There are 10 ways to get from Donostia / San Sebastián to Durham by train (TGV, Eurostar), bus, car, car ferry, car train, train, or plane
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Train
best- Take the train from Hendaye to Paris Montparnasse 1 Et 2train Tgv
- Take the train from Paris Nord to London St Pancras Intltrain Eil
- Take the train from King's Cross to Durhamtrain
13h 12m£310–556Bus to Bilbao Airport, fly to Newcastle
cheapest- Take the bus from Donostia / San Sebastián to Airport Loiu Bilbaobus
- Fly from Bilbao Airport (BIO) to Newcastle (NCL)plane BIO - NCL
8h 32m£81–159Bus
- Take the bus from San Sebastián - Bus Station to Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine) to London Victoriabus 700
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Interchangebus
27h 12m£91–300Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Donostia / San Sebastián to Santandercar
- Take the carferry from Santander to Plymouthcarferry
- Drive from Plymouth to Durhamcar
28h 57m£206–778Drive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Donostia / San Sebastián to Calais-Fréthuncar
- Take the cartrain from Calais-Fréthun to Folkestonecartrain
- Drive from Folkestone to Durhamcar
16h 41m£332–439Bus, car ferry, train
- Take the bus from Estación de Autobuses Donostia-San Sebastián to Estación de autobuses de Santanderbus
- Take the carferry from Santander to Portsmouth International Portcarferry
- Take the train from Southampton Central to Birmingham New Streettrain
- Take the train from Birmingham New Street to Durhamtrain
41h 46m£265–832Bus to Biarritz Pays Basque Airport, fly to Newcastle
- Take the bus from San Sebastian / Donostia to Biarritzbus
- Fly from Biarritz Pays Basque Airport (BIQ) to Newcastle (NCL)plane BIQ - NCL
7h 57m£89–251Bus to Bilbao Airport, fly to Manchester Airport, train
- Take the bus from Donostia / San Sebastián to Airport Loiu Bilbaobus
- Fly from Bilbao Airport (BIO) to Manchester Airport (MAN)plane BIO - MAN
- Take the train from Manchester Piccadilly to Durhamtrain
8h 48m£113–232Bus to Bilbao Airport, fly to Durham Tees Valley Airport, train
- Take the bus from Donostia / San Sebastián to Airport Loiu Bilbaobus
- Fly from Bilbao Airport (BIO) to Durham Tees Valley Airport (MME)plane BIO - MME
- Take the train from Darlington to Newcastletrain
10h 48m£141–661Fly San Sebastián Airport to Edinburgh Airport, train
- Fly from San Sebastián Airport (EAS) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane EAS - EDI
- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to Durhamtrain
7h 46m£149–411
Donostia / San Sebastián to Durham by train, foot, and subway
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Donostia / San Sebastián to Durham is to bus and fly which costs £80 - £160 and takes 8h 32m.
The fastest way to get from Donostia / San Sebastián to Durham is to fly and train which takes 7h 46m and costs £140 - £420.
No, there is no direct bus from Donostia / San Sebastián station to Durham. However, there are services departing from San Sebastián - Bus Station and arriving at Leazes Road - Millburngate Bridge via Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine), London Victoria and Interchange. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 27h 12m.
No, there is no direct train from Donostia / San Sebastián to Durham. However, there are services departing from Amara-Donostia and arriving at Durham via Hendaye, Montparnasse Bienvenue, Paris Nord and King's Cross. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 13h 12m.
The distance between Donostia / San Sebastián and Durham is 1036 miles.
The best way to get from Donostia / San Sebastián to Durham without a car is to train which takes 13h 12m and costs £310 - £600.
It takes approximately 13h 12m to get from Donostia / San Sebastián to Durham, including transfers.
Donostia / San Sebastián to Durham bus services, operated by BlaBlaCar Bus, depart from San Sebastián - Bus Station.
Donostia / San Sebastián to Durham train services, operated by TGV inOui, depart from Hendaye station.
The best way to get from Donostia / San Sebastián to Durham is to train which takes 13h 12m and costs £310 - £600. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs £90 - £300 and takes 27h 12m.
What companies run services between Donostia / San Sebastián, Spain and Durham, England?
You can take a train from Amara-Donostia to Durham via Hendaia, Hendaye, Paris Montparnasse 1 Et 2, Montparnasse Bienvenue, Gare du Nord, Paris Nord, London St Pancras Intl, and King's Cross in around 13h 12m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from San Sebastián - Bus Station to Leazes Road - Millburngate Bridge via Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station, Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine), London Victoria, and Interchange in around 27h 12m.
