There are 12 ways to get from Sofia to Gateshead by plane, bus, train, night train, busferry, car, car train, or car ferry
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly to Newcastle
best- Fly from Sofia Airport (SOF) to Newcastle (NCL)SOF - NCL
9h 10m£72–234Bus, train via Vienna
- Take the bus from Sofia to Bratislava
- Take the train from Bratislava Hlavna Stanica to Wien Hbf
- Take the train from Wien Hbf to Frankfurt(Main)HbfIce
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Bruxelles Midi79
- Take the train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to London St Pancras IntlEil
- Take the train from King's Cross to Newcastle
31h 11m£234–734Bus, train
- Take the bus from Sofia Serdica Bus Stop to Rotterdam Conradstraat
- Take the train from Rotterdam Centraal to London St. Pancras Int.
- Take the train from King's Cross to Newcastle
41h 42m£186–479Train, night train
- Take the train from Sofia Sever to Gorna OryahovitsaRe
- Take the night train from Gorna Oryahovitsa to Bucharest
- Take the night train from Bucuresti Nord to Wien Hbf
- Take the night train from Wien Hbf to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-MidiNj
- Take the train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to London St Pancras IntlEil
- Take the train from King's Cross to Newcastle
2d£287–755Fly to Durham Tees Valley Airport, train
- Fly from Sofia Airport (SOF) to Durham Tees Valley Airport (MME)SOF - MME
- Take the train from Darlington to Newcastle
13h 6m£170–490Fly to Leeds Bradford International Airport, train
- Fly from Sofia Airport (SOF) to Leeds Bradford International Airport (LBA)SOF - LBA
- Take the train from Leeds to Newcastle
11h 13m£74–440Fly to Birmingham Airport, train
- Fly from Sofia Airport (SOF) to Birmingham Airport (BHX)SOF - BHX
- Take the train from Birmingham International to Newcastle
9h 55m£175–460Fly to Liverpool, train
- Fly from Sofia Airport (SOF) to Liverpool (LPL)SOF - LPL
- Take the train from Liverpool Lime Street to Newcastle
10h 9m£103–358Bus
- Take the bus from Sofia Serdica Bus Station to Praha, ÚAN Florenc
- Take the bus from Praha, ÚAN Florenc to London Victoria
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Bus Station Stand 11
- Take the bus from Bus Station Stand 11 to John Dobson Street
42h 37m£116–196Bus, bus and ferry, train
- Take the bus from Sofia to Drobeta-Turnu Severin
- Take the bus from Drobeta-Turnu Severin to Motru
- Take the busferry from Motru to Manchester Piccadilly
- Take the train from Manchester Piccadilly to Newcastle
2d 9hDrive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Sofia to Calais-Fréthun
- Take the car train from Calais-Fréthun to Folkestone
- Drive from Folkestone to Gateshead
26h 33mDrive, car ferry
- Drive from Sofia to Calais
- Take the car ferry from Calais to Port of Dover
- Drive from Port of Dover to Gateshead
27h 34m£426–619
Sofia to Gateshead by bus and train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Sofia to Gateshead is to fly which costs £70 - £240 and takes 9h 10m.
The fastest way to get from Sofia to Gateshead is to fly which takes 9h 10m and costs £70 - £240.
No, there is no direct bus from Sofia station to Gateshead. However, there are services departing from Sofia Serdica Bus Station and arriving at John Dobson Street via Praha, ÚAN Florenc, London Victoria and Bus Station Stand 11. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 42h 37m.
No, there is no direct train from Sofia to Gateshead. However, there are services departing from Sofia Sever and arriving at Newcastle via Gorna Oryahovitsa, Bucuresti Nord, Wien Hbf, Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi and King's Cross. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 2 days 0h.
The distance between Sofia and Gateshead is 1435 miles.
The best way to get from Sofia to Gateshead without a car is to bus and train via Vienna which takes 31h 11m and costs £230 - £750.
