There are 13 ways to get from Bilbao to York by plane, train, bus, car, car ferry, or car train
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly Bilbao Airport to Manchester Airport, train
best- Fly from Bilbao Airport (BIO) to Manchester Airport (MAN)plane BIO - MAN
- Take the train from Manchester Airport to Yorktrain
6h 56m£85–182Fly Bilbao Airport to Leeds Bradford International Airport, train
cheapest- Fly from Bilbao Airport (BIO) to Leeds Bradford International Airport (LBA)plane BIO - LBA
- Take the train from Leeds to Yorktrain
8h 38m£71–162Bus, train via Bordeaux
- Take the bus from Bilbao Intermodal to Estación de Autobuses Donostia-San Sebastiánbus
- Take the train from Hendaye to Bordeaux St Jeantrain Ter
- Take the train from Bordeaux St Jean to Lille Europetrain Tgv
- Take the train from Lille Europe to London St Pancras Intltrain Eil
- Take the train from King's Cross to Yorktrain
15h 23m£302–538Bus, train
- Take the bus from Bilbao to Parisbus
- Take the train from Paris Nord to London St Pancras Intltrain Eil
- Take the train from King's Cross to Yorktrain
20h 33m£250–432Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Bilbao to Santandercar
- Take the car ferry from Santander to Plymouthcarferry
- Drive from Plymouth to Yorkcar
27h 6m£179–740Bus to Santander Airport, fly to Manchester Airport, train
- Take the bus from Bilbao Intermodal to Parada de autobús del aeropuerto de Santanderbus
- Fly from Santander Airport (SDR) to Manchester Airport (MAN)plane SDR - MAN
- Take the train from Manchester Airport to Yorktrain
7h 31m£79–213Fly Bilbao Airport to Durham Tees Valley Airport, train
- Fly from Bilbao Airport (BIO) to Durham Tees Valley Airport (MME)plane BIO - MME
- Take the train from Darlington to Yorktrain
9h 36m£142–646Fly Bilbao Airport to London Gatwick Airport, train
- Fly from Bilbao Airport (BIO) to London Gatwick Airport (LGW)plane BIO - LGW
- Take the train from Gatwick Airport to London Victoriatrain
- Take the train from King's Cross to Yorktrain
6h 59m£95–247Fly Bilbao Airport to London Heathrow Airport, train
- Fly from Bilbao Airport (BIO) to London Heathrow Airport (LHR)plane BIO - LHR
- Take the train from King's Cross to Yorktrain
7h 18m£102–322Fly Bilbao Airport to Humberside Airport, train
- Fly from Bilbao Airport (BIO) to Humberside Airport (HUY)plane BIO - HUY
- Take the train from Barnetby to Doncastertrain
- Take the train from Doncaster to Yorktrain
10h 14m£78–328Bus, train #2
- Take the bus from Bilbao Intermodal to Lille - Europe Train Stationbus
- Take the train from Lille Europe to London St Pancras Intltrain Eil
- Take the bus from Golders Green Station to Rail Stationbus 561 / ...
24h 55m£194–389Bus, car ferry, train
- Take the bus from Bilbao Intermodal to Estación de autobuses de Santanderbus
- Take the car ferry from Santander to Portsmouth International Portcarferry
- Take the train from Portsmouth Harbour to Basingstoketrain
- Take the train from Reading to Yorktrain
39h 31m£229–797Drive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Bilbao to Calais-Fréthuncar
- Take the car train from Calais-Fréthun to Folkestonecartrain
- Drive from Folkestone to Yorkcar
16h 47m£331–435
Bilbao to York by bus, foot, and train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Bilbao to York is to fly and train which costs £70 - £170 and takes 8h 38m.
The fastest way to get from Bilbao to York is to fly and train which takes 6h 56m and costs £80 - £190.
The distance between Bilbao and York is 791 miles.
