There are 12 ways to get from Kassel to Folkestone by train (Eurostar), bus, car, car train, train, plane, or car ferry
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Train
best- Take the train from Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhe to Frankfurttrain 20 / ...
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Bruxelles Miditrain 79
- Take the train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to London St Pancras Intltrain Eil
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Folkestone Centraltrain
10h 9m£123–444Bus
cheapest- Take the bus from Kassel to Brussels-North train stationbus N1360b
- Take the bus from Brussel Eurolines Busstation to Doverbus Michalovce
13h 9m£31–74Drive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Kassel to Calais-Fréthuncar
- Take the car train from Calais-Fréthun to Folkestonecartrain le shuttle
6h 32mTrain to Frankfurt, fly to London City Airport, train
- Take the train from Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhe to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to London City Airport (LCY)plane FRA - LCY
- Take the train from Stratford International to Folkestone Centraltrain
7h 6m£119–407Train, bus
- Take the train from Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhe to Köln Hbftrain 51
- Take the train from Köln Hbf to Brussels-Nordtrain 79
- Take the bus from Brussel Eurolines Busstation to Doverbus
13h 19m£63–155Train, bus via Bergkamen
- Take the train from Kassel-Wilhelmshoehe to Kamentrain Re
- Take the train from Kamen to Koeln Hbftrain Re
- Take the train from Koeln Hbf to Brussels-Nordtrain Ice
- Take the bus from Brussel Eurolines Busstation to Doverbus
13h 56m£87–148Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Kassel to Calaiscar
- Take the car ferry from Calais to Port of Dovercarferry
7h 42m£111–159Train to Frankfurt, fly to London Heathrow Airport, train
- Take the train from Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhe to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to London Heathrow Airport (LHR)plane FRA - LHR
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Folkestone Centraltrain
7h 59m£90–319Train to Hannover Airport, fly to London Heathrow Airport, train
- Take the train from Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhe to Hannover Hauptbahnhoftrain
- Fly from Hannover Airport (HAJ) to London Heathrow Airport (LHR)plane HAJ - LHR
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Folkestone Centraltrain
7h 52m£89–351Train to Düsseldorf International Airport, fly to London Heathrow Airport, train
- Take the train from Kassel-Wilhelmshoehe to Duesseldorf Flughafentrain
- Fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to London Heathrow Airport (LHR)plane DUS - LHR
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Folkestone Centraltrain
9h 14m£97–317Train to Frankfurt, fly to London Gatwick Airport, train
- Take the train from Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhe to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to London Gatwick Airport (LGW)plane FRA - LGW
- Take the train from Gatwick Airport to London St Pancras Intltrain
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Folkestone Centraltrain
7h 46m£112–344Train to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, fly to London City Airport, train
- Take the train from Kassel-Wilhelmshöhe to Amsterdam Centraaltrain
- Fly from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS) to London City Airport (LCY)plane AMS - LCY
- Take the train from Stratford International to Folkestone Centraltrain
10h 14m£161–524
Kassel to Folkestone by train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Kassel to Folkestone is to bus which costs £30 - £75 and takes 13h 9m.
The fastest way to get from Kassel to Folkestone is to train and fly which takes 7h 6m and costs £110 - £410.
No, there is no direct bus from Kassel to Folkestone station. However, there are services departing from Kassel and arriving at Folkestone Central station via Brussel Eurolines Busstation and Pencester Road. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 13h 9m.
No, there is no direct train from Kassel to Folkestone. However, there are services departing from Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhe and arriving at Folkestone Central via Frankfurt, Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi and London St Pancras Intl. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 10h 9m.
The distance between Kassel and Folkestone is 671 miles.
The best way to get from Kassel to Folkestone without a car is to train which takes 10h 9m and costs £120 - £450.
It takes approximately 10h 9m to get from Kassel to Folkestone, including transfers.
Kassel to Folkestone bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Kassel station.
