There are 13 ways to get from Manchester to Assen by train (Eurostar), bus, train, car, car train, plane, or car ferry
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Train
best- Take the train from Manchester Piccadilly to London Euston
- Take the train from London St. Pancras Int. to Amsterdam Centraal
- Take the train from Almere Centrum to Assen
10h 5m€143–641Bus
cheapest- Take the bus from Shudehill Interchange to London Victoria
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Amsterdam Sloterdijk814
- Take the bus from Amsterdam Sloterdijk to Groningen central station075 / ...
20h 51m€59–158Bus, train
- Take the bus from Manchester Central Coach Station to London Victoria Coach Station Arrivals540 / ...
- Take the bus from London Victoria to The Hague
- Take the train from Den Haag Centraal to Assen
19h 9m€85–269Drive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Manchester to Folkestone
- Take the car train from Folkestone to Calais-Fréthun
- Drive from Calais-Fréthun to Assen
10h 47mFly Manchester Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, train
- Fly from Manchester Airport (MAN) to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS)MAN - AMS
- Take the train from Schiphol Airport to Assen
6h 12m€78–266Train via Brussels
- Take the train from Manchester Piccadilly to London Euston
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-MidiEil
- Take the train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to Schiphol Airport
- Take the train from Schiphol Airport to Assen
10h 24m€207–753Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Manchester to Port of Dover
- Take the car ferry from Port of Dover to Calais
- Drive from Calais to Assen
11h 54m€195–284Train to Leeds Bradford International Airport, fly to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, train
- Take the train from Manchester Victoria to Leeds
- Fly from Leeds Bradford International Airport (LBA) to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS)LBA - AMS
- Take the train from Schiphol Airport to Assen
7h 16m€113–344Train to Liverpool, fly to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, train
- Take the train from Manchester Piccadilly to Liverpool South Parkway
- Fly from Liverpool (LPL) to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS)LPL - AMS
- Take the train from Schiphol Airport to Assen
6h 53m€100–316Train to Birmingham Airport, fly to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, train
- Take the train from Manchester Piccadilly to Birmingham International
- Fly from Birmingham Airport (BHX) to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS)BHX - AMS
- Take the train from Schiphol Airport to Assen
7h 40m€109–355Fly Manchester Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport, train
- Fly from Manchester Airport (MAN) to Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS)MAN - DUS
- Take the train from Düsseldorf Hbf to Arnhem Centraal
- Take the train from Arnhem Centraal to Zwolle
- Take the train from Zwolle to Assen
7h 49m€124–328Train to Humberside Airport, fly to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, train
- Take the train from Manchester Piccadilly to Barnetby
- Fly from Humberside Airport (HUY) to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS)HUY - AMS
- Take the train from Schiphol Airport to Assen
8h 44m€392–894Fly Manchester Airport to Brussels Airport, train
- Fly from Manchester Airport (MAN) to Brussels Airport (BRU)MAN - BRU
- Take the train from Antwerpen-Centraal to Schiphol Airport
- Take the train from Schiphol Airport to Assen
8h 20m€128–416
Manchester to Assen by train and foot
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Manchester to Assen is to bus which costs €55 - €160 and takes 20h 51m.
The fastest way to get from Manchester to Assen is to fly and train which takes 6h 12m and costs €75 - €270.
No, there is no direct bus from Manchester to Assen. However, there are services departing from Shudehill Interchange and arriving at Assen, Maasstraat via London Victoria, Amsterdam Sloterdijk and Groningen, Hoofdstation. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 20h 51m.
No, there is no direct train from Manchester to Assen. However, there are services departing from Manchester Piccadilly and arriving at Assen via London St. Pancras Int., Amsterdam Centraal and Almere Centrum. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 10h 5m.
The distance between Manchester and Assen is 1051 km.
The best way to get from Manchester to Assen without a car is to train which takes 10h 5m and costs €140 - €650.
It takes approximately 10h 5m to get from Manchester to Assen, including transfers.
Manchester to Assen bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Shudehill Interchange station.
Manchester to Assen train services, operated by Avanti West Coast, depart from Manchester Piccadilly station.
The best way to get from Manchester to Assen is to train which takes 10h 5m and costs €140 - €650. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs €55 - €160 and takes 20h 51m.
What companies run services between Manchester, England and Assen, Netherlands?
You can take a train from Manchester Piccadilly to Assen via London Euston, London St. Pancras Int., Amsterdam Centraal, and Almere Centrum in around 10h 5m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Shudehill Interchange to Assen, Maasstraat via London Victoria, Amsterdam Sloterdijk, Groningen central station, and Groningen, Hoofdstation in around 20h 51m.
