There are 12 ways to get from Leipzig to Chester by train (Eurostar), bus, car, car train, plane, train, or car ferry
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Train
best- Take the train from Leipzig Hbf to Frankfurt50 / ...
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Bruxelles Midi79
- Take the train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to London St Pancras IntlEil
- Take the train from London Euston to Chester
13h 27m£192–685Train to Berlin Brandenburg Airport, fly to Manchester Airport, train
cheapest- Take the train from Leipzig Hbf to S Südkreuz Bhf
- Fly from Berlin Brandenburg Airport (BER) to Manchester Airport (MAN)BER - MAN
- Take the train from Manchester Airport to Chester
7h 44m£50–211Bus
- Take the bus from Leipzig central train station to Brussels-North train station
- Take the bus from Brussel Eurolines Busstation to Birmingham
- Take the bus from Newhall St to Chester Bus Interchange
23h 34m£52–92Drive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Leipzig to Calais-Fréthun
- Take the car train from Calais-Fréthun to Folkestone
- Drive from Folkestone to Chester
13h 31mFly Leipzig-Halle Airport to Manchester Airport, train
- Fly from Leipzig-Halle Airport (LEJ) to Manchester Airport (MAN)LEJ - MAN
- Take the train from Manchester Airport to Chester
8h 23m£106–248Train via Cologne
- Take the train from Leipzig Hbf to Köln Hbf51 / ...
- Take the train from Köln Hbf to Bruxelles Midi79
- Take the train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to London St Pancras IntlEil
- Take the train from London Euston to Chester
14h 50m£191–675Train, bus
- Take the train from Leipzig Markt to Dessau HbfS2
- Take the train from Dessau Hbf to S Charlottenburg BhfRe7
- Take the bus from Berlin central bus station to London Victoria
- Take the bus from Finchley Road / O2 Centre to Chester Bus Interchange
30h 3m£99–205Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Leipzig to Calais
- Take the car ferry from Calais to Port of Dover
- Drive from Port of Dover to Chester
14h 32m£206–300Train to Berlin Brandenburg Airport, fly to Liverpool
- Take the train from Leipzig Hbf to S Südkreuz Bhf
- Fly from Berlin Brandenburg Airport (BER) to Liverpool (LPL)BER - LPL
7h 23m£62–236Train to Berlin Brandenburg Airport, fly to Birmingham Airport, train
- Take the train from Leipzig Hbf to S Südkreuz Bhf
- Fly from Berlin Brandenburg Airport (BER) to Birmingham Airport (BHX)BER - BHX
- Take the train from Birmingham New Street to Crewe
7h 58m£67–286Train, bus to Václav Havel Airport Prague, fly to Manchester Airport
- Take the train from Leipzig Hbf to Dresden Hauptbahnhof
- Take the bus from Dresden central station to Praha, ÚAN Florenc
- Fly from Václav Havel Airport Prague (PRG) to Manchester Airport (MAN)PRG - MAN
- Take the train from Manchester Airport to Chester
10h 32m£70–222Train to Frankfurt, fly to Birmingham Airport, train
- Take the train from Leipzig Hbf to Frankfurt
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Birmingham Airport (BHX)FRA - BHX
- Take the train from Birmingham New Street to Crewe
9h£127–356
Leipzig to Chester by train and foot
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Leipzig to Chester is to bus which costs £50 - £95 and takes 23h 34m.
The fastest way to get from Leipzig to Chester is to train and fly which takes 7h 23m and costs £60 - £240.
No, there is no direct bus from Leipzig station to Chester. However, there are services departing from Leipzig central train station and arriving at Chester Bus Interchange via Brussel Eurolines Busstation and Newhall St. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 23h 34m.
No, there is no direct train from Leipzig to Chester. However, there are services departing from Leipzig Hbf and arriving at Chester via Frankfurt, Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi and London Euston. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 13h 27m.
The distance between Leipzig and Chester is 893 miles.
The best way to get from Leipzig to Chester without a car is to train which takes 13h 27m and costs £190 - £700.
It takes approximately 13h 27m to get from Leipzig to Chester, including transfers.
Leipzig to Chester bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Leipzig central train station.
Leipzig to Chester train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), depart from Leipzig Hbf station.
The best way to get from Leipzig to Chester is to train which takes 13h 27m and costs £190 - £700. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs £50 - £95 and takes 23h 34m.
What companies run services between Leipzig, Germany and Chester, England?
You can take a train from Leipzig Hbf to Chester via Frankfurt, Bruxelles Midi, Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi, London St Pancras Intl, and London Euston in around 13h 27m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Leipzig central train station to Chester Bus Interchange via Brussels-North train station, Brussel Eurolines Busstation, Birmingham, and Newhall St in around 23h 34m.
