There are 11 ways to get from Lens to Manchester by train (Eurostar), train, bus, car, car train, plane, 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.
Train
best- Take the train from Lille Europe to London St Pancras Intltrain Eil
- Take the train from London Euston to Manchester Piccadillytrain London Euston - Manchester Piccadilly
5h 26m£135–231Train, bus to Beauvais–Tillé Airport, fly to Manchester Airport
cheapest- Take the train from Arras to Amienstrain
- Take the bus from Gare routière to Aéroportbus
- Fly from Beauvais–Tillé Airport (BVA) to Manchester Airport (MAN)plane BVA - MAN
7h 14m£42–154Train, bus
- Take the train from Lille Europe to London St Pancras Intltrain Eil
- Take the bus from Finchley Road / O2 Centre to Shudehill Interchangebus Ukn30 / ...
8h 17m£91–160Drive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Lens to Calais-Fréthuncar
- Take the cartrain from Calais-Fréthun to Folkestonecartrain
- Drive from Folkestone to Manchestercar
6h 45m£190–231Train, train to Brussels Airport, fly to Manchester Airport
- Take the train from Lens to Lille Flandrestrain
- Take the train from Lille Europe to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Miditrain
- Fly from Brussels Airport (BRU) to Manchester Airport (MAN)plane BRU - MAN
5h 48m£80–229Bus
- Take the bus from Lille to London Victoriabus N870 / ...
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Manchester Central Coach Stationbus 541 / ...
15h 33m£64–141Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Lens to Calaiscar
- Take the carferry from Calais to Port of Dovercarferry
- Drive from Port of Dover to Manchestercar
7h 41m£81–160Train to Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport, fly to Manchester Airport
- Take the train from Arras to Aeroport Cdg2 Tgv Roissytrain
- Fly from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport (CDG) to Manchester Airport (MAN)plane CDG - MAN
5h 52m£68–208Train to Brussels South Charleroi Airport, fly to Manchester Airport
- Take the train from Lille Flandres to Charleroi-Centraltrain
- Fly from Brussels South Charleroi Airport (CRL) to Manchester Airport (MAN)plane CRL - MAN
7h 13m£51–217Train to Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport, fly to Liverpool, train
- Take the train from Arras to Aeroport Cdg2 Tgv Roissytrain
- Fly from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport (CDG) to Liverpool (LPL)plane CDG - LPL
- Take the train from Liverpool South Parkway to Manchester Piccadillytrain
6h 57m£91–265Train to Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport, fly to Birmingham Airport, train
- Take the train from Arras to Aeroport Cdg2 Tgv Roissytrain
- Fly from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport (CDG) to Birmingham Airport (BHX)plane CDG - BHX
- Take the train from Birmingham International to Manchester Piccadillytrain
8h 6m£110–290
Lens to Manchester by train and foot
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Lens to Manchester is to bus which costs £60 - £150 and takes 15h 33m.
The fastest way to get from Lens to Manchester is to train which takes 5h 26m and costs £130 - £240.
No, there is no direct bus from Lens to Manchester station. However, there are services departing from Lille and arriving at Manchester Central Coach Station via London Victoria. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 15h 33m.
No, there is no direct train from Lens to Manchester. However, there are services departing from Lens and arriving at Manchester Piccadilly via Lille Europe and London Euston. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 5h 26m.
The distance between Lens and Manchester is 374 miles.
The best way to get from Lens to Manchester without a car is to train which takes 5h 26m and costs £130 - £240.
It takes approximately 5h 26m to get from Lens to Manchester, including transfers.
Lens to Manchester bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Lille station.
Lens to Manchester train services, operated by Eurostar, depart from Lille Europe station.
The best way to get from Lens to Manchester is to train which takes 5h 26m and costs £130 - £240. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs £60 - £150 and takes 15h 33m.
What companies run services between Lens, Hauts-de-France, France and Manchester, England?
You can take a train from Lens to Manchester Piccadilly via Lille Flandres, Lille Europe, London St Pancras Intl, and London Euston in around 5h 26m. Alternatively, you can take a train from Lens to Manchester Central Coach Station via Lille Flandres, Lille, and London Victoria in around 15h 33m.
