There are 11 ways to get from Stanstead to Belfast by bus, plane, taxi, train, car ferry, busferry, or car
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Bus to London Stansted Airport, fly to Belfast International Airport
best- Take the bus from Railway Station to Coach Stationbus
- Fly from London Stansted Airport (STN) to Belfast International Airport (BFS)plane STN - BFS
5h 49m£42–168Taxi, train, car ferry
- Take the taxi from Stanstead to Audley Endtaxi
- Take the train from Audley End to Tottenham Haletrain
- Take the train from London Euston to Chestertrain
- Take the car ferry from Liverpool to Belfastcarferry
16h 13m£176–329Train, bus, bus and ferry
- Take the train from Bury St Edmunds to Peterboroughtrain
- Take the train from Peterborough to Falkirk Grahamstontrain
- Take the bus from Weir Street to Buchanan Bus Stationbus X37
- Take the busferry from Glasgow Buchanan to Belfast, Europa Buscentrebusferry 923
17h 21mDrive, car ferry
- Drive from Stanstead to Cairnryancar
- Take the car ferry from Cairnryan to Larnecarferry
9h 26m£125–367Train to London City Airport, fly to George Best Belfast City Airport
- Take the train from Marks Tey to Stratford (London)train
- Fly from London City Airport (LCY) to George Best Belfast City Airport (BHD)plane LCY - BHD
5h 23m£127–350Line 41 bus, train, train to London Heathrow Airport, fly to George Best Belfast City Airport
- Take the bus from Stanway Close to Bus Stationbus
- Take the train from Sudbury (Suffolk) to Marks Teytrain
- Take the train from Marks Tey to Stratford (London)train
- Fly from London Heathrow Airport (LHR) to George Best Belfast City Airport (BHD)plane LHR - BHD
6h 8m£106–402Train, train to London Gatwick Airport, fly to George Best Belfast City Airport
- Take the train from Marks Tey to London Liverpool Streettrain
- Take the train from London Bridge to Gatwick Airporttrain
- Fly from London Gatwick Airport (LGW) to George Best Belfast City Airport (BHD)plane LGW - BHD
6h 7m£91–263Train, train to Luton Airport, fly to Belfast International Airport
- Take the train from Marks Tey to Stratford (London)train
- Take the train from Farringdon to Luton Airport Parkwaytrain
- Fly from Luton Airport (LTN) to Belfast International Airport (BFS)plane LTN - BFS
6h 30m£87–284Train, train to Luton Airport, fly to George Best Belfast City Airport
- Take the train from Marks Tey to Stratford (London)train
- Take the train from Farringdon to Luton Airport Parkwaytrain
- Fly from Luton Airport (LTN) to George Best Belfast City Airport (BHD)plane LTN - BHD
6h 9m£108–305Train, car ferry
- Take the train from Thetford to Liverpool Lime Streettrain Norwich - Liverpool Lime Street
- Take the car ferry from Liverpool to Belfastcarferry
17h 56m£160–277Bus, bus and ferry
- Take the bus from Thetford to London Victoriabus
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Buchanan Bus Stationbus
- Take the busferry from Glasgow Buchanan to Belfast, Europa Buscentrebusferry 923
21h 41m
Stanstead to Belfast by bus, foot, train, taxi, and car ferry
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Stanstead to Belfast is to bus and fly which costs £40 - £170 and takes 5h 49m.
The fastest way to get from Stanstead to Belfast is to train and fly which takes 5h 23m and costs £120 - £350.
No, there is no direct bus from Stanstead to Belfast. However, there are services departing from Scotchford Bridge and arriving at Belfast, Europa Buscentre via Bus Station, Thetford, London Victoria and Glasgow Buchanan. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 21h 41m.
The distance between Stanstead and Belfast is 395 miles.
The best way to get from Stanstead to Belfast without a car is to taxi and train and car ferry which takes 16h 13m and costs £170 - £330.
It takes approximately 5h 49m to get from Stanstead to Belfast, including transfers.
Stanstead to Belfast bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Thetford station.
Stanstead to Belfast bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at London Victoria station.
There are 1274+ hotels available in Belfast.
What companies run services between Stanstead, England and Belfast, Northern Ireland?
There is no direct connection from Stanstead to Belfast. However, you can take the line 41 bus to Bus Station, walk to Sudbury (Suffolk), take the train to Marks Tey, walk to Railway Station, take the bus to Coach Station, walk to London Stansted Airport (STN) airport, fly to Belfast International Airport (BFS), walk to Belfast International Airport, then take the bus to Ulster University Belfast. Alternatively, you can take the taxi to Audley End, take the train to Tottenham Hale, walk to Tottenham Hale Station, take the subway to Euston station, walk to London Euston, take the train to Chester, take the train to Birkenhead Hamilton Square, walk to Liverpool, take the car ferry to Belfast, walk to Stena Line terminus, then take the line 96 bus to Ulster University Belfast.
