There are 8 ways to get from London to Irkutsk by train, plane, bus, car, 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.
Train to London Gatwick Airport, fly
best- Take the train from London Victoria to Gatwick Airporttrain
- Fly from London Gatwick Airport (LGW) to Irkutsk Airport (IKT)plane LGW - IKT
18h 21m₽17,879–37,842Train to Luton Airport, fly
cheapest- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Luton Airport Parkwaytrain
- Fly from Luton Airport (LTN) to Irkutsk Airport (IKT)plane LTN - IKT
18h 45m₽8,099–35,256Train, bus via Pskov
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Miditrain
- Take the train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to Rotterdam Centraaltrain
- Take the bus from Rotterdam Centraal to Rīgas SAObus
- Take the bus from Riga Central Bus Station to Pskov Bus stationbus
- Take the train from Pskov Pass to Leningradsky Railway Terminaltrain
- Take the train from Kazansky Railway Terminal to Irkutsk Pastrain
5d 17hDrive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from London to Folkestonecar
- Take the cartrain from Folkestone to Calais-Fréthuncartrain
- Drive from Calais-Fréthun to Irkutskcar
4d 2h₽125,523–196,363Fly from London Heathrow Airport
- Fly from London Heathrow Airport (LHR) to Irkutsk Airport (IKT)plane LHR - IKT
18h 52m₽34,522–124,089Fly from London City Airport
- Fly from London City Airport (LCY) to Irkutsk Airport (IKT)plane LCY - IKT
25h 2m₽25,539–50,708Fly from London Stansted Airport
- Fly from London Stansted Airport (STN) to Irkutsk Airport (IKT)plane STN - IKT
19h 49m₽19,743–38,036Train, bus
- Take the train from London St. Pancras Int. to Amsterdam Centraaltrain
- Take the train from Amsterdam Centraal to Osnabrueck Hbftrain
- Take the bus from Osnabrück to Minsk Central Bus Stationbus
- Take the train from Minsk Pas to Rostov-Iaroslavskiitrain
- Take the train from Rostov-Iaroslavskii to Irkutsk Pastrain
5d 19h₽40,160–95,778
London to Irkutsk by train, bus, and foot
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from London to Irkutsk is to train and fly which costs RUB 8000 - RUB 36000 and takes 18h 45m.
The fastest way to get from London to Irkutsk is to train and fly which takes 18h 21m and costs RUB 17000 - RUB 38000.
The distance between London and Irkutsk is 6574 km.
The best way to get from London to Irkutsk without a car is to train and bus via Pskov which takes 5 days 17h and costs .
It takes approximately 18h 21m to get from London to Irkutsk, including transfers.
Irkutsk is 7h ahead of London. It is currently 6:49 AM in London and 1:49 PM in Irkutsk.
What companies run services between London, England and Irkutsk, Russia?
Air China, China Southern Airlines, and three other airlines fly from London Heathrow Airport (LHR) to Irkutsk Airport (IKT) 3 times a day.
- Website
- s7.ru
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Irkutsk Airport via Tashkent
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 40m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- ₽37,000–75,000
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Irkutsk Airport via Istanbul, Novosibirsk
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 55m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- ₽27,000–100,000
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Irkutsk Airport via Beijing Daxing
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₽100,000–320,000
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Irkutsk Airport via Istanbul, Novosibirsk
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 30m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- ₽33,000–120,000
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Irkutsk Airport via Baku Heydar Aliyev, Novosibirsk
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 55m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ₽200,000–750,000
Flights from London Stansted Airport to Irkutsk Airport via Antalya, Novosibirsk
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 52m
- When
- Friday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ₽31,000–110,000
Flights from London Stansted Airport to Irkutsk Airport via Ankara, Tashkent
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 15m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₽40,000–130,000
Flights from Luton Airport to Irkutsk Airport via Istanbul, Novosibirsk
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 48m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- ₽28,000–110,000
Flights from Luton Airport to Irkutsk Airport via Erevan, Novosibirsk
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 35m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- ₽5,500–31,000
Flights from Luton Airport to Irkutsk Airport via Antalya, Novosibirsk
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 50m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- ₽30,000–110,000
- Website
- uzairways.com
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Irkutsk Airport via Tashkent
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 52m
- When
- Sunday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- ₽16,000–75,000
Flights from London City Airport to Irkutsk Airport via Frankfurt, Tashkent
- Ave. Duration
- 39h 35m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- ₽25,000–50,000
Flights from London Stansted Airport to Irkutsk Airport via Ankara, Tashkent
