There are 14 ways to get from Middlesbrough to Bulgaria by train, plane, bus, car, car train, shuttle, busferry, or car ferry
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Train to Newcastle, fly to Sofia Airport
best- Take the train from Middlesbrough to Newcastletrain
- Fly from Newcastle (NCL) to Sofia Airport (SOF)plane NCL - SOF
10h 21m$112–248Train, bus
- Take the train from Middlesbrough to Manchester Piccadillytrain
- Take the bus from Manchester, Coach Station to Bucharest Oborbus
- Take the train from Bucuresti Nord to Sofiatrain 461
37h 49m$141–199Drive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Middlesbrough to Folkestonecar
- Take the car train from Folkestone to Calais-Fréthuncartrain
- Drive from Calais-Fréthun to Sofiacar
26h 7mTrain to Leeds Bradford International Airport, fly to Sofia Airport
- Take the train from Middlesbrough to Leedstrain
- Fly from Leeds Bradford International Airport (LBA) to Sofia Airport (SOF)plane LBA - SOF
10h 6m$140–378Fly Durham Tees Valley Airport to Sofia Airport
- Fly from Durham Tees Valley Airport (MME) to Sofia Airport (SOF)plane MME - SOF
9h 56m$246–760Train to Leeds Bradford International Airport, fly to Bucharest Otopeni, shuttle
- Take the train from Middlesbrough to Leedstrain
- Fly from Leeds Bradford International Airport (LBA) to Bucharest Otopeni (OTP)plane LBA - OTP
- Take a shuttle bus from Bucharest Otopeni Airport to Ruse
9h 23m$255–738Fly Durham Tees Valley Airport to Bucharest Otopeni, shuttle
- Fly from Durham Tees Valley Airport (MME) to Bucharest Otopeni (OTP)plane MME - OTP
- Take a shuttle bus from Bucharest Otopeni Airport to Ruse
10h 22m$276–990Train, train to Liverpool, fly to Sofia Airport
- Take the train from Middlesbrough to Manchester Oxford Roadtrain
- Take the train from Manchester Oxford Road to Liverpool South Parkwaytrain
- Fly from Liverpool (LPL) to Sofia Airport (SOF)plane LPL - SOF
9h 34m$144–368Train, train to Luton Airport, fly to Sofia Airport
- Take the train from Middlesbrough to Yorktrain
- Take the train from York to King's Crosstrain
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Luton Airport Parkwaytrain
- Fly from Luton Airport (LTN) to Sofia Airport (SOF)plane LTN - SOF
9h 37m$156–588Train, train to London Stansted Airport, fly to Sofia Airport
- Take the train from Darlington to Peterboroughtrain
- Take the train from Peterborough to Stansted Airporttrain
- Fly from London Stansted Airport (STN) to Sofia Airport (SOF)plane STN - SOF
10h 42m$148–454Bus
- Take the bus from Bus Station Express Lounge to Leeds City Bus & Coach Stationbus 172 / ...
- Take the bus from Bradford to Praha, ÚAN Florencbus
- Take the bus from Praha, ÚAN Florenc to Sofiabus
46h 10m$149–336Bus via Munich
- Take the bus from Bus Station Stand Z to London Victoria Coach Station Arrivalsbus 436 / ...
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Munich central bus stationbus
- Take the bus from Munich central bus station to Sofiabus
2d 3h$261–504Train, bus and ferry
- Take the train from Middlesbrough to Manchester Piccadillytrain
- Take the busferry from Manchester Piccadilly to Craiova, Autogara Pelendava Nordbusferry
- Take the train from Craiova to Vidintrain
- Take the train from Vidin to Sofia Severtrain
2d 11h$158–325Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Middlesbrough to Port of Dovercar
- Take the car ferry from Port of Dover to Calaiscarferry
- Drive from Calais to Sofiacar
27h 20m$511–774
Middlesbrough to Bulgaria by bus and tram
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Middlesbrough to Bulgaria is to train and fly which costs $110 - $250 and takes 10h 21m.
The fastest way to get from Middlesbrough to Bulgaria is to train and fly and shuttle which takes 9h 23m and costs $250 - $750.
No, there is no direct bus from Middlesbrough station to Bulgaria. However, there are services departing from Bus Station Express Lounge and arriving at Sofia via Leeds City Bus Station, Bradford and Praha, ÚAN Florenc. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 46h 10m.
The distance between Middlesbrough and Bulgaria is 2371 km.
The best way to get from Middlesbrough to Bulgaria without a car is to train and bus which takes 37h 49m and costs $140 - $200.
It takes approximately 10h 21m to get from Middlesbrough to Bulgaria, including transfers.
Middlesbrough to Bulgaria bus services, operated by National Express, depart from Bus Station Express Lounge.
The best way to get from Middlesbrough to Bulgaria is to fly which takes 9h 56m and costs $240 - $800. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs $140 - $340 and takes 46h 10m.
Middlesbrough to Bulgaria bus services, operated by National Express, arrive at Leeds City Bus & Coach Station.
Bulgaria is 2h ahead of Middlesbrough. It is currently 3:15 AM in Middlesbrough and 5:15 AM in Bulgaria.
What companies run services between Middlesbrough, England and Bulgaria?
KLM, Bulgaria Air, and Ryanair fly from Durham Tees Valley Airport (MME) to Sofia Airport (SOF) once daily. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Bus Station Express Lounge to Sofia via Leeds City Bus Station, Bradford Interchange Bus Station, Bradford, and Praha, ÚAN Florenc in around 46h 10m.
