There are 13 ways to get from Germany to Brighton by plane, train (Eurostar), bus, car, car train, subway, train, or car ferry
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly Cologne Bonn Airport to London Gatwick Airport
best- Fly from Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN) to London Gatwick Airport (LGW)plane CGN - LGW
4h 13m£68–182Fly Hamburg Airport to London Gatwick Airport
cheapest- Fly from Hamburg Airport (HAM) to London Gatwick Airport (LGW)plane HAM - LGW
4h 52m£59–265Train via Cologne
- Take the train from S Spandau Bhf to Köln Hbftrain 10 / ...
- Take the train from Köln Hbf to Bruxelles Miditrain 79
- Take the train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to London St Pancras Intltrain Eil
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Brightontrain
13h 10m£247–523Bus
- Take the bus from Berlin Südkreuz train station to London Victoriabus N1328
- Take the bus from London Victoria to St Peter's Churchbus 025
25h 3m£95–156Drive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Berlin to Calais-Fréthuncar
- Take the cartrain from Calais-Fréthun to Folkestonecartrain
- Drive from Folkestone to Brightoncar
10h 41m£258–322Fly Frankfurt to London Gatwick Airport
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to London Gatwick Airport (LGW)plane FRA - LGW
4h 32m£73–211Subway to Düsseldorf International Airport, fly to London Gatwick Airport
- Take the subway from D-Steinstraße U to D-Flughafen Terminal Ssubway
- Fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to London Gatwick Airport (LGW)plane DUS - LGW
4h 25m£59–265Fly Düsseldorf International Airport to London Heathrow Airport, train
- Fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to London Heathrow Airport (LHR)plane DUS - LHR
- Take the train from Farringdon to Brightontrain
5h 56m£100–270Fly Hamburg Airport to London Heathrow Airport, train
- Fly from Hamburg Airport (HAM) to London Heathrow Airport (LHR)plane HAM - LHR
- Take the train from Farringdon to Brightontrain
6h 23m£100–280Fly Cologne Bonn Airport to London Stansted Airport, train
- Fly from Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN) to London Stansted Airport (STN)plane CGN - STN
- Take the train from London Victoria to Brightontrain
5h 53m£79–278Train
- Take the train from Berlin Hbf to Amsterdam Centraaltrain Ice
- Take the train from Amsterdam Centraal to London St. Pancras Int.train
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Brightontrain
15h 10m£138–273Train #2
- Take the train from Berlin Gesundbrunnen to Bruxelles-Miditrain Trn
- Take the train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to London St Pancras Intltrain Eil
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Brightontrain
19h 54m£273–443Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Berlin to Calaiscar
- Take the carferry from Calais to Port of Dovercarferry
- Drive from Port of Dover to Brightoncar
11h 45m£168–282
Germany to Brighton by train
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Germany to Brighton is to fly which costs £55 - £270 and takes 4h 52m.
The fastest way to get from Germany to Brighton is to fly which takes 4h 13m and costs £65 - £190.
No, there is no direct bus from Germany to Brighton. However, there are services departing from S+U Alexanderplatz Bhf/Memhardstr. and arriving at St Peter's Church via Berlin Südkreuz train station and London Victoria. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 25h 3m.
No, there is no direct train from Germany to Brighton. However, there are services departing from S+U Alexanderplatz Bhf and arriving at Brighton via S Spandau Bhf, Köln Hbf, Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi and London St Pancras Intl. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 13h 10m.
The distance between Germany and Brighton is 353 miles.
The best way to get from Germany to Brighton without a car is to train via Cologne which takes 13h 10m and costs £240 - £550.
It takes approximately 4h 13m to get from Germany to Brighton, including transfers.
Germany to Brighton bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Berlin Südkreuz train station.
Germany to Brighton train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), depart from S Spandau Bhf station.
The best way to get from Germany to Brighton is to fly which takes 4h 13m and costs £65 - £190. Alternatively, you can train via Cologne, which costs £240 - £550 and takes 13h 10m, you could also bus, which costs £95 - £160 and takes 25h 3m.
What companies run services between Germany and Brighton, England?
