25m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £75–330
- Website
- jet2.com
Flights from Istanbul to Newcastle via Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 40m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £110–440
Flights from Istanbul to Newcastle via Budapest
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 45m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £80–270
Flights from Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport to Newcastle via Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 15m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £70–330
Flights from Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport to Newcastle via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 55m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £80–280
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Istanbul to Newcastle via Dusseldorf
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 50m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £110–440
Flights from Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport to Newcastle via Dusseldorf
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 20m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £70–330
Flights from Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport to Newcastle via Berlin Brandenburg
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 55m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- £70–330
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Istanbul to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £60–180
- Phone
- +35929311111
- onlineticket@bdz.bg
- Website
- bdz.bg
Night train from Halkali to Bucharest
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 8m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- £15–28
- Website
- https://www.bdz.bg/en
- 2nd Class
- £15–22
- 1st Class
- £21–28
Train from Birmingham New Street to Newcastle
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 59m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £30–210
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Newcastle
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 27m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £20–40
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
Train from York to Newcastle
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 1m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £17–30
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 (0) 8443 35 35 35
- Website
- leshuttle.com
Car train from Calais-Fréthun to Folkestone
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- https://www.leshuttle.com/uk-en
- Phone
- +44 800 200 6060
- enquiries@northernrailway.co.uk
- Website
- northernrailway.co.uk
Train from Middlesbrough to Sunderland
- Ave. Duration
- 58 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £4–17
- Website
- https://www.northernrailway.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 345 722 5333
- customers@lner.co.uk
- Website
- lner.co.uk
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Newcastle
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 21m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £18–40
- Website
- https://www.lner.co.uk/
Train from York to Newcastle
- Ave. Duration
- 49 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £12–28
- Website
- https://www.lner.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 345 600 1671
- tpecustomer.relations@tpexpress.co.uk
- Website
- tpexpress.co.uk
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Newcastle
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 44m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £4–14
- Website
- https://www.tpexpress.co.uk/
Train from Manchester Airport to York
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 26m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £14–55
- Website
- https://www.tpexpress.co.uk/
Train from York to Newcastle
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 2m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £10–25
- Website
- https://www.tpexpress.co.uk/
Train from Manchester Piccadilly to Middlesbrough
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 38m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £27–85
- Website
- https://www.tpexpress.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 330 060 0500
- enquiry@sleeper.scot
- Website
- sleeper.scot
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Newcastle
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 43m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- £60–80
- Website
- https://www.sleeper.scot/
- Sleeper Berth Classic
- £210–230
- Sleeper Seat
- £60–80
- Sleeper Berth Club Solo
- £240–290
- Phone
- +40 230 562 929
- tarsin_irlanda@yahoo.com
- Website
- tarsin.ro
Bus from Bucharest Obor to Birmingham
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 27m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- £26–35
- Schedules at
- tarsin.ro
Bus from Bucharest Obor to Manchester, Coach Station
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 31m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- £27–35
- Schedules at
- tarsin.ro
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from İstanbul Esenler bus station to Constanța
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 10m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £26–27
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from İstanbul Esenler bus station to București, Autogara Militari
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 10m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £35–55
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from London Victoria to Sunderland Interchange
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 40m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £13–28
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +4-0241-831.491
- transevren1@yahoo.com
- Website
- transevren.autogari.ro
Bus from İstanbul Esenler bus station to Constanța
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 21m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £19–55
- Schedules at
- transevren.autogari.ro
- Phone
- +4-0765-408.848
- horasmu@yahoo.com
- Website
- horas.ro
Bus from Constanta to Bucharest
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- £8–12
- Schedules at
- horas.ro
- Phone
- 08717 81 81 81
- Website
- nationalexpress.com
Bus from Manchester Central Coach Station to Sunderland Interchange
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £12–35
- Website
- https://www.nationalexpress.com/en
Bus from London Victoria to Sunderland Interchange
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 40m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- £13–40
- Website
- https://www.nationalexpress.com/en
- Phone
- +40 745 766 766
- dispecerat@maxibustravel.ro
- Website
- maxibustravel.ro
Bus from Bucharest to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 30h
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- £120
- Schedules at
- maxibustravel.ro
- Phone
- 0040263701919
- latinoexpres@yahoo.com
- Website
- latinoexpres.ro
Busferry from Bucharest to Manchester Piccadilly
- Ave. Duration
- 2d 17h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- £60–150
- Schedules at
- latinoexpres.ro
- Phone
- +353 818 300 400
- info@irishferries.com
- Website
- irishferries.com
Car ferry from Calais to Port of Dover
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £30–40
- Website
- https://www.irishferries.com/uk-en/Travel-to-Ireland
- Car
- £65–170
- On Foot
- £30–40
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