It takes approximately 9h 10m to get from Sofia to Gateshead, including transfers.
Sofia to Gateshead bus services, operated by Racic Eurobus, depart from Sofia Serdica Bus Station.
Sofia to Gateshead train services, operated by Bulgarian Railways (BDZh), depart from Sofia Sever station.
The best way to get from Sofia to Gateshead is to fly which takes 9h 10m and costs £70 - £240. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs £110 - £200 and takes 42h 37m.
What companies run services between Sofia, Bulgaria and Gateshead, England?
Lufthansa, Ryanair, and Bulgaria Air fly from Sofia Airport (SOF) to Newcastle (NCL) once daily. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Sofia Serdica Bus Station to John Dobson Street via Praha, ÚAN Florenc, London Victoria, and Bus Station Stand 11 in around 42h 37m.
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- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Sofia Airport to Newcastle via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 1m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £85–360
Flights from Sofia Airport to Birmingham Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 31m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £70–340
Flights from Sofia Airport to Birmingham Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £75–300
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Sofia Airport to Newcastle via Charleroi
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 10m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £60–220
Flights from Sofia Airport to Durham Tees Valley Airport via Alicante–Elche
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 45m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £160–470
Flights from Sofia Airport to Leeds Bradford International Airport via Krakow
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 35m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- £70–240
Flights from Sofia Airport to Birmingham Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £70–190
Flights from Sofia Airport to Birmingham Airport via Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 50m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- £70–190
Flights from Sofia Airport to Liverpool
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £70–180
Flights from Sofia Airport to Liverpool via Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £70–180
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Sofia Airport to Durham Tees Valley Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £240–750
Flights from Sofia Airport to Durham Tees Valley Airport via Vienna, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 45m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £160–750
Flights from Sofia Airport to Leeds Bradford International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 32m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £130–390
- Website
- jet2.com
Flights from Sofia Airport to Leeds Bradford International Airport via Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 5m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £85–260
Flights from Sofia Airport to Leeds Bradford International Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 15m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £85–260
Flights from Sofia Airport to Leeds Bradford International Airport via Budapest
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 45m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £85–260
- Website
- lufthansa-city.com
Flights from Sofia Airport to Birmingham Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Thursday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £70–340
- Phone
- +421 24 48 58 188
- info@slovakrail.sk
- Website
- zssk.sk
Train from Bratislava Hlavna Stanica to Wien Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 56 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £2–5
- Website
- https://www.zssk.sk/en/
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from Bratislava Hlavna Stanica to Wien Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 47 min
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- £11
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket
Train from Bratislava Hlavna Stanica to Wien Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 18m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £13–19
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/railjet
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Wien Hbf to Frankfurt(Main)Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 23m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £40–150
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Frankfurt to Bruxelles Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 8m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £40–120
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +44 343 218 6186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to London St Pancras Intl
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 1m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £75–270
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Phone
- +44 345 722 5333
- customers@lner.co.uk
- Website
- lner.co.uk
Train from King's Cross to Newcastle
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 38m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £45–130
- Website
- https://www.lner.co.uk/
Train from Darlington to Newcastle
- Ave. Duration
- 30 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £7–10
- Website
- https://www.lner.co.uk/
Train from Leeds to Newcastle
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 26m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £23–70
- Website
- https://www.lner.co.uk/
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from Rotterdam Centraal to London St. Pancras Int.
