There are 14 ways to get from London to Balve by train (Eurostar), bus, car, car train, plane, train, or car ferry
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Train via Cologne
best- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Miditrain Eil
- Take the train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to Koeln Hbftrain Ice
- Take the train from Köln Hbf to Hagen Hbftrain 43 / ...
8h 12m€128–407Bus via Düsseldorf
cheapest- Take the bus from London Victoria to Düsseldorf central bus stationbus N280
- Take the bus from Düsseldorf to Dortmundbus Kyiv-Antwerp / ...
16h 17m€63–109Bus
- Take the bus from LONDON, Victoria Coach Station-Departure Hall to DORTMUND, Hbf Nordseite, Steinstrassebus
14h 10m€67–94Drive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from London to Folkestonecar
- Take the car train from Folkestone to Calais-Fréthuncartrain
- Drive from Calais-Fréthun to Balvecar
7h 4mFly London Heathrow Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport, train
- Fly from London Heathrow Airport (LHR) to Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS)plane LHR - DUS
- Take the train from Duesseldorf Flughafen to Dortmund Hbftrain
6h 51m€102–314Train (Eurostar)
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Miditrain Eil
- Take the train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to Dortmund Hbftrain Thalys
8h 18m€141–382Drive, car ferry
- Drive from London to Port of Dovercar
- Take the car ferry from Port of Dover to Calaiscarferry
- Drive from Calais to Balvecar
8h 17m€120–186Train to Luton Airport, fly to Dortmund Airport
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Luton Airport Parkwaytrain
- Fly from Luton Airport (LTN) to Dortmund Airport (DTM)plane LTN - DTM
6h 37m€96–240Fly London Heathrow Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport, train
- Fly from London Heathrow Airport (LHR) to Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN)plane LHR - CGN
- Take the train from Köln Hbf to Hagen Hbftrain
7h 33m€114–373Fly London Stansted Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport, train
- Fly from London Stansted Airport (STN) to Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN)plane STN - CGN
- Take the train from Köln Hbf to Hagen Hbftrain
- Take the train from Hagen Hbf to Fröndenberg, Bahnhoftrain
- Take the train from Fröndenberg, Bahnhof to Balve, Bahnhoftrain
8h€88–282Fly London City Airport to Rotterdam The Hague Airport, train
- Fly from London City Airport (LCY) to Rotterdam The Hague Airport (RTM)plane LCY - RTM
- Take the train from Rotterdam Centraal to Utrecht Centraaltrain
- Take the train from Utrecht Centraal to Oberhausen Hbftrain
- Take the train from Oberhausen Hbf to Dortmund Hbftrain
8h 42m€154–448Fly London City Airport to Frankfurt, train
- Fly from London City Airport (LCY) to Frankfurt (FRA)plane LCY - FRA
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Hagen Hbftrain
8h 38m€153–423Train to London Gatwick Airport, fly to Cologne Bonn Airport, train
- Take the train from London Victoria to Gatwick Airporttrain
- Fly from London Gatwick Airport (LGW) to Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN)plane LGW - CGN
- Take the train from Köln Hbf to Hagen Hbftrain
7h 46m€117–371Fly London City Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, train
- Fly from London City Airport (LCY) to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS)plane LCY - AMS
- Take the train from Schiphol Airport to Utrecht Centraaltrain
- Take the train from Utrecht Centraal to Oberhausen Hbftrain
- Take the train from Oberhausen Hbf to Dortmund Hbftrain
9h 18m€155–439
London to Balve by train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from London to Balve is to bus which costs €65 - €95 and takes 14h 10m.
The fastest way to get from London to Balve is to train and fly which takes 6h 37m and costs €95 - €240.
No, there is no direct train from London to Balve. However, there are services departing from London St Pancras Intl and arriving at Balve, Bahnhof via Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi, Köln Hbf, Hagen Hbf and Fröndenberg, Bahnhof. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 8h 12m.
The distance between London and Balve is 710 km.
The best way to get from London to Balve without a car is to train via Cologne which takes 8h 12m and costs €120 - €410.
It takes approximately 8h 12m to get from London to Balve, including transfers.
London to Balve train services, operated by Eurostar, depart from London St Pancras Intl station.
The best way to get from London to Balve is to train via Cologne which takes 8h 12m and costs €120 - €410. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs €65 - €95 and takes 14h 10m.
Balve is 1h ahead of London. It is currently 1:02 PM in London and 2:02 PM in Balve.
London to Balve train services, operated by Eurostar, arrive at Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi station.
What companies run services between London, England and Balve, Germany?
You can take a train from London St Pancras Intl to Balve, Bahnhof via Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi, Köln Hbf, Hagen Hbf, and Fröndenberg, Bahnhof in around 8h 12m. Alternatively, Sindbad operates a bus from LONDON, Victoria Coach Station-Departure Hall to DORTMUND, Hbf Nordseite, Steinstrasse once daily. Tickets cost €55–85 and the journey takes 11h 30m.
