There are 12 ways to get from Santander to Chester by bus, plane, train, car ferry, car, train (Renfe, TGV, Eurostar), or car train
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Bus to Bilbao Airport, fly to Manchester Airport, train
best- Take the bus from Santander E.A. to Bilbao Intermodal
- Fly from Bilbao Airport (BIO) to Manchester Airport (MAN)BIO - MAN
- Take the train from Manchester Airport to Chester
8h 20m£72–199Bus to Bilbao Airport, fly to Liverpool
cheapest- Take the bus from Santander E.A. to Bilbao Intermodal
- Fly from Bilbao Airport (BIO) to Liverpool (LPL)BIO - LPL
10h 11m£64–225Bus, train
- Take the bus from Santander E.A. to Irun
- Take the train from Hendaye to Massy TgvTgv
- Take the train from Massy Tgv to Lille EuropeTgv
- Take the train from Lille Europe to London St Pancras IntlEil
- Take the train from London Euston to Chester
17h 26m£190–776Car ferry, drive
- Take the car ferry from Santander to Plymouth
- Drive from Plymouth to Chester
24h 56m£128–688Bus
- Take the bus from Santander to Paris
- Take the bus from Paris to Calais700
- Take the bus from Calais to London Victoria700 / ...
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Chester Bus Interchange
26h 33m£85–159Fly Santander Airport to Liverpool
- Fly from Santander Airport (SDR) to Liverpool (LPL)SDR - LPL
9h 24m£99–307Fly Santander Airport to Manchester Airport, train
- Fly from Santander Airport (SDR) to Manchester Airport (MAN)SDR - MAN
- Take the train from Manchester Airport to Chester
6h 19m£107–261Fly Santander Airport to London Stansted Airport, train
- Fly from Santander Airport (SDR) to London Stansted Airport (STN)SDR - STN
- Take the train from London Euston to Chester
8h 7m£121–522Bus to Bilbao Airport, fly to London Heathrow Airport, train
- Take the bus from Santander E.A. to Bilbao Intermodal
- Fly from Bilbao Airport (BIO) to London Heathrow Airport (LHR)BIO - LHR
- Take the train from London Euston to Chester
9h 59m£132–484Train
- Take the train from Santander to Madrid ChamartínAlv / ...
- Take the train from Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes to Avignon Tgv
- Take the train from Avignon Tgv to Lille EuropeTgv
- Take the train from Lille Europe to London St Pancras IntlEil
- Take the train from London Euston to Chester
23h 59m£280–843Car ferry, train
- Take the car ferry from Santander to Portsmouth International Port
- Take the train from Southampton Central to Stafford
- Take the train from Stafford to Chester
36h 59m£69–399Drive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Santander to Calais-Fréthun
- Take the car train from Calais-Fréthun to Folkestone
- Drive from Folkestone to Chester
18h
Santander to Chester by bus, train, and foot
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Santander to Chester is to bus which costs £80 - £160 and takes 26h 33m.
The fastest way to get from Santander to Chester is to fly and train which takes 6h 19m and costs £100 - £270.
No, there is no direct bus from Santander to Chester. However, there are services departing from Santander and arriving at Chester Bus Interchange via Paris, Calais and London Victoria. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 26h 33m.
No, there is no direct train from Santander to Chester. However, there are services departing from Santander and arriving at Chester via Madrid Chamartín, Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes, Avignon Tgv, Lille Europe and London Euston. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 23h 59m.
The distance between Santander and Chester is 823 miles.
The best way to get from Santander to Chester without a car is to bus and train which takes 17h 26m and costs £190 - £800.
It takes approximately 8h 20m to get from Santander to Chester, including transfers.
Santander to Chester bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Santander station.
Santander to Chester train services, operated by Renfe Viajeros, depart from Santander station.
The best way to get from Santander to Chester is to bus which takes 26h 33m and costs £80 - £160. Alternatively, you can fly, which costs £95 - £310 and takes 9h 24m, you could also train, which costs £280 - £850 and takes 23h 59m.
What companies run services between Santander, Spain and Chester, England?
You can take a bus from Santander to Chester Bus Interchange via Paris, Calais, and London Victoria in around 26h 33m. Alternatively, Ryanair, Vueling Airlines, and easyJet fly from Santander Airport (SDR) to Liverpool (LPL) 6 times a week.