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- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Leipzig-Halle Airport to Manchester Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £110–210
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Manchester Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £60–250
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Birmingham Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £65–250
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Birmingham Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- £65–260
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Manchester Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £60–230
Flights from Frankfurt to Birmingham Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £80–270
Flights from Frankfurt to Birmingham Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- £45–250
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Leipzig-Halle Airport to Manchester Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- £70–240
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £35–120
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Liverpool via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £55–150
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Birmingham Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Monday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £35–140
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £40–120
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Manchester Airport via Charleroi
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £40–120
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 7m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £30–100
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Liverpool
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £35–150
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Birmingham Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £40–120
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £35–100
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Manchester Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Monday to Wednesday
- Estimated price
- £35–100
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Manchester Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £40–220
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Birmingham Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £40–230
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Manchester Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £40–220
Flights from Frankfurt to Birmingham Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £35–210
- Website
- brusselsairlines.com
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Manchester Airport via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £55–200
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Manchester Airport via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £50–190
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- £40–160
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £40–150
- Website
- jet2.com
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £60–180
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £40–120
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Manchester Airport via Stuttgart
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Wednesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- £90–120
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Birmingham Airport via Dusseldorf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- £90–120
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Birmingham Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £45–250
- Website
- flysas.com
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Birmingham Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- £60–220
- Website
- airdolomiti.it
Flights from Frankfurt to Birmingham Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- £85–270
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Leipzig Hbf to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £30–110
- 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 Leipzig Hbf to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 50m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £40–130
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Köln Hbf to Bruxelles Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 54m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £28–65
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Leipzig Hbf to S Südkreuz Bhf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £20–55
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Leipzig Hbf to Dresden Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £15–35
- 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 1m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £75–280
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
Train from Köln Hbf to Bruxelles Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 56m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- £30–85
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Phone
- +44 345 528 0253
- Website
- avantiwestcoast.co.uk
Train from London Euston to Chester
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- £45–180
- Website
- https://www.avantiwestcoast.co.uk/
Train from Birmingham New Street to Crewe
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £13–50
- Website
- https://www.avantiwestcoast.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
- 03333 211 202
- Website
- tfw.wales
Train from Manchester Airport to Chester
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £5–19
- Website
- https://tfw.wales/
Train from Birmingham New Street to Crewe
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 37m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- £15–25
- Website
- https://tfw.wales/
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Leipzig Markt to Dessau Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 57 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £11–16
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Dessau Hbf to S Charlottenburg Bhf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 29m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £16–23
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Leipzig Hbf to Dresden Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 37m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £17–24
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from Leipzig Hbf to S Südkreuz Bhf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £30–50
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket?cref=oebb-header
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- info@flixbus.de
- Website
- flixtrain.de
Train from Leipzig Hbf to S Südkreuz Bhf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- £3–14
- Website
- https://www.flixtrain.com/
- Phone
- +44 333 311 0039
- contact.wmr@wmtrains.co.uk
- Website
- westmidlandsrailway.co.uk
Train from Birmingham New Street to Crewe
- Ave. Duration
- 56 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £9–40
- Website
- https://www.westmidlandsrailway.co.uk/
Train from Birmingham New Street to Crewe
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- £24–50
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
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Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Leipzig central train station to Brussels-North train station
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 20m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- £26–60
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Newhall St to Chester Bus Interchange
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- £7–10
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Berlin central bus station to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 11m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £55–130
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Finchley Road / O2 Centre to Chester Bus Interchange
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £13–29
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Dresden central station to Praha, ÚAN Florenc
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £11–28
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +421 55 680 73 06
- onlinepredaj@eurobus.sk
- Website
- eurobus.sk
Bus from Brussel Eurolines Busstation to Birmingham
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 45m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- £19–22
- Website
- https://www.eurobus.sk/en
- Phone
- +420 222 222 221
- info@regiojet.cz
- Website
- regiojet.com
Bus from Dresden central station to Praha, ÚAN Florenc
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £7–11
- Website
- https://regiojet.com/
- Phone
- +359-887-208-506
- racic_bg@yahoo.com
- Website
- racicbg.com
Bus from Dresden central station to Praha, ÚAN Florenc
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- £23–29
- Website
- https://www.racicbg.com/bg/
- Phone
- 07001 8282
- booking@union-ivkoni.com
- Website
- union-ivkoni.com
Bus from Dresden central station to Praha, ÚAN Florenc
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- £5–8
- Website
- https://union-ivkoni.com/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
Leipzig to Chester bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Brussels-North train station.
Chester is 1h behind Leipzig. It is currently 10:46 PM in Leipzig and 9:46 PM in Chester.
Leipzig to Chester train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), arrive at Frankfurt station.
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