There are 11 ways to get from Saumur to Chester by train (TGV, Eurostar), train, bus, car ferry, car, car train, train (Eurostar), or plane
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Train via Angers
best- Take the train from Saumur to Angers Saint-Laudtrain Ter
- Take the train from Angers Saint-Laud to Paris Montparnasse Hall 1 - 2train
- Take the train from Paris Nord to London St Pancras Intltrain Eil
- Take the train from London Euston to Chestertrain
9h 19m£239–436Train, bus
cheapest- Take the train from Saumur to Angers Saint-Laudtrain Ter
- Take the bus from Angers to Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine)bus 714 / ...
- Take the bus from Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine) to London Victoriabus 700
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Chester Bus Interchangebus
21h 30m£68–128Bus, car ferry, train
- Take the bus from Office de tourisme to Gare Routière et SNCFbus 404
- Take the bus from Angers to Saint-Malobus
- Take the car ferry from St Malo Ferry Port to Portsmouth International Portcarferry
- Take the train from Portsmouth & Southsea to Newport (S Wales)train
- Take the train from Newport (S Wales) to Chestertrain
22h 3m£158–313Drive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Saumur to Calais-Fréthuncar
- Take the car train from Calais-Fréthun to Folkestonecartrain
- Drive from Folkestone to Chestercar
10h 28mTrain
- Take the train from Saumur to Paris Austerlitztrain
- Take the train from Paris Nord to London St Pancras Intltrain Eil
- Take the train from London Euston to Chestertrain
9h 40m£236–422Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Saumur to Port of Cherbourgcar
- Take the car ferry from Port of Cherbourg to Poolecarferry
- Drive from Poole to Chestercar
13h 35m£111–469Train to Nantes Atlantique Airport, fly to Manchester Airport, train
- Take the train from Saumur to Nantestrain
- Fly from Nantes Atlantique Airport (NTE) to Manchester Airport (MAN)plane NTE - MAN
- Take the train from Manchester Airport to Chestertrain
7h 8m£78–257Train to Nantes Atlantique Airport, fly to Liverpool
- Take the train from Saumur to Nantestrain
- Fly from Nantes Atlantique Airport (NTE) to Liverpool (LPL)plane NTE - LPL
9h 26m£103–269Train, train to Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport, fly to Manchester Airport
- Take the train from Saumur to Massy Tgvtrain
- Take the train from Massy - Palaiseau to Aéroport Charles de Gaulle 2train
- Fly from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport (CDG) to Manchester Airport (MAN)plane CDG - MAN
- Take the train from Manchester Airport to Chestertrain
8h 5m£99–322Train, train to Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport, fly to Birmingham Airport
- Take the train from Saumur to Massy Tgvtrain
- Take the train from Massy - Palaiseau to Aéroport Charles de Gaulle 2train
- Fly from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport (CDG) to Birmingham Airport (BHX)plane CDG - BHX
- Take the train from Birmingham New Street to Crewetrain
8h 7m£118–353Train, train to Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport, fly to Liverpool
- Take the train from Saumur to Massy Tgvtrain
- Take the train from Massy - Palaiseau to Aéroport Charles de Gaulle 2train
- Fly from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport (CDG) to Liverpool (LPL)plane CDG - LPL
8h 4m£104–314
Saumur to Chester by train, foot, and subway
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Saumur to Chester is to train and bus which costs £65 - £130 and takes 21h 30m.
The fastest way to get from Saumur to Chester is to train and fly which takes 7h 8m and costs £75 - £260.
No, there is no direct train from Saumur to Chester. However, there are services departing from Saumur and arriving at Chester via Angers Saint-Laud, Montparnasse Bienvenue, Paris Nord and London Euston. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 9h 19m.
The distance between Saumur and Chester is 678 miles.
The best way to get from Saumur to Chester without a car is to train via Angers which takes 9h 19m and costs £230 - £440.
It takes approximately 9h 19m to get from Saumur to Chester, including transfers.
Saumur to Chester train services, operated by Société Nationale des Chemins de fer Français (SNCF), depart from Saumur station.
Chester is 1h behind Saumur. It is currently 6:28 PM in Saumur and 5:28 PM in Chester.
Saumur to Chester train services, operated by Société Nationale des Chemins de fer Français (SNCF), arrive at Angers Saint-Laud station.
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What companies run services between Saumur, Pays de la Loire, France and Chester, England?
You can take a train from Saumur to Chester via Angers Saint-Laud, Paris Montparnasse Hall 1 - 2, Montparnasse Bienvenue, Gare du Nord, Paris Nord, London St Pancras Intl, and London Euston in around 9h 19m.
