There are 13 ways to get from Munich to Folkestone by plane, train, train (Eurostar), bus, night train, car, car train, or car ferry
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Fly Munich International Airport to London Heathrow Airport, train
best- Fly from Munich International Airport (MUC) to London Heathrow Airport (LHR)plane MUC - LHR
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Folkestone Centraltrain
6h 45m£135–336Bus
cheapest- Take the bus from Munich central bus station to Doverbus N280
21h 2m£78–124Train
- Take the train from München Hbf to Köln Messe/Deutz Bftrain 47 / ...
- Take the train from Koeln Hbf to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Miditrain
- Take the train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to London St Pancras Intltrain Eil
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Folkestone Centraltrain
11h 26m£267–724Night train, train
- Take the nighttrain from Muenchen Ost to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midinighttrain Nj
- Take the train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to London St Pancras Intltrain Eil
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Folkestone Centraltrain
15h 29m£164–335Fly Munich International Airport to London Gatwick Airport, train
- Fly from Munich International Airport (MUC) to London Gatwick Airport (LGW)plane MUC - LGW
- Take the train from Gatwick Airport to London St Pancras Intltrain
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Folkestone Centraltrain
7h 2m£108–272Fly Munich International Airport to London Stansted Airport, train
- Fly from Munich International Airport (MUC) to London Stansted Airport (STN)plane MUC - STN
- Take the train from Stratford International to Folkestone Centraltrain
7h 1m£120–300Bus to Allgäu Airport, Memmingen, fly to London Stansted Airport, train
- Take the bus from München to Memmingen Airportbus
- Fly from Allgäu Airport, Memmingen (FMM) to London Stansted Airport (STN)plane FMM - STN
- Take the train from Stratford International to Folkestone Centraltrain
7h 33m£85–302Train to Nuremberg Airport, fly to London Stansted Airport, train
- Take the train from München Hbf to Nürnberg Hbftrain
- Fly from Nuremberg Airport (NUE) to London Stansted Airport (STN)plane NUE - STN
- Take the train from Stratford International to Folkestone Centraltrain
7h 39m£106–356Train to Salzburg Airport, fly to London Gatwick Airport, train
- Take the train from München Hbf to Salzburg Hauptbahnhoftrain
- Fly from Salzburg Airport (SZG) to London Gatwick Airport (LGW)plane SZG - LGW
- Take the train from Gatwick Airport to London St Pancras Intltrain
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Folkestone Centraltrain
8h 34m£150–476Train, train to Innsbruck Airport, fly to London Gatwick Airport
- Take the train from Ostbahnhof to Kufsteintrain
- Take the train from Kufstein to Innsbruck Hauptbahnhoftrain
- Fly from Innsbruck Airport (INN) to London Gatwick Airport (LGW)plane INN - LGW
- Take the train from Gatwick Airport to London St Pancras Intltrain
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Folkestone Centraltrain
8h 47m£156–538Train, train to Zurich Airport, fly to London City Airport
- Take the train from München Hbf to Lindau, Reutin Bahnhoftrain
- Take the train from St. Margrethen Sg to Zuerich Flughafentrain
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to London City Airport (LCY)plane ZRH - LCY
- Take the train from Stratford International to Folkestone Centraltrain
9h 57m£159–604Drive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Munich to Calais-Fréthuncar
- Take the cartrain from Calais-Fréthun to Folkestonecartrain le shuttle
9h 53m£237–290Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Munich to Calaiscar
- Take the carferry from Calais to Port of Dovercarferry
11h 3m£128–221
Munich to Folkestone by train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Munich to Folkestone is to bus which costs £75 - £130 and takes 21h 2m.
The fastest way to get from Munich to Folkestone is to fly and train which takes 6h 45m and costs £130 - £340.
No, there is no direct bus from Munich station to Folkestone station. However, there are services departing from Munich central bus station and arriving at Folkestone Central station via Pencester Road. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 21h 2m.
