There are 13 ways to get from York to Istanbul by train, plane, bus, night train, car, car train, busferry, or car ferry
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Train to Manchester Airport, fly to Istanbul
best- Take the train from York to Manchester Airporttrain
- Fly from Manchester Airport (MAN) to Istanbul (IST)plane MAN - IST
8h 59m₺5,540–16,000Train, bus, night train
cheapest- Take the train from York to Manchester Piccadillytrain
- Take the bus from Manchester, Coach Station to Bucharest Oborbus
- Take the night train from Bucharest to Halkalinighttrain
36h 42m₺3,307–5,977Train, night train
- Take the train from York to King's Crosstrain
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Miditrain Eil
- Take the night train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to Wien Hbfnighttrain Nj
- Take the train from Wien Hbf to Bucuresti Nordtrain 347
- Take the night train from Bucharest to Halkalinighttrain
2d 2h₺20,186–49,247Drive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from York to Folkestonecar
- Take the car train from Folkestone to Calais-Fréthuncartrain
- Drive from Calais-Fréthun to Istanbulcar
30h 30mTrain to Manchester Airport, fly to Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport
- Take the train from York to Manchester Airporttrain
- Fly from Manchester Airport (MAN) to Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport (SAW)plane MAN - SAW
9h 16m₺5,053–12,021Fly Leeds Bradford International Airport to Istanbul
- Fly from Leeds Bradford International Airport (LBA) to Istanbul (IST)plane LBA - IST
10h 50m₺4,770–17,705Fly Leeds Bradford International Airport to Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport
- Fly from Leeds Bradford International Airport (LBA) to Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport (SAW)plane LBA - SAW
11h 22m₺5,283–18,726Train to Birmingham Airport, fly to Istanbul
- Take the train from York to Birmingham New Streettrain
- Fly from Birmingham Airport (BHX) to Istanbul (IST)plane BHX - IST
9h 25m₺5,514–16,780Train, train to Humberside Airport, fly to Istanbul
- Take the train from York to Doncastertrain
- Take the train from Doncaster to Barnetbytrain
- Fly from Humberside Airport (HUY) to Istanbul (IST)plane HUY - IST
12h 57m₺10,792–46,244Train, bus, night train via London
- Take the train from York to King's Crosstrain
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Bucharestbus
- Take the night train from Bucharest to Halkalinighttrain
44h 3m₺9,555–13,376Bus
- Take the bus from Rail Station to London Victoria Coach Station Arrivalsbus 561 / ...
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Munich central bus stationbus
- Take the bus from Munich to Istanbulbus
2d 7h₺9,194–17,299Train, bus and ferry, night train
- Take the train from York to Manchester Piccadillytrain
- Take the busferry from Manchester Piccadilly to Bucharestbusferry
- Take the night train from Bucharest to Halkalinighttrain
3d 7h₺5,387–12,957Drive, car ferry
- Drive from York to Port of Dovercar
- Take the car ferry from Port of Dover to Calaiscarferry
- Drive from Calais to Istanbulcar
31h 37m₺26,656–39,770
York to Istanbul by bus
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from York to Istanbul is to train and bus and night train which costs 3.300 ₺ - 6.000 ₺ and takes 36h 42m.
The fastest way to get from York to Istanbul is to train and fly which takes 8h 59m and costs 5.500 ₺ - 16.000 ₺.
No, there is no direct bus from York station to Istanbul. However, there are services departing from Rail Station and arriving at Istanbul via London Victoria and Munich. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 2 days 7h.
No, there is no direct train from York to Istanbul. However, there are services departing from York and arriving at Yenikapi via London St Pancras Intl, Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi, Wien Hbf, Bucharest and Halkali. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 2 days 2h.
The distance between York and Istanbul is 2837 km.
The best way to get from York to Istanbul without a car is to train and bus and night train which takes 36h 42m and costs 3.300 ₺ - 6.000 ₺.
It takes approximately 8h 59m to get from York to Istanbul, including transfers.
York to Istanbul bus services, operated by National Express, depart from Rail Station.
York to Istanbul train services, operated by London North Eastern Railway Limited (LNER), depart from York station.
The best way to get from York to Istanbul is to fly which takes 10h 50m and costs 4.700 ₺ - 18.000 ₺. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs 9.000 ₺ - 18.000 ₺ and takes 2 days 7h.
What companies run services between York, England and Istanbul, Turkey?
KLM, Jet2.com, and five other airlines fly from Leeds Bradford International Airport (LBA) to Istanbul (IST) 5 times a day. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Rail Station to Istanbul via London Victoria Coach Station Arrivals, London Victoria, and Munich in around 2d 7h.
