There are 10 ways to get from Darlington to Florence by plane, train (Eurostar, TGV, Trenitalia), train, bus, car, car train, or car ferry
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Fly Durham Tees Valley Airport to Florence Peretola Airport
best- Fly from Durham Tees Valley Airport (MME) to Florence Peretola Airport (FLR)plane MME - FLR
6h 40m€155–805Fly Durham Tees Valley Airport to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport, train
cheapest- Fly from Durham Tees Valley Airport (MME) to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport (BLQ)plane MME - BLQ
- Take the train from Bologna Centrale to Firenze S.M.N.train
8h 11m€143–674Train
- Take the train from Darlington to King's Crosstrain
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Lille Europetrain Eil
- Take the train from Lille Europe to Lyon Part Dieutrain Tgv
- Take the train from Lyon Part Dieu to Milano Centraletrain Fr
- Take the train from Milano Centrale to Firenze Santa Maria Novellatrain
17h 14m€398–633Train, bus via Antony
- Take the train from Darlington to King's Crosstrain
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Paris Nordtrain Eil
- Take the bus from Paris - Massy-Palaiseau to Florence Villa Constanza Bus Stationbus
24h 2m€377–584Drive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Darlington to Folkestonecar
- Take the cartrain from Folkestone to Calais-Fréthuncartrain
- Drive from Calais-Fréthun to Florencecar
19h 26m€471–621Train to Newcastle, fly to Florence Peretola Airport
- Take the train from Darlington to Newcastletrain
- Fly from Newcastle (NCL) to Florence Peretola Airport (FLR)plane NCL - FLR
7h 43m€148–265Train to Leeds Bradford International Airport, fly to Florence Peretola Airport
- Take the train from Darlington to Leedstrain
- Fly from Leeds Bradford International Airport (LBA) to Florence Peretola Airport (FLR)plane LBA - FLR
9h 27m€149–361Train, bus
- Take the train from Darlington to Oxfordtrain
- Take the bus from Gloucester Green Bus Station to Green Line Coach Stationbus
- Take the bus from London Victoria Green Line Station to Luxembourg P+R Bouillonbus
- Take the bus from Luxembourg Park&Drive to Florence Villa Constanza Bus Stationbus
32h 10m€294–437Bus
- Take the bus from Dolphin Centre to London Victoriabus 815
- 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 - Bercy-Seine Bus Station to Florence Villa Constanza Bus Stationbus
33h 17m€187–309Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Darlington to Port of Dovercar
- Take the carferry from Port of Dover to Calaiscarferry
- Drive from Calais to Florencecar
20h 27m€364–576
Darlington to Florence by train and bus
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Darlington to Florence is to train and fly which costs €140 - €270 and takes 7h 43m.
The fastest way to get from Darlington to Florence is to fly which takes 6h 40m and costs €150 - €850.
No, there is no direct bus from Darlington to Florence station. However, there are services departing from Dolphin Centre and arriving at Florence Villa Constanza Bus Station via London Victoria, Dover and Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 33h 17m.
No, there is no direct train from Darlington to Florence. However, there are services departing from Darlington and arriving at Firenze Santa Maria Novella via London St Pancras Intl, Lille Europe, Lyon Part Dieu and Milano Centrale. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 17h 14m.
The distance between Darlington and Florence is 1513 km.
The best way to get from Darlington to Florence without a car is to train which takes 17h 14m and costs €390 - €650.
It takes approximately 6h 40m to get from Darlington to Florence, including transfers.
Darlington to Florence bus services, operated by National Express, depart from Dolphin Centre station.
Darlington to Florence train services, operated by London North Eastern Railway Limited (LNER), depart from Darlington station.
The best way to get from Darlington to Florence is to fly which takes 6h 40m and costs €150 - €850. Alternatively, you can train, which costs €390 - €650 and takes 17h 14m, you could also bus, which costs €180 - €310 and takes 33h 17m.
What companies run services between Darlington, England and Florence, Italy?
KLM flies from Durham Tees Valley Airport (MME) to Florence Peretola Airport (FLR) 4 times a day. Alternatively, you can take a train from Darlington to Firenze Santa Maria Novella via London Kings Cross, London St Pancras Intl, Lille Europe, Lyon Part Dieu, and Milano Centrale in around 17h 14m.
