There are 12 ways to get from Newcastle upon Tyne to Lens by train (Eurostar), bus, train, 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 Newcastle to King's Crosstrain Edinburgh - London Kings Cross / ...
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Lille Europetrain Eil
5h 50m€216–331Train via London
cheapest- Take the train from Newcastle to King's Crosstrain
- Take the train from London St. Pancras Int. to Lille Europetrain Eurostar
6h 10m€92–179Bus, train
- Take the bus from John Dobson Street to Finchley Road / O2 Centrebus Ukn10 / ...
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Lille Europetrain Eil
9h 54m€146–237Drive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Newcastle upon Tyne to Folkestonecar
- Take the cartrain from Folkestone to Calais-Fréthuncartrain
- Drive from Calais-Fréthun to Lenscar
7h 21m€260–314Fly Newcastle to Brussels Airport, train
- Fly from Newcastle (NCL) to Brussels Airport (BRU)plane NCL - BRU
- Take the train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to Lille Europetrain
8h 16m€122–260Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Newcastle upon Tyne to Port of Dovercar
- Take the carferry from Port of Dover to Calaiscarferry
- Drive from Calais to Lenscar
8h 21m€153–270Fly Newcastle to Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport, train
- Fly from Newcastle (NCL) to Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport (CDG)plane NCL - CDG
- Take the train from Aeroport Cdg2 Tgv Roissy to Arrastrain
6h 34m€92–272Fly Newcastle to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, train
- Fly from Newcastle (NCL) to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS)plane NCL - AMS
- Take the train from Schiphol Airport to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Miditrain
- Take the train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to Lille Europetrain
7h 55m€180–395Train, train to Manchester Airport, fly to Brussels Airport
- Take the train from Newcastle to Leedstrain
- Take the train from Leeds to Manchester Airporttrain
- Fly from Manchester Airport (MAN) to Brussels Airport (BRU)plane MAN - BRU
- Take the train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to Lille Europetrain
9h 20m€152–370Train to Edinburgh Airport, fly to Brussels South Charleroi Airport, train
- Take the train from Newcastle to Edinburgh Waverleytrain
- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Brussels South Charleroi Airport (CRL)plane EDI - CRL
- Take the train from Charleroi-Central to Lille Flandrestrain
9h 7m€128–342Train to Durham Tees Valley Airport, fly to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, train
- Take the train from Newcastle to Darlingtontrain
- Fly from Durham Tees Valley Airport (MME) to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS)plane MME - AMS
- Take the train from Schiphol Airport to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Miditrain
- Take the train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to Lille Europetrain
8h 56m€309–600Train, train to Manchester Airport, fly to Brussels South Charleroi Airport
- Take the train from Newcastle to Leedstrain
- Take the train from Leeds to Manchester Airporttrain
- Fly from Manchester Airport (MAN) to Brussels South Charleroi Airport (CRL)plane MAN - CRL
- Take the train from Charleroi-Central to Lille Flandrestrain
10h 15m€113–367
Newcastle upon Tyne to Lens by train and bus
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Newcastle upon Tyne to Lens is to train via London which costs €90 - €180 and takes 6h 10m.
The fastest way to get from Newcastle upon Tyne to Lens is to train which takes 5h 50m and costs €210 - €340.
No, there is no direct train from Newcastle upon Tyne to Lens. However, there are services departing from Newcastle and arriving at Lens via London St Pancras Intl and Lille Flandres. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 5h 50m.
The distance between Newcastle upon Tyne and Lens is 734 km.
The best way to get from Newcastle upon Tyne to Lens without a car is to train which takes 5h 50m and costs €210 - €340.
It takes approximately 5h 50m to get from Newcastle upon Tyne to Lens, including transfers.
Newcastle upon Tyne to Lens train services, operated by London North Eastern Railway Limited (LNER), depart from Newcastle station.
Lens is 1h ahead of Newcastle upon Tyne. It is currently 4:39 AM in Newcastle upon Tyne and 5:39 AM in Lens.
Newcastle upon Tyne to Lens train services, operated by London North Eastern Railway Limited (LNER), arrive at King's Cross station.
There are 1224+ hotels available in Lens.
What companies run services between Newcastle upon Tyne, England and Lens, Hauts-de-France, France?
You can take a train from Newcastle to Lens via London Kings Cross, London St Pancras Intl, Lille Europe, Gare Lille Europe, Gare Rue De Tournai, and Lille Flandres in around 5h 50m.
