There are 6 ways to get from York to Nelson by train, plane, bus, or shuttle
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Train to Manchester Airport, fly to Nelson Airport
best- Take the train from York to Manchester Airporttrain
- Fly from Manchester Airport (MAN) to Nelson Airport (NSN)plane MAN - NSN
38h 35m$1,348–4,618Train to Birmingham Airport, fly to Nelson Airport
- Take the train from York to Birmingham Internationaltrain
- Fly from Birmingham Airport (BHX) to Nelson Airport (NSN)plane BHX - NSN
33h 33m$1,938–5,798Train to Manchester Airport, fly to Woodbourne Airport, bus
- Take the train from York to Manchester Airporttrain
- Fly from Manchester Airport (MAN) to Woodbourne Airport (BHE)plane MAN - BHE
- Take the bus from Woodbourne to Nelsonbus
40h 28m$1,353–4,673Train to Manchester Airport, fly to Christchurch International Airport, shuttle
- Take the train from York to Manchester Airporttrain
- Fly from Manchester Airport (MAN) to Christchurch International Airport (CHC)plane MAN - CHC
- Take a shuttle bus from Christchurch to Nelson
44h 28m$1,353–4,923Train, train to Humberside Airport, fly to Nelson Airport
- Take the train from York to Doncastertrain
- Take the train from Doncaster to Barnetbytrain
- Fly from Humberside Airport (HUY) to Nelson Airport (NSN)plane HUY - NSN
35h 40m$1,448–4,967Fly Leeds Bradford International Airport to Nelson Airport
- Fly from Leeds Bradford International Airport (LBA) to Nelson Airport (NSN)plane LBA - NSN
41h 2m$1,709–11,028
Manchester Airport (MAN) to Nelson Airport (NSN) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from York to Nelson is to train and fly which costs $1,300 - $4,700 and takes 38h 35m.
The fastest way to get from York to Nelson is to train and fly which takes 33h 33m and costs $1,900 - $6,000.
The distance between York and Nelson is 18762 km.
It takes approximately 38h 35m to get from York to Nelson, including transfers.
Nelson is 13h ahead of York. It is currently 5:02 AM in York and 6:02 PM in Nelson.
There are 375+ hotels available in Nelson.
What companies run services between York, England and Nelson, New Zealand?
Jet2.com, Singapore Airlines, and Air New Zealand fly from Leeds Bradford International Airport (LBA) to Nelson Airport (NSN) twice a week.
- Website
- airnewzealand.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Nelson Airport via Singapore Changi, Auckland
- Ave. Duration
- 34h 25m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,400–9,000
Flights from Manchester Airport to Nelson Airport via Singapore Changi, Christchurch International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 37h 25m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,400–9,000
Flights from Manchester Airport to Nelson Airport via Hong Kong, Auckland
- Ave. Duration
- 34h 5m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,400–4,400
Flights from Manchester Airport to Nelson Airport via Shanghai Pudong, Auckland
- Ave. Duration
- 34h 25m
- When
- Monday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $1,300–4,500
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Nelson Airport via Dubai, Auckland
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,800–5,500
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Nelson Airport via Dubai, Melbourne, Wellington
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 15m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,800–5,500
Flights from Manchester Airport to Woodbourne Airport via Singapore Changi, Auckland
- Ave. Duration
- 34h
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,400–9,000
Flights from Manchester Airport to Woodbourne Airport via Shanghai Pudong, Auckland
- Ave. Duration
- 34h
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $1,300–4,500
Flights from Manchester Airport to Woodbourne Airport via Hong Kong, Auckland
- Ave. Duration
- 36h 15m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $1,400–4,400
Flights from Manchester Airport to Christchurch International Airport via Singapore Changi
- Ave. Duration
- 35h 35m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,100–7,500
Flights from Manchester Airport to Christchurch International Airport via Shanghai Pudong, Auckland
- Ave. Duration
- 34h 43m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $1,100–3,800
Flights from Humberside Airport to Nelson Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Singapore Changi, Auckland
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,500–4,900
Flights from Humberside Airport to Nelson Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Singapore Changi, Christchurch International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 20m
- When
- Wednesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,400–4,800
Flights from Humberside Airport to Nelson Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Kuala Lumpur, Auckland
- Ave. Duration
- 33h 5m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,500–4,900
Flights from Leeds Bradford International Airport to Nelson Airport via Copenhagen, Singapore Changi, Auckland
- Ave. Duration
- 36h 15m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- $1,800–11,000
Flights from Leeds Bradford International Airport to Nelson Airport via Copenhagen, Singapore Changi, Christchurch International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 39h 15m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- $1,700–11,000
- Website
- singaporeair.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Nelson Airport via Singapore Changi, Auckland
- Ave. Duration
- 34h 25m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,400–9,000
Flights from Manchester Airport to Nelson Airport via Hong Kong, Auckland
- Ave. Duration
- 34h 5m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,400–4,400
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Nelson Airport via Dubai, Auckland
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,800–5,500
Flights from Manchester Airport to Woodbourne Airport via Singapore Changi, Auckland
- Ave. Duration
- 34h
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,400–9,000
Flights from Manchester Airport to Christchurch International Airport via Singapore Changi
- Ave. Duration
- 35h 35m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,100–7,500
Flights from Leeds Bradford International Airport to Nelson Airport via Copenhagen, Singapore Changi, Auckland
- Ave. Duration
- 36h 15m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- $1,800–11,000
- Website
- qantas.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Nelson Airport via Hong Kong, Auckland
- Ave. Duration
- 34h 5m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,400–4,400
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Nelson Airport via Dubai, Melbourne, Wellington
- Ave. Duration
- 33h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,800–5,500
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Nelson Airport via Dubai, Sydney, Wellington
- Ave. Duration
- 33h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,800–5,500
- Website
- soundsair.com
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Nelson Airport via Dubai, Sydney, Wellington
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 40m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $1,800–5,500
- 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
- $45–120
- Website
- https://www.tpexpress.co.uk/
Train from Doncaster to Barnetby
- Ave. Duration
- 39 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $26–110
- Website
- https://www.tpexpress.co.uk/
Train from York to Birmingham International
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 3m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $130–300
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
Train from York to Doncaster
- Ave. Duration
- 21 min
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $23–60
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 345 722 5333
- customers@lner.co.uk
- Website
- lner.co.uk
Train from York to Doncaster
- Ave. Duration
- 20 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $22–45
- Website
- https://www.lner.co.uk/
Train from York to Doncaster
- Ave. Duration
- 20 min
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $56–57
- Website
- https://www.grandcentralrail.com/
- Phone
- +64 9 583 5780
- info@intercity.co.nz
- Website
- intercity.co.nz
Bus from Woodbourne to Nelson
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $5–55
- Website
- https://www.intercity.co.nz/
Shuttle from Christchurch to Nelson
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- $200–1,000
- Schedules at
- nelsonlakesshuttles.co.nz
- Minimum charge per vehicle
- $1,000
- Per person
- $200
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