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- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €45–160
Flights from Liverpool to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €55–170
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €45–140
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €35–240
Flights from Leeds Bradford International Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €45–280
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 16m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €35–240
Flights from Manchester Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 36m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €40–250
Flights from Humberside Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–700
Flights from Manchester Airport to Brussels Airport via Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €40–250
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €70–270
Flights from Manchester Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Tuesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- €70–280
Flights from Manchester Airport to Brussels Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 46m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €120–230
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Leeds Bradford International Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €45–280
Flights from Manchester Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- €50–280
Flights from Humberside Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–700
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €65–200
- Website
- brusselsairlines.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Brussels Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–190
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €80–310
- Phone
- +44 345 528 0253
- Website
- avantiwestcoast.co.uk
Train from Manchester Piccadilly to London Euston
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 6m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €40–220
- Website
- https://www.avantiwestcoast.co.uk/
Train from Manchester Piccadilly to Birmingham International
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 53m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €65–110
- Website
- https://www.avantiwestcoast.co.uk/
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from London St. Pancras Int. to Amsterdam Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 16m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €110–300
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
Train from Almere Centrum to Assen
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €24–80
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- €24–40
- 1st Class
- €45–80
Train from Den Haag Centraal to Assen
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €35–120
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- €35–55
- 1st Class
- €70–120
Train from Schiphol Airport to Assen
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 56m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €30–100
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- €30–45
- 1st Class
- €60–100
Train from Düsseldorf Hbf to Arnhem Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €20–65
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- €20–30
- 1st Class
- €35–65
Train from Arnhem Centraal to Zwolle
- Ave. Duration
- 59 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €18
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
Train from Zwolle to Assen
- Ave. Duration
- 45 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- €13–40
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- €13–20
- 1st Class
- €24–40
Train from Antwerpen-Centraal to Schiphol Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €22–100
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- Phone
- +44 343 218 6186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from London St. Pancras Int. to Amsterdam Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 16m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €70–340
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 1m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €80–320
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
Train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to Schiphol Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 38m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €55–120
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
Train from Antwerpen-Centraal to Schiphol Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €55–110
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Phone
- 0800-0232 545
- Website
- arriva.nl
Train from Almere Centrum to Assen
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €32–36
- Website
- https://www.arriva.nl/en/
- 2nd Class
- €32–36
Train from Schiphol Airport to Assen
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 8m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €40–44
- Website
- https://www.arriva.nl/en/
- 2nd Class
- €40–44
Train from Zwolle to Assen
- Ave. Duration
- 40 min
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €17–19
- Website
- https://www.arriva.nl/en/
- 2nd Class
- €17–19
- 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
- +44 345 600 1671
- tpecustomer.relations@tpexpress.co.uk
- Website
- tpexpress.co.uk
Train from Manchester Victoria to Leeds
- Ave. Duration
- 47 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €14–25
- Website
- https://www.tpexpress.co.uk/
Train from Manchester Piccadilly to Liverpool South Parkway
- Ave. Duration
- 42 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €7–23
- Website
- https://www.tpexpress.co.uk/
Train from Manchester Piccadilly to Barnetby
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 6m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €21–45
- Website
- https://www.tpexpress.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 800 200 6060
- enquiries@northernrailway.co.uk
- Website
- northernrailway.co.uk
Train from Manchester Victoria to Leeds
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 28m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €8–22
- Website
- https://www.northernrailway.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 345 712 5678
- Website
- eastmidlandsrailway.co.uk
Train from Manchester Piccadilly to Liverpool South Parkway
- Ave. Duration
- 40 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €7–23
- Website
- https://www.eastmidlandsrailway.co.uk/
Train from Manchester Piccadilly to Birmingham International
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 47m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €28–85
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Düsseldorf Hbf to Arnhem Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €25–55
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- 069 450099650
- Kundenservice-Linie10@vias-online.de
- Website
- vias-online.de
Train from Düsseldorf Hbf to Arnhem Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 47m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €19–27
- Schedules at
- vias-online.de
- Phone
- 08717 81 81 81
- Website
- nationalexpress.com
Bus from Manchester Central Coach Station to London Victoria Coach Station Arrivals
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €9–50
- Website
- https://www.nationalexpress.com/en
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from London Victoria to The Hague
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 10m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €40–100
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Shudehill Interchange to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €9–28
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from London Victoria to Amsterdam Sloterdijk
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 30m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €35–100
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Amsterdam Sloterdijk to Groningen central station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €11–23
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +3-389-268-0068
- Website
- blablacar.co.uk
Bus from Amsterdam Sloterdijk to Groningen central station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- €10–20
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
- 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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More Questions & Answers
Manchester to Assen bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at London Victoria station.
Assen is 1h ahead of Manchester. It is currently 5:02 PM in Manchester and 6:02 PM in Assen.
Manchester to Assen train services, operated by Avanti West Coast, arrive at London Euston station.
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