There are 12 ways to get from Sofia to Poole by plane, train, night train, bus, car, car train, or car ferry
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Fly to London Heathrow Airport, train
best- Fly from Sofia Airport (SOF) to London Heathrow Airport (LHR)SOF - LHR
- Take the train from Woking to Poole
9h 16m£100–220Train, night train, bus
cheapest- 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 Birmingham
- Take the train from Birmingham New Street to Bournemouth
34h 24m£60–205Drive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Sofia to Calais-Fréthun
- Take the car train from Calais-Fréthun to Folkestone
- Drive from Folkestone to Poole
24h 3mFly to London Stansted Airport, train
- Fly from Sofia Airport (SOF) to London Stansted Airport (STN)SOF - STN
- Take the train from London Waterloo to Poole
9h 35m£68–252Fly to Luton Airport, train
- Fly from Sofia Airport (SOF) to Luton Airport (LTN)SOF - LTN
- Take the train from Luton Airport Parkway to West Hampstead Thameslink
- Take the train from London Waterloo to Poole
9h 33m£66–229Fly to Birmingham Airport, train
- Fly from Sofia Airport (SOF) to Birmingham Airport (BHX)SOF - BHX
- Take the train from Birmingham International to Bournemouth
10h 3m£123–436Fly to Bristol Airport, train
- Fly from Sofia Airport (SOF) to Bristol Airport (BRS)SOF - BRS
- Take the train from Bristol Temple Meads to Southampton Central
- Take the train from Southampton Central to Poole
9h 37m£80–310Fly to London Gatwick Airport, train
- Fly from Sofia Airport (SOF) to London Gatwick Airport (LGW)SOF - LGW
- Take the train from Clapham Junction to Poole
9h 25m£108–213Bus, train via Rotterdam
- 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 London Waterloo to Poole
42h 7m£298–441Bus
- Take the bus from Sofia Central Bus Station to Ruse Central Bus Station
- Take the bus from Ruse to Buchurest
- Take the bus from Bucharest to London Victoria
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Seldown Coach Station035 / ...
42h 21m£147–180Bus, train
- Take the bus from Sofia to Tirana
- Take the bus from Tirana to Brighton
- Take the train from Brighton to Southampton Central
- Take the train from Southampton Central to Poole
2d 3hDrive, car ferry
- Drive from Sofia to Calais
- Take the car ferry from Calais to Port of Dover
- Drive from Port of Dover to Poole
25h 7m£375–545
Sofia to Poole by bus, train, subway, and foot
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Sofia to Poole is to train and night train and bus which costs £55 - £210 and takes 34h 24m.
The fastest way to get from Sofia to Poole is to fly and train which takes 9h 16m and costs £100 - £220.
No, there is no direct bus from Sofia station to Poole station. However, there are services departing from Sofia Central Bus Station and arriving at Seldown Coach Station via Ruse, Bucharest and London Victoria. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 42h 21m.
The distance between Sofia and Poole is 1389 miles.
The best way to get from Sofia to Poole without a car is to train and night train and bus which takes 34h 24m and costs £55 - £210.
It takes approximately 9h 16m to get from Sofia to Poole, including transfers.
Sofia to Poole bus services, operated by Union Ivkoni, depart from Sofia Central Bus Station.
Sofia to Poole bus services, operated by Union Ivkoni, arrive at Ruse Central Bus Station.
Poole is 2h behind Sofia. It is currently 11:48 AM in Sofia and 9:48 AM in Poole.
There are 2202+ hotels available in Poole.
What companies run services between Sofia, Bulgaria and Poole, England?
You can take a bus from Sofia Central Bus Station to Seldown Coach Station via Ruse, Buchurest, Bucharest, and London Victoria in around 42h 21m.