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Durham Tees Valley Airport to Florence Peretola Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €150–800
Flights from Newcastle to Florence Peretola Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 43m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–440
Flights from Newcastle to Florence Peretola Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 55m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €85–440
Flights from Durham Tees Valley Airport to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €130–650
Flights from Leeds Bradford International Airport to Florence Peretola Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 8m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €95–490
Flights from Leeds Bradford International Airport to Florence Peretola Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 12m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €95–480
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Newcastle to Florence Peretola Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 38m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–440
Flights from Leeds Bradford International Airport to Florence Peretola Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 12m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €95–480
Flights from Leeds Bradford International Airport to Florence Peretola Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 45m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €110–360
- Website
- ita-airways.com
Flights from Leeds Bradford International Airport to Florence Peretola Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 35m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €110–360
Flights from Leeds Bradford International Airport to Florence Peretola Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 45m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €110–360
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Leeds Bradford International Airport to Florence Peretola Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 35m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €110–360
- Website
- vueling.com
Flights from Leeds Bradford International Airport to Florence Peretola Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 55m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €110–360
Train from Darlington to King's Cross
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 31m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €90–130
- Website
- London North Eastern Railway Limited (LNER)
Train from Darlington to King's Cross
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 31m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €90–130
- Website
- London North Eastern Railway Limited (LNER)
Train from Darlington to Newcastle
- Ave. Duration
- 30 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €14–20
- Website
- London North Eastern Railway Limited (LNER)
Train from Darlington to Leeds
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €27–40
- Website
- London North Eastern Railway Limited (LNER)
- Phone
- +44 (0)3432 186 186
- Website
- Eurostar
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Lille Europe
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €100–170
- Website
- Eurostar
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Paris Nord
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 28m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €180–290
- Website
- Eurostar
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Lille Europe to Lyon Part Dieu
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 8m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €130–200
- Website
- TGV inOui
- Phone
- +32 70 79 79 79
- Website
- Belgian Railways
Train from Lille Europe to Lyon Part Dieu
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 7m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €120–190
- Website
- Belgian Railways
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- Trenitalia
Train from Lyon Part Dieu to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 44m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €50–75
- Website
- Trenitalia
Train from Bologna Centrale to Firenze S.M.N.
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €11–15
- Website
- Trenitalia
- Phone
- +39 06 8937 1892
- Website
- Italo Treno
Train from Milano Centrale to Firenze Santa Maria Novella
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €35–60
- Website
- Italo Treno
Train from Bologna Centrale to Firenze S.M.N.
- Ave. Duration
- 41 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €10–18
- Website
- Italo Treno
- Phone
- +44 (0) 8443 35 35 35
- [email protected]
- Website
- LeShuttle
Car train from Folkestone to Calais-Fréthun
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €140
- Website
- LeShuttle
- Standard fare
- €140
- Phone
- +44 3447 369 123
- [email protected]
- Website
- Cross Country
Train from Darlington to Newcastle
- Ave. Duration
- 32 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €18–28
- Website
- Cross Country
Train from Darlington to Leeds
- Ave. Duration
- 56 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €35–55
- Website
- Cross Country
Train from Darlington to Oxford
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 34m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €120–190
- Website
- Cross Country
- Phone
- +44 345 600 1671
- [email protected]
- Website
- TransPennine Express
Train from Darlington to Newcastle
- Ave. Duration
- 34 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €12–21
- Website
- TransPennine Express
Train from Darlington to Leeds
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €24–40
- Website
- TransPennine Express
- Phone
- +44 800 200 6060
- [email protected]
- Website
- Northern Trains Limited
Train from Darlington to Newcastle
- Ave. Duration
- 39 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €14–26
- Website
- Northern Trains Limited
- Phone
- +39 06 5210550
- Website
- Trenitalia Frecce
Train from Bologna Centrale to Firenze S.M.N.
- Ave. Duration
- 37 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €12–21
- Website
- Trenitalia Frecce
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- Trenitalia Intercity
Train from Bologna Centrale to Firenze S.M.N.
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 16m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €10–18
- Website
- Trenitalia Intercity
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- [email protected]
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Paris - Massy-Palaiseau to Florence Villa Constanza Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 45m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €100–160
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from London Victoria to Dover
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €11–17
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Dover to Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine)
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €29–45
- Website
- Flixbus
- Phone
- 0345 241 8000
- [email protected]
- Website
- Stagecoach Oxfordshire
Bus from Gloucester Green Bus Station to Green Line Coach Station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- €3–4
- Website
- Stagecoach Oxfordshire
- Phone
- +420 222 222 221
- [email protected]
- Website
- RegioJet
Bus from London Victoria Green Line Station to Luxembourg P+R Bouillon
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 30m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €35–60
- Website
- RegioJet
- Phone
- +39 0362 185 0590
- [email protected]
- Website
- Onebus
Bus from Luxembourg Park&Drive to Florence Villa Constanza Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 7m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €130–190
- Website
- Onebus
- Phone
- +44 (0)3717 81 81 81
- Website
- National Express
Bus from Dolphin Centre to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 25m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €50–90
- Website
- National Express
- Phone
- +3 318 576 2228
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
Bus from Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station to Florence Villa Constanza Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 35m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €95–160
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
- Phone
- +353 818 300 400
- [email protected]
- Website
- Irish Ferries
Car ferry from Port of Dover to Calais
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €30–90
- Website
- Irish Ferries
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Darlington to Florence bus services, operated by National Express, arrive at London Victoria station.
Florence is 1h ahead of Darlington. It is currently 8:09 PM in Darlington and 9:09 PM in Florence.
Darlington to Florence train services, operated by London North Eastern Railway Limited (LNER), arrive at King's Cross station.
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