There are 13 ways to get from Milan to Chester by plane, train, train (Trenitalia, Eurostar), bus, car, car train, train (Trenitalia, TGV, Eurostar), or car ferry
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Fly Milan Linate Airport to Manchester Airport, train
best- Fly from Milan Linate Airport (LIN) to Manchester Airport (MAN)plane LIN - MAN
- Take the train from Manchester Airport to Chestertrain
6h 27m£57–197Bus to Il Caravaggio International Airport, fly to Manchester Airport, train
cheapest- Take the bus from Piazza Luigi di Savoia to Bergamo Airport Bus Stationbus
- Fly from Il Caravaggio International Airport (BGY) to Manchester Airport (MAN)plane BGY - MAN
- Take the train from Manchester Airport to Chestertrain
6h 55m£46–143Train
- Take the train from Milano Centrale to Paris Gare De Lyontrain Fr
- Take the train from Paris Nord to London St Pancras Intltrain Eil
- Take the train from London Euston to Chestertrain
14h 3m£269–461Bus via Brussels
- Take the bus from Milano, Autostazione Lampugnano to Brussels-North Stationbus
- Take the bus from Brussel Eurolines Busstation to Birminghambus
- Take the bus from Birmingham - Great Charles Street Queensway to Chester Bus Interchangebus
27h 31mDrive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Milan to Calais-Fréthuncar
- Take the car train from Calais-Fréthun to Folkestonecartrain
- Drive from Folkestone to Chestercar
16h 10mTrain to Milano Malpensa Airport, fly to Manchester Airport, train
- Take the train from Milano Porta Garibaldi to Malpensa Aeroporto T1train
- Fly from Milano Malpensa Airport (MXP) to Manchester Airport (MAN)plane MXP - MAN
- Take the train from Manchester Airport to Chestertrain
6h 53m£47–150Fly Milan Linate Airport to Liverpool
- Fly from Milan Linate Airport (LIN) to Liverpool (LPL)plane LIN - LPL
8h 29m£98–270Fly Milan Linate Airport to Birmingham Airport, train
- Fly from Milan Linate Airport (LIN) to Birmingham Airport (BHX)plane LIN - BHX
- Take the train from Birmingham International to Staffordtrain
- Take the train from Stafford to Chestertrain
7h 23m£81–245Bus to Il Caravaggio International Airport, fly to Birmingham Airport, train
- Take the bus from Piazza Luigi di Savoia to Bergamo Airport Bus Stationbus
- Fly from Il Caravaggio International Airport (BGY) to Birmingham Airport (BHX)plane BGY - BHX
- Take the train from Birmingham International to Staffordtrain
- Take the train from Stafford to Chestertrain
7h 51m£54–181Fly Milan Linate Airport to London City Airport, train
- Fly from Milan Linate Airport (LIN) to London City Airport (LCY)plane LIN - LCY
- Take the train from London Euston to Chestertrain
7h 42m£126–374Train via Lyon
- Take the train from Milano Centrale to Lyon Part Dieutrain Fr
- Take the train from Lyon Part Dieu to Lille Europetrain Tgv
- Take the train from Lille Europe to London St Pancras Intltrain Eil
- Take the train from London Euston to Chestertrain
14h 22m£233–480Bus
- Take the bus from Milano, Autostazione Lampugnano to Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine)bus 729
- Take the bus from Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine) to London Victoriabus 700
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Chester Bus Interchangebus
28h 55m£93–160Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Milan to Calaiscar
- Take the car ferry from Calais to Port of Dovercarferry
- Drive from Port of Dover to Chestercar
17h 10m£205–311
Milan to Chester by train, bus, and foot
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Milan to Chester is to train and fly which costs £45 - £150 and takes 6h 53m.
The fastest way to get from Milan to Chester is to fly and train which takes 6h 27m and costs £55 - £200.
No, there is no direct bus from Milan to Chester. However, there are services departing from Milano, Autostazione Lampugnano and arriving at Chester Bus Interchange via Brussel Eurolines Busstation and Birmingham - Great Charles Street Queensway. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 27h 31m.
No, there is no direct train from Milan to Chester. However, there are services departing from Milano Centrale and arriving at Chester via Lyon Part Dieu, Lille Europe and London Euston. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 14h 22m.
The distance between Milan and Chester is 811 miles.
The best way to get from Milan to Chester without a car is to train which takes 14h 3m and costs £260 - £470.
It takes approximately 6h 27m to get from Milan to Chester, including transfers.
Milan to Chester bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Milano, Autostazione Lampugnano station.
Milan to Chester train services, operated by Trenitalia, depart from Milano Centrale station.
The best way to get from Milan to Chester is to train which takes 14h 3m and costs £260 - £470. Alternatively, you can bus via Brussels, which costs and takes 27h 31m, you could also fly, which costs £95 - £270 and takes 8h 29m.
What companies run services between Milan, Italy and Chester, England?
You can take a train from Milano Centrale to Chester via Paris Gare De Lyon, Gare de Lyon - Van Gogh, Gare du Nord, Paris Nord, London St Pancras Intl, and London Euston in around 14h 3m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Milano, Autostazione Lampugnano to Chester Bus Interchange via Brussels-North Station, Brussel Eurolines Busstation, Birmingham, and Birmingham - Great Charles Street Queensway in around 27h 31m.
