There are 12 ways to get from Sofia to Durham by plane, bus, train, night train, car, car train, busferry, 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 to Newcastle
best- Fly from Sofia Airport (SOF) to Newcastle (NCL)plane SOF - NCL
8h 55m£70–316Bus, train, night train
- Take the bus from Sofia Central Bus Station to Beograd, Autobuska stanicabus
- Take the train from Novi Beograd to Suboticatrain Ir / ...
- Take the train from Kelebia to Wien Hbftrain Ec
- Take the nighttrain from Wien Hbf to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midinighttrain Nj
- Take the train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to London St Pancras Intltrain Eil
- Take the train from King's Cross to Durhamtrain
35h 20m£309–515Bus
- Take the bus from Sofia Central Bus Station to Praha, ÚAN Florencbus
- Take the bus from Prague Florenc Central Bus Station to London Victoria Green Line Stationbus
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Interchangebus
45h 3m£141–263Drive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Sofia to Calais-Fréthuncar
- Take the cartrain from Calais-Fréthun to Folkestonecartrain
- Drive from Folkestone to Durhamcar
26h 26m£555–754Fly to Durham Tees Valley Airport
- Fly from Sofia Airport (SOF) to Durham Tees Valley Airport (MME)plane SOF - MME
12h 29m£125–499Fly to Edinburgh Airport, train
- Fly from Sofia Airport (SOF) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane SOF - EDI
- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to Durhamtrain
9h 27m£120–272Fly to Leeds Bradford International Airport, train
- Fly from Sofia Airport (SOF) to Leeds Bradford International Airport (LBA)plane SOF - LBA
- Take the train from Leeds to Durhamtrain
11h 41m£107–251Fly to Liverpool, train
- Fly from Sofia Airport (SOF) to Liverpool (LPL)plane SOF - LPL
- Take the train from Liverpool Lime Street to Durhamtrain
10h 33m£140–246Bus, train via Vienna
- Take the bus from Sofia to Wien Hbfbus
- Take the train from Wien HBF to Bruxelles-Miditrain Nj / ...
- Take the train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to London St Pancras Intltrain Eil
- Take the train from King's Cross to Durhamtrain
37h 2m£440–689Bus, train
- Take the bus from Sofia Central Bus Station to Munichbus
- Take the bus from Munich central bus station to London Victoriabus
- Take the train from King's Cross to Durhamtrain
2d 3h£273–382Train, bus and ferry
- Take the train from Sofia to Vidintrain Ic
- Take the train from Vidin to Craiovatrain Ic
- Take the busferry from Craiova, Autogara Pelendava Nord to Manchester Piccadillybusferry
- Take the train from Manchester Victoria to Durhamtrain
2d 11h£100–224Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Sofia to Calaiscar
- Take the carferry from Calais to Port of Dovercarferry
- Drive from Port of Dover to Durhamcar
27h 27m£462–711
Sofia Airport (SOF) to Newcastle (NCL) flights
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Sofia to Durham is to fly which costs £70 - £320 and takes 8h 55m.
The fastest way to get from Sofia to Durham is to fly which takes 8h 55m and costs £70 - £320.
No, there is no direct bus from Sofia station to Durham. However, there are services departing from Sofia Central Bus Station and arriving at Leazes Road - Millburngate Bridge via Prague Florenc Central Bus Station, London Victoria and Interchange. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 45h 3m.
The distance between Sofia and Durham is 1450 miles.
The best way to get from Sofia to Durham without a car is to bus which takes 45h 3m and costs £140 - £270.
It takes approximately 8h 55m to get from Sofia to Durham, including transfers.
Sofia to Durham bus services, operated by Union Ivkoni, depart from Sofia Central Bus Station.
The best way to get from Sofia to Durham is to fly which takes 8h 55m and costs £70 - £320. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs £140 - £270 and takes 45h 3m.
Sofia to Durham bus services, operated by Union Ivkoni, arrive at Praha, ÚAN Florenc station.
Durham is 2h behind Sofia. It is currently 8:57 AM in Sofia and 6:57 AM in Durham.
What companies run services between Sofia, Bulgaria and Durham, England?
Bulgaria Air, KLM, and six other airlines fly from Sofia Airport (SOF) to Newcastle (NCL) twice daily. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Sofia Central Bus Station to Leazes Road - Millburngate Bridge via Prague Florenc Central Bus Station, London Victoria Green Line Station, London Victoria, and Interchange in around 45h 3m.