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Nantes Atlantique Airport to Liverpool via Nice
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 10m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £80–250
Flights from Nantes Atlantique Airport to Liverpool via Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £50–240
Flights from Nantes Atlantique Airport to Liverpool via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Monday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £60–330
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £35–150
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Birmingham Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 19m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £45–180
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Liverpool
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £50–170
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Liverpool via Belfast (Aldergrove)
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- £50–170
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Nantes Atlantique Airport to Manchester Airport via Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 37m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £40–250
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £30–210
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Birmingham Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 21m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £28–200
- Website
- kenya-airways.com
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 33m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £30–210
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Manchester Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- £40–230
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Birmingham Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £28–200
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Birmingham Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £35–230
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Nantes Atlantique Airport to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £35–140
Flights from Nantes Atlantique Airport to Manchester Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- £35–140
Flights from Nantes Atlantique Airport to Liverpool via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 21m
- When
- Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £55–280
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Nantes Atlantique Airport to Manchester Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £50–270
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Birmingham Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £35–230
- Website
- aerlingus.com
Flights from Nantes Atlantique Airport to Liverpool via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 55m
- When
- Thursday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- £60–280
- Website
- jet2.com
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- £130–450
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Manchester Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Tuesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- £55–230
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 Saumur to Angers Saint-Laud
- Ave. Duration
- 20 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £6–14
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
Train from Angers Saint-Laud to Paris Montparnasse Hall 1 - 2
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 38m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- 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
Train from Saumur to Paris Austerlitz
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 59m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- 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
Train from Saumur to Nantes
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- £19–40
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
Train from Saumur to Massy Tgv
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 34m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £35–85
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
Train from Massy - Palaiseau to Aéroport Charles de Gaulle 2
- Ave. Duration
- 45 min
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- £7–15
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- sncf-connect.com
Train from Saumur to Angers Saint-Laud
- Ave. Duration
- 21 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £7–13
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Angers Saint-Laud to Paris Montparnasse Hall 1 - 2
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 38m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £50–85
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Saumur to Nantes
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 2m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £23–40
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Saumur to Massy Tgv
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 33m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £45–80
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Massy - Palaiseau to Aéroport Charles de Gaulle 2
- Ave. Duration
- 44 min
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £8–14
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
- Phone
- +44 343 218 6186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from Paris Nord to London St Pancras Intl
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 27m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £130–220
- 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 New Street to Crewe
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £18–35
- Website
- https://www.avantiwestcoast.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 3457 000 125
- gwr.feedback@gwr.com
- Website
- gwr.com
Train from Portsmouth & Southsea to Newport (S Wales)
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £55–110
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
- Phone
- 03333 211 202
- Website
- tfw.wales
Train from Newport (S Wales) to Chester
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 44m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £50–90
- Website
- https://tfw.wales/
Train from Manchester Airport to Chester
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £18–35
- Website
- https://tfw.wales/
Train from Birmingham New Street to Crewe
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 37m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- £19–35
- Website
- https://tfw.wales/
- 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 Massy - Palaiseau to Aéroport Charles de Gaulle 2
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 6m
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- £10
- Website
- https://www.ratp.fr/en
- Phone
- +44 333 311 0039
- contact.wmr@wmtrains.co.uk
- Website
- westmidlandsrailway.co.uk
Train from Birmingham New Street to Crewe
- Ave. Duration
- 56 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £18–45
- Website
- https://www.westmidlandsrailway.co.uk/
Train from Birmingham New Street to Crewe
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- £26–40
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.fr
Bus from Angers to Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine)
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £17–30
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine) to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 25m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- £27–50
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from London Victoria to Chester Bus Interchange
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- £18–35
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Angers to Saint-Malo
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- £11–20
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- 02 41 22 72 95
- Website
- aleop.paysdelaloire.fr
Bus from Office de tourisme to Gare Routière et SNCF
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 29m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- £2–3
- Schedules at
- aleop.paysdelaloire.fr
- Phone
- 0330 159 7000
- reservations@brittanyferries.com
- Website
- brittany-ferries.co.uk
Car ferry from St Malo Ferry Port to Portsmouth International Port
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 50m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- £40–90
- Schedules at
- brittany-ferries.co.uk
- Book at
- brittany-ferries.co.uk
Car ferry from Port of Cherbourg to Poole
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- £17–330
- Schedules at
- brittany-ferries.co.uk
- Book at
- brittany-ferries.co.uk
- Single Ticket
- £45–85
- Car Single Ticket
- £120–330
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