No, there is no direct train from Munich to Folkestone. However, there are services departing from München Hbf and arriving at Folkestone Central via Koeln Messe/Deutz, Koeln Hbf, Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi and London St Pancras Intl. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 11h 26m.
The distance between Munich and Folkestone is 698 miles.
The best way to get from Munich to Folkestone without a car is to train which takes 11h 26m and costs £260 - £750.
It takes approximately 6h 45m to get from Munich to Folkestone, including transfers.
Munich to Folkestone bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Munich central bus station.
Munich to Folkestone train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), depart from München Hbf station.
The best way to get from Munich to Folkestone is to train which takes 11h 26m and costs £260 - £750. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs £75 - £130 and takes 21h 2m.
What companies run services between Munich, Germany and Folkestone, England?
You can take a train from München Hbf to Folkestone Central via Köln Messe/Deutz Bf, Koeln Messe/Deutz, Koeln Hbf, Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi, and London St Pancras Intl in around 11h 26m. Alternatively, FlixBus operates a bus from Munich central bus station to Dover once daily. Tickets cost £75–130 and the journey takes 19h 45m.
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Munich International Airport to London Heathrow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £70–200
Flights from Salzburg Airport to London Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 57m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £65–170
Flights from Innsbruck Airport to London Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- £90–410
Flights from Zurich Airport to London City Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 36m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £80–250
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Munich International Airport to London Heathrow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £50–280
Flights from Munich International Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £70–210
Flights from Munich International Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Dusseldorf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £110–180
Flights from Munich International Airport to London Stansted Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £70–260
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Munich International Airport to London Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 2m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £45–140
Flights from Salzburg Airport to London Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £70–200
Flights from Innsbruck Airport to London Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £75–240
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Munich International Airport to London Gatwick Airport via Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £70–250
Flights from Zurich Airport to London City Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 38m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £90–300
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to London City Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £65–360
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Munich International Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Dusseldorf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £110–180
Flights from Munich International Airport to London Gatwick Airport via Cologne Bonn
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Monday and Tuesday
- Estimated price
- £55–200
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Allgäu Airport, Memmingen to London Stansted Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £30–170
Flights from Nuremberg Airport to London Stansted Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £30–130
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Munich International Airport to London Gatwick Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £40–240
- Website
- lufthansa-city.com
Flights from Munich International Airport to London Heathrow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £50–280
- Website
- condor.com
Flights from Munich International Airport to London Gatwick Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £80–210
- Website
- jet2.com
Flights from Salzburg Airport to London Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- £75–220
- Phone
- +44 345 322 7021
- Website
- Southeastern
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Folkestone Central
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £35–70
- Website
- Southeastern
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Folkestone Central
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £35–70
- Website
- Southeastern
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Folkestone Central
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £35–70
- Website
- Southeastern
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Folkestone Central
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £35–70
- Website
- Southeastern
Train from Stratford International to Folkestone Central
- Ave. Duration
- 46 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £30–65
- Website
- Southeastern
Train from Stratford International to Folkestone Central
- Ave. Duration
- 46 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £30–65
- Website
- Southeastern
Train from Stratford International to Folkestone Central
- Ave. Duration
- 46 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £30–65
- Website
- Southeastern
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Folkestone Central
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £35–70
- Website
- Southeastern
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Folkestone Central
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £35–70
- Website
- Southeastern
Train from Stratford International to Folkestone Central
- Ave. Duration
- 46 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £30–65
- Website
- Southeastern
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from München Hbf to Köln Messe/Deutz Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 9m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £90–400