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 15m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₽40,000–130,000
Flights from London Stansted Airport to Irkutsk Airport via Riga, Tashkent
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 25m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- ₽17,000–35,000
- Website
- airchina.com
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Irkutsk Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₽38,000–100,000
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Irkutsk Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 33h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₽45,000–120,000
Flights from London City Airport to Irkutsk Airport via Berlin Brandenburg, Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 17m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- ₽80,000–130,000
- Phone
- +44 (0)3457 282930
- Website
- Southern
Train from London Victoria to Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 33 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- ₽1,500–3,100
- Website
- Southern
- Phone
- +44 345 850 1530
- Website
- Gatwick Express
Train from London Victoria to Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 30 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- ₽2,100–3,500
- Website
- Gatwick Express
- Phone
- +44 (0)3432 186 186
- Website
- Eurostar
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 4m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ₽10,000–18,000
- Website
- Eurostar
Train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to Rotterdam Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 9m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ₽3,900–7,000
- Website
- Eurostar
- Phone
- 8 (800) 775-00-00
- Website
- Russian Railways
Train from Pskov Pass to Leningradsky Railway Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 19m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- ₽2,000–4,500
- Website
- Russian Railways
- 1nd Class (SW)
- ₽10,000–15,000
- 3rd Class (Platzcart)
- ₽2,000–2,700
- 2nd Class (Kupé)
- ₽3,200–4,500
Train from Kazansky Railway Terminal to Irkutsk Pas
- Ave. Duration
- 3d 8h
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- ₽10,000–19,000
- Website
- Russian Railways
- 1nd Class (SW)
- ₽40,000–55,000
- 3rd Class (Platzcart)
- ₽10,000–14,000
- 2nd Class (Kupé)
- ₽13,000–19,000
Train from Rostov-Iaroslavskii to Irkutsk Pas
- Ave. Duration
- 3d 10h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- ₽10,000–18,000
- Website
- Russian Railways
- 1nd Class (SW)
- ₽39,000–55,000
- 3rd Class (Platzcart)
- ₽10,000–14,000
- 2nd Class (Kupé)
- ₽13,000–18,000
- Phone
- +44 (0) 8443 35 35 35
- Website
- LeShuttle
Car train from Folkestone to Calais-Fréthun
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ₽13,633
- Website
- LeShuttle
- Standard fare
- ₽13,633
- Phone
- +44 (0)345 026 4700
- Website
- Thameslink
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Luton Airport Parkway
- Ave. Duration
- 31 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- ₽1,700–3,400
- Website
- Thameslink
- Phone
- 03457 125 678
- Website
- East Midlands Railways
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Luton Airport Parkway
- Ave. Duration
- 21 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ₽1,700–2,600
- Website
- East Midlands Railways
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from London St. Pancras Int. to Amsterdam Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 16m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- ₽6,000–14,000
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Amsterdam Centraal to Osnabrueck Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 51m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- ₽2,700–6,000
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
- Phone
- +32 70 79 79 79
- Website
- Belgian Railways
Train from London St. Pancras Int. to Amsterdam Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 46m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- ₽9,500–20,000
- Website
- Belgian Railways
- [email protected]
- Website
- GoVolta
Train from Amsterdam Centraal to Osnabrueck Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 28m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Website
- GoVolta
- Phone
- 105
- Website
- Belarusian Railway
Train from Minsk Pas to Rostov-Iaroslavskii
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 22m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- ₽7,000–11,908
- Website
- Belarusian Railway
- Website
- Belarusian Railway
- 3rd Class (Platzcart)
- ₽7,000–8,000
- 2nd Class (Kupé)
- ₽11,908
- 1nd Class (SW)
- ₽22,000–26,000
- Phone
- +371 67 214 512
- [email protected]
- Website
- ecolines.net
Bus from Rotterdam Centraal to Rīgas SAO
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 30m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- ₽11,000–22,000
- Schedules at
- ecolines.net
- Phone
- +371 22 474 814
- [email protected]
- Website
- Vissa
Bus from Riga Central Bus Station to Pskov Bus station
- Phone
- +7 (901) 374-41-56
- [email protected]
- Website
- Markatek
Bus from Riga Central Bus Station to Pskov Bus station
- Phone
- +375 (29) 148-41-31
- [email protected]
- Website
- vt.by
Bus from Osnabrück to Minsk Central Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 40m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- ₽14,000–40,000
- Schedules at
- vt.by
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