There are 13 ways to get from Sofia to Leeds by plane, bus, train, night train, car, car train, busferry, 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 Leeds Bradford International Airport
best- Fly from Sofia Airport (SOF) to Leeds Bradford International Airport (LBA)plane SOF - LBA
8h 41m£70–170Bus, train
cheapest- Take the bus from Sofia Central Bus Station to Bucharestbus
- Take the bus from Bucharest Obor to Manchester, Coach Stationbus
- Take the train from Manchester Piccadilly to Leedstrain
31h 21m£65–86Train, night train
- Take the train from Sofia Sever to Gorna Oryahovitsatrain Ic / ...
- Take the night train from Gorna Oryahovitsa to Bucharestnighttrain
- Take the night train from Bucuresti Nord to Wien Hbfnighttrain
- Take the night train from Wien Hbf to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midinighttrain Nj
- Take the train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to London St Pancras Intltrain Eil
- Take the train from King's Cross to Leedstrain
47h 50m£287–495Drive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Sofia to Calais-Fréthuncar
- Take the car train from Calais-Fréthun to Folkestonecartrain
- Drive from Folkestone to Leedscar
25h 24mFly to Manchester Airport, train
- Fly from Sofia Airport (SOF) to Manchester Airport (MAN)plane SOF - MAN
- Take the train from Manchester Airport to Leedstrain
8h 8m£66–156Fly to Birmingham Airport, train
- Fly from Sofia Airport (SOF) to Birmingham Airport (BHX)plane SOF - BHX
- Take the train from Birmingham New Street to Leedstrain
8h 57m£100–287Fly to Liverpool, train
- Fly from Sofia Airport (SOF) to Liverpool (LPL)plane SOF - LPL
- Take the train from Liverpool Lime Street to Leedstrain
8h 26m£80–233Fly to London Stansted Airport, train
- Fly from Sofia Airport (SOF) to London Stansted Airport (STN)plane SOF - STN
- Take the train from Stansted Airport to Peterboroughtrain
- Take the train from Peterborough to Leedstrain
9h 38m£97–269Fly to London Heathrow Airport, train
- Fly from Sofia Airport (SOF) to London Heathrow Airport (LHR)plane SOF - LHR
- Take the train from King's Cross to Leedstrain
9h 35m£151–327Bus
- Take the bus from Sofia to Sibiubus 983
- Take the bus from Sibiu to Cluj-Napocabus
- Take the bus from Cluj-Napoca, Autogara Sens Vest to Manchester, Coach Stationbus
- Take the bus from Manchester Central Coach Station to Leeds City Bus & Coach Stationbus 170 / ...
39h 29m£83–135Bus, train via Trenčín
- Take the bus from Sofia Central Bus Station to Bratislavabus
- Take the train from Bratislava Hlavna Stanica to Trencintrain 681 / ...
- Take the bus from Trenčín to Bradfordbus
47h 13m£111–214Bus, train, bus and ferry
- Take the bus from Sofia Central Bus Station to Vidinbus
- Take the train from Vidin to Craiovatrain
- Take the busferry from Craiova, Autogara Pelendava Nord to Manchester Piccadillybusferry
- Take the train from Manchester Piccadilly to Leedstrain
2d 8hDrive, car ferry
- Drive from Sofia to Calaiscar
- Take the car ferry from Calais to Port of Dovercarferry
- Drive from Port of Dover to Leedscar
26h 30m£373–571
Sofia Airport (SOF) to Leeds Bradford International Airport (LBA) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Sofia to Leeds is to bus and train which costs £65 - £90 and takes 31h 21m.
The fastest way to get from Sofia to Leeds is to fly and train which takes 8h 8m and costs £65 - £160.
No, there is no direct bus from Sofia to Leeds station. However, there are services departing from Sofia and arriving at Leeds City Bus & Coach Station via Sibiu, Cluj-Napoca, Autogara Sens Vest and Manchester Central Coach Station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 39h 29m.
No, there is no direct train from Sofia to Leeds. However, there are services departing from Sofia Sever and arriving at Leeds via Gorna Oryahovitsa, Bucuresti Nord, Wien Hbf, Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi and King's Cross. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 47h 50m.