Eurowings and Jet2.com fly from Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN) to London Gatwick Airport (LGW) twice daily. Alternatively, you can take a train from S+U Alexanderplatz Bhf to Brighton via S Spandau Bhf, Köln Hbf, Bruxelles Midi, Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi, and London St Pancras Intl in around 13h 10m.
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to London Heathrow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 28m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £60–210
Flights from Hamburg Airport to London Heathrow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 43m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £55–220
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to London Stansted Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £30–190
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to London Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £55–150
Flights from Hamburg Airport to London Gatwick Airport via Stuttgart
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £60–230
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to London Heathrow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £55–190
Flights from Hamburg Airport to London Heathrow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £55–180
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to London Heathrow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £55–190
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £100–450
Flights from Hamburg Airport to London Heathrow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £55–180
Flights from Hamburg Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 47m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £100–550
- Website
- condor.com
Flights from Frankfurt to London Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 33m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £60–180
Flights from Hamburg Airport to London Gatwick Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 33m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £65–260
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 13m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £35–250
Flights from Hamburg Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 21m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £45–290
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Hamburg Airport to London Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 42m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Friday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £40–140
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to London Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £45–260
- Website
- jet2.com
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to London Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- £65–130
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Frankfurt to London Gatwick Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £55–230
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Hamburg Airport to London Gatwick Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £45–270
- Website
- brusselsairlines.com
Flights from Hamburg Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- £65–250
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to London Stansted Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- £30–170
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from S Spandau Bhf to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 22m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £75–170
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Köln Hbf to Bruxelles Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 52m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £30–70
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
- Phone
- +44 (0)3432 186 186
- Website
- Eurostar
Train from Köln Hbf to Bruxelles Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 52m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- £65–120
- Website
- Eurostar
Train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to London St Pancras Intl
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 1m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £110–190
- Website
- Eurostar
Train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to London St Pancras Intl
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 1m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £110–190
- Website
- Eurostar
- Phone
- +32 70 79 79 79
- Website
- Belgian Railways
Train from Köln Hbf to Bruxelles Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 54m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £30–50
- Website
- Belgian Railways
Train from Berlin Gesundbrunnen to Bruxelles-Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 12m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- £130–210
- Website
- Belgian Railways
- Phone
- +44 (0)345 026 4700
- Website
- Thameslink
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Brighton
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 23m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- £30–40
- Website
- Thameslink
Train from Farringdon to Brighton
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 19m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- £29–40
- Website
- Thameslink
Train from Farringdon to Brighton
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 19m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- £29–40
- Website
- Thameslink
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Brighton
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 23m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- £30–40
- Website
- Thameslink
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Brighton
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 23m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- £30–40
- Website
- Thameslink
- Phone
- +44 (0) 8443 35 35 35
- [email protected]
- Website
- LeShuttle
Car train from Calais-Fréthun to Folkestone
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £117
- Website
- LeShuttle
- Standard fare
- £117
- Phone
- +49 211 58201
- [email protected]
- Website
- Rheinbahn AG
Subway from D-Steinstraße U to D-Flughafen Terminal S
- Ave. Duration
- 16 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £2–4
- Schedules at
- Rheinbahn AG
- Phone
- +44 345 850 1530
- Website
- Gatwick Express
Train from London Victoria to Brighton
- Ave. Duration
- 58 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £30–50
- Website
- Gatwick Express
- Phone
- +44 (0)3457 282930
- Website
- Southern
Train from London Victoria to Brighton
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 7m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £23–40
- Website
- Southern
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Berlin Hbf to Amsterdam Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 3m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £55–120
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Amsterdam Centraal to London St. Pancras Int.
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 17m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- £50–110
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- [email protected]
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Berlin Südkreuz train station to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 40m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- £80–130
- Website
- Flixbus
- Phone
- +44 (0)3717 81 81 81
- Website
- National Express
Bus from London Victoria to St Peter's Church
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £13–23
- Website
- National Express
- Phone
- +353 818 300 400
- [email protected]
- Website
- Irish Ferries
Car ferry from Calais to Port of Dover
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £25–75
- Website
- Irish Ferries
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Booking & Getting There
Germany to Brighton bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at London Victoria station.
Germany to Brighton train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), arrive at Köln Hbf station.
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