There are 9 ways to get from Leipzig to Manchester by plane, train (Eurostar), bus, car, car train, train, night train, or car ferry
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Fly Leipzig-Halle Airport to Manchester Airport
best- Fly from Leipzig-Halle Airport (LEJ) to Manchester Airport (MAN)plane LEJ - MAN
7h 29m£106–305Train to Berlin Brandenburg Airport, fly to Manchester Airport
cheapest- Take the train from Leipzig Hbf to S Südkreuz Bhftrain
- Fly from Berlin Brandenburg Airport (BER) to Manchester Airport (MAN)plane BER - MAN
5h 55m£72–247Train
- Take the train from Leipzig Hbf to Frankfurttrain 50 / ...
- 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 Euston to Manchester Piccadillytrain
12h 52m£280–570Bus
- Take the bus from Leipzig central train station to Dortmund central bus stationbus N23 / ...
- Take the bus from DORTMUND, Hbf Nordseite, Steinstrasse to LONDON, Victoria Coach Station-Departure Hallbus
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Manchester, Shudehill Interchangebus
23h 6m£88–170Drive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Leipzig to Calais-Fréthuncar
- Take the car train from Calais-Fréthun to Folkestonecartrain
- Drive from Folkestone to Manchestercar
14hTrain to Dresden Airport, fly to Manchester Airport
- Take the train from Leipzig Hbf to Dresden Bahnhof Neustadttrain
- Fly from Dresden Airport (DRS) to Manchester Airport (MAN)plane DRS - MAN
8h 25m£153–374Fly Leipzig-Halle Airport to Birmingham Airport, train
- Fly from Leipzig-Halle Airport (LEJ) to Birmingham Airport (BHX)plane LEJ - BHX
- Take the train from Birmingham International to Manchester Piccadillytrain
8h 37m£133–352Bus, train, night train
- Take the bus from Leipzig , ZOB to Bielefeldbus
- Take the train from Bielefeld, Brackwede Bahnhof to Münster Hauptbahnhoftrain
- Take the night train from Muenster(Westf)Hbf to Amsterdam Centraalnighttrain Nj
- Take the train from Amsterdam Centraal to London St. Pancras Int.train
- Take the bus from Finchley Road / O2 Centre to Shudehill Interchangebus
23h 7m£139–321Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Leipzig to Calaiscar
- Take the car ferry from Calais to Port of Dovercarferry
- Drive from Port of Dover to Manchestercar
15h 7m£180–292
Leipzig to Manchester by train and foot
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Leipzig to Manchester is to bus which costs £85 - £170 and takes 23h 6m.
The fastest way to get from Leipzig to Manchester is to train and fly which takes 5h 55m and costs £70 - £250.
No, there is no direct bus from Leipzig station to Manchester. However, there are services departing from Leipzig central train station and arriving at Manchester, Shudehill Interchange via DORTMUND, Hbf Nordseite, Steinstrasse and London Victoria. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 23h 6m.
No, there is no direct train from Leipzig to Manchester. However, there are services departing from Leipzig Hbf and arriving at Manchester Piccadilly via Frankfurt, Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi and London Euston. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 12h 52m.
The distance between Leipzig and Manchester is 650 miles.
The best way to get from Leipzig to Manchester without a car is to train which takes 12h 52m and costs £280 - £600.
It takes approximately 7h 29m to get from Leipzig to Manchester, including transfers.
Leipzig to Manchester bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Leipzig central train station.
Leipzig to Manchester train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), depart from Leipzig Hbf station.
The best way to get from Leipzig to Manchester is to fly which takes 7h 29m and costs £100 - £310. Alternatively, you can train, which costs £280 - £600 and takes 12h 52m, you could also bus, which costs £85 - £170 and takes 23h 6m.
What companies run services between Leipzig, Germany and Manchester, England?
