There are 11 ways to get from Leipzig to Folkestone by train (Eurostar), bus, car, car train, plane, train, night 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.
Train
best- Take the train from Leipzig Hbf to Erfurt Hbftrain 28 / ...
- Take the train from Erfurt Hbf to Frankfurttrain 12 / ...
- 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
11h 37m£251–475Bus
cheapest- Take the bus from Leipzig central train station to Berlin central bus stationbus FlixBus 141
- Take the bus from Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhof to Doverbus N1328
20h 46m£85–131Drive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Leipzig to Calais-Fréthuncar
- Take the cartrain from Calais-Fréthun to Folkestonecartrain le shuttle
9h 2m£246–304Fly Leipzig-Halle Airport to London City Airport, train
- Fly from Leipzig-Halle Airport (LEJ) to London City Airport (LCY)plane LEJ - LCY
- Take the train from Stratford International to Folkestone Centraltrain
8h 14m£194–669Train via Cologne
- Take the train from Leipzig Hbf to Köln Hbftrain 51 / ...
- Take the train from Köln Hbf 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
12h 39m£265–542Train, night train
- Take the train from Halle(Saale)Hbf to Kassel-Wilhelmshoehetrain Re
- Take the nighttrain from Kassel-Wilhelmshoehe to Amsterdam Centraalnighttrain Nj
- Take the train from Amsterdam Centraal to London St. Pancras Int.train
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Folkestone Centraltrain
17h 11m£142–300Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Leipzig to Calaiscar
- Take the carferry from Calais to Port of Dovercarferry
10h 12m£156–265Train to Berlin Brandenburg Airport, fly to London City Airport, train
- Take the train from Leipzig Hbf to Berlin Suedkreuztrain
- Fly from Berlin Brandenburg Airport (BER) to London City Airport (LCY)plane BER - LCY
- Take the train from Stratford International to Folkestone Centraltrain
7h 15m£140–521Train to Berlin Brandenburg Airport, fly to London Heathrow Airport, train
- Take the train from Leipzig Hbf to Berlin Suedkreuztrain
- Fly from Berlin Brandenburg Airport (BER) to London Heathrow Airport (LHR)plane BER - LHR
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Folkestone Centraltrain
7h 42m£126–370Train to Berlin Brandenburg Airport, fly to London Gatwick Airport, train
- Take the train from Leipzig Hbf to Berlin Suedkreuztrain
- Fly from Berlin Brandenburg Airport (BER) to London Gatwick Airport (LGW)plane BER - LGW
- Take the train from Gatwick Airport to London St Pancras Intltrain
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Folkestone Centraltrain
8h 2m£113–293Train to Berlin Brandenburg Airport, fly to London Stansted Airport, train
- Take the train from Leipzig Hbf to Berlin Suedkreuztrain
- Fly from Berlin Brandenburg Airport (BER) to London Stansted Airport (STN)plane BER - STN
- Take the train from Stratford International to Folkestone Centraltrain
7h 52m£100–328
Leipzig to Folkestone by train
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Leipzig to Folkestone is to bus which costs £85 - £140 and takes 20h 46m.
The fastest way to get from Leipzig to Folkestone is to train and fly which takes 7h 15m and costs £140 - £550.
No, there is no direct bus from Leipzig station to Folkestone. However, there are services departing from Leipzig central train station and arriving at Middelburg Square via Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhof and Pencester Road. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 20h 46m.
No, there is no direct train from Leipzig to Folkestone. However, there are services departing from Leipzig Hbf and arriving at Folkestone Central via Erfurt Hbf, Frankfurt, Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi and London St Pancras Intl. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 11h 37m.
The distance between Leipzig and Folkestone is 784 miles.
The best way to get from Leipzig to Folkestone without a car is to train which takes 11h 37m and costs £250 - £480.
It takes approximately 11h 37m to get from Leipzig to Folkestone, including transfers.
Leipzig to Folkestone bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Leipzig central train station.
Leipzig to Folkestone train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), depart from Leipzig Hbf station.
The best way to get from Leipzig to Folkestone is to train which takes 11h 37m and costs £250 - £480. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs £85 - £140 and takes 20h 46m.
What companies run services between Leipzig, Germany and Folkestone, England?
You can take a train from Leipzig Hbf to Folkestone Central via Erfurt Hbf, Frankfurt, Bruxelles Midi, Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi, and London St Pancras Intl in around 11h 37m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Leipzig central train station to Middelburg Square via Berlin central bus station, Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhof, Dover, and Pencester Road in around 20h 46m.