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Biarritz Pays Basque Airport to Newcastle via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 7h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £80–410
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Newcastle via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 38m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £55–270
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Manchester Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £45–240
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Durham Tees Valley Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 42m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £110–600
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
- £110–600
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Newcastle via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £65–130
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Manchester Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- £55–130
Flights from San Sebastián Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- £90–400
Flights from San Sebastián Airport to Edinburgh Airport via London City
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £90–400
Flights from San Sebastián Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- £90–300
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Biarritz Pays Basque Airport to Newcastle via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £75–390
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Newcastle via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £50–260
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
- £110–600
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Biarritz Pays Basque Airport to Newcastle via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- When
- Friday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- £70–290
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Newcastle via Bristol
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 40m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- £40–190
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 Biarritz Pays Basque Airport to Newcastle via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £75–210
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Newcastle via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- £45–240
- Website
- iberia.com
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Newcastle via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £65–130
Flights from San Sebastián Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- £90–300
- Website
- jet2.com
Flights from Biarritz Pays Basque Airport to Newcastle via Geneva
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 25m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- £90–280
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Hendaye to Paris Montparnasse 1 Et 2
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £130–220
- Website
- TGV inOui
Rome2Rio's guide to Société Nationale des Chemins de fer Français (SNCF)
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Hendaye to Paris Montparnasse 1 Et 2
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £110–220
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
- Phone
- +44 (0)3432 186 186
- Website
- Eurostar
Train from Paris Nord to London St Pancras Intl
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 28m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £110–200
- Website
- Eurostar
Train from King's Cross to Durham
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 46m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £85–130
- Website
- London North Eastern Railway Limited (LNER)
Train from Darlington to Newcastle
- Ave. Duration
- 30 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £12–17
- Website
- London North Eastern Railway Limited (LNER)
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Durham
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 39m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £45–70
- Website
- London North Eastern Railway Limited (LNER)
- Phone
- +44 (0) 8443 35 35 35
- Website
- LeShuttle
Car train from Calais-Fréthun to Folkestone
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £117
- Website
- LeShuttle
- Standard fare
- £117
- Phone
- +44 3447 369 123
- [email protected]
- Website
- Cross Country
Train from Southampton Central to Birmingham New Street
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 36m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £75–110
- Website
- Cross Country
Train from Birmingham New Street to Durham
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 43m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £100–150
- Website
- Cross Country
Train from Darlington to Newcastle
- Ave. Duration
- 33 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £19–27
- Website
- Cross Country
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Durham
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 47m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £70–110
- Website
- Cross Country
- Phone
- +44 345 600 1671
- [email protected]
- Website
- TransPennine Express
Train from Manchester Piccadilly to Durham
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 11m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £45–80
- Website
- TransPennine Express
Train from Darlington to Newcastle
- Ave. Duration
- 34 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £12–22
- Website
- TransPennine Express
- Phone
- +44 800 200 6060
- [email protected]
- Website
- Northern Trains Limited
Train from Darlington to Newcastle
- Ave. Duration
- 39 min
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- £14–26
- Website
- Northern Trains Limited
- Phone
- +3 318 576 2228
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
Bus from San Sebastián - Bus Station to Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- £60–110
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
Bus from San Sebastian / Donostia to Biarritz
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £3–7
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
- Phone
- +34 910 207 007
- Website
- alsa.es
Bus from San Sebastián - Bus Station to Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 15m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- £30–90
- Schedules at
- alsa.es
Bus from Estación de Autobuses Donostia-San Sebastián to Estación de autobuses de Santander
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- £14–23
- Website
- ALSA
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- [email protected]
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from San Sebastián - Bus Station to Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 30m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- £55–95
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine) to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 35m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- £30–55
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from London Victoria to Interchange
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 40m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £30–50
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from San Sebastian / Donostia to Biarritz
- Ave. Duration
- 45 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £3–6
- Website
- Flixbus
- Phone
- +351 21 75 24 524
- Website
- Rede Expressos
Bus from San Sebastián - Bus Station to Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 45m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- £40–120
- Website
- Rede Expressos
- Phone
- +44 (0)3717 81 81 81
- Website
- National Express
Bus from London Victoria to Interchange
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 35m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £50–130
- Website
- National Express
- Phone
- +34 900 121 400
- [email protected]
Bus from Donostia / San Sebastián to Airport Loiu Bilbao
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £10–15
- Schedules at
- gipuzkoa.avanzagrupo.com
- Book at
- online.pesa.net
Bus from Donostia / San Sebastián to Airport Loiu Bilbao
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £10–15
- Schedules at
- gipuzkoa.avanzagrupo.com
- Book at
- online.pesa.net
Bus from Donostia / San Sebastián to Airport Loiu Bilbao
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £10–15
- Schedules at
- gipuzkoa.avanzagrupo.com
- Book at
- online.pesa.net
- 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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More Questions & Answers
Donostia / San Sebastián to Durham bus services, operated by BlaBlaCar Bus, arrive at Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station.
Durham is 1h behind Donostia / San Sebastián. It is currently 7:15 AM in Donostia / San Sebastián and 6:15 AM in Durham.
Donostia / San Sebastián to Durham train services, operated by TGV inOui, arrive at Paris Montparnasse 1 Et 2 station.
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