There are 13 ways to get from London to Shumen by train, plane, shuttle, bus, night train, car, car train, busferry, or car ferry
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Train to Luton Airport, fly to Varna Airport, shuttle
best- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Luton Airport Parkwaytrain
- Fly from Luton Airport (LTN) to Varna Airport (VAR)plane LTN - VAR
- Take a shuttle bus from Varna Airport to Shumen
8h 7m$196–416Train to Luton Airport, fly to Bucharest Otopeni, bus
cheapest- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Luton Airport Parkwaytrain
- Fly from Luton Airport (LTN) to Bucharest Otopeni (OTP)plane LTN - OTP
- Take the bus from Buchurest to Shumenbus
10h 57m$79–255Bus
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Bucharestbus
- Take the bus from Buchurest to Shumenbus
34h 15m$175–182Train, night train
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Miditrain Eil
- Take the train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to Aachen Hbftrain Ice
- Take the train from Aachen, Hbf to Wien Meidlingtrain 90N
- Take the train from Wien Meidling to Bucuresti Nordtrain 347
- Take the night train from Bucharest to Gorna Oryahovitsanighttrain
- Take the train from Gorna Oryahovitsa to Shumentrain Ic / ...
42h 22m$685–1,168Drive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from London to Folkestonecar
- Take the car train from Folkestone to Calais-Fréthuncartrain
- Drive from Calais-Fréthun to Shumencar
27h 24m$616–836Fly London Heathrow Airport to Bucharest Otopeni, bus
- Fly from London Heathrow Airport (LHR) to Bucharest Otopeni (OTP)plane LHR - OTP
- Take the bus from Buchurest to Shumenbus
10h 30m$142–361Fly London Stansted Airport to Bucharest Otopeni, bus
- Fly from London Stansted Airport (STN) to Bucharest Otopeni (OTP)plane STN - OTP
- Take the bus from Buchurest to Shumenbus
10h 56m$106–229Train to Luton Airport, fly to Burgas Airport, shuttle
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Luton Airport Parkwaytrain
- Fly from Luton Airport (LTN) to Burgas Airport (BOJ)plane LTN - BOJ
- Take a shuttle bus from Sunny Beach to Varna
- Take a shuttle bus from Varna to Shumen
10h 44m$248–599Train to London Gatwick Airport, fly to Burgas Airport, shuttle
- Take the train from London Victoria to Gatwick Airporttrain
- Fly from London Gatwick Airport (LGW) to Burgas Airport (BOJ)plane LGW - BOJ
- Take a shuttle bus from Sunny Beach to Varna
- Take a shuttle bus from Varna to Shumen
10h 35m$235–652Fly London Heathrow Airport to Sofia Airport, train
- Fly from London Heathrow Airport (LHR) to Sofia Airport (SOF)plane LHR - SOF
- Take the train from Sofia Sever to Shumentrain
13h 29m$157–355Fly London Stansted Airport to Sofia Airport, train
- Fly from London Stansted Airport (STN) to Sofia Airport (SOF)plane STN - SOF
- Take the train from Sofia Sever to Shumentrain
13h 50m$81–293Bus and ferry, bus
- Take the busferry from London Barking to Bucharestbusferry
- Take the bus from Buchurest to Shumenbus
2d 16h$94–311Drive, car ferry
- Drive from London to Port of Dovercar
- Take the car ferry from Port of Dover to Calaiscarferry
- Drive from Calais to Shumencar
28h 32m$475–742
Luton Airport (LTN) to Varna Airport (VAR) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from London to Shumen is to fly and train which costs $80 - $300 and takes 13h 50m.
The fastest way to get from London to Shumen is to train and fly and shuttle which takes 8h 7m and costs $190 - $420.
No, there is no direct bus from London to Shumen. However, there are services departing from London Victoria and arriving at Shumen via Buchurest. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 34h 15m.
No, there is no direct train from London to Shumen. However, there are services departing from London St Pancras Intl and arriving at Shumen via Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi, Aachen, Hbf, Wien Meidling, Bucharest and Gorna Oryahovitsa. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 42h 22m.
The distance between London and Shumen is 2452 km.
The best way to get from London to Shumen without a car is to bus which takes 34h 15m and costs $175 - $185.
It takes approximately 8h 7m to get from London to Shumen, including transfers.
London to Shumen bus services, operated by Maxibus Travel, depart from London Victoria station.
London to Shumen train services, operated by Eurostar, depart from London St Pancras Intl station.
