There are 13 ways to get from Banbury to Bilbao by train, plane, bus, car, car ferry, or car train
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Train, train to London Gatwick Airport, fly to Bilbao Airport
best- Take the train from Banbury to Readingtrain
- Take the train from Reading to Gatwick Airporttrain
- Fly from London Gatwick Airport (LGW) to Bilbao Airport (BIO)plane LGW - BIO
7h 14m€84–238Train, train to Luton Airport, fly to Bilbao Airport
cheapest- Take the train from Banbury to London Marylebonetrain
- Take the train from West Hampstead Thameslink to Luton Airport Parkwaytrain
- Fly from Luton Airport (LTN) to Bilbao Airport (BIO)plane LTN - BIO
6h 35m€79–232Train, bus via Paris Orly Airport (ORY)
- Take the train from Banbury to London Marylebonetrain
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Paris Nordtrain Eil
- Take the bus from Aéroport Orly 4 to Bilbao Intermodalbus
18h 43m€211–422Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Banbury to Plymouthcar
- Take the car ferry from Plymouth to Santandercarferry
- Drive from Santander to Bilbaocar
24h 56m€171–803Drive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Banbury to Folkestonecar
- Take the car train from Folkestone to Calais-Fréthuncartrain
- Drive from Calais-Fréthun to Bilbaocar
15h 6m€358–456Train, train to London Heathrow Airport, fly to Bilbao Airport
- Take the train from Banbury to Readingtrain
- Take the train from Reading to London Paddingtontrain
- Fly from London Heathrow Airport (LHR) to Bilbao Airport (BIO)plane LHR - BIO
6h 30m€96–343Train to Manchester Airport, fly to Bilbao Airport
- Take the train from Banbury to Manchester Piccadillytrain
- Fly from Manchester Airport (MAN) to Bilbao Airport (BIO)plane MAN - BIO
7h 40m€153–277Train, train to Bristol Airport, fly to Bilbao Airport
- Take the train from Banbury to Readingtrain
- Take the train from Reading to Bristol Temple Meadstrain
- Fly from Bristol Airport (BRS) to Bilbao Airport (BIO)plane BRS - BIO
7h 13m€129–282Train to London Stansted Airport, fly to Biarritz Pays Basque Airport, bus
- Take the train from Banbury to London Marylebonetrain
- Fly from London Stansted Airport (STN) to Biarritz Pays Basque Airport (BIQ)plane STN - BIQ
- Take the bus from Biarritz to Bilbaobus
9h 9m€116–345Train to London Stansted Airport, fly to Santander Airport, bus
- Take the train from Banbury to London Marylebonetrain
- Fly from London Stansted Airport (STN) to Santander Airport (SDR)plane STN - SDR
- Take the bus from Estación de autobuses de Santander to Bilbao Intermodalbus
9h 5m€108–297Train, bus
- Take the train from Banbury to London Marylebonetrain
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Lille Europetrain Eil
- Take the bus from Lille - Europe Train Station to Bilbao Intermodalbus
20h 38m€218–389Bus
- Take the bus from Calthorpe Street to Magdalen Street Eastbus S4
- Take the bus from Gloucester Green Bus Station to Green Line Coach Stationbus
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Doverbus 700
- Take the bus from Dover to Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine)bus 700
- Take the bus from Paris to Bilbaobus
25h 17m€120–206Train, car ferry, bus
- Take the train from Banbury to Basingstoketrain
- Take the train from Basingstoke to Portsmouth Harbourtrain
- Take the car ferry from Portsmouth International Port to Santandercarferry
- Take the bus from Estación de autobuses de Santander to Bilbao Intermodalbus
39h 35m€165–729
Banbury to Bilbao by train, foot, subway, and bus
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Banbury to Bilbao is to train and fly which costs €75 - €240 and takes 6h 35m.
The fastest way to get from Banbury to Bilbao is to train and fly which takes 6h 30m and costs €95 - €350.
No, there is no direct bus from Banbury to Bilbao. However, there are services departing from Calthorpe Street and arriving at Bilbao via Gloucester Green Bus Station, London Victoria, Dover and Paris. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 25h 17m.
The distance between Banbury and Bilbao is 1074 km.
The best way to get from Banbury to Bilbao without a car is to train and bus via Paris Orly Airport (ORY) which takes 18h 43m and costs €210 - €430.
It takes approximately 7h 14m to get from Banbury to Bilbao, including transfers.
Banbury to Bilbao bus services, operated by Stagecoach Oxfordshire, depart from Calthorpe Street station.
Banbury to Bilbao bus services, operated by Stagecoach Oxfordshire, arrive at Magdalen Street East station.
Bilbao is 1h ahead of Banbury. It is currently 11:06 PM in Banbury and 12:06 AM in Bilbao.
There are 1826+ hotels available in Bilbao.
What companies run services between Banbury, England and Bilbao, Spain?
You can take a bus from Calthorpe Street to Bilbao via Magdalen Street East, Gloucester Green Bus Station, Green Line Coach Station, London Victoria, Dover, Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine), and Paris in around 25h 17m.