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £40–140
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Liverpool
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £50–180
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Liverpool via Belfast (Aldergrove)
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- £50–180
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Birmingham Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 19m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £45–160
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Brussels South Charleroi Airport to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £22–150
Flights from Beauvais–Tillé Airport to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £26–110
Flights from Beauvais–Tillé Airport to Manchester Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Thursday and Monday
- Estimated price
- £26–110
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £30–200
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Birmingham Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 21m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £30–200
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Brussels Airport to Manchester Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 18m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £100–200
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Manchester Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 26m
- When
- Friday to Tuesday
- Estimated price
- £50–230
- Website
- brusselsairlines.com
Flights from Brussels Airport to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £60–200
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Birmingham Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £35–230
- Website
- jet2.com
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- £75–160
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Beauvais–Tillé Airport to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- £30–170
- Phone
- +44 (0)3432 186 186
- Website
- Eurostar
Train from Lille Europe to London St Pancras Intl
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £65–110
- Website
- Eurostar
Train from Lille Europe to London St Pancras Intl
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £65–110
- Website
- Eurostar
Train from Lille Europe to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 39 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £26–45
- Website
- Eurostar
- Phone
- +44 (0)345 528 0253
- Website
- Avanti West Coast
Train from London Euston to Manchester Piccadilly
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 12m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £65–110
- Website
- Avanti West Coast
- 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
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 Lens to Lille Flandres
- Ave. Duration
- 40 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- £5–11
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Arras to Aeroport Cdg2 Tgv Roissy
- Ave. Duration
- 53 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £22–45
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Lille Flandres to Charleroi-Central
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £16–35
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Arras to Amiens
- Ave. Duration
- 38 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £9–20
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Arras to Aeroport Cdg2 Tgv Roissy
- Ave. Duration
- 53 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £22–45
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Arras to Aeroport Cdg2 Tgv Roissy
- Ave. Duration
- 53 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £22–45
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Lille Europe to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £18–29
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Arras to Aeroport Cdg2 Tgv Roissy
- Ave. Duration
- 53 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- £27–45
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Arras to Aeroport Cdg2 Tgv Roissy
- Ave. Duration
- 53 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- £27–45
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Arras to Aeroport Cdg2 Tgv Roissy
- Ave. Duration
- 53 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- £27–45
- Website
- TGV inOui
- Phone
- +32 70 79 79 79
- Website
- Belgian Railways
Train from Lille Europe to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 48 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £15–35
- Website
- Belgian Railways
- Phone
- 03457 125 678
- Website
- East Midlands Railways
Train from Liverpool South Parkway to Manchester Piccadilly
- Ave. Duration
- 39 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £15–22
- Website
- East Midlands Railways
- Phone
- +44 345 600 1671
- [email protected]
- Website
- TransPennine Express
Train from Liverpool South Parkway to Manchester Piccadilly
- Ave. Duration
- 41 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £10–18
- Website
- TransPennine Express
- Phone
- +44 800 200 6060
- [email protected]
- Website
- Northern Trains Limited
Train from Liverpool South Parkway to Manchester Piccadilly
- Ave. Duration
- 45 min
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- £11–21
- Website
- Northern Trains Limited
- Phone
- +44 3447 369 123
- [email protected]
- Website
- Cross Country
Train from Birmingham International to Manchester Piccadilly
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 48m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £45–70
- Website
- Cross Country
- Phone
- 03333 211 202
- Website
- Transport for Wales
Train from Birmingham International to Manchester Piccadilly
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 12m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- £35–60
- Website
- Transport for Wales
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- [email protected]
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Finchley Road / O2 Centre to Shudehill Interchange
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £21–35
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Lille to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 40m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- £19–35
- Website
- Flixbus
- Phone
- +44 (0)3717 81 81 81
- Website
- National Express
Bus from London Victoria to Manchester Central Coach Station
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £40–95
- Website
- National Express
- Phone
- 09 70 15 01 50
- [email protected]
- Website
- Oise - Réseau de l'Oise
Bus from Gare routière to Aéroport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £1
- Website
- Oise - Réseau de l'Oise
- 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
- £7–45
- Website
- Irish Ferries
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Lens to Manchester bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at London Victoria station.
Manchester is 1h behind Lens. It is currently 3:02 PM in Lens and 2:02 PM in Manchester.
Lens to Manchester train services, operated by Eurostar, arrive at London St Pancras Intl station.
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