There are 13 ways to get from Nice to Chester by plane, train, train (TGV, Eurostar), bus, car, car train, or car ferry
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Fly Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport to Manchester Airport, train
best- Fly from Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport (NCE) to Manchester Airport (MAN)NCE - MAN
- Take the train from Manchester Airport to Chester
7h 2m£64–188Fly Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport to Liverpool
cheapest- Fly from Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport (NCE) to Liverpool (LPL)NCE - LPL
6h 28m£60–187Train via Lille
- Take the train from Nice Ville to Aeroport Cdg2 Tgv RoissyTgv
- Take the train from Aeroport Cdg2 Tgv Roissy to Lille EuropeTgv
- Take the train from Lille Europe to London St Pancras IntlEil
- Take the train from London Euston to Chester
12h 48m£163–800Bus via Calais
- Take the bus from Nice to Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine)
- Take the bus from Paris to Calais700
- Take the bus from Calais to London Victoria814 / ...
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Chester Bus Interchange
27h 16m£81–174Drive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Nice to Calais-Fréthun
- Take the car train from Calais-Fréthun to Folkestone
- Drive from Folkestone to Chester
17h 32mFly Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport to Birmingham Airport, train
- Fly from Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport (NCE) to Birmingham Airport (BHX)NCE - BHX
- Take the train from Birmingham International to Stafford
- Take the train from Stafford to Chester
7h 46m£74–203Fly Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport to Leeds Bradford International Airport, train
- Fly from Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport (NCE) to Leeds Bradford International Airport (LBA)NCE - LBA
- Take the train from Bradford Interchange to Chester
9h 18m£80–228Train to Marseille Provence Airport, fly to Manchester Airport, train
- Take the train from Nice Ville to Aix En Provence Tgv
- Fly from Marseille Provence Airport (MRS) to Manchester Airport (MAN)MRS - MAN
- Take the train from Manchester Airport to Chester
9h 44m£90–261Fly Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport to London Gatwick Airport, train
- Fly from Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport (NCE) to London Gatwick Airport (LGW)NCE - LGW
- Take the train from Gatwick Airport to London Victoria
- Take the train from London Euston to Chester
8h 23m£90–421Fly Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport to London Heathrow Airport, train
- Fly from Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport (NCE) to London Heathrow Airport (LHR)NCE - LHR
- Take the train from London Euston to Chester
8h 36m£126–456Train
- Take the train from Nice Ville to Paris Gare De LyonTgv
- Take the train from Paris Nord to London St Pancras IntlEil
- Take the train from London Euston to Chester
12h 57m£152–668Bus
- Take the bus from Nice - Airport Bus Station Terminal 1 to Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station
- Take the bus from Paris to London Victoria700
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Chester Bus Interchange423 / ...
30h 49m£61–246Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Nice to Calais
- Take the car ferry from Calais to Port of Dover
- Drive from Port of Dover to Chester
18h 52m£248–361
Nice to Chester by train and foot
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Nice to Chester is to fly which costs £60 - £190 and takes 6h 28m.
The fastest way to get from Nice to Chester is to fly which takes 6h 28m and costs £60 - £190.
No, there is no direct bus from Nice to Chester. However, there are services departing from Nice and arriving at Chester Bus Interchange via Paris, Calais and London Victoria. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 27h 16m.
No, there is no direct train from Nice to Chester. However, there are services departing from Nice Ville and arriving at Chester via Aeroport Cdg2 Tgv Roissy, Lille Europe and London Euston. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 12h 48m.
The distance between Nice and Chester is 858 miles.
The best way to get from Nice to Chester without a car is to train via Lille which takes 12h 48m and costs £160 - £800.
It takes approximately 7h 2m to get from Nice to Chester, including transfers.
Nice to Chester bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Nice station.
Nice to Chester train services, operated by TGV inOui, depart from Nice Ville station.
The best way to get from Nice to Chester is to train via Lille which takes 12h 48m and costs £160 - £800. Alternatively, you can bus via Calais, which costs £80 - £180 and takes 27h 16m, you could also fly, which costs £60 - £190 and takes 6h 28m.
What companies run services between Nice, France and Chester, England?
You can take a train from Nice Ville to Chester via Aeroport Cdg2 Tgv Roissy, Lille Europe, London St Pancras Intl, and London Euston in around 12h 48m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Nice to Chester Bus Interchange via Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine), Paris, Calais, and London Victoria in around 27h 16m.