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Sofia Airport to Newcastle via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £120–360
Flights from Sofia Airport to Durham Tees Valley Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £250–750
Flights from Sofia Airport to Durham Tees Valley Airport via Vienna, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 20m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £170–800
Flights from Sofia Airport to Durham Tees Valley Airport via Berlin Brandenburg, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 42m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £110–800
Flights from Sofia Airport to Durham Tees Valley Airport via Budapest, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 42m
- When
- Monday, Saturday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £170–800
Flights from Sofia Airport to Leeds Bradford International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £130–400
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Sofia Airport to Newcastle via Krakow
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 25m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- £55–310
Flights from Sofia Airport to Newcastle via Budapest
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 5m
- When
- Monday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £55–310
Flights from Sofia Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Monday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £65–170
Flights from Sofia Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Berlin Brandenburg
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £65–170
Flights from Sofia Airport to Leeds Bradford International Airport via Budapest
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 15m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- £65–240
Flights from Sofia Airport to Liverpool
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Saturday, Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday
- Estimated price
- £65–160
- Website
- jet2.com
Flights from Sofia Airport to Newcastle via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 35m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £70–230
Flights from Sofia Airport to Newcastle via Krakow
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 10m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £70–230
Flights from Sofia Airport to Leeds Bradford International Airport via Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £75–260
Flights from Sofia Airport to Leeds Bradford International Airport via Cologne Bonn
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 20m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £65–240
Flights from Sofia Airport to Leeds Bradford International Airport via Berlin Brandenburg
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 45m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £70–250
Flights from Sofia Airport to Leeds Bradford International Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 45m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £75–260
Flights from Sofia Airport to Leeds Bradford International Airport via Budapest
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 10m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- £75–260
Flights from Sofia Airport to Leeds Bradford International Airport via Krakow
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 20m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £75–260
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Sofia Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 52m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £70–330
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Sofia Airport to Newcastle via Berlin Brandenburg
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 40m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £60–310
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Sofia Airport to Newcastle via Berlin Brandenburg
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 45m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £55–310
- Phone
- +381 11 360 28 99
- [email protected]
- Website
- srbijavoz.rs
Train from Novi Beograd to Subotica
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £5–9
- Schedules at
- srbijavoz.rs
- 2nd Class
- £5–6
- 1st Class
- £6–9
- Phone
- +36 (1) 3 49 49 49
- [email protected]
- Website
- Hungarian Railways (MÁV)
Train from Kelebia to Wien Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 34m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £16–19
- Website
- Hungarian Railways (MÁV)
- Phone
- +43 (0) 51717
- Website
- Nightjet
Night train from Wien Hbf to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 23m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- £50–130
- Website
- Nightjet
- Sleeper Carriage
- £95–130
- Couchette Carriage
- £75–90
- Seating Carriage
- £50–65
- Phone
- +44 (0)3432 186 186
- Website
- Eurostar
Train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to London St Pancras Intl
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 1m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £120–200
- Website
- Eurostar
Train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to London St Pancras Intl
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 1m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £120–200
- Website
- Eurostar
Train from King's Cross to Durham
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 46m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £85–120
- Website
- London North Eastern Railway Limited (LNER)
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Durham
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 39m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £45–65
- Website
- London North Eastern Railway Limited (LNER)
Train from Leeds to Durham
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 16m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- £30–45
- Website
- London North Eastern Railway Limited (LNER)
Train from King's Cross to Durham
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 46m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £85–120
- Website
- London North Eastern Railway Limited (LNER)
Train from King's Cross to Durham
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 46m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £85–120
- Website
- London North Eastern Railway Limited (LNER)
- 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
- +44 3447 369 123
- [email protected]
- Website
- Cross Country
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Durham
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 48m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £60–90
- Website
- Cross Country
Train from Leeds to Durham
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £40–60
- Website
- Cross Country
- Phone
- +44 345 600 1671
- [email protected]
- Website
- TransPennine Express
Train from Leeds to Durham
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £26–45
- Website
- TransPennine Express
Train from Liverpool Lime Street to Durham
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 13m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £45–80
- Website
- TransPennine Express
Train from Manchester Victoria to Durham
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 21m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £40–65
- Website
- TransPennine Express
- Phone
- +32 70 79 79 79
- Website
- Belgian Railways
Train from Wien HBF to Bruxelles-Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 19m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £190–300
- Website
- Belgian Railways
- Phone
- +359 2 931 11 11
- [email protected]
- Website
- Bulgarian Railways (BDZh)
Train from Sofia to Vidin
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 11m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £3–5
- Website
- Bulgarian Railways (BDZh)
- 2nd Class
- £3–5
- 1st Class
- £3–5
Train from Vidin to Craiova
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 13m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £1–2
- Website
- Bulgarian Railways (BDZh)
- 2nd Class
- £1–2
- 1st Class
- £1–2
- Phone
- +381 11 8728111
- [email protected]
- Website
- Trans-Jug
Bus from Sofia Central Bus Station to Beograd, Autobuska stanica
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- £30–34
- Website
- Trans-Jug
- Phone
- +359 88 949 0000
- [email protected]
- Website
- Union Ivkoni
Bus from Sofia Central Bus Station to Praha, ÚAN Florenc
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 5m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- £40–70
- Website
- Union Ivkoni
- Phone
- +420 222 222 221
- [email protected]
- Website
- RegioJet
Bus from Prague Florenc Central Bus Station to London Victoria Green Line Station
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 30m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- £70–120
- Website
- RegioJet
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- [email protected]
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from London Victoria to Interchange
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 40m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £30–50
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Munich central bus station to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 35m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- £90–140
- Website
- Flixbus
- Phone
- +44 (0)3717 81 81 81
- Website
- National Express
Bus from London Victoria to Interchange
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 35m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- £45–75
- Website
- National Express
- Phone
- +359 2 812 0 812
- [email protected]
- Website
- karat-s.com
Bus from Sofia to Wien Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 10m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £45–70
- Schedules at
- karat-s.com
- Phone
- +359 0885700870
- [email protected]
- Website
- Citylines
Bus from Sofia to Wien Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 20m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- £45–60
- Website
- Citylines
- Phone
- 02 981 10 40
- [email protected]
- Website
- yubim.eu
Bus from Sofia Central Bus Station to Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 41m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- £90–120
- Schedules at
- yubim.eu
- Phone
- 0040263701919
- [email protected]
- Website
- latinoexpres.ro
Busferry from Craiova, Autogara Pelendava Nord to Manchester Piccadilly
- Ave. Duration
- 45h 51m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- £55–150
- Schedules at
- latinoexpres.ro
- 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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