There are 13 ways to get from Ulster to London by bus, plane, ferry, train, car ferry, busferry, or car
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Bus to City Of Derry Airport, fly to London Heathrow Airport
best- Take the bus from Letterkenny Bus Station to Ulsterbus Depot
- Fly from City Of Derry Airport (LDY) to London Heathrow Airport (LHR)LDY - LHR
4h 55m£105–261Bus to Dublin Airport, fly to Luton Airport, train
cheapest- Take the bus from Castleblayney to Dublin Airport Terminal 2 Zone 19
- Fly from Dublin Airport (DUB) to Luton Airport (LTN)DUB - LTN
- Take the train from Luton Airport Parkway to London St Pancras Intl
5h 11m£51–168Bus, ferry, train
- Take the bus from Letterkenny Bus Station to Dublin Airport Zone 16932
- Take the ferry from Dublin Ferryport B+I to Holyhead Ferry0
- Take the train from Holyhead to London Euston
13h 15m£135–217Train, car ferry
- Take the train from Derry-Londonderry to Yorkgate
- Take the car ferry from Belfast to Liverpool
- Take the train from Liverpool Lime Street to London Euston
15h 50m£97–295Bus, bus and ferry via Aughnacloy
- Take the bus from Letterkenny Bus Station to Ballygawley32
- Take the bus from Ballygawley Park and Ride to Grand Central Station Stand 2273 / ...
- Take the busferry from Belfast, Europa Buscentre to Glasgow Buchanan923
- Take the bus from Buchanan Bus Station to London Victoria
19h 26mTrain to George Best Belfast City Airport, fly to London Heathrow Airport
- Take the train from Dundalk to Belfast Grand Central
- Fly from George Best Belfast City Airport (BHD) to London Heathrow Airport (LHR)BHD - LHR
5h 16m£83–322Bus to Dublin Airport, fly to London Heathrow Airport
- Take the bus from Castleblayney to Dublin Airport Terminal 2 Zone 19
- Fly from Dublin Airport (DUB) to London Heathrow Airport (LHR)DUB - LHR
4h 53m£74–196Bus to Dublin Airport, fly to London City Airport
- Take the bus from Castleblayney to Dublin Airport Terminal 2 Zone 19
- Fly from Dublin Airport (DUB) to London City Airport (LCY)DUB - LCY
5h 4m£86–233Train to Belfast International Airport, fly to Luton Airport, train
- Take the train from Dundalk to Belfast Grand Central
- Fly from Belfast International Airport (BFS) to Luton Airport (LTN)BFS - LTN
- Take the train from Luton Airport Parkway to London St Pancras Intl
5h 57m£57–149Bus to Dublin Airport, fly to London Stansted Airport
- Take the bus from Castleblayney to Dublin Airport Terminal 2 Zone 19
- Fly from Dublin Airport (DUB) to London Stansted Airport (STN)DUB - STN
5h 28m£57–166Bus, train to Belfast International Airport, fly to London Stansted Airport
- Take the bus from Carrickmacross to Dundalk Clarke Station
- Take the train from Dundalk to Belfast Grand Central
- Fly from Belfast International Airport (BFS) to London Stansted Airport (STN)BFS - STN
6h 14m£64–157Bus, bus and ferry
- Take the bus from Derry Londonderry Bus Station to Belfast, Europa Buscentre212
- Take the busferry from Belfast, Europa Buscentre to Glasgow Buchanan923
- Take the bus from Glasgow to London, Finchley Road ("Subway" restaurant)
20h 42mDrive, car ferry
- Drive from Letterkenny to Belfast
- Take the car ferry from Belfast to Cairnryan
- Drive from Cairnryan to London
11h 15m£147–232
Ulster to London by bus, foot, ferry, and train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Ulster to London is to bus and fly and train which costs £50 - £170 and takes 5h 11m.
The fastest way to get from Ulster to London is to bus and fly which takes 4h 53m and costs £70 - £200.
No, there is no direct bus from Ulster station to London. However, there are services departing from Letterkenny Bus Station and arriving at London Victoria via Ballygawley Park and Ride, Belfast, Europa Buscentre and Buchanan Bus Station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 19h 26m.
The distance between Ulster and London is 417 miles.
The best way to get from Ulster to London without a car is to bus and ferry and train which takes 13h 15m and costs £130 - £220.
It takes approximately 4h 55m to get from Ulster to London, including transfers.
Ulster to London bus services, operated by Expressway (Bus Éireann), depart from Letterkenny Bus Station.
Ulster to London bus services, operated by Expressway (Bus Éireann), arrive at Ballygawley station.
There are 20704+ hotels available in London.
What companies run services between Ulster, Ireland and London, England?
There is no direct connection from Ulster to London. However, you can take the bus to Ulsterbus Depot, take the line 234 bus to City of Derry Airport, walk to City Of Derry Airport (LDY) airport, fly to London Heathrow Airport (LHR), walk to Heathrow Terminals 2 & 3, then take the train to London Paddington. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Letterkenny Bus Station to London Euston via Dublin Airport Zone 16, Dublin Airport Terminal 2 Zone 21, The Point, Dublin Ferryport B+I, Holyhead Ferry, and Holyhead in around 13h 15m.