Kassel to Folkestone train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), depart from Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhe station.
The best way to get from Kassel to Folkestone is to train which takes 10h 9m and costs £120 - £450. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs £30 - £75 and takes 13h 9m.
What companies run services between Kassel, Germany and Folkestone, England?
You can take a train from Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhe to Folkestone Central via Frankfurt, Bruxelles Midi, Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi, and London St Pancras Intl in around 10h 9m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Kassel to Folkestone Central station via Brussels-North train station, Brussel Eurolines Busstation, Dover, and Pencester Road in around 13h 9m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Frankfurt to London City Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- £70–230
Flights from Frankfurt to London Heathrow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £35–240
Flights from Hannover Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £120–340
Flights from Hannover Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £65–370
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to London Heathrow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £50–150
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £90–310
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Frankfurt to London City Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 36m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £100–220
Flights from Frankfurt to London Heathrow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £55–170
Flights from Hannover Airport to London Heathrow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £60–200
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to London Heathrow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £55–140
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to London City Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 6m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £75–220
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Frankfurt to London City Airport via Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 47m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £50–310
Flights from Frankfurt to London Heathrow Airport via Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £35–240
Flights from Hannover Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £45–290
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 16m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £35–240
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to London City Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £45–340
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to London Heathrow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £50–150
- Website
- airdolomiti.it
Flights from Frankfurt to London City Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- £70–230
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Frankfurt to London City Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £110–480
Flights from Hannover Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £110–270
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Hannover Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £55–320
- Website
- lufthansa-city.com
Flights from Frankfurt to London Heathrow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £35–230
- Website
- condor.com
Flights from Frankfurt to London Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £70–200
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhe to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 26m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £11–45
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Frankfurt to Bruxelles Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 1m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £40–120
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhe to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 36m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £26–80
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Köln Hbf to Brussels-Nord
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £26–65
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Koeln Hbf to Brussels-Nord
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 43m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £26–65
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhe to Hannover Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 56 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £8–35
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Kassel-Wilhelmshoehe to Duesseldorf Flughafen
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 2m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £30–80
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhe to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 53m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £24–35
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +44 343 218 6186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to London St Pancras Intl
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £60–220
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Phone
- +44 345 322 7021
- Website
- southeasternrailway.co.uk
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Folkestone Central
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £12–60
- Website
- https://www.southeasternrailway.co.uk/
Train from Stratford International to Folkestone Central
- Ave. Duration
- 48 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £17–60
- Website
- https://www.southeasternrailway.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
- 0221 13 999 444
- Website
- nationalexpress.de
Train from Kassel-Wilhelmshoehe to Kamen
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 4m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £28–45
- Schedules at
- nationalexpress.de
Train from Kamen to Koeln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 57m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £21–30
- Schedules at
- nationalexpress.de
Train from Kassel-Wilhelmshoehe to Duesseldorf Flughafen
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 12m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- £40–60
- Schedules at
- nationalexpress.de
- Phone
- 0345 026 4700
- Website
- thameslinkrailway.com
Train from Gatwick Airport to London St Pancras Intl
- Ave. Duration
- 44 min
- Frequency
- Every 10 minutes
- Estimated price
- £15–21
- Website
- https://www.thameslinkrailway.com/
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from Kassel-Wilhelmshöhe to Amsterdam Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 1m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- £55–210
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- £55–90
- 1st Class
- £120–210
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Kassel to Brussels-North train station
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 25m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £20–65
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +421 55 680 73 06
- onlinepredaj@eurobus.sk
- Website
- eurobus.sk
Bus from Brussel Eurolines Busstation to Dover
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 56m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- £11–13
- Website
- https://www.eurobus.sk/en
- 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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More Questions & Answers
Kassel to Folkestone bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Brussels-North train station.
Folkestone is 1h behind Kassel. It is currently 11:59 PM in Kassel and 10:59 PM in Folkestone.
Kassel to Folkestone train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), arrive at Frankfurt station.
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