The distance between Sofia and Leeds is 1401 miles.
The best way to get from Sofia to Leeds without a car is to bus and train which takes 31h 21m and costs £65 - £90.
It takes approximately 8h 41m to get from Sofia to Leeds, including transfers.
Sofia to Leeds bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Sofia station.
Sofia to Leeds train services, operated by Bulgarian Railways (BDZh), depart from Sofia Sever station.
The best way to get from Sofia to Leeds is to fly which takes 8h 41m and costs £70 - £170. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs £80 - £140 and takes 39h 29m.
What companies run services between Sofia, Bulgaria and Leeds, England?
Ryanair, Bulgaria Air, and two other airlines fly from Sofia Airport (SOF) to Leeds Bradford International Airport (LBA) twice daily. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Sofia to Leeds City Bus & Coach Station via Sibiu, Cluj-Napoca, Autogara Sens Vest, and Manchester Central Coach Station in around 39h 29m.
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Sofia Airport to Leeds Bradford International Airport via Krakow
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 20m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- £55–200
Flights from Sofia Airport to Manchester Airport via Budapest
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 30m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- £45–120
Flights from Sofia Airport to Manchester Airport via Cologne Bonn
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 55m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £45–120
Flights from Sofia Airport to Birmingham Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- £40–120
Flights from Sofia Airport to Birmingham Airport via Beauvais
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 40m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £40–120
Flights from Sofia Airport to Birmingham Airport via Venice Treviso
- Ave. Duration
- 7h
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- £40–120
Flights from Sofia Airport to Liverpool
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £50–120
Flights from Sofia Airport to London Stansted Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £30–190
Flights from Sofia Airport to London Stansted Airport via Budapest
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- £30–190
Flights from Sofia Airport to London Stansted Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- When
- Monday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £30–190
Flights from Sofia Airport to London Stansted Airport via Nuremberg
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 25m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £30–190
Flights from Sofia Airport to London Stansted Airport via Eindhoven
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- When
- Monday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- £30–190
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Sofia Airport to Manchester Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 52m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £65–300
Flights from Sofia Airport to Birmingham Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £75–280
Flights from Sofia Airport to Birmingham Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 15m
- When
- Wednesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- £75–280
Flights from Sofia Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 43m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £120–180
- Website
- jet2.com
Flights from Sofia Airport to Leeds Bradford International Airport via Berlin Brandenburg
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 25m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £110–290
Flights from Sofia Airport to Leeds Bradford International Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 7h
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £65–210
Flights from Sofia Airport to Leeds Bradford International Airport via Cologne Bonn
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 20m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £50–200
Flights from Sofia Airport to Leeds Bradford International Airport via Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 45m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £65–210
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Sofia Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £80–290
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Sofia Airport to Leeds Bradford International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £100–280
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Sofia Airport to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- £55–170
- Website
- lufthansa-city.com
Flights from Sofia Airport to Manchester Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 50m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- £65–300
- Website
- air.bg
Flights from Sofia Airport to London Heathrow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £75–170
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Sofia Airport to London Heathrow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £65–330
- Phone
- +44 345 600 1671
- tpecustomer.relations@tpexpress.co.uk
- Website
- tpexpress.co.uk
Train from Manchester Piccadilly to Leeds
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £14–26
- Website
- https://www.tpexpress.co.uk/
Train from Manchester Airport to Leeds
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 26m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £18–35
- Website
- https://www.tpexpress.co.uk/
Train from Liverpool Lime Street to Leeds
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 26m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £25–45
- Website
- https://www.tpexpress.co.uk/
- Phone
- +35929311111
- onlineticket@bdz.bg
- Website
- bdz.bg
Train from Sofia Sever to Gorna Oryahovitsa