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from City Of Derry Airport to London Heathrow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £90–220
Flights from George Best Belfast City Airport to London Heathrow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 26m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £55–260
Flights from George Best Belfast City Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Manchester
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 2m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £130–410
Flights from George Best Belfast City Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Glasgow
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £55–260
Flights from Dublin Airport to London Heathrow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 23m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £45–150
Flights from Dublin Airport to London City Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £65–190
- Website
- aerlingus.com
Flights from George Best Belfast City Airport to London Heathrow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 26m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £55–260
Flights from Dublin Airport to London Heathrow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 23m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £45–150
Flights from Dublin Airport to London City Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £65–190
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Dublin Airport to Luton Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £25–110
Flights from Dublin Airport to Luton Airport via Kerry
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 7m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £25–110
Flights from Dublin Airport to London Stansted Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £25–110
Flights from Dublin Airport to London Stansted Airport via Kerry
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £25–110
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Belfast International Airport to Luton Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £20–85
Flights from Belfast International Airport to Luton Airport via Glasgow
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 57m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- £20–85
Flights from Belfast International Airport to Luton Airport via Edinburgh
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 2m
- When
- Thursday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £20–85
Flights from Belfast International Airport to London Stansted Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 16m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £19–95
Flights from Belfast International Airport to London Stansted Airport via Glasgow
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Thursday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £19–95
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Dublin Airport to London Stansted Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £27–110
Flights from Belfast International Airport to London Stansted Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £23–85
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from City Of Derry Airport to London Heathrow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £90–220
Flights from Dublin Airport to London City Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £55–310
- Website
- loganair.co.uk
Flights from City Of Derry Airport to London Heathrow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £90–220
- Phone
- +44 345 528 0253
- Website
- avantiwestcoast.co.uk
Train from Holyhead to London Euston
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 47m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- £50–100
- Website
- https://www.avantiwestcoast.co.uk/
Train from Liverpool Lime Street to London Euston
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £40–190
- Website
- https://www.avantiwestcoast.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 28 9066 6630
- Website
- translink.co.uk
Train from Derry-Londonderry to Yorkgate
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 56m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £15–22
- Website
- https://www.translink.co.uk/
Train from Dundalk to Belfast Grand Central
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £11–16
- Website
- https://www.translink.co.uk/
- Phone
- +353 1 836 6222
- info@irishrail.ie
- Website
- irishrail.ie
Train from Dundalk to Belfast Grand Central
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £7–11
- Website
- https://www.irishrail.ie/en-ie/
- Flexible
- £7–11
- Phone
- 0345 026 4700
- Website
- thameslinkrailway.com
Train from Luton Airport Parkway to London St Pancras Intl
- Ave. Duration
- 33 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- £7–24
- Website
- https://www.thameslinkrailway.com/
- Phone
- 03457 125 678
- Website
- eastmidlandsrailway.co.uk
Train from Luton Airport Parkway to London St Pancras Intl
- Ave. Duration
- 23 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £7–24
- Website
- https://www.eastmidlandsrailway.co.uk/
- Phone
- 0818 15 15 15
- Website
- expressway.ie
Bus from Letterkenny Bus Station to Ulsterbus Depot
- Ave. Duration
- 40 min
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £10–14
- Website
- https://www.expressway.ie/
Bus from Letterkenny Bus Station to Ballygawley
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- £13–19
- Website
- https://www.expressway.ie/
Bus from Castleblayney to Dublin Airport Terminal 2 Zone 19
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 7m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- £14–20
- Website
- https://www.expressway.ie/
- Phone
- +353 1 836 6111
- Website
- buseireann.ie
Bus from Letterkenny Bus Station to Ulsterbus Depot
- Ave. Duration
- 39 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £5–8
- Website
- https://www.buseireann.ie/
Bus from Carrickmacross to Dundalk Clarke Station
- Ave. Duration
- 27 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £4–7
- Website
- https://www.buseireann.ie/
- Phone
- 074 9135201
- info@johnmcginley.com
- Website
- johnmcginley.com
Bus from Letterkenny Bus Station to Dublin Airport Zone 16
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £21–26
- Website
- Mc Ginley Coach Travel
- Phone
- +44 28 9066 6630
- Website
- translink.co.uk
Bus from Ballygawley Park and Ride to Grand Central Station Stand 2
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 18m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Website
- https://www.translink.co.uk/
Busferry from Belfast, Europa Buscentre to Glasgow Buchanan
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 5m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Website
- https://www.translink.co.uk/
Bus from Derry Londonderry Bus Station to Belfast, Europa Buscentre
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- https://www.translink.co.uk/
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Buchanan Bus Station to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 20m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £22–80
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Glasgow to London, Finchley Road ("Subway" restaurant)
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 45m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £22–80
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- 047 51840
- cm@locallink.ie
- Website
- locallinkcm.ie
Bus from Carrickmacross to Dundalk Clarke Station
- Ave. Duration
- 36 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Website
- https://www.locallinkcm.ie/
- Phone
- +44 844 770 7070
- info.se@stenaline.com
- Website
- stenaline.dk
Ferry from Dublin Ferryport B+I to Holyhead Ferry
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 31m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- £55–80
- Website
- https://www.stenalinetravel.com/
Car ferry from Belfast to Liverpool
- Ave. Duration
- 8h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £35–65
- Website
- https://www.stenalinetravel.com/
Car ferry from Belfast to Cairnryan
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 22m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £30–50
- Website
- https://www.stenalinetravel.com/
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