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Leeds Bradford International Airport to Sofia Airport via Wroclaw
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 20m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $85–290
Flights from Leeds Bradford International Airport to Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $80–130
Flights from Liverpool to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $70–240
Flights from London Stansted Airport to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $35–280
Flights from London Stansted Airport to Sofia Airport via Karlsruhe/Baden Baden
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $35–280
Flights from London Stansted Airport to Sofia Airport via Eindhoven
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 35m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $35–280
Flights from London Stansted Airport to Sofia Airport via Zagreb
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $35–280
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Leeds Bradford International Airport to Sofia Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $140–440
Flights from Durham Tees Valley Airport to Sofia Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $240–750
Flights from Leeds Bradford International Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 53m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $95–550
Flights from Durham Tees Valley Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $150–900
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Newcastle to Sofia Airport via Krakow
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 15m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $80–280
Flights from Leeds Bradford International Airport to Sofia Airport via Krakow
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 42m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $85–290
Flights from Luton Airport to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $50–130
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Newcastle to Sofia Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 15m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $80–280
Flights from Leeds Bradford International Airport to Sofia Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 7h
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $95–330
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Newcastle to Sofia Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $100–440
- Website
- air.bg
Flights from Durham Tees Valley Airport to Sofia Airport via Palma Mallorca
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 5m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $320–1,100
- Website
- flyulendo.com
Flights from Leeds Bradford International Airport to Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $65–270
- Phone
- +44 800 200 6060
- enquiries@northernrailway.co.uk
- Website
- northernrailway.co.uk
Train from Middlesbrough to Newcastle
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $23–45
- Website
- https://www.northernrailway.co.uk/
Train from Manchester Oxford Road to Liverpool South Parkway
- Ave. Duration
- 52 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $14–27
- Website
- https://www.northernrailway.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 345 600 1671
- tpecustomer.relations@tpexpress.co.uk
- Website
- tpexpress.co.uk
Train from Middlesbrough to Manchester Piccadilly
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $55–100
- Website
- https://www.tpexpress.co.uk/
Train from Middlesbrough to Leeds
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 29m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $35–65
- Website
- https://www.tpexpress.co.uk/
Train from Middlesbrough to Manchester Oxford Road
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 31m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $55–100
- Website
- https://www.tpexpress.co.uk/
Train from Manchester Oxford Road to Liverpool South Parkway
- Ave. Duration
- 38 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $13–23
- Website
- https://www.tpexpress.co.uk/
Train from Middlesbrough to York
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 4m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $24–45
- Website
- https://www.tpexpress.co.uk/
- Phone
- 0219521
- petitii@cfrcalatori.ro
- Website
- cfrcalatori.ro
Train from Bucuresti Nord to Sofia
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 55m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $47–51
- Website
- https://www.cfrcalatori.ro/en/
Train from Craiova to Vidin
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 13m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $13–15
- Website
- https://www.cfrcalatori.ro/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
- 03457 125 678
- Website
- eastmidlandsrailway.co.uk
Train from Manchester Oxford Road to Liverpool South Parkway
- Ave. Duration
- 36 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $18–28
- Website
- https://www.eastmidlandsrailway.co.uk/
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Luton Airport Parkway
- Ave. Duration
- 22 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $19–29
- Website
- https://www.eastmidlandsrailway.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 345 722 5333
- customers@lner.co.uk
- Website
- lner.co.uk
Train from Middlesbrough to York
- Ave. Duration
- 47 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- $19–29
- Website
- https://www.lner.co.uk/
Train from York to King's Cross
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 51m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $70–110
- Website
- https://www.lner.co.uk/
Train from Darlington to Peterborough
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 42m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $60–90
- Website
- https://www.lner.co.uk/
Train from York to King's Cross
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $60–120
- Website
- https://www.grandcentralrail.com/
- 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
- $19–40
- Website
- https://www.thameslinkrailway.com/
Train from Peterborough to Stansted Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 27m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $45–70
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
- Phone
- +35929311111
- onlineticket@bdz.bg
- Website
- bdz.bg
Train from Vidin to Sofia Sever
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $8–14
- Website
- https://www.bdz.bg/en
- 2nd Class
- $8–12
- 1st Class
- $11–14
- Phone
- +40 230 560 555
- 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
- $35–50
- Schedules at
- tarsin.ro
- Phone
- +359 89 345 5533
- info@atlastaxi.eu
- Website
- atlastaxi.eu
Shuttle from Bucharest Otopeni Airport to Ruse
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- $120–280
- Website
- https://atlastaxi.eu/
- Phone
- 08717 81 81 81
- Website
- nationalexpress.com
Bus from Bus Station Express Lounge to Leeds City Bus & Coach Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- $15–40
- Website
- https://www.nationalexpress.com/en
Bus from Bus Station Stand Z to London Victoria Coach Station Arrivals
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 5m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $60–160
- 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 Bus Station Express Lounge to Leeds City Bus & Coach Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $7–14
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from London Victoria to Munich central bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 45m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $95–170
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Munich central bus station to Sofia
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 35m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $100–180
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +421 55 680 73 06
- onlinepredaj@eurobus.sk
- Website
- eurobus.sk
Bus from Bradford to Praha, ÚAN Florenc
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 51m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- $85–210
- Website
- https://www.eurobus.sk/en
- Phone
- +359 88 949 0000
- office@union-ivkoni.com
- Website
- union-ivkoni.com
Bus from Praha, ÚAN Florenc to Sofia
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 6m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $55–85
- Website
- https://union-ivkoni.com/en
- Phone
- 0040263701919
- latinoexpres@yahoo.com
- Website
- latinoexpres.ro
Busferry from Manchester Piccadilly to Craiova, Autogara Pelendava Nord
- Ave. Duration
- 45h 51m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $80–200
- Schedules at
- latinoexpres.ro
- 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
- $9–24
- 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
- $7–18
- Website
- https://www.irishferries.com/uk-en/Travel-to-Ireland
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