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Newcastle to Brussels Airport via Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 36m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €50–330
Flights from Newcastle to Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport via Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–340
Flights from Newcastle to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 21m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €45–310
Flights from Manchester Airport to Brussels Airport via Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €45–290
Flights from Durham Tees Valley Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–550
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Brussels South Charleroi Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €50–180
Flights from Manchester Airport to Brussels South Charleroi Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €27–170
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Newcastle to Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 46m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €50–320
Flights from Durham Tees Valley Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–550
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Newcastle to Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 11m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €110–220
Flights from Manchester Airport to Brussels Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 38m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Wednesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €120–270
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Newcastle to Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €50–200
Flights from Newcastle to Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport via Bristol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €50–200
Flights from Newcastle to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €65–190
Flights from Newcastle to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol via Belfast (Aldergrove)
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €65–190
- Website
- brusselsairlines.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Brussels Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–200
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Brussels Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 42m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Sunday, Tuesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €60–350
- Website
- aerlingus.com
Flights from Newcastle to Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €60–360
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Brussels South Charleroi Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €45–240
Train from Newcastle to King's Cross
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 44m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €100–150
- Website
- London North Eastern Railway Limited (LNER)
Train from Newcastle to Leeds
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 46m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €40–60
- Website
- London North Eastern Railway Limited (LNER)
Train from Newcastle to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 21m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €45–70
- Website
- London North Eastern Railway Limited (LNER)
Train from Newcastle to Darlington
- Ave. Duration
- 29 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €14–20
- Website
- London North Eastern Railway Limited (LNER)
Train from Newcastle to Leeds
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 46m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €40–60
- Website
- London North Eastern Railway Limited (LNER)
- Phone
- +44 (0)3432 186 186
- Website
- Eurostar
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Lille Europe
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €100–170
- Website
- Eurostar
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Lille Europe
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €100–170
- Website
- Eurostar
Train from Schiphol Airport to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 39m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €75–130
- Website
- Eurostar
Train from Schiphol Airport to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 39m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €75–130
- Website
- Eurostar
- Phone
- +44 (0) 8443 35 35 35
- [email protected]
- Website
- LeShuttle
Car train from Folkestone to Calais-Fréthun
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €140
- Website
- LeShuttle
- Standard fare
- €140
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to Lille Europe
- Ave. Duration
- 34 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €21–35
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Aeroport Cdg2 Tgv Roissy to Arras
- Ave. Duration
- 46 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €30–50
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to Lille Europe
- Ave. Duration
- 34 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €21–35
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to Lille Europe
- Ave. Duration
- 34 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €21–35
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to Lille Europe
- Ave. Duration
- 34 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €21–35
- Website
- TGV inOui
- Phone
- 0345 528 0409
- [email protected]
- Website
- Lumo
Train from Newcastle to King's Cross
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €50–90
- Website
- Lumo
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from London St. Pancras Int. to Lille Europe
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 21m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €29–55
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
- Phone
- +32 70 79 79 79
- Website
- Belgian Railways
Train from London St. Pancras Int. to Lille Europe
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 22m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €45–75
- Website
- Belgian Railways
Train from Aeroport Cdg2 Tgv Roissy to Arras
- Ave. Duration
- 47 min
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €29–45
- Website
- Belgian Railways
Train from Charleroi-Central to Lille Flandres
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 34m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €20–35
- Website
- Belgian Railways
Train from Charleroi-Central to Lille Flandres
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 34m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €20–35
- Website
- Belgian Railways
- Phone
- +44 345 600 1671
- [email protected]
- Website
- TransPennine Express
Train from Newcastle to Leeds
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 23m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €35–60
- Website
- TransPennine Express
Train from Leeds to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 23m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €18–35
- Website
- TransPennine Express
Train from Newcastle to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €40–70
- Website
- TransPennine Express
Train from Newcastle to Darlington
- Ave. Duration
- 31 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €12–21
- Website
- TransPennine Express
Train from Newcastle to Leeds
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 23m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €35–60
- Website
- TransPennine Express
Train from Leeds to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 23m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €18–35
- Website
- TransPennine Express
- Phone
- +44 3447 369 123
- [email protected]
- Website
- Cross Country
Train from Newcastle to Leeds
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 28m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €55–85
- Website
- Cross Country
Train from Newcastle to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €60–95
- Website
- Cross Country
Train from Newcastle to Darlington
- Ave. Duration
- 30 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €18–28
- Website
- Cross Country
Train from Newcastle to Leeds
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 28m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €55–85
- Website
- Cross Country
- Phone
- +44 330 060 0500
- Website
- Caledonian Sleeper
Train from Newcastle to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 42m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €30–50
- Website
- Caledonian Sleeper
- Phone
- +44 800 200 6060
- [email protected]
- Website
- Northern Trains Limited
Train from Newcastle to Darlington
- Ave. Duration
- 38 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €14–26
- Website
- Northern Trains Limited
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- [email protected]
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from John Dobson Street to Finchley Road / O2 Centre
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 50m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €40–60
- Website
- Flixbus
- Phone
- +353 818 300 400
- [email protected]
- Website
- Irish Ferries
Car ferry from Port of Dover to Calais
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €30–90
- Website
- Irish Ferries
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