There are 12 ways to get from Sofia to Nottingham by plane, bus, night train, train, busferry, car, car train, or car ferry
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Fly to East Midlands Airport
best- Fly from Sofia Airport (SOF) to East Midlands Airport (EMA)plane SOF - EMA
8h 27m£53–173Bus
- Take the bus from Sofia to Bucharestbus
- Take the bus from Bucharest Obor to Lutonbus
- Take the bus from Airport Bus Station to Broad Marsh Bus Stationbus 230 / ...
31h 27m£73–110Bus, night train, train
- Take the bus from Sofia Serdica Bus Station to Vienna, Central Station Südtiroler Platzbus
- 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 London St Pancras Intl to Nottinghamtrain
37h 48m£257–467Train, night train
- Take the train from Sofia Sever to Gorna Oryahovitsatrain
- 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 London St Pancras Intl to Nottinghamtrain
47h 14m£292–505Fly to Birmingham Airport, train
- Fly from Sofia Airport (SOF) to Birmingham Airport (BHX)plane SOF - BHX
- Take the train from Birmingham New Street to Nottinghamtrain
7h 54m£81–227Fly to Luton Airport, train
- Fly from Sofia Airport (SOF) to Luton Airport (LTN)plane SOF - LTN
- Take the train from Luton Airport Parkway to Ketteringtrain
- Take the train from Kettering to Nottinghamtrain
7h 59m£91–359Fly to London Heathrow Airport, train
- Fly from Sofia Airport (SOF) to London Heathrow Airport (LHR)plane SOF - LHR
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Nottinghamtrain
9h 7m£151–304Fly 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 Elytrain
- Take the train from Ely to Nottinghamtrain
9h 40m£86–307Fly to Liverpool, train
- Fly from Sofia Airport (SOF) to Liverpool (LPL)plane SOF - LPL
- Take the train from Liverpool South Parkway to Nottinghamtrain
9h 39m£106–257Bus, bus and ferry
- Take the bus from Sofia to Drobeta-Turnu Severinbus
- Take the bus from Drobeta-Turnu Severin to Motrubus
- Take the busferry from Motru to Northamptonbusferry
- Take the bus from Northampton Town Centre to Nottingham Broad Marsh Bus Stationbus
2d 4hDrive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Sofia to Calais-Fréthuncar
- Take the car train from Calais-Fréthun to Folkestonecartrain
- Drive from Folkestone to Nottinghamcar
24h 30mDrive, car ferry
- Drive from Sofia to Calaiscar
- Take the car ferry from Calais to Port of Dovercarferry
- Drive from Port of Dover to Nottinghamcar
25h 36m£357–551
Sofia to Nottingham by bus, night train, and train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Sofia to Nottingham is to bus which costs £70 - £110 and takes 31h 27m.
The fastest way to get from Sofia to Nottingham is to fly and train which takes 7h 54m and costs £80 - £230.
No, there is no direct bus from Sofia to Nottingham station. However, there are services departing from Sofia and arriving at Nottingham Broad Marsh Bus Station via Drobeta-Turnu Severin, Motru and Northampton Town Centre. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 2 days 4h.
No, there is no direct train from Sofia to Nottingham. However, there are services departing from Sofia Sever and arriving at Nottingham via Gorna Oryahovitsa, Bucuresti Nord, Wien Hbf, Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi and London St Pancras Intl. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 47h 14m.
The distance between Sofia and Nottingham is 1366 miles.
The best way to get from Sofia to Nottingham without a car is to bus which takes 31h 27m and costs £70 - £110.
It takes approximately 8h 27m to get from Sofia to Nottingham, including transfers.
Sofia to Nottingham bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Sofia station.
Sofia to Nottingham train services, operated by Bulgarian Railways (BDZh), depart from Sofia Sever station.
The best way to get from Sofia to Nottingham is to fly which takes 8h 27m and costs £50 - £180. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs £70 - £110 and takes 31h 27m.
What companies run services between Sofia, Bulgaria and Nottingham, England?
Ryanair, Wizz Air, and two other airlines fly from Sofia Airport (SOF) to East Midlands Airport (EMA) 3 times a day. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Sofia to Broad Marsh Bus Station via Bucharest, Gara de Nord, Teiul Doamnei, Bucharest Obor, and Airport Bus Station in around 31h 27m.