- Website
- turkishairlines.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 13m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₺4,800–17,000
Flights from Leeds Bradford International Airport to Istanbul via Budapest
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- ₺5,500–19,000
Flights from Leeds Bradford International Airport to Istanbul via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₺8,000–30,000
Flights from Leeds Bradford International Airport to Istanbul via Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 9h
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- ₺4,700–19,000
Flights from Leeds Bradford International Airport to Istanbul via Split
- Ave. Duration
- 10h
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₺6,000–20,000
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₺6,500–26,000
Flights from Humberside Airport to Istanbul via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₺15,000–60,000
Flights from Humberside Airport to Istanbul via Amsterdam Schiphol, Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₺9,500–44,000
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Leeds Bradford International Airport to Istanbul via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₺5,000–23,000
Flights from Leeds Bradford International Airport to Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₺5,000–24,000
Flights from Humberside Airport to Istanbul via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₺9,500–44,000
- Website
- ajet.com
Flights from Leeds Bradford International Airport to Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport via Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₺5,000–18,000
Flights from Leeds Bradford International Airport to Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport via Budapest
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 10m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- ₺6,000–20,000
Flights from Leeds Bradford International Airport to Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport via Berlin Brandenburg
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 50m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- ₺5,000–19,000
Flights from Leeds Bradford International Airport to Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 25m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- ₺6,000–20,000
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Istanbul via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₺5,000–21,000
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Istanbul via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₺5,000–21,000
- Website
- flypgs.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₺4,600–21,000
- Website
- airserbia.com
Flights from Humberside Airport to Istanbul via Amsterdam Schiphol, Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₺9,500–44,000
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- ₺3,500–11,000
- Website
- animawings.com
Flights from Leeds Bradford International Airport to Istanbul via Cluj-Napoca
- Ave. Duration
- 7h
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₺4,500–17,000
- Website
- croatiaairlines.com
Flights from Leeds Bradford International Airport to Istanbul via Split
- Ave. Duration
- 10h
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₺6,000–20,000
- Phone
- +44 345 600 1671
- tpecustomer.relations@tpexpress.co.uk
- Website
- tpexpress.co.uk
Train from York to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 48m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ₺1,300–3,000
- Website
- https://www.tpexpress.co.uk/
Train from York to Manchester Piccadilly
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 39m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- ₺850–2,400
- Website
- https://www.tpexpress.co.uk/
Train from Doncaster to Barnetby
- Ave. Duration
- 39 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ₺700–800
- Website
- https://www.tpexpress.co.uk/
- Phone
- +35929311111
- onlineticket@bdz.bg
- Website
- bdz.bg
Night train from Bucharest to Halkali
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 8m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- ₺900–1,600
- Website
- https://www.bdz.bg/en
- 2nd Class
- ₺900–1,300
- 1st Class
- ₺1,200–1,600
- Phone
- +44 345 722 5333
- customers@lner.co.uk
- Website
- lner.co.uk
Train from York to King's Cross
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 51m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- ₺1,900–4,600
- Website
- https://www.lner.co.uk/
Train from York to Doncaster
- Ave. Duration
- 23 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ₺550–1,100
- Website
- https://www.lner.co.uk/
Train from York to King's Cross
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 58m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- ₺1,500–4,600
- Website
- https://www.grandcentralrail.com/
Train from York to Doncaster
- Ave. Duration
- 19 min
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- ₺1,420–1,450
- Website
- https://www.grandcentralrail.com/
- Phone
- +44 343 218 6186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 4m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- ₺3,200–14,000
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Phone
- +43 51717
- Website
- nightjet.com
Night train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to Wien Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 7m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- ₺4,500–14,000
- Website
- https://www.nightjet.com/en/#/home
- Sleeper Carriage
- ₺13,000–14,000
- Couchette Carriage
- ₺8,000–10,000
- Seating Carriage
- ₺4,500–6,000
Train from Wien Hbf to Bucuresti Nord
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- ₺10,000–15,000
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/
- Phone
- +44 (0) 8443 35 35 35
- Website
- leshuttle.com
Car train from Folkestone to Calais-Fréthun
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- https://www.leshuttle.com/uk-en
Train from York to Birmingham New Street
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 52m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ₺1,200–5,500
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
Train from York to Doncaster
- Ave. Duration
- 21 min
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- ₺550–1,500
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
- Phone
- +40 230 562 929
- tarsin_irlanda@yahoo.com
- Website
- tarsin.ro
Bus from Manchester, Coach Station to Bucharest Obor
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 32m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- ₺1,500–2,000
- Schedules at
- tarsin.ro
- Phone
- +40 745 766 766
- dispecerat@maxibustravel.ro
- Website
- maxibustravel.ro
Bus from London Victoria to Bucharest
- Ave. Duration
- 30h
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- ₺6,949
- Schedules at
- maxibustravel.ro
- Phone
- 08717 81 81 81
- Website
- nationalexpress.com
Bus from Rail Station to London Victoria Coach Station Arrivals
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 55m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- ₺1,600–2,300
- Website
- https://www.nationalexpress.com/en
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from London Victoria to Munich central bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 45m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- ₺3,200–9,000
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +90 212 658 18 51
- info@alparturizm.com.tr
- Website
- alparturizm.com.tr
Bus from Munich to Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 26h
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- ₺4,300–6,000
- Website
- https://www.alparturizm.com.tr/en/
- Phone
- 0040263701919
- latinoexpres@yahoo.com
- Website
- latinoexpres.ro
Busferry from Manchester Piccadilly to Bucharest
- Ave. Duration
- 2d 17h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- ₺3,600–9,000
- Schedules at
- latinoexpres.ro
- Phone
- +353 818 300 400
- info@irishferries.com
- Website
- irishferries.com
Car ferry from Port of Dover to Calais
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- ₺1,800–2,200
- Website
- https://www.irishferries.com/uk-en/Travel-to-Ireland
- Car
- ₺3,900–9,500
- On Foot
- ₺1,800–2,200
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More Questions & Answers
York to Istanbul bus services, operated by National Express, arrive at London Victoria Coach Station Arrivals.
Istanbul is 3h ahead of York. It is currently 11:52 AM in York and 2:52 PM in Istanbul.
York to Istanbul train services, operated by London North Eastern Railway Limited (LNER), arrive at King's Cross station.
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