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from London Stansted Airport to Belfast International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 18m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £30–130
Flights from London Stansted Airport to Belfast International Airport via Edinburgh
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £30–130
Flights from London Stansted Airport to Belfast International Airport via Glasgow
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £30–130
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to George Best Belfast City Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £45–140
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to George Best Belfast City Airport via Edinburgh
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £45–140
Flights from Luton Airport to Belfast International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £27–180
Flights from Luton Airport to Belfast International Airport via Edinburgh
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 8m
- When
- Tuesday to Thursday
- Estimated price
- £27–180
Flights from Luton Airport to Belfast International Airport via Glasgow
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 17m
- When
- Friday and Monday
- Estimated price
- £27–180
Flights from Luton Airport to George Best Belfast City Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 17m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Wednesday, Sunday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- £55–200
Flights from Luton Airport to George Best Belfast City Airport via Edinburgh
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- £55–200
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from London City Airport to George Best Belfast City Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £95–260
Flights from London City Airport to George Best Belfast City Airport via Edinburgh
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- £95–260
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to George Best Belfast City Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £60–310
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to George Best Belfast City Airport via Manchester
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 11m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £140–310
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to George Best Belfast City Airport via Edinburgh
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £60–310
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from London Stansted Airport to Belfast International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £23–110
Flights from London Stansted Airport to Belfast International Airport via Edinburgh
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- £23–110
- Phone
- +44 345 600 7245
- contactcentre@greateranglia.co.uk
- Website
- greateranglia.co.uk
Train from Audley End to Tottenham Hale
- Ave. Duration
- 48 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £17–35
- Website
- https://www.greateranglia.co.uk/
Train from Bury St Edmunds to Peterborough
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £26–50
- Website
- https://www.greateranglia.co.uk/
Train from Marks Tey to Stratford (London)
- Ave. Duration
- 46 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £20–40
- Website
- https://www.greateranglia.co.uk/
Train from Sudbury (Suffolk) to Marks Tey
- Ave. Duration
- 19 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £5–11
- Website
- https://www.greateranglia.co.uk/
Train from Marks Tey to Stratford (London)
- Ave. Duration
- 46 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £20–40
- Website
- https://www.greateranglia.co.uk/
Train from Marks Tey to London Liverpool Street
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £22–45
- Website
- https://www.greateranglia.co.uk/
Train from Marks Tey to Stratford (London)
- Ave. Duration
- 46 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £20–40
- Website
- https://www.greateranglia.co.uk/
Train from Marks Tey to Stratford (London)
- Ave. Duration
- 46 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £20–40
- Website
- https://www.greateranglia.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 (0)345 528 0253
- Website
- avantiwestcoast.co.uk
Train from London Euston to Chester
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 4m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- £60–110
- Website
- https://www.avantiwestcoast.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 (0)3457 225 333
- customers@lner.co.uk
- Website
- lner.co.uk
Train from Peterborough to Falkirk Grahamston
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 7m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £110–160
- Website
- https://www.lner.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 (0)345 026 4700
- Website
- thameslinkrailway.com
Train from London Bridge to Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 28 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- £13–28
- Website
- https://www.thameslinkrailway.com/
Train from Farringdon to Luton Airport Parkway
- Ave. Duration
- 36 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- £15–35
- Website
- https://www.thameslinkrailway.com/
Train from Farringdon to Luton Airport Parkway
- Ave. Duration
- 36 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- £15–35
- Website
- https://www.thameslinkrailway.com/
- Phone
- +44 (0)3457 282930
- Website
- southernrailway.com
Train from London Bridge to Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 32 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £13–28
- Website
- https://www.southernrailway.com/
- Phone
- 03457 125 678
- Website
- eastmidlandsrailway.co.uk
Train from Thetford to Liverpool Lime Street
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 9m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £110–170
- Website
- https://www.eastmidlandsrailway.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 (0)3717 81 81 81
- Website
- nationalexpress.com
Bus from Railway Station to Coach Station
- Ave. Duration
- 45 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £4–12
- Website
- https://www.nationalexpress.com/en
Bus from London Victoria to Buchanan Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 35m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £70–190
- Website
- https://www.nationalexpress.com/en
Bus from Weir Street to Buchanan Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £4–7
- Website
- https://www.mcgillsscotlandeast.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 28 9066 6630
- Website
- translink.co.uk
Busferry from Glasgow Buchanan to Belfast, Europa Buscentre
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 10m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Website
- https://www.translink.co.uk/
Busferry from Glasgow Buchanan to Belfast, Europa Buscentre
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 10m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Website
- https://www.translink.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 330 102 0801
- services@hedingham.co.uk
- Website
- konectbuses.co.uk
Bus from Stanway Close to Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 21 min
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- £2–3
- Website
- https://www.konectbuses.co.uk/
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.fr
Bus from Thetford to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £8–15
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from London Victoria to Buchanan Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 15m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- £40–70
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +44 844 770 7070
- info.se@stenaline.com
- Website
- stenaline.dk
Car ferry from Liverpool to Belfast
- Ave. Duration
- 8h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £29–80
- Website
- https://www.stenalinetravel.com/
- Passenger
- £36
- Car Passenger
- £139
Car ferry from Liverpool to Belfast
- Ave. Duration
- 8h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £29–80
- Website
- https://www.stenalinetravel.com/
- Passenger
- £36
- Car Passenger
- £139
- Phone
- 01304 44 88 88
- customer.services@poferries.com
- Website
- poferries.com
Car ferry from Cairnryan to Larne
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £25–220
- Website
- https://www.poferries.com/en
- Passenger Standard
- £25–45
- Passenger Car
- £130–220
- Ave. Duration
- 44 min
- Estimated price
- £55–70
Sudbury Cab Company
- Phone
- +44 1787 373 222
- Website
- sudburycab.co.uk
Fox Cars Taxis & Private Hire
- Phone
- +44 1787 881 212
- Website
- elite-taxis.co.uk
Delta Hackney Carriage
- Phone
- +44 7484 811 777
AAA Cabs
- Phone
- +44 1787 868 686
- Website
- aaacabsltd.co.uk
CLM Taxis
- Phone
- +44 7497 554 038
- Website
- c-l-m-taxis.business.site
Bury Saint Edmunds Taxi Rank
- Phone
- +44 1284 753 836
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