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Santander Airport to Liverpool via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 11m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £75–290
Flights from Santander Airport to Liverpool via Alicante–Elche
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 40m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- £95–310
Flights from Santander Airport to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- £60–240
Flights from Santander Airport to Manchester Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £65–250
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Liverpool via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- When
- Monday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £50–190
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Liverpool via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 40m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £40–240
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Liverpool via Cork
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 25m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £40–240
Flights from Santander Airport to London Stansted Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £40–210
Flights from Santander Airport to London Stansted Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £40–210
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £55–150
Flights from Santander Airport to Liverpool via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 20m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £80–330
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Liverpool via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £80–290
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Liverpool via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 35m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £50–210
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Manchester Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £80–230
Flights from Bilbao Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £85–250
- Website
- aerlingus.com
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Manchester Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £35–210
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Liverpool via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £40–240
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Manchester Airport via London Heathrow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- £50–120
Flights from Bilbao Airport to London Heathrow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £35–160
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Santander Airport to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £65–270
Flights from Santander Airport to London Stansted Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- £60–250
- Website
- vueling.com
Flights from Bilbao Airport to London Heathrow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £35–160
Flights from Bilbao Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Paris Orly
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £35–160
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Manchester Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £70–250
- Website
- brusselsairlines.com
Flights from Bilbao Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £60–230
- Phone
- 03333 211 202
- Website
- tfw.wales
Train from Manchester Airport to Chester
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 23m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £9–28
- Website
- https://tfw.wales/
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- sncf-connect.com
Train from Hendaye to Massy Tgv
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 31m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £60–170
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Massy Tgv to Lille Europe
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 41m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- £29–65
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Avignon Tgv to Lille Europe
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 13m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- £85–180
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Rome2Rio's guide to Société Nationale des Chemins de fer Français (SNCF)
Contact Details
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- track.effiliation.com
Train from Massy Tgv to Lille Europe
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 43m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- £40–90
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
- 2nd Class
- £40–60
- Rail 1st Class
- £60–90
- Phone
- +44 343 218 6186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from Lille Europe to London St Pancras Intl
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 24m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £95–250
- 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 22m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £35–130
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- £35–55
- 1st Class
- £70–130
- Phone
- +44 345 528 0253
- Website
- avantiwestcoast.co.uk
Train from London Euston to Chester
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- £50–240
- Website
- https://www.avantiwestcoast.co.uk/
Train from Stafford to Chester
- Ave. Duration
- 41 min
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- £8–25
- Website
- https://www.avantiwestcoast.co.uk/
- Phone
- +34 91 232 03 20
- Website
- renfe.com
Train from Santander to Madrid Chamartín
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 16m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- £30–75
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
Train from Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes to Avignon Tgv
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 36m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £75–100
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
Train from Southampton Central to Stafford
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 16m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £25–160
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.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
- +34 910 207 007
- alsa@alsa.es
- Website
- alsa.com
Bus from Santander E.A. to Bilbao Intermodal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £7–20
- Website
- https://www.alsa.com/en/
Bus from Santander E.A. to Irun
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £15–24
- Website
- https://www.alsa.com/en/
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Santander to Paris
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 15m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £35–90
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Paris to Calais
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- £21–29
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Calais to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- £12–17
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from London Victoria to Chester Bus Interchange
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £13–26
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- 0330 159 7000
- reservations@brittanyferries.com
- Website
- brittany-ferries.co.uk
Car ferry from Santander to Plymouth
- Ave. Duration
- 20h
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- £65–600
- Book at
- Brittany Ferries
- Adult
- £65–85
- Car
- £200–290
- Single Ticket
- £90–190
- Car Single Ticket
- £240–600
Car ferry from Santander to Portsmouth International Port
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- £35–220
- Book at
- Brittany Ferries
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More Questions & Answers
Santander to Chester bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Paris station.
Chester is 1h behind Santander. It is currently 9:20 AM in Santander and 8:20 AM in Chester.
Santander to Chester train services, operated by Renfe Viajeros, arrive at Madrid Chamartín station.
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Book your Santander to Chester bus tickets online with Omio and FlixBus.
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