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Leipzig-Halle Airport to London City Airport via Palma Mallorca
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 55m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £190–900
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to London City Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 51m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £90–280
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to London Heathrow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £65–270
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to London City Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 58m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £65–380
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £50–280
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to London Heathrow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 51m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £60–170
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Dusseldorf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Monday to Thursday
- Estimated price
- £60–170
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Stuttgart
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £60–170
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to London Gatwick Airport via Cologne Bonn
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- £110–140
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to London Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 3m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £45–130
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to London Gatwick Airport via Basel
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £45–130
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to London Stansted Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £40–180
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Leipzig-Halle Airport to London City Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 37m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £280–950
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to London City Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- £190–650
- Website
- brusselsairlines.com
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 47m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £60–230
- Website
- condor.com
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to London Gatwick Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £70–310
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to London City Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £120–310
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to London Gatwick Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £45–260
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Leipzig Hbf to Erfurt Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 38 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £15–35
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Erfurt Hbf to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £30–70
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Frankfurt to Bruxelles Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 1m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £50–110
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Leipzig Hbf to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 41m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £80–160
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Köln Hbf to Bruxelles Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 52m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £29–60
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Leipzig Hbf to Berlin Suedkreuz
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 7m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £22–45
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Leipzig Hbf to Berlin Suedkreuz
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 7m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £22–45
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Leipzig Hbf to Berlin Suedkreuz
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 7m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £22–45
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Leipzig Hbf to Berlin Suedkreuz
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 7m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £22–45
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
- Phone
- +43 (0) 5 1717
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
Train from Leipzig Hbf to Erfurt Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 31m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £25
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
- Website
- LEO Express
Train from Leipzig Hbf to Erfurt Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 27m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Schedules at
- LEO Express
- Phone
- +44 (0)3432 186 186
- Website
- Eurostar
Train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to London St Pancras Intl
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 1m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £120–200
- Website
- Eurostar
Train from Köln Hbf to Bruxelles Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 52m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- £75–120
- Website
- Eurostar
Train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to London St Pancras Intl
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 1m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £120–200
- Website
- Eurostar
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Folkestone Central
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £35–65
- Website
- Southeastern
Train from Stratford International to Folkestone Central
- Ave. Duration
- 48 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £30–60
- Website
- Southeastern
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Folkestone Central
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £35–65
- Website
- Southeastern
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Folkestone Central
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £35–65
- Website
- Southeastern
Train from Stratford International to Folkestone Central
- Ave. Duration
- 48 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £30–60
- Website
- Southeastern
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Folkestone Central
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £35–65
- Website
- Southeastern
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Folkestone Central
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £35–65
- Website
- Southeastern
Train from Stratford International to Folkestone Central
- Ave. Duration
- 48 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £30–60
- Website
- Southeastern
- 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
- Phone
- +32 70 79 79 79
- Website
- Belgian Railways
Train from Köln Hbf to Bruxelles Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 54m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £30–55
- Website
- Belgian Railways
- Phone
- +49 30 21300130
- info@abellio-mitteldeutschland.de
- Website
- Abellio GmbH
Train from Halle(Saale)Hbf to Kassel-Wilhelmshoehe
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £28–40
- Schedules at
- Abellio GmbH
- Phone
- +43 (0) 51717
- Website
- Nightjet
Night train from Kassel-Wilhelmshoehe to Amsterdam Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 1m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- £26–84
- Website
- Nightjet
- Sleeper Carriage
- £81–84
- Couchette Carriage
- £50–60
- Seating Carriage
- £26–31
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Amsterdam Centraal to London St. Pancras Int.
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 17m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- £50–100
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixtrain.de
- Website
- FlixTrain GmbH
Train from Leipzig Hbf to Berlin Suedkreuz
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- £10–16
- Website
- FlixTrain GmbH
Train from Leipzig Hbf to Berlin Suedkreuz
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- £10–16
- Website
- FlixTrain GmbH
Train from Leipzig Hbf to Berlin Suedkreuz
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- £10–16
- Website
- FlixTrain GmbH
Train from Leipzig Hbf to Berlin Suedkreuz
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- £10–16
- Website
- FlixTrain GmbH
- Phone
- +44 (0)345 026 4700
- Website
- Thameslink
Train from Gatwick Airport to London St Pancras Intl
- Ave. Duration
- 44 min
- Frequency
- Every 10 minutes
- Estimated price
- £20
- Website
- Thameslink
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Leipzig central train station to Berlin central bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £12–18
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhof to Dover
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 31m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- £70–110
- Website
- Flixbus
- 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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Booking & Getting There
Leipzig to Folkestone bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Berlin central bus station.
Folkestone is 1h behind Leipzig. It is currently 9:57 AM in Leipzig and 8:57 AM in Folkestone.
Leipzig to Folkestone train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), arrive at Erfurt Hbf station.
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