- Website
- vueling.com
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Bilbao Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 4m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €30–110
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Bilbao Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 31m
- When
- Monday to Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €30–110
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Bilbao Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €40–160
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Bilbao Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 4m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €30–110
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Bilbao Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €40–160
Flights from Manchester Airport to Bilbao Airport via London Heathrow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €65–140
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Bilbao Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €50–270
Flights from Manchester Airport to Bilbao Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 21m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–320
Flights from Bristol Airport to Bilbao Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–300
- Website
- aerlingus.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Bilbao Airport via Cork
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €70–360
Flights from Manchester Airport to Bilbao Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €55–300
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from London Stansted Airport to Biarritz Pays Basque Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €40–190
Flights from London Stansted Airport to Santander Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €30–170
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Bilbao Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €60–130
Flights from Bristol Airport to Bilbao Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €60–110
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Bilbao Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €50–270
- Website
- brusselsairlines.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Bilbao Airport via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- €65–220
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Luton Airport to Bilbao Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €18–100
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from London Stansted Airport to Santander Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €26–120
- Phone
- +44 3447 369 123
- [email protected]
- Website
- crosscountrytrains.co.uk
Train from Banbury to Reading
- Ave. Duration
- 43 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €30–45
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
Train from Banbury to Reading
- Ave. Duration
- 43 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €30–45
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
Train from Banbury to Manchester Piccadilly
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €80–120
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
Train from Banbury to Reading
- Ave. Duration
- 43 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €30–45
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
Train from Banbury to Basingstoke
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 12m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €40–60
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 (0)345 7000 125
- [email protected]
- Website
- gwr.com
Train from Banbury to Reading
- Ave. Duration
- 46 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- €26–50
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
Train from Reading to Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 31m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €27–55
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
Train from Banbury to Reading
- Ave. Duration
- 46 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- €26–50
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
Train from Reading to London Paddington
- Ave. Duration
- 39 min
- Frequency
- Every 10 minutes
- Estimated price
- €18–40
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
Train from Banbury to Reading
- Ave. Duration
- 46 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- €26–50
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
Train from Reading to Bristol Temple Meads
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 11m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €40–85
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
- Phone
- +44 345 600 5165
- Website
- chilternrailways.co.uk
Train from Banbury to London Marylebone
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 2m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €35–65
- Website
- https://www.chilternrailways.co.uk/
Train from Banbury to London Marylebone
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 2m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €35–65
- Website
- https://www.chilternrailways.co.uk/
Train from Banbury to London Marylebone
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 2m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €35–65
- Website
- https://www.chilternrailways.co.uk/
Train from Banbury to London Marylebone
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 2m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €35–65
- Website
- https://www.chilternrailways.co.uk/
Train from Banbury to London Marylebone
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 2m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €35–65
- Website
- https://www.chilternrailways.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 (0)3432 186 186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Paris Nord
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 28m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €130–240
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Lille Europe
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 23m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €80–140
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Phone
- +44 (0) 8443 35 35 35
- Website
- leshuttle.com
Car train from Folkestone to Calais-Fréthun
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €137
- Website
- https://www.leshuttle.com/uk-en
- Standard fare
- €137
- Phone
- 0343 222 1234
- Website
- tfl.gov.uk
Train from Reading to London Paddington
- Ave. Duration
- 49 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €29–60
- Website
- https://tfl.gov.uk/modes/elizabeth-line/
- Phone
- +44 (0)345 026 4700
- Website
- thameslinkrailway.com
Train from West Hampstead Thameslink to Luton Airport Parkway
- Ave. Duration
- 23 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- €15–30
- Website
- https://www.thameslinkrailway.com/
- Phone
- 0345 6000 650
- Website
- southwesternrailway.com
Train from Basingstoke to Portsmouth Harbour
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €23–55
- Website
- https://www.southwesternrailway.com/
- Phone
- +34 910 207 007
- Website
- alsa.es
Bus from Aéroport Orly 4 to Bilbao Intermodal
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 15m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €40–110
- Schedules at
- alsa.es
Bus from Estación de autobuses de Santander to Bilbao Intermodal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €8–12
- Website
- https://www.alsa.com/en/
Bus from Estación de autobuses de Santander to Bilbao Intermodal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €8–12
- Website
- https://www.alsa.com/en/
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- [email protected]
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.fr
Bus from Biarritz to Bilbao
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €12–21
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from London Victoria to Dover
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €10–18
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Dover to Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine)
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €29–50
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Paris to Bilbao
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 20m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €75–130
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +3 318 576 2228
- Website
- blablacar.co.uk
Bus from Lille - Europe Train Station to Bilbao Intermodal
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 10m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €100–180
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
- Phone
- 0345 241 8000
- [email protected]
- Website
- stagecoachbus.com
Bus from Calthorpe Street to Magdalen Street East
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 21m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €3–4
- Website
- https://www.stagecoachbus.com/
Bus from Gloucester Green Bus Station to Green Line Coach Station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 11m
- Frequency
- Every 10 minutes
- Estimated price
- €3–4
- Website
- https://www.stagecoachbus.com/
- Phone
- 0330 159 7000
- [email protected]
- Website
- brittany-ferries.co.uk
Car ferry from Plymouth to Santander
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 15m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €100–700
- Schedules at
- brittany-ferries.co.uk
- Book at
- brittany-ferries.co.uk
- Single Ticket
- €100–230
- Car Single Ticket
- €290–700
Car ferry from Portsmouth International Port to Santander
- Ave. Duration
- 33h
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €90–600
- Schedules at
- brittany-ferries.co.uk
- Book at
- brittany-ferries.co.uk
- Single Ticket
- €90–190
- Car Single Ticket
- €210–600
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