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–150
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–200
Flights from London City Airport to Rotterdam The Hague Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €90–250
Flights from London City Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 31m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €110–250
Flights from London City Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–240
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 11m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €40–280
Flights from London City Airport to Frankfurt via Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 22m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €45–310
Flights from London City Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €40–310
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from London Stansted Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €35–140
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €55–170
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–220
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €70–240
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €55–170
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–320
Flights from London City Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- €80–240
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from London Stansted Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €25–140
- Website
- airdolomiti.it
Flights from London City Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- €80–240
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Luton Airport to Dortmund Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €27–130
- Website
- jet2.com
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €75–230
- Phone
- +44 343 218 6186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 1m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €70–240
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
Train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to Koeln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €45–90
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
Train from Duesseldorf Flughafen to Dortmund Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 37 min
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €29–65
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Standard
- €29–45
- Comfort
- €30–45
- Premium
- €45–65
Train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to Dortmund Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 8m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €55–120
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to Koeln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €30–65
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Köln Hbf to Hagen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 47 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €13–55
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Duesseldorf Flughafen to Dortmund Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 46 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €12–30
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Oberhausen Hbf to Dortmund Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 47 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €18–22
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Frankfurt to Hagen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 47m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €35–85
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +44 (0) 8443 35 35 35
- Website
- leshuttle.com
Car train from Folkestone to Calais-Fréthun
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- https://www.leshuttle.com/uk-en
- Phone
- 0221 13 999 444
- Website
- nationalexpress.de
Train from Duesseldorf Flughafen to Dortmund Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €13–19
- Schedules at
- nationalexpress.de
Train from Oberhausen Hbf to Dortmund Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 40 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €10–15
- Schedules at
- nationalexpress.de
- Phone
- 0180 6 9 27 37 27
- info@eurobahn.de
- Website
- eurobahn.de
Train from Duesseldorf Flughafen to Dortmund Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 3m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €14–20
- Website
- https://www.eurobahn.de/en/
Train from Oberhausen Hbf to Dortmund Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 40 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €11–17
- Website
- https://www.eurobahn.de/en/
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Duesseldorf Flughafen to Dortmund Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 19m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €13–19
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Hagen Hbf to Fröndenberg, Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 30 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €8–13
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Fröndenberg, Bahnhof to Balve, Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 27 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €7–11
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Oberhausen Hbf to Dortmund Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 48 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €11–16
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +31 85 004 3110
- Website
- traincharter.eu
Train from Duesseldorf Flughafen to Dortmund Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 3m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Website
- https://traincharter.eu/
Train from Oberhausen Hbf to Dortmund Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 40 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Website
- https://traincharter.eu/
- Phone
- 0345 026 4700
- Website
- thameslinkrailway.com
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Luton Airport Parkway
- Ave. Duration
- 31 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- €9–24
- Website
- https://www.thameslinkrailway.com/
- Phone
- 03457 125 678
- Website
- eastmidlandsrailway.co.uk
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Luton Airport Parkway
- Ave. Duration
- 21 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €7–24
- Website
- https://www.eastmidlandsrailway.co.uk/
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from Rotterdam Centraal to Utrecht Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 37 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- €10–29
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- €10–16
- 1st Class
- €17–29
Train from Utrecht Centraal to Oberhausen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 21m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €24–80
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- €24–35
- 1st Class
- €45–80
Train from Oberhausen Hbf to Dortmund Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 33 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €9–27
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- €9–15
- 1st Class
- €16–27
Train from Schiphol Airport to Utrecht Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 33 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- €8–24
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- €8–13
- 1st Class
- €14–24
- Phone
- +44 3451 27 29 20
- Website
- southernrailway.com
Train from London Victoria to Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 32 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- €15–27
- Website
- https://www.southernrailway.com/
- Phone
- +44 345 850 1530
- Website
- gatwickexpress.com
Train from London Victoria to Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 30 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €29–30
- Website
- https://www.gatwickexpress.com/
- Phone
- 0800-0232 545
- Website
- arriva.nl
Train from Schiphol Airport to Utrecht Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 46 min
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €10–12
- Website
- https://www.arriva.nl/en/
- 2nd Class
- €10–12
- Phone
- +48 801 22 33 44
- bilety@sindbad.pl
- Website
- sindbad.pl
Bus from LONDON, Victoria Coach Station-Departure Hall to DORTMUND, Hbf Nordseite, Steinstrasse
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €55–85
- Website
- https://www.sindbad.pl/en/home
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from London Victoria to Düsseldorf central bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 40m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €40–80
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Düsseldorf to Dortmund
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €8–11
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +380 98 815 4444
- support@ewe.ua
- Website
- ewe.ua
Bus from Düsseldorf to Dortmund
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 11m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €55–65
- Website
- https://ewe.ua/
- Phone
- 07001 8282
- booking@union-ivkoni.com
- Website
- union-ivkoni.com
Bus from Düsseldorf to Dortmund
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €3–5
- Website
- https://union-ivkoni.com/en
- Phone
- 01304 44 88 88
- customer.services@poferries.com
- Website
- poferries.com
Car ferry from Port of Dover to Calais
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €28–45
- Website
- https://www.poferries.com/en
- Phone
- +353 818 300 400
- info@irishferries.com
- Website
- irishferries.com
Car ferry from Port of Dover to Calais
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €35–45
- Website
- https://www.irishferries.com/uk-en/Travel-to-Ireland
- Car
- €75–190
- On Foot
- €35–45
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