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from München Hbf to Nürnberg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 12m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £26–120
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from München Hbf to Salzburg Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £23–100
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Ostbahnhof to Kufstein
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 1m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £13–65
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from München Hbf to Lindau, Reutin Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 22m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- £30–140
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
- Phone
- +44 (0)3432 186 186
- Website
- Eurostar
Train from Koeln Hbf to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 56m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- £50–95
- Website
- Eurostar
Train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to London St Pancras Intl
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 1m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £90–160
- Website
- Eurostar
Train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to London St Pancras Intl
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 1m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £90–160
- Website
- Eurostar
- Phone
- +43 (0) 51717
- Website
- Nightjet
Night train from Muenchen Ost to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 13m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- £35–110
- Website
- Nightjet
- Sleeper Carriage
- £90–110
- Couchette Carriage
- £65–75
- Seating Carriage
- £35–50
- Phone
- +44 (0)345 026 4700
- Website
- Thameslink
Train from Gatwick Airport to London St Pancras Intl
- Ave. Duration
- 44 min
- Frequency
- Every 10 minutes
- Estimated price
- £15–29
- Website
- Thameslink
Train from Gatwick Airport to London St Pancras Intl
- Ave. Duration
- 44 min
- Frequency
- Every 10 minutes
- Estimated price
- £15–29
- Website
- Thameslink
Train from Gatwick Airport to London St Pancras Intl
- Ave. Duration
- 44 min
- Frequency
- Every 10 minutes
- Estimated price
- £15–29
- Website
- Thameslink
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from München Hbf to Nürnberg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £35–65
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from München Hbf to Lindau, Reutin Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- £40–75
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
- Phone
- +49 30 200 73-0
- [email protected]
- Website
- Transdev GmbH
Train from München Hbf to Salzburg Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 2m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £23–35
- Schedules at
- Transdev GmbH
- Phone
- +43 1 89900
- [email protected]
- Website
- Westbahn
Train from München Hbf to Salzburg Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 49m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £24–45
- Website
- Westbahn
Train from Kufstein to Innsbruck Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 39 min
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £11–20
- Website
- Westbahn
- Phone
- +49 8024 997171
- [email protected]
- Website
- Bayerische Regiobahn (BRB)
Train from München Hbf to Salzburg Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 56m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- £50–180
- Schedules at
- Bayerische Regiobahn (BRB)
Train from Ostbahnhof to Kufstein
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- £30–110
- Schedules at
- Bayerische Regiobahn (BRB)
- Phone
- _AUSTRIAN_RAILWAYS_(ÖBB)
- Website
- Austrian Railways
Train from Kufstein to Innsbruck Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 58 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- £12–24
- Website
- Austrian Railways
- Phone
- +43 (0) 5 1717
- Website
- ÖBB Intercity
Train from Kufstein to Innsbruck Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 51 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £7–16
- Website
- ÖBB Intercity
- Website
- ÖBB Intercity
- Phone
- +49 821 899 825 44
- [email protected]
- Website
- Arverio Bayern GmbH
Train from München Hbf to Lindau, Reutin Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 57m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Schedules at
- Arverio Bayern GmbH
Train from St. Margrethen Sg to Zuerich Flughafen
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 7m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £30–95
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
- Phone
- +49 (0) 7531 915109
- [email protected]
- Website
- SBB GmbH
Train from St. Margrethen Sg to Zuerich Flughafen
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 7m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £8–11
- Schedules at
- SBB GmbH
- Phone
- +43 (0) 5 1717
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
Train from St. Margrethen Sg to Zuerich Flughafen
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 7m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £19–35
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
- 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
- +49 30 300 137 300
- [email protected]
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Munich central bus station to Dover
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 45m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £75–130
- Website
- Flixbus
- Phone
- +49 (0) 8331 9842 00 509
- [email protected]
- Website
- allgaeu-airport-express.de
Bus from München to Memmingen Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £8–26
- Schedules at
- allgaeu-airport-express.de
- On Board Fare
- £19
- Internet fare
- £8
- 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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Munich to Folkestone bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Dover station.
Folkestone is 1h behind Munich. It is currently 2:01 AM in Munich and 1:01 AM in Folkestone.
Munich to Folkestone train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), arrive at Köln Messe/Deutz Bf station.
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