There are 11 ways to get from Manchester to Pleven by plane, shuttle, bus, train, night train, car, car train, busferry, or car ferry
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Fly Manchester Airport to Bucharest Otopeni, shuttle
best- Fly from Manchester Airport (MAN) to Bucharest Otopeni (OTP)MAN - OTP
- Take a shuttle bus from Bucharest Otopeni Airport to Pleven
9h 39m$273–507Bus and ferry, bus via Ploieşti
cheapest- Take the busferry from Manchester, Coach Station to Ploiești
- Take the bus from Ploiești to București, Autogara Militari
- Take the bus from București, Autogara Militari to Pleven Bus Station
2d 11h$45–175Bus
- Take the bus from Manchester, Coach Station to Bucharest Obor
- Take the bus from Buchurest to Ruse
- Take the bus from Ruse Central Bus Station to Pleven Bus Station
28h 38m$48–65Train, night train
- Take the train from Manchester Piccadilly to London Euston
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-MidiEil
- Take the night train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to Wien MeidlingNj
- Take the train from Wien Meidling to Bucuresti Nord347
- Take the night train from Bucharest to Gorna Oryahovitsa
- Take the train from Gorna Oryahovitsa to Pleven461 / ...
45h 23m$485–1,337Drive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Manchester to Folkestone
- Take the car train from Folkestone to Calais-Fréthun
- Drive from Calais-Fréthun to Pleven
29h 10mTrain to Leeds Bradford International Airport, fly to Bucharest Otopeni, shuttle
- Take the train from Manchester Victoria to Leeds
- Fly from Leeds Bradford International Airport (LBA) to Bucharest Otopeni (OTP)LBA - OTP
- Take a shuttle bus from Bucharest Otopeni Airport to Pleven
10h 54m$290–549Fly Manchester Airport to Sofia Airport, train
- Fly from Manchester Airport (MAN) to Sofia Airport (SOF)MAN - SOF
- Take the train from Sofia Sever to Pleven
10h 24m$91–179Train to Birmingham Airport, fly to Bucharest Otopeni, shuttle
- Take the train from Manchester Piccadilly to Birmingham International
- Fly from Birmingham Airport (BHX) to Bucharest Otopeni (OTP)BHX - OTP
- Take a shuttle bus from Bucharest Otopeni Airport to Pleven
11h 15m$305–726Train to Liverpool, fly to Sofia Airport, train
- Take the train from Manchester Piccadilly to Liverpool South Parkway
- Fly from Liverpool (LPL) to Sofia Airport (SOF)LPL - SOF
- Take the train from Sofia Sever to Pleven
11h 9m$108–273Bus and ferry, bus
- Take the busferry from Manchester Piccadilly to Bucharest
- Take the bus from București, Autogara Militari to Pleven Bus StationUnion Ivkoni - Unibus 7
2d 23h$92–217Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Manchester to Port of Dover
- Take the car ferry from Port of Dover to Calais
- Drive from Calais to Pleven
30h 18m$548–827
Manchester Airport (MAN) to Bucharest Otopeni (OTP) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Manchester to Pleven is to bus which costs $45 - $65 and takes 28h 38m.
The fastest way to get from Manchester to Pleven is to fly and shuttle which takes 9h 39m and costs $270 - $550.
No, there is no direct bus from Manchester station to Pleven station. However, there are services departing from Manchester, Coach Station and arriving at Pleven Bus Station via Ploiești and București, Autogara Militari. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 2 days 11h.
No, there is no direct train from Manchester to Pleven. However, there are services departing from Manchester Piccadilly and arriving at Pleven via London St Pancras Intl, Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi, Wien Meidling, Bucharest and Gorna Oryahovitsa. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 45h 23m.
The distance between Manchester and Pleven is 2528 km.
The best way to get from Manchester to Pleven without a car is to bus which takes 28h 38m and costs $45 - $65.
It takes approximately 9h 39m to get from Manchester to Pleven, including transfers.
Manchester to Pleven bus services, operated by Transmarian, depart from Manchester, Coach Station.
Manchester to Pleven train services, operated by Avanti West Coast, depart from Manchester Piccadilly station.
Manchester to Pleven bus services, operated by Transmarian, arrive at Ploiești station.
What companies run services between Manchester, England and Pleven, Bulgaria?