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £21–110
Flights from Il Caravaggio International Airport to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £21–90
Flights from Il Caravaggio International Airport to Manchester Airport via Cologne Bonn
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £21–90
Flights from Il Caravaggio International Airport to Manchester Airport via Charleroi
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £21–90
Flights from Milan Linate Airport to Liverpool via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- £55–260
Flights from Il Caravaggio International Airport to Birmingham Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £19–95
Flights from Il Caravaggio International Airport to Birmingham Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 52m
- When
- Monday and Tuesday
- Estimated price
- £19–95
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Milan Linate Airport to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £30–150
Flights from Milan Linate Airport to Manchester Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Thursday
- Estimated price
- £30–150
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £27–110
Flights from Milan Linate Airport to Liverpool via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 17m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £60–240
Flights from Milan Linate Airport to Liverpool via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 50m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £75–240
Flights from Milan Linate Airport to Birmingham Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £35–180
Flights from Milan Linate Airport to Birmingham Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £35–180
Flights from Milan Linate Airport to Birmingham Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £35–180
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Milan Linate Airport to Manchester Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 26m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £55–260
Flights from Milan Linate Airport to London City Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £75–250
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Milan Linate Airport to Manchester Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 41m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £45–250
Flights from Milan Linate Airport to Birmingham Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £40–240
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Milan Linate Airport to Birmingham Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £45–250
Flights from Milan Linate Airport to London City Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 6m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £65–360
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Milan Linate Airport to Birmingham Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £75–600
Flights from Milan Linate Airport to London City Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £130–800
- Website
- ita-airways.com
Flights from Milan Linate Airport to London City Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 52m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £55–220
- Website
- airdolomiti.it
Flights from Milan Linate Airport to Birmingham Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- £90–600
Flights from Milan Linate Airport to London City Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £130–800
- Website
- aerlingus.com
Flights from Milan Linate Airport to Liverpool via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £55–260
Flights from Milan Linate Airport to Birmingham Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £85–220
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Milan Linate Airport to Manchester Airport via Stuttgart
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Thursday
- Estimated price
- £50–210
- Website
- brusselsairlines.com
Flights from Milan Linate Airport to Manchester Airport via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £55–210
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Manchester Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £50–210
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Il Caravaggio International Airport to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- £35–150
- Phone
- 03333 211 202
- Website
- tfw.wales
Train from Manchester Airport to Chester
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £20–35
- Website
- https://tfw.wales/
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Milano Centrale to Paris Gare De Lyon
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 57m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £95–160
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Milano Centrale to Lyon Part Dieu
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 47m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £45–85
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +44 343 218 6186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from Paris Nord to London St Pancras Intl
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 28m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £110–190
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
Train from Lille Europe to London St Pancras Intl
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 23m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £65–110
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Phone
- +44 345 528 0253
- Website
- avantiwestcoast.co.uk
Train from London Euston to Chester
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 4m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- £60–110
- Website
- https://www.avantiwestcoast.co.uk/
Train from Birmingham International to Stafford
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £13–21
- Website
- https://www.avantiwestcoast.co.uk/
Train from Stafford to Chester
- Ave. Duration
- 42 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £16–27
- Website
- https://www.avantiwestcoast.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 (0) 8443 35 35 35
- Website
- leshuttle.com
Car train from Calais-Fréthun to Folkestone
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- https://www.leshuttle.com/uk-en
- Phone
- +39 02 7249 4494
- my-link@trenord.it
- Website
- trenord.it
Train from Milano Porta Garibaldi to Malpensa Aeroporto T1
- Ave. Duration
- 43 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £3–5
- Website
- https://www.trenord.it/en/
Train from Birmingham International to Stafford
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £18–26
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- sncf-connect.com
Train from Lyon Part Dieu to Lille Europe
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 3m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £100–180
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from Lille Europe to London St Pancras Intl
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- £24–60
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- Phone
- +393293958604
- info@pistoiaviaggi.com
- Website
- pistoia-viaggi.it
Bus from Milano, Autostazione Lampugnano to Brussels-North Station
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 41m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- pistoia-viaggi.it
- Phone
- +421 55 680 73 06
- onlinepredaj@eurobus.sk
- Website
- eurobus.sk
Bus from Brussel Eurolines Busstation to Birmingham
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 45m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- £24–28
- Website
- https://www.eurobus.sk/en
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Birmingham - Great Charles Street Queensway to Chester Bus Interchange
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- £6–12
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Milano, Autostazione Lampugnano to Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine)
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 15m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- £50–90
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine) to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 40m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £25–45
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from London Victoria to Chester Bus Interchange
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- £17–30
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- info@flibco.com
- Website
- flibco.com
Bus from Piazza Luigi di Savoia to Bergamo Airport Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £6–18
- Website
- https://www.flibco.com/en
- Phone
- +39 02 3008 9000
- mail@autostradale.it
- Website
- autostradale.it
Bus from Piazza Luigi di Savoia to Bergamo Airport Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £4–8
- Website
- https://autostradale.it/?lang=en-GB
- Phone
- 01304 44 88 88
- customer.services@poferries.com
- Website
- poferries.com
Car ferry from Calais to Port of Dover
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- £6–17
- Website
- https://www.poferries.com/en
- Phone
- +353 818 300 400
- info@irishferries.com
- Website
- irishferries.com
Car ferry from Calais to Port of Dover
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £5–13
- Website
- https://www.irishferries.com/uk-en/Travel-to-Ireland
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Milan to Chester bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine) station.
Chester is 1h behind Milan. It is currently 4:53 AM in Milan and 3:53 AM in Chester.
Milan to Chester train services, operated by Trenitalia, arrive at Lyon Part Dieu station.
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