There are 13 ways to get from Sofia to Heathrow Terminal 4 by plane, train, night train, bus, car, car train, busferry, or car ferry
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Fly to London Heathrow Airport
best- Fly from Sofia Airport (SOF) to London Heathrow Airport (LHR)SOF - LHR
6h 14m£70–170Fly to Luton Airport, bus
cheapest- Fly from Sofia Airport (SOF) to Luton Airport (LTN)SOF - LTN
- Take the bus from Airport Bus Station to Heathrow Central Bus Station
7h 44m£40–130Train, night train, bus
- Take the train from Sofia Sever to Gorna OryahovitsaRe
- Take the night train from Gorna Oryahovitsa to Bucharest
- Take the bus from Bucharest Obor to Luton
- Take the bus from Airport Bus Station to Heathrow Central Bus Station230 / ...
30h 9m£50–84Train, 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 Meidling
- Take the train from Wien Meidling to Paris l'EstNj
- Take the train from Paris Nord to London St Pancras IntlEil
46h 21m£230–606Drive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Sofia to Calais-Fréthun
- Take the car train from Calais-Fréthun to Folkestone
- Drive from Folkestone to Heathrow Terminal 4
22h 46mFly to London City Airport, train
- Fly from Sofia Airport (SOF) to London City Airport (LCY)SOF - LCY
- Take the train from Custom House to Heathrow Terminal 4
8h 46m£137–279Fly to London Stansted Airport
- Fly from Sofia Airport (SOF) to London Stansted Airport (STN)SOF - STN
7h 44m£63–215Fly to Birmingham Airport, train
- Fly from Sofia Airport (SOF) to Birmingham Airport (BHX)SOF - BHX
- Take the train from Birmingham International to London Euston
8h£96–303Fly to London Gatwick Airport, train
- Fly from Sofia Airport (SOF) to London Gatwick Airport (LGW)SOF - LGW
- Take the train from Gatwick Airport to Farringdon
7h 31m£71–207Bus
- Take the bus from Sofia Serdica Bus Station to Praha, ÚAN FlorencRacic Eurobus
- Take the bus from Praha, ÚAN Florenc to London VictoriaRegioJet 10
39h£102–159Bus, train
- Take the bus from Sofia Serdica Bus Stop to Rotterdam ConradstraatUnion Ivkoni - Unibus 3631 / ...
- Take the train from Rotterdam Centraal to London St. Pancras Int.Eurostar
39h 44m£289–374Bus, bus and ferry
- Take the bus from Sofia to Drobeta-Turnu Severin
- Take the bus from Drobeta-Turnu Severin to Motru
- Take the busferry from Motru to London Wembley Park
2d 1hDrive, car ferry
- Drive from Sofia to Calais
- Take the car ferry from Calais to Port of Dover
- Drive from Port of Dover to Heathrow Terminal 4
23h 50m£361–519
Sofia Airport (SOF) to London Heathrow Airport (LHR) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Sofia to Heathrow Terminal 4 is to train and night train and bus which costs £45 - £85 and takes 30h 9m.
The fastest way to get from Sofia to Heathrow Terminal 4 is to fly which takes 6h 14m and costs £70 - £170.
No, there is no direct bus from Sofia station to Heathrow Terminal 4 station. However, there are services departing from Sofia Serdica Bus Station and arriving at Heathrow Central Bus Station via Praha, ÚAN Florenc and London Victoria. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 39h.
No, there is no direct train from Sofia to Heathrow Terminal 4 station. However, there are services departing from Sofia Sever and arriving at Heathrow Terminal 4 station via Gorna Oryahovitsa, Bucuresti Nord, Wien Meidling, Paris Nord and King's Cross St. Pancras station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 46h 21m.
The distance between Sofia and Heathrow Terminal 4 is 1282 miles.
The best way to get from Sofia to Heathrow Terminal 4 without a car is to train and night train and bus which takes 30h 9m and costs £45 - £85.
It takes approximately 6h 14m to get from Sofia to Heathrow Terminal 4, including transfers.
Sofia to Heathrow Terminal 4 bus services, operated by Racic Eurobus, depart from Sofia Serdica Bus Station.
Sofia to Heathrow Terminal 4 train services, operated by Bulgarian Railways (BDZh), depart from Sofia Sever station.
The best way to get from Sofia to Heathrow Terminal 4 is to fly which takes 6h 14m and costs £70 - £170. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs £100 - £160 and takes 39h.
What companies run services between Sofia, Bulgaria and Heathrow Terminal 4, England?
British Airways, Bulgaria Air, and two other airlines fly from Sofia Airport (SOF) to London Heathrow Airport (LHR) 4 times a day. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Sofia Serdica Bus Station to Heathrow Terminal 4 via Praha, ÚAN Florenc, London Victoria, and Heathrow Central Bus Station in around 39h.