London to Shumen bus services, operated by Maxibus Travel, arrive at Bucharest station.
What companies run services between London, England and Shumen, Bulgaria?
You can take a bus from London Victoria to Shumen via Bucharest and Buchurest in around 34h 15m.
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from London Stansted Airport to Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $50–150
Flights from Luton Airport to Burgas Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $100–270
Flights from Luton Airport to Burgas Airport via Krakow
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 50m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- $100–270
Flights from London Stansted Airport to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $40–260
Flights from London Stansted Airport to Sofia Airport via Karlsruhe/Baden Baden
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $40–260
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 21m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $100–460
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $150–430
Flights from London Stansted Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $120–420
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Sofia Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $100–450
Flights from London Stansted Airport to Sofia Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $110–410
- Website
- flyulendo.com
Flights from Luton Airport to Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $35–340
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 5m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $170–450
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Sofia Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $120–400
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $90–260
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $120–300
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Luton Airport to Varna Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $80–200
- Website
- lufthansa-city.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $100–460
Flights from Luton Airport to Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $75–220
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Luton Airport to Burgas Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $35–220
- Website
- jet2.com
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Burgas Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $35–140
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Burgas Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $120–330
- Website
- air.bg
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $130–260
- 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
- $20–40
- 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
- $19–29
- Website
- https://www.eastmidlandsrailway.co.uk/
- 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
- $130–230
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
Train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to Aachen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $55–95
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to Aachen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 12m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $30–85
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- konzern.oebb.at
Train from Aachen, Hbf to Wien Meidling
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 35m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- $240–360
- Website
- https://konzern.oebb.at/en/
- Phone
- _AUSTRIAN_RAILWAYS_(ÖBB)
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from Wien Meidling to Bucuresti Nord
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 45m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $270–470
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/
- Phone
- +359 2 931 11 11
- bdz_passengers@bdz.bg
- Website
- bdz.bg
Night train from Bucharest to Gorna Oryahovitsa
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 14m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $6–11
- Website
- https://www.bdz.bg/en
- 2nd Class
- $6–10
- 1st Class
- $9–11
Train from Gorna Oryahovitsa to Shumen
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 43m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $4–8
- Website
- https://www.bdz.bg/en
- 2nd Class
- $4–7
- 1st Class
- $7–8
Train from Sofia Sever to Shumen
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 50m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $12–22
- Website
- https://www.bdz.bg/en
- 2nd Class
- $12–18
- 1st Class
- $17–22
- Phone
- +44 (0) 8443 35 35 35
- Website
- leshuttle.com
Car train from Folkestone to Calais-Fréthun
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $154
- Website
- https://www.leshuttle.com/uk-en
- Standard fare
- $154
- Phone
- +44 3451 27 29 20
- Website
- southernrailway.com
Train from London Victoria to Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 33 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- $18–40
- 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 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- $24–40
- Website
- https://www.gatwickexpress.com/
- Phone
- +359 89 345 5533
- info@atlastaxi.eu
- Website
- atlastaxi.eu
Shuttle from Varna Airport to Shumen
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- $90–170
- Website
- https://atlastaxi.eu/
Shuttle from Sunny Beach to Varna
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- $90–160
- Website
- https://atlastaxi.eu/
Shuttle from Varna to Shumen
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- $90–160
- Website
- https://atlastaxi.eu/
- Phone
- +40 745 766 766
- dispecerat@maxibustravel.ro
- Website
- maxibustravel.autogari.ro
Bus from London Victoria to Bucharest
- Ave. Duration
- 30h
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $159
- Schedules at
- maxibustravel.autogari.ro
- Phone
- +359 899199328
- omega_group@abv.bg
- Website
- bgrazpisanie.com
Bus from Buchurest to Shumen
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $17–24
- Website
- https://bgrazpisanie.com/en/transport_company/omega+group+84
- Phone
- 0040263701919
- latinoexpres@yahoo.com
- Website
- latinoexpres.ro
Busferry from London Barking to Bucharest
- Ave. Duration
- 2d 9h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $75–200
- Schedules at
- latinoexpres.ro
- Phone
- +353 818 300 400
- info@irishferries.fr
- Website
- irishferries.com
Car ferry from Port of Dover to Calais
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $9–55
- Website
- https://www.irishferries.com/uk-en/Travel-to-Ireland
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Shumen is 2h ahead of London. It is currently 12:02 AM in London and 2:02 AM in Shumen.
London to Shumen train services, operated by Eurostar, arrive at Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi station.
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