There are 13 ways to get from Sofia to Loughborough by plane, bus, night train, train, busferry, car, car train, or car ferry
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Fly to East Midlands Airport
best- Fly from Sofia Airport (SOF) to East Midlands Airport (EMA)plane SOF - EMA
8h 3m£77–177Fly to Luton Airport, train
cheapest- 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 Loughborough (Leics)train
7h 57m£72–200Bus, night train, train
- Take the bus from Sofia to Wien Hbfbus
- Take the night train 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 Loughborough (Leics)train
35h 8m£251–507Bus
- 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 The Rushesbus 440
41h 10m£158–