You can take a bus from Manchester, Coach Station to Pleven Bus Station via Bucharest Obor, Piata Iancului, Gara de Nord, Buchurest, and Ruse Central Bus Station in around 28h 38m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 31m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $85–400
Flights from Manchester Airport to Sofia Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 13m
- When
- Friday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- $85–390
Flights from Manchester Airport to Sofia Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $90–360
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $85–400
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $95–370
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $50–160
Flights from Leeds Bradford International Airport to Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $55–220
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $65–200
Flights from Liverpool to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $70–240
- Website
- lufthansa-city.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $85–400
Flights from Manchester Airport to Sofia Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $85–390
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $85–400
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Leeds Bradford International Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 38m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $70–470
- Website
- flyulendo.com
Flights from Leeds Bradford International Airport to Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $100–250
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $45–240
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $65–230
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $60–230
- 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
- $50–250
- Website
- https://www.avantiwestcoast.co.uk/
Train from Manchester Piccadilly to Birmingham International
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 53m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $75–190
- Website
- https://www.avantiwestcoast.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 343 218 6186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 4m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $85–390
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Phone
- +43 51717
- Website
- nightjet.com
Night train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to Wien Meidling
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 59m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- $100–330
- Website
- https://www.nightjet.com/en/#/home
- Sleeper Carriage
- $300–330
- Couchette Carriage
- $190–230
- Seating Carriage
- $100–130
Train from Wien Meidling to Bucuresti Nord
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 45m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $240–350
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/
- Phone
- +35929311111
- onlineticket@bdz.bg
- Website
- bdz.bg
Night train from Bucharest to Gorna Oryahovitsa
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 14m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $7–11
- Website
- https://www.bdz.bg/en
- 2nd Class
- $7–10
- 1st Class
- $10–11
Train from Gorna Oryahovitsa to Pleven
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- $3–6
- Website
- https://www.bdz.bg/en
- 2nd Class
- $3–6
- 1st Class
- $5–6
Train from Sofia Sever to Pleven
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 34m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $6–10
- Website
- https://www.bdz.bg/en
- 2nd Class
- $6–9
- 1st Class
- $9–10
- 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
- 48 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- $17–29
- Website
- https://www.tpexpress.co.uk/
Train from Manchester Piccadilly to Liverpool South Parkway
- Ave. Duration
- 42 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $8–27
- 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
- $9–26
- Website
- https://www.northernrailway.co.uk/
Train from Manchester Piccadilly to Birmingham International
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 47m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $29–95
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
- Phone
- 03457 125 678
- Website
- eastmidlandsrailway.co.uk
Train from Manchester Piccadilly to Liverpool South Parkway
- Ave. Duration
- 40 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $8–27
- Website
- https://www.eastmidlandsrailway.co.uk/
- Phone
- +359 89 345 5533
- info@atlastaxi.eu
- Website
- atlastaxi.eu
Shuttle from Bucharest Otopeni Airport to Pleven
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- $210–300
- Website
- https://atlastaxi.eu/
- Phone
- +40 230 562 929
- tarsin_irlanda@yahoo.com
- Website
- tarsin.ro
Bus from Manchester, Coach Station to Bucharest Obor
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 32m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $30–40
- Schedules at
- tarsin.ro
- Phone
- +359 899199328
- omega_group@abv.bg
- Website
- bgrazpisanie.com
Bus from Buchurest to Ruse
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $8–12
- Website
- https://bgrazpisanie.com/en/transport_company/omega+group+84
- Phone
- 07001 8282
- booking@union-ivkoni.com
- Website
- union-ivkoni.com
Bus from Ruse Central Bus Station to Pleven Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $7–12
- Website
- https://union-ivkoni.com/en
Bus from București, Autogara Militari to Pleven Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $11–17
- Website
- https://union-ivkoni.com/en
- Phone
- +359 2 989000
- support.eu@union-ivkoni.com
- Website
- union-ivkoni.com
Bus from Ruse Central Bus Station to Pleven Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $8–10
- Website
- https://union-ivkoni.com/en
- Phone
- +359 (0) 64 888 666
- avtogara@pleven.bg
- Website
- avtogarapleven.com
Bus from Ruse Central Bus Station to Pleven Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Schedules at
- avtogarapleven.com
- Phone
- +40 239 629 822
- office@transmarian.ro
- Website
- transmarian.ro
Busferry from Manchester, Coach Station to Ploiești
- Ave. Duration
- 2d 3h
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $30–150
- Schedules at
- transmarian.ro
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Ploiești to București, Autogara Militari
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $2–9
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- 0040263701919
- latinoexpres@yahoo.com
- Website
- latinoexpres.ro
Busferry from Manchester Piccadilly to Bucharest
- Ave. Duration
- 2d 17h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $80–200
- Schedules at
- latinoexpres.ro
- 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
- $40–50
- Website
- https://www.irishferries.com/uk-en/Travel-to-Ireland
- Car
- $90–220
- On Foot
- $40–50
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More Questions & Answers
Pleven is 2h ahead of Manchester. It is currently 3:31 PM in Manchester and 5:31 PM in Pleven.
Manchester to Pleven train services, operated by Avanti West Coast, arrive at London Euston station.
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