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 47m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- 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
- £5–8
- Website
- https://www.bdz.bg/en
- 2nd Class
- £5–8
- 1st Class
- £7–8
- Phone
- 0219521
- petitii@cfrcalatori.ro
- Website
- cfrcalatori.ro
Night train from Bucuresti Nord to Wien Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 53m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £70–76
- Website
- https://www.cfrcalatori.ro/en/
Train from Vidin to Craiova
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 13m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £9–11
- 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
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- £55–140
- Website
- https://www.nightjet.com/en/#/home
- Sleeper Carriage
- £100–140
- Couchette Carriage
- £80–95
- Seating Carriage
- £55–65
- 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
- £100–180
- 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 Leeds
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £50–80
- Website
- https://www.lner.co.uk/
Train from Peterborough to Leeds
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 23m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £30–50
- Website
- https://www.lner.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 New Street to Leeds
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 58m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £55–85
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
Train from Stansted Airport to Peterborough
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 24m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £35–50
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 800 200 6060
- enquiries@northernrailway.co.uk
- Website
- northernrailway.co.uk
Train from Liverpool Lime Street to Leeds
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 17m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- £28–55
- Website
- https://www.northernrailway.co.uk/
- Phone
- +421 24 48 58 188
- info@slovakrail.sk
- Website
- zssk.sk
Train from Bratislava Hlavna Stanica to Trencin
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 33m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £5–10
- Website
- https://www.zssk.sk/en/
- Phone
- +420 222 222 221
- info@regiojet.cz
- Website
- regiojet.com
Train from Bratislava Hlavna Stanica to Trencin
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £6–10
- Website
- https://regiojet.com/
- Phone
- +38(098) 343 8282
- callcenter@likebus.ua
- Website
- likebus.ua
Bus from Sofia Central Bus Station to Bucharest
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 50m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £26
- Schedules at
- likebus.ua
- Phone
- +40 230 560 555
- tarsin_irlanda@yahoo.com
- Website
- tarsin.ro
Bus from Bucharest Obor to Manchester, Coach Station
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 31m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- £26–35
- Schedules at
- tarsin.ro
Bus from Cluj-Napoca, Autogara Sens Vest to Manchester, Coach Station
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 27m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- £23–30
- Schedules at
- tarsin.ro
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.fr
Bus from Sofia to Sibiu
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 15m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £40–70
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +4-0726.922.277
- Website
- obada-transmontana.ro
Bus from Sibiu to Cluj-Napoca
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- £17
- Schedules at
- obadatrans.autogari.ro
- Phone
- +4-0231-517.509
- Website
- apetrans.ro
Bus from Sibiu to Cluj-Napoca
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £11–18
- Schedules at
- apetrans.autogari.ro
- Phone
- 08717 81 81 81
- Website
- nationalexpress.com
Bus from Manchester Central Coach Station to Leeds City Bus & Coach Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £8–19
- Website
- https://www.nationalexpress.com/en
- Phone
- +359 88 949 0000
- office@union-ivkoni.com
- Website
- union-ivkoni.com
Bus from Sofia Central Bus Station to Bratislava
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 15m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- £30–45
- Website
- https://union-ivkoni.com/en
- Phone
- +421 55 680 73 06
- onlinepredaj@eurobus.sk
- Website
- eurobus.sk
Bus from Trenčín to Bradford
- Ave. Duration
- 31h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £75–160
- Website
- https://www.eurobus.sk/en
- Phone
- 02/813 33 98
- aleksiev_91_vd@abv.bg
- Website
- aleksiev-91.com
Bus from Sofia Central Bus Station to Vidin
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Schedules at
- aleksiev-91.com
- Phone
- 0040263701919
- latinoexpres@yahoo.com
- Website
- latinoexpres.ro
Busferry from Craiova, Autogara Pelendava Nord to Manchester Piccadilly
- Ave. Duration
- 45h 51m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- £60–150
- Schedules at
- latinoexpres.ro
- Phone
- 01304 44 88 88
- customer.services@poferries.com
- Website
- poferries.com
Car ferry from Calais to Port of Dover
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- £19–27
- Website
- https://www.poferries.com/en
- Phone
- +353 818 300 400
- info@irishferries.fr
- Website
- irishferries.com
Car ferry from Calais to Port of Dover
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £6–40
- Website
- https://www.irishferries.com/uk-en/Travel-to-Ireland
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More Questions & Answers
Sofia to Leeds bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Sibiu station.
Leeds is 2h behind Sofia. It is currently 7:42 AM in Sofia and 5:42 AM in Leeds.
Sofia to Leeds train services, operated by Bulgarian Railways (BDZh), arrive at Gorna Oryahovitsa station.
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