There are 11 ways to get from Sofia to Leicester by plane, bus, night train, train, busferry, car, car train, 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 Birmingham Airport, bus
best- Fly from Sofia Airport (SOF) to Birmingham Airport (BHX)plane SOF - BHX
- Take the bus from Birmingham Airport Bus Terminal to St Margaret's Bus Stationbus
7h 42m£42–260Bus, night train, train
- Take the bus from Sofia to Wien Hbfbus
- 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 London St Pancras Intl to Leicestertrain
33h 29m£251–455Bus
- Take the bus from Sofia Central Bus Station to Bucharestbus
- Take the bus from Bucharest to London Victoriabus
- Take the bus from London Victoria to St Margaret's Bus Stationbus 440 / ...
40h 6m£156–171Train, night train
- Take the train from Sofia Sever to Gorna Oryahovitsatrain Ic / ...
- Take the nighttrain from Gorna Oryahovitsa to Bucharestnighttrain
- Take the nighttrain from Bucuresti Nord to Wien Hbfnighttrain
- 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 London St Pancras Intl to Leicestertrain
45h 34m£278–467Fly to Luton Airport, train
- Fly from Sofia Airport (SOF) to Luton Airport (LTN)plane SOF - LTN
- Take the train from Luton Airport Parkway to Ketteringtrain
- Take the train from Kettering to Leicestertrain
7h 29m£85–266Fly to London Heathrow Airport, train
- Fly from Sofia Airport (SOF) to London Heathrow Airport (LHR)plane SOF - LHR
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Leicestertrain
7h 54m£146–355Fly to London Stansted Airport, train
- Fly from Sofia Airport (SOF) to London Stansted Airport (STN)plane SOF - STN
- Take the train from Stansted Airport to Leicestertrain
8h 55m£85–344Bus, train
- Take the bus from Sofia Central Bus Station to Bratislavabus
- Take the train from Bratislava Hlavna Stanica to Wien Hbftrain
- 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 London St Pancras Intl to Leicestertrain
34h 31m£367–608Bus, bus and ferry
- Take the bus from Sofia to Drobeta-Turnu Severinbus
- Take the bus from Drobeta-Turnu Severin to Motrubus
- Take the busferry from Motru to Northamptonbusferry
2d 3hDrive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Sofia to Calais-Fréthuncar
- Take the cartrain from Calais-Fréthun to Folkestonecartrain
- Drive from Folkestone to Leicestercar
24h 2m£464–625Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Sofia to Calaiscar
- Take the carferry from Calais to Port of Dovercarferry
- Drive from Port of Dover to Leicestercar
25h 3m£376–587
Sofia Airport (SOF) to Birmingham Airport (BHX) flights
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Sofia to Leicester is to fly and bus which costs £40 - £260 and takes 7h 42m.
The fastest way to get from Sofia to Leicester is to fly and train which takes 7h 29m and costs £85 - £270.
No, there is no direct bus from Sofia station to Leicester station. However, there are services departing from Sofia Central Bus Station and arriving at St Margaret's Bus Station via Bucharest and London Victoria. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 40h 6m.
No, there is no direct train from Sofia to Leicester. However, there are services departing from Sofia Sever and arriving at Leicester via Gorna Oryahovitsa, Bucuresti Nord, Wien Hbf, Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi and London St Pancras Intl. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 45h 34m.
The distance between Sofia and Leicester is 1394 miles.
The best way to get from Sofia to Leicester without a car is to bus and night train and train which takes 33h 29m and costs £250 - £460.
It takes approximately 7h 42m to get from Sofia to Leicester, including transfers.
Sofia to Leicester bus services, operated by LIKEBUS, depart from Sofia Central Bus Station.
Sofia to Leicester train services, operated by Bulgarian Railways (BDZh), depart from Sofia Sever station.
Sofia to Leicester bus services, operated by LIKEBUS, arrive at Bucharest station.
What companies run services between Sofia, Bulgaria and Leicester, England?
You can take a bus from Sofia Central Bus Station to St Margaret's Bus Station via Bucharest and London Victoria in around 40h 6m.