The best way to get from Bilbao to York without a car is to bus and train via Bordeaux which takes 15h 23m and costs £300 - £550.
It takes approximately 6h 56m to get from Bilbao to York, including transfers.
York is 1h behind Bilbao. It is currently 11:38 PM in Bilbao and 10:38 PM in York.
There are 1977+ hotels available in York.
What companies run services between Bilbao, Spain and York, England?
There is no direct connection from Bilbao to York. However, you can take the bus to Aireportua/Aeropuerto, walk to Bilbao Airport (BIO) airport, fly to Manchester Airport (MAN), walk to Manchester Airport, then take the train to York. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Bilbao Intermodal to York via Estación de Autobuses Donostia-San Sebastián, Amara-Donostia, Hendaia, Hendaye, Bordeaux St Jean, Lille Europe, London St Pancras Intl, and King's Cross in around 15h 23m.
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Manchester Airport via London Heathrow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- £55–120
Flights from Santander Airport to Manchester Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £60–240
Flights from Bilbao Airport to London Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 54m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £26–100
Flights from Bilbao Airport to London Heathrow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £35–140
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Manchester Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £45–230
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Leeds Bradford International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £55–280
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Durham Tees Valley Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 42m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £120–600
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Durham Tees Valley Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £120–600
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Humberside Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £55–280
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Humberside Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £55–280
- Website
- iberia.com
Flights from Santander Airport to Manchester Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £60–240
Flights from Bilbao Airport to London Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 54m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £26–100
Flights from Bilbao Airport to London Heathrow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £35–140
- Website
- vueling.com
Flights from Santander Airport to Manchester Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £60–240
Flights from Bilbao Airport to London Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 54m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £26–100
Flights from Bilbao Airport to London Heathrow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £35–140
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Leeds Bradford International Airport via Palma Mallorca
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- £50–180
Flights from Santander Airport to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Monday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- £26–130
Flights from Santander Airport to Manchester Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 18m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £26–130
Flights from Santander Airport to Manchester Airport via Charleroi
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £26–130
- Website
- jet2.com
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Leeds Bradford International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £50–260
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Leeds Bradford International Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £60–190
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Leeds Bradford International Airport via Alicante–Elche
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- £60–190
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Leeds Bradford International Airport via Palma Mallorca
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £60–190
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Durham Tees Valley Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £120–600
Flights from Bilbao Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £45–240
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Humberside Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £55–280
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £50–110
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Santander Airport to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £50–140
- Phone
- +44 345 600 1671
- [email protected]
- Website
- tpexpress.co.uk
Train from Manchester Airport to York
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 52m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £28–50
- Website
- https://www.tpexpress.co.uk/
Train from Leeds to York
- Ave. Duration
- 24 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £9–16
- Website
- https://www.tpexpress.co.uk/
Train from Manchester Airport to York
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 52m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £28–50
- Website
- https://www.tpexpress.co.uk/
Train from Darlington to York
- Ave. Duration
- 26 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £16–27
- Website
- https://www.tpexpress.co.uk/
Train from Barnetby to Doncaster
- Ave. Duration
- 43 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £12–21
- Website
- https://www.tpexpress.co.uk/
Rome2Rio's guide to Société Nationale des Chemins de fer Français (SNCF)
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- track.effiliation.com
Train from Hendaye to Bordeaux St Jean
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 39m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £30–70
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- sncf-connect.com
Train from Hendaye to Bordeaux St Jean
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 34m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £40–70
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Bordeaux St Jean to Lille Europe