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £50–150
Flights from Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport to Manchester Airport via Geneva
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 31m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £50–150
Flights from Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport to Manchester Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Tuesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- £50–150
Flights from Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport to Liverpool
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £35–190
Flights from Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport to Liverpool via Belfast (Aldergrove)
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- £35–190
Flights from Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport to Liverpool via Geneva
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 52m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £35–190
Flights from Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport to Birmingham Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £80–170
Flights from Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport to Birmingham Airport via Geneva
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 8m
- When
- Monday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £80–170
Flights from Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport to London Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 3m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £25–130
Flights from Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport to London Gatwick Airport via Geneva
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £25–130
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport to Manchester Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 36m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £40–220
Flights from Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport to Birmingham Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £40–220
Flights from Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport to Leeds Bradford International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £55–290
Flights from Marseille Provence Airport to Manchester Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £45–250
Flights from Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £40–240
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport to London Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £50–220
Flights from Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport to London Heathrow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 13m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £55–190
- Website
- jet2.com
Flights from Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £60–180
Flights from Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport to Birmingham Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £60–160
Flights from Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport to Leeds Bradford International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £35–240
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport to Leeds Bradford International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £55–290
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport to Liverpool via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £50–180
Flights from Marseille Provence Airport to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £50–140
- Website
- brusselsairlines.com
Flights from Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport to Manchester Airport via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £50–190
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport to Birmingham Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £55–230
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport to Birmingham Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £60–240
- Website
- ethiopianairlines.com
Flights from Marseille Provence Airport to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £75–340
- Phone
- 03333 211 202
- Website
- tfw.wales
Train from Manchester Airport to Chester
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 23m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £11–35
- Website
- https://tfw.wales/
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- sncf-connect.com
Train from Nice Ville to Aeroport Cdg2 Tgv Roissy
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 48m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- £65–190
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Aeroport Cdg2 Tgv Roissy to Lille Europe
- Ave. Duration
- 49 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £17–65
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Nice Ville to Aix En Provence Tgv
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 59m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- £28–45
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Nice Ville to Paris Gare De Lyon
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 54m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- £45–140
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
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Contact Details
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- track.effiliation.com
Train from Aeroport Cdg2 Tgv Roissy to Lille Europe
- Ave. Duration
- 52 min
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- £29–65
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
- 2nd Class
- £29–45
- Rail 1st Class
- £45–65
Train from Nice Ville to Aix En Provence Tgv
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £35–80
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
- 2nd Class
- £35–55
- Rail 1st Class
- £55–80
Train from Nice Ville to Paris Gare De Lyon
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 44m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £95–150
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
- Phone
- +44 343 218 6186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from Aeroport Cdg2 Tgv Roissy to Lille Europe
- Ave. Duration
- 59 min
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- £45–95
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Standard
- £45–70
- Comfort
- £50–75
- Premium
- £75–95
Train from Lille Europe to London St Pancras Intl
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 27m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £85–290
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
Train from Paris Nord to London St Pancras Intl
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 28m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £55–290
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from Lille Europe to London St Pancras Intl
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 21m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- £35–120
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- £35–55
- 1st Class
- £70–120
- 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
- £45–230
- Website
- https://www.avantiwestcoast.co.uk/
Train from Birmingham International to Stafford
- Ave. Duration
- 58 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £14–25
- Website
- https://www.avantiwestcoast.co.uk/
Train from Stafford to Chester
- Ave. Duration
- 42 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £9–25
- 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
Train from Birmingham International to Stafford
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £12–25
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 800 200 6060
- enquiries@northernrailway.co.uk
- Website
- northernrailway.co.uk
Train from Bradford Interchange to Chester
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 57m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £12–55
- Website
- https://www.northernrailway.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 3451 27 29 20
- Website
- southernrailway.com
Train from Gatwick Airport to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 32 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- £13–35
- Website
- https://www.southernrailway.com/
- Phone
- +44 345 850 1530
- Website
- gatwickexpress.com
Train from Gatwick Airport to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 31 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £25–55
- Website
- https://www.gatwickexpress.com/
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Nice to Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine)
- Ave. Duration
- 13h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £35–90
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Paris to Calais
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £20–29
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Calais to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- £12–17
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from London Victoria to Chester Bus Interchange
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- £13–40
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Paris to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 35m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £23–95
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +3-389-268-0068
- Website
- blablacar.co.uk
Bus from Nice - Airport Bus Station Terminal 1 to Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 20m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £30–100
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
Bus from Paris to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 55m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- £30–100
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
- Phone
- 07001 8282
- booking@union-ivkoni.com
- Website
- union-ivkoni.com
Bus from Paris to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 30m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- £13–20
- Website
- https://union-ivkoni.com/en
- Phone
- 08717 81 81 81
- Website
- nationalexpress.com
Bus from London Victoria to Chester Bus Interchange
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 10m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- £17–45
- Website
- https://www.nationalexpress.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
- £30–40
- Website
- https://www.irishferries.com/uk-en/Travel-to-Ireland
- Car
- £65–170
- On Foot
- £30–40
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More Questions & Answers
Nice to Chester bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine) station.
Chester is 1h behind Nice. It is currently 8:10 AM in Nice and 7:10 AM in Chester.
Nice to Chester train services, operated by TGV inOui, arrive at Aeroport Cdg2 Tgv Roissy station.
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