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Sofia Airport to East Midlands Airport via Berlin Brandenburg
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 47m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £50–270
Flights from Sofia Airport to East Midlands Airport via Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 5m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £45–190
Flights from Sofia Airport to East Midlands Airport via Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £45–170
Flights from Sofia Airport to East Midlands Airport via Krakow
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 30m
- When
- Monday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £50–170
Flights from Sofia Airport to Birmingham Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £45–160
Flights from Sofia Airport to Birmingham Airport via Beauvais
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 50m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £45–160
Flights from Sofia Airport to Birmingham Airport via Venice Treviso
- Ave. Duration
- 7h
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- £45–160
Flights from Sofia Airport to London Stansted Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £27–210
Flights from Sofia Airport to London Stansted Airport via Budapest
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- £27–210
Flights from Sofia Airport to London Stansted Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- When
- Monday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £27–210
Flights from Sofia Airport to London Stansted Airport via Eindhoven
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- When
- Monday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- £27–210
Flights from Sofia Airport to Liverpool
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £50–170
Flights from Sofia Airport to Liverpool via Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 55m
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £50–180
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Sofia Airport to Birmingham Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 23m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £60–260
Flights from Sofia Airport to Birmingham Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £60–260
Flights from Sofia Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £80–180
- Website
- jet2.com
Flights from Sofia Airport to East Midlands Airport via Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 7h
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £55–200
Flights from Sofia Airport to East Midlands Airport via Berlin Brandenburg
- Ave. Duration
- 10h
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- £50–170
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Sofia Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £65–280
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Sofia Airport to Luton Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £35–100
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Sofia Airport to London Heathrow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £50–170
- Website
- air.bg
Flights from Sofia Airport to London Heathrow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £75–130
- Phone
- +43 51717
- Website
- nightjet.com
Night train from Wien Hbf to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 20m
- Frequency
- 5 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
- £95–170
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Phone
- 03457 125 678
- Website
- eastmidlandsrailway.co.uk
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Nottingham
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £60–95
- Website
- https://www.eastmidlandsrailway.co.uk/
Train from Luton Airport Parkway to Kettering
- Ave. Duration
- 37 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £21–35
- Website
- https://www.eastmidlandsrailway.co.uk/
Train from Kettering to Nottingham
- Ave. Duration
- 57 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £27–40
- Website
- https://www.eastmidlandsrailway.co.uk/
Train from Ely to Nottingham
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 47m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £40–65
- Website
- https://www.eastmidlandsrailway.co.uk/
Train from Liverpool South Parkway to Nottingham
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 28m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £55–85
- Website
- https://www.eastmidlandsrailway.co.uk/
- Phone
- +35929311111
- onlineticket@bdz.bg
- Website
- bdz.bg
Train from Sofia Sever to Gorna Oryahovitsa
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 38m
- Frequency
- Every 4 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
- 17h 53m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £70–80
- Website
- https://www.cfrcalatori.ro/en/
Train from Birmingham New Street to Nottingham
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £30–45
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
Train from Stansted Airport to Ely
- Ave. Duration
- 49 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £20–30
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
Train from Stansted Airport to Ely
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- £19–35
- Website
- https://www.greateranglia.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
- +38(098) 343 8282
- callcenter@likebus.ua
- Website
- likebus.ua
Bus from Sofia 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 Luton
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 17m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- £25–35
- Schedules at
- tarsin.ro
- Phone
- 08717 81 81 81
- Website
- nationalexpress.com
Bus from Airport Bus Station to Broad Marsh Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £19–45
- Website
- https://www.nationalexpress.com/en
- Phone
- +359 0885700870
- support@citylines.eu
- Website
- citylines.eu
Bus from Sofia Serdica Bus Station to Vienna, Central Station Südtiroler Platz
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 20m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- £45–65
- Website
- https://citylines.eu/
- 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
- £21–40
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Northampton Town Centre to Nottingham Broad Marsh Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £6–11
- 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 Northampton
- Ave. Duration
- 39h 38m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- £55–150
- 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
- £7–18
- Website
- https://www.poferries.com/en
- 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
- £5–40
- Website
- https://www.irishferries.com/uk-en/Travel-to-Ireland
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More Questions & Answers
Sofia to Nottingham bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Drobeta-Turnu Severin station.
Nottingham is 2h behind Sofia. It is currently 7:53 AM in Sofia and 5:53 AM in Nottingham.
Sofia to Nottingham train services, operated by Bulgarian Railways (BDZh), arrive at Gorna Oryahovitsa station.
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