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Sofia Airport to Birmingham Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- £30–210
Flights from Sofia Airport to Birmingham Airport via Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 5m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £30–210
Flights from Sofia Airport to London Stansted Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £30–140
Flights from Sofia Airport to London Stansted Airport via Budapest
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- £30–140
Flights from Sofia Airport to London Stansted Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £30–140
Flights from Sofia Airport to London Stansted Airport via Eindhoven
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- When
- Monday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- £30–140
Flights from Sofia Airport to London Stansted Airport via Cologne Bonn
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- £30–140
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Sofia Airport to Birmingham Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 23m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £85–300
Flights from Sofia Airport to Birmingham Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £85–300
Flights from Sofia Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 43m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £120–290
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Sofia Airport to Luton Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £22–220
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Sofia Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £95–360
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Sofia Airport to London Heathrow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £80–370
- Website
- air.bg
Flights from Sofia Airport to London Heathrow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £110–340
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Sofia Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 20m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- £75–310
- Phone
- +43 (0) 51717
- Website
- Nightjet
Night train from Wien Hbf to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 23m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- £50–130
- Website
- Nightjet
- Sleeper Carriage
- £100–130
- Couchette Carriage
- £75–90
- Seating Carriage
- £50–65
Night train from Wien Hbf to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 23m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- £50–130
- Website
- Nightjet
- Sleeper Carriage
- £100–130
- 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
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £110–190
- Website
- Eurostar
Train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to London St Pancras Intl
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 1m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £110–190
- Website
- Eurostar
Train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to London St Pancras Intl
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 1m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £110–190
- Website
- Eurostar
- Phone
- 03457 125 678
- Website
- East Midlands Railways
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Leicester
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 4m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- £45–65
- Website
- East Midlands Railways
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Leicester
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 4m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- £45–65
- Website
- East Midlands Railways
Train from Luton Airport Parkway to Kettering
- Ave. Duration
- 38 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £19–28
- Website
- East Midlands Railways
Train from Kettering to Leicester
- Ave. Duration
- 22 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £12–18
- Website
- East Midlands Railways
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Leicester
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 4m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- £45–65
- Website
- East Midlands Railways
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Leicester
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 4m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- £45–65
- Website
- East Midlands Railways
- Phone
- +359 2 931 11 11
- [email protected]
- Website
- Bulgarian Railways (BDZh)
Train from Sofia Sever to Gorna Oryahovitsa
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 38m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £3–6
- Website
- Bulgarian Railways (BDZh)
- 2nd Class
- £3–5
- 1st Class
- £4–6
Night train from Gorna Oryahovitsa to Bucharest
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- £2–4
- Website
- Bulgarian Railways (BDZh)
- 2nd Class
- £2–4
- 1st Class
- £3–4
- Phone
- 0219521
- Website
- Romanian Railways (CFR)
Night train from Bucuresti Nord to Wien Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 22m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £68–73
- Website
- Romanian Railways (CFR)
- Phone
- +44 3447 369 123
- [email protected]
- Website
- Cross Country
Train from Stansted Airport to Leicester
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 23m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £50–80
- Website
- Cross Country
- Phone
- +421 24 48 58 188
- [email protected]
- Website
- Railways of Slovak Republic (ZSSK)
Train from Bratislava Hlavna Stanica to Wien Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 56 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £2–5
- Website
- Railways of Slovak Republic (ZSSK)
- 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
- £180–290
- Website
- Belgian Railways
- 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 (0)3717 81 81 81
- Website
- National Express
Bus from Birmingham Airport Bus Terminal to St Margaret's Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £5–9
- Website
- National Express
Bus from London Victoria to St Margaret's Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £15–26
- 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
- +38(098) 343 8282
- [email protected]
- Website
- likebus.ua
Bus from Sofia Central Bus Station to Bucharest
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 50m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £26
- Schedules at
- likebus.ua
- Phone
- +40 745 766 766
- [email protected]
- Website
- maxibustravel.autogari.ro
Bus from Bucharest to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 30h
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- £120
- Schedules at
- maxibustravel.autogari.ro
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- [email protected]
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from London Victoria to St Margaret's Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £11–18
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Sofia to Drobeta-Turnu Severin
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 55m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- £24–40
- Website
- Flixbus
- Phone
- +359 88 949 0000
- [email protected]
- Website
- Union Ivkoni
Bus from Sofia Central Bus Station to Bratislava
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 57m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- £30–45
- Website
- Union Ivkoni
- Phone
- +4-0745-779.908
- Website
- dikeltour.autogari.ro
Bus from Drobeta-Turnu Severin to Motru
- Ave. Duration
- 53 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Schedules at
- dikeltour.autogari.ro
- Phone
- 0040263701919
- [email protected]
- Website
- latinoexpres.ro
Busferry from Motru to Northampton
- Ave. Duration
- 39h 38m
- 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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Booking & Getting There
Leicester is 2h behind Sofia. It is currently 6:44 AM in Sofia and 4:44 AM in Leicester.
Sofia to Leicester train services, operated by Bulgarian Railways (BDZh), arrive at Gorna Oryahovitsa station.
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