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 54m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £140–230
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
- Phone
- +44 (0)3432 186 186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from Lille Europe to London St Pancras Intl
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £70–130
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
Train from Paris Nord to London St Pancras Intl
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 28m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £120–210
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
Train from Lille Europe to London St Pancras Intl
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £70–130
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Phone
- +44 (0)3457 225 333
- [email protected]
- Website
- lner.co.uk
Train from King's Cross to York
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £65–90
- Website
- https://www.lner.co.uk/
Train from King's Cross to York
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £65–90
- Website
- https://www.lner.co.uk/
Train from Darlington to York
- Ave. Duration
- 29 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £15–21
- Website
- https://www.lner.co.uk/
Train from King's Cross to York
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £65–90
- Website
- https://www.lner.co.uk/
Train from King's Cross to York
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £65–90
- Website
- https://www.lner.co.uk/
Train from Doncaster to York
- Ave. Duration
- 20 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £11–16
- Website
- https://www.lner.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 345 603 4852
- [email protected]
- Website
- grandcentralrail.com
Train from King's Cross to York
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £50–90
- Website
- https://www.grandcentralrail.com/
Train from King's Cross to York
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £50–90
- Website
- https://www.grandcentralrail.com/
Train from King's Cross to York
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £50–90
- Website
- https://www.grandcentralrail.com/
Train from King's Cross to York
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £50–90
- Website
- https://www.grandcentralrail.com/
Train from Doncaster to York
- Ave. Duration
- 20 min
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- £9–15
- Website
- https://www.grandcentralrail.com/
- Phone
- +44 3447 369 123
- [email protected]
- Website
- crosscountrytrains.co.uk
Train from Leeds to York
- Ave. Duration
- 21 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £13–20
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
Train from Darlington to York
- Ave. Duration
- 29 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £24–35
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
Train from Doncaster to York
- Ave. Duration
- 20 min
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- £17–25
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
Train from Reading to York
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 34m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £120–170
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 800 200 6060
- [email protected]
- Website
- northernrailway.co.uk
Train from Leeds to York
- Ave. Duration
- 31 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £10–19
- Website
- https://www.northernrailway.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 (0)3457 282930
- Website
- southernrailway.com
Train from Gatwick Airport to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 32 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- £14–28
- Website
- https://www.southernrailway.com/
- Phone
- +44 345 850 1530
- Website
- gatwickexpress.com
Train from Gatwick Airport to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 30 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- £19–35
- Website
- https://www.gatwickexpress.com/
- Phone
- 0345 6000 650
- Website
- southwesternrailway.com
Train from Portsmouth Harbour to Basingstoke
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 16m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £19–45
- Website
- https://www.southwesternrailway.com/
- Phone
- +44 (0) 8443 35 35 35
- Website
- leshuttle.com
Car train from Calais-Fréthun to Folkestone
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £117
- Website
- https://www.leshuttle.com/uk-en
- Standard fare
- £117
- Phone
- +34 900 121 400
- [email protected]
Bus from Bilbao Intermodal to Estación de Autobuses Donostia-San Sebastián
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £10–15
- Schedules at
- gipuzkoa.avanzagrupo.com
- Book at
- online.pesa.net
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- [email protected]
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.fr
Bus from Bilbao to Paris
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 35m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- £75–130
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +34 910 207 007
- Website
- alsa.com
Bus from Bilbao Intermodal to Parada de autobús del aeropuerto de Santander
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £6–14
- Website
- https://www.alsa.com/en/
Bus from Bilbao Intermodal to Estación de autobuses de Santander
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £6–14
- Website
- https://www.alsa.com/en/
- Phone
- +3 318 576 2228
- Website
- blablacar.co.uk
Bus from Bilbao Intermodal to Lille - Europe Train Station
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £85–150
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
- Phone
- +44 (0)3717 81 81 81
- Website
- nationalexpress.com
Bus from Golders Green Station to Rail Station
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- £35–95
- Website
- https://www.nationalexpress.com/en
- Phone
- 0330 159 7000
- [email protected]
- Website
- brittany-ferries.co.uk
Car ferry from Santander to Plymouth
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 15m
- 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
- £240–600
Car ferry from Santander to Portsmouth International Port
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- £75–550
- Schedules at
- brittany-ferries.co.uk
- Book at
- brittany-ferries.co.uk
- Single Ticket
- £75–170
- Car Single Ticket
- £180–550
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