Lufthansa, Norwegian Air UK ltd, and four other airlines fly from Leipzig-Halle Airport (LEJ) to Manchester Airport (MAN) 3 times a day. Alternatively, you can take a train from Leipzig Hbf to Manchester Piccadilly via Frankfurt, Bruxelles Midi, Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi, London St Pancras Intl, and London Euston in around 12h 52m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Leipzig-Halle Airport to Manchester Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 3m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £110–300
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Manchester Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £80–300
Flights from Dresden Airport to Manchester Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 6m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £120–470
Flights from Dresden Airport to Manchester Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £85–440
Flights from Leipzig-Halle Airport to Birmingham Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 57m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £140–900
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Leipzig-Halle Airport to Manchester Airport via Palma Mallorca
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 10m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £100–270
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Wednesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- £40–130
Flights from Dresden Airport to Manchester Airport via Palma Mallorca
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 25m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- £130–220
Flights from Leipzig-Halle Airport to Birmingham Airport via Palma Mallorca
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 35m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- £120–360
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Leipzig-Halle Airport to Manchester Airport via Palma Mallorca
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 25m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £120–270
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 1m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £40–150
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Leipzig-Halle Airport to Manchester Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 40m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- £70–240
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Monday and Tuesday
- Estimated price
- £27–150
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Manchester Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £40–250
- Website
- brusselsairlines.com
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Manchester Airport via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £55–220
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Manchester Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 27m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £60–290
- Website
- jet2.com
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- £85–190
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Dresden Airport to Manchester Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Monday and Tuesday
- Estimated price
- £120–460
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Dresden Airport to Manchester Airport via Dusseldorf
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 35m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- £120–320
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Leipzig Hbf to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £55–140
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Frankfurt to Bruxelles Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 1m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £60–150
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Leipzig Hbf to S Südkreuz Bhf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £26–65
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Leipzig Hbf to Dresden Bahnhof Neustadt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 1m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £18–45
- 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
- £100–170
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Phone
- +44 345 528 0253
- Website
- avantiwestcoast.co.uk
Train from London Euston to Manchester Piccadilly
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 13m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £60–110
- 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
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Leipzig Hbf to Dresden Bahnhof Neustadt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £21–30
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from Leipzig Hbf to Dresden Bahnhof Neustadt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £23–40
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket
Train from Birmingham International to Manchester Piccadilly
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 48m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £45–65
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
- Phone
- 03333 211 202
- Website
- tfw.wales
Train from Birmingham International to Manchester Piccadilly
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 12m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- £30–60
- Website
- https://tfw.wales/
- Phone
- 0180 6 9 27 37 27
- info@eurobahn.de
- Website
- eurobahn.de
Train from Bielefeld, Brackwede Bahnhof to Münster Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 31m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £12–18
- Website
- https://www.eurobahn.de/en/
- Phone
- +43 51717
- Website
- nightjet.com
Night train from Muenster(Westf)Hbf to Amsterdam Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £19–80
- Website
- https://www.nightjet.com/en/#/home
- Sleeper Carriage
- £70–80
- Couchette Carriage
- £45–55
- Seating Carriage
- £19–23
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from Amsterdam Centraal to London St. Pancras Int.
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 17m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- £55–130
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.fr
Bus from Leipzig central train station to Dortmund central bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 6m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- £24–40
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from London Victoria to Manchester, Shudehill Interchange
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £19–35
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Finchley Road / O2 Centre to Shudehill Interchange
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- £19–35
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +48 801 22 33 44
- bilety@sindbad.pl
- Website
- sindbad.pl
Bus from DORTMUND, Hbf Nordseite, Steinstrasse to LONDON, Victoria Coach Station-Departure Hall
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 25m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £45–95
- Website
- https://www.sindbad.pl/en/home
- Phone
- +380 98 815 4444
- support@ewe.ua
- Website
- ewe.ua
Bus from Leipzig , ZOB to Bielefeld
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 52m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £30–50
- Website
- https://ewe.ua/
- Phone
- 01304 44 88 88
- customer.services@poferries.com
- Website
- poferries.com
Car ferry from Calais to Port of Dover
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- £20–27
- Website
- https://www.poferries.com/en
- Phone
- +353 818 300 400
- info@irishferries.fr
- Website
- irishferries.com
Car ferry from Calais to Port of Dover
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £6–40
- Website
- https://www.irishferries.com/uk-en/Travel-to-Ireland
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More Questions & Answers
Leipzig to Manchester bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Dortmund central bus station.
Manchester is 1h behind Leipzig. It is currently 4:57 PM in Leipzig and 3:57 PM in Manchester.
Leipzig to Manchester train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), arrive at Frankfurt station.
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