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- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Sofia Airport to London Stansted Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £29–140
Flights from Sofia Airport to London Stansted Airport via Nuremberg
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- £29–140
Flights from Sofia Airport to London Stansted Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- £29–140
Flights from Sofia Airport to London Stansted Airport via Cologne Bonn
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 30m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- £29–140
Flights from Sofia Airport to London Stansted Airport via Eindhoven
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 5m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £29–140
Flights from Sofia Airport to London Stansted Airport via Karlsruhe/Baden Baden
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 10m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- £29–140
Flights from Sofia Airport to Luton Airport via Venice Treviso
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 35m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £50–180
Flights from Sofia Airport to Birmingham Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £65–120
Flights from Sofia Airport to Birmingham Airport via Beauvais
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £65–120
Flights from Sofia Airport to Birmingham Airport via Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 50m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- £65–120
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Sofia Airport to London City Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 12m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- £110–420
Flights from Sofia Airport to Birmingham Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 31m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £60–300
Flights from Sofia Airport to Birmingham Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 40m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £70–270
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Sofia Airport to London Heathrow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £60–150
Flights from Sofia Airport to London City Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £130–350
Flights from Sofia Airport to London City Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 55m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £130–350
Flights from Sofia Airport to London City Airport via Berlin Brandenburg
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 10m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- £85–370
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Sofia Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £80–170
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Sofia Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 20m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £70–280
Flights from Sofia Airport to London City Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 5m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £95–390
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Sofia Airport to Luton Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £24–70
- Website
- air.bg
Flights from Sofia Airport to London Heathrow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £85–160
- Website
- ita-airways.com
Flights from Sofia Airport to London City Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 55m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £95–320
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Sofia Airport to London City Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 15m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £130–360
- Website
- lufthansa-city.com
Flights from Sofia Airport to Birmingham Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Thursday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £60–300
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Sofia Airport to London Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £45–170
- 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 Meidling
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 6m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £70–80
- Website
- https://www.cfrcalatori.ro/en/
- Phone
- +43 51717
- Website
- nightjet.com
Train from Wien Meidling to Paris l'Est
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 18m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- £85–250
- Website
- https://www.nightjet.com/en/#/home
- Sleeper Carriage
- £220–250
- Couchette Carriage
- £150–180
- Seating Carriage
- £85–110
- 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
- £60–250
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- 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
- 0343 222 1234
- Website
- tfl.gov.uk
Train from Custom House to Heathrow Terminal 4
- Ave. Duration
- 56 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- £16–20
- Website
- https://tfl.gov.uk/modes/elizabeth-line/
- Phone
- +44 345 528 0253
- Website
- avantiwestcoast.co.uk
Train from Birmingham International to London Euston
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £27–140
- Website
- https://www.avantiwestcoast.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 333 311 0039
- contact.wmr@wmtrains.co.uk
- Website
- westmidlandsrailway.co.uk
Train from Birmingham International to London Euston
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- £13–65
- Website
- https://www.westmidlandsrailway.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 330 060 0500
- enquiry@sleeper.scot
- Website
- sleeper.scot
Train from Birmingham International to London Euston
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 27m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- £60–80
- Website
- https://www.sleeper.scot/
- Sleeper Berth Classic
- £210–230
- Sleeper Seat
- £60–80
- Sleeper Berth Club Solo
- £240–280
- Phone
- 0345 026 4700
- Website
- thameslinkrailway.com
Train from Gatwick Airport to Farringdon
- Ave. Duration
- 39 min
- Frequency
- Every 10 minutes
- Estimated price
- £15–17
- Website
- https://www.thameslinkrailway.com/
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from Rotterdam Centraal to London St. Pancras Int.
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 29m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- £210–260
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- Phone
- +40 230 562 929
- tarsin_irlanda@yahoo.com
- Website
- tarsin.ro
Bus from Bucharest Obor to Luton
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 17m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- £21–28
- Schedules at
- tarsin.ro
- Phone
- 08717 81 81 81
- Website
- nationalexpress.com
Bus from Airport Bus Station to Heathrow Central Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £16–35
- Website
- https://www.nationalexpress.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
- 18h 15m
- 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
- 07001 8282
- booking@union-ivkoni.com
- Website
- union-ivkoni.com
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
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
- 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/
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
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 London Wembley Park
- Ave. Duration
- 37h 55m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- £55–140
- 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 Heathrow Terminal 4 bus services, operated by Racic Eurobus, arrive at Praha, ÚAN Florenc station.
Heathrow Terminal 4 is 2h behind Sofia. It is currently 6:17 PM in Sofia and 4:17 PM in Heathrow Terminal 4.
Sofia to Heathrow Terminal 4 train services, operated by Bulgarian Railways (BDZh), arrive at Gorna Oryahovitsa station.
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