Transport is disrupted due to the Russia-Ukraine war. Read more
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Sofia Airport to London Stansted Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £29–130
Flights from Sofia Airport to London Stansted Airport via Nuremberg
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- £29–130
Flights from Sofia Airport to London Stansted Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- £29–130
Flights from Sofia Airport to London Stansted Airport via Cologne Bonn
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 30m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- £29–130
Flights from Sofia Airport to London Stansted Airport via Eindhoven
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 5m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £29–130
Flights from Sofia Airport to London Stansted Airport via Karlsruhe/Baden Baden
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 10m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- £29–130
Flights from Sofia Airport to Luton Airport via Venice Treviso
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 35m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £45–160
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
Flights from Sofia Airport to Bristol Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £45–110
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Sofia Airport to Birmingham Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 31m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £60–280
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Sofia Airport to London Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 33m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £40–170
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Sofia Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £80–160
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Sofia Airport to Luton Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £24–70
- 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
- Website
- air.bg
Flights from Sofia Airport to London Heathrow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £85–160
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Sofia Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 20m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £60–270
- Website
- lufthansa-city.com
Flights from Sofia Airport to Birmingham Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Thursday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £60–280
- Phone
- 0345 6000 650
- Website
- southwesternrailway.com
Train from Woking to Poole
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £30–60
- Website
- https://www.southwesternrailway.com/
Train from London Waterloo to Poole
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 9m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £20–80
- Website
- https://www.southwesternrailway.com/
Train from Southampton Central to Poole
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £6–20
- Website
- https://www.southwesternrailway.com/
Train from Clapham Junction to Poole
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 2m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- £30–75
- Website
- https://www.southwesternrailway.com/
- 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
Train from Birmingham New Street to Bournemouth
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 12m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £23–150
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
Train from Birmingham International to Bournemouth
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 2m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £55–300
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.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
- 0345 026 4700
- Website
- thameslinkrailway.com
Train from Luton Airport Parkway to West Hampstead Thameslink
- Ave. Duration
- 23 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- £15–20
- Website
- https://www.thameslinkrailway.com/
- Phone
- +44 3457 000 125
- gwr.feedback@gwr.com
- Website
- gwr.com
Train from Bristol Temple Meads to Southampton Central
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £19–110
- Website
- https://www.gwr.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
- £200–250
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- Phone
- +44 3451 27 29 20
- Website
- southernrailway.com
Train from Brighton to Southampton Central
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 48m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £14–25
- Website
- https://www.southernrailway.com/
- Phone
- +40 230 562 929
- tarsin_irlanda@yahoo.com
- Website
- tarsin.ro
Bus from Bucharest Obor to Birmingham
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 27m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- £22–29
- Schedules at
- tarsin.ro
- Phone
- 07001 8282
- booking@union-ivkoni.com
- Website
- union-ivkoni.com
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 Central Bus Station to Ruse Central Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £11–16
- Website
- https://union-ivkoni.com/en
- Phone
- +359 2 989000
- support.eu@union-ivkoni.com
- Website
- union-ivkoni.com
Bus from Sofia Central Bus Station to Ruse Central Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £10–13
- Website
- https://union-ivkoni.com/en
- Phone
- +359 899199328
- omega_group@abv.bg
- Website
- bgrazpisanie.com
Bus from Ruse to Buchurest
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- £6–9
- Website
- https://bgrazpisanie.com/en/transport_company/omega+group+84
- Phone
- +40 745 766 766
- dispecerat@maxibustravel.ro
- Website
- maxibustravel.ro
Bus from Bucharest to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 30h
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- £120
- Schedules at
- maxibustravel.ro
- Phone
- 08717 81 81 81
- Website
- nationalexpress.com
Bus from London Victoria to Seldown Coach Station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £10–35
- Website
- https://www.nationalexpress.com/en
- Phone
- +355 68 391 1009
- nelatraveltours@gmail.com
- Website
- nelatravel.site
Bus from Sofia to Tirana
- Ave. Duration
- 11h
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- £35
- Schedules at
- nelatravel.site
- Phone
- +355 69 232 8000
- info@anumitravel.com
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Tirana to Brighton
- Ave. Duration
- 36h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- 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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