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 29m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- £65–240
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- £65–100
- 1st Class
- £140–240
- Phone
- +35929311111
- onlineticket@bdz.bg
- Website
- bdz.bg
Train from Sofia Sever to Gorna Oryahovitsa
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £6–11
- Website
- https://www.bdz.bg/en
- 2nd Class
- £6–10
- 1st Class
- £9–11
Night train from Gorna Oryahovitsa to Bucharest
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- £5–9
- Website
- https://www.bdz.bg/en
- 2nd Class
- £5–8
- 1st Class
- £7–9
- Phone
- 0219521
- petitii@cfrcalatori.ro
- Website
- cfrcalatori.ro
Night train from Bucuresti Nord to Wien Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 13m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £75–85
- Website
- https://www.cfrcalatori.ro/en/
- Phone
- +43 51717
- Website
- nightjet.com
Night train from Wien Hbf to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 20m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- £80–250
- Website
- https://www.nightjet.com/en/#/home
- Sleeper Carriage
- £220–250
- Couchette Carriage
- £140–170
- Seating Carriage
- £80–100
Train from Darlington to Newcastle
- Ave. Duration
- 33 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £6–11
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
Train from Leeds to Newcastle
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 28m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £30–80
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
Train from Birmingham International to Newcastle
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 18m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- £100–170
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 345 600 1671
- tpecustomer.relations@tpexpress.co.uk
- Website
- tpexpress.co.uk
Train from Darlington to Newcastle
- Ave. Duration
- 33 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £7–9
- Website
- https://www.tpexpress.co.uk/
Train from Leeds to Newcastle
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 31m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £14–45
- Website
- https://www.tpexpress.co.uk/
Train from Liverpool Lime Street to Newcastle
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 59m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £30–130
- Website
- https://www.tpexpress.co.uk/
Train from Manchester Piccadilly to Newcastle
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 26m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- £26–110
- Website
- https://www.tpexpress.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 800 200 6060
- enquiries@northernrailway.co.uk
- Website
- northernrailway.co.uk
Train from Darlington to Newcastle
- Ave. Duration
- 38 min
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- £7–11
- Website
- https://www.northernrailway.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
- 07001 8282
- booking@union-ivkoni.com
- Website
- union-ivkoni.com
Bus from Sofia to Bratislava
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 15m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- £30–45
- Website
- https://union-ivkoni.com/en
Bus from Sofia Serdica Bus Stop to Rotterdam Conradstraat
- Ave. Duration
- 34h 15m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- £75–110
- Website
- https://union-ivkoni.com/en
Bus from Sofia Serdica Bus Station to Praha, ÚAN Florenc
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 5m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- £40–65
- Website
- https://union-ivkoni.com/en
- Phone
- +359-887-208-506
- racic_bg@yahoo.com
- Website
- racicbg.com
Bus from Sofia Serdica Bus Station to Praha, ÚAN Florenc
- Ave. Duration
- 17h
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- £55–75
- Website
- https://www.racicbg.com/bg/
- Phone
- +359 0885700870
- support@citylines.eu
- Website
- citylines.eu
Bus from Sofia Serdica Bus Station to Praha, ÚAN Florenc
- Ave. Duration
- 21h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- £60–85
- Website
- https://citylines.eu/
- Phone
- +420 222 222 221
- info@regiojet.cz
- Website
- regiojet.com
Bus from Praha, ÚAN Florenc to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- £55–85
- Website
- https://regiojet.com/
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from London Victoria to Bus Station Stand 11
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £14–40
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Bus Station Stand 11 to John Dobson Street
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- £4–10
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Sofia to Drobeta-Turnu Severin
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 55m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- £24–35
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +4-0745-779.908
- Website
- dikeltour.autogari.ro
Bus from Drobeta-Turnu Severin to Motru
- Ave. Duration
- 53 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Schedules at
- dikeltour.autogari.ro
- Phone
- 0040263701919
- latinoexpres@yahoo.com
- Website
- latinoexpres.ro
Busferry from Motru to Manchester Piccadilly
- Ave. Duration
- 43h 16m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- £55–80
- Schedules at
- latinoexpres.ro
- 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
Sofia to Gateshead bus services, operated by Racic Eurobus, arrive at Praha, ÚAN Florenc station.
Gateshead is 2h behind Sofia. It is currently 6:50 PM in Sofia and 4:50 PM in Gateshead.
Sofia to Gateshead train services, operated by Bulgarian Railways (BDZh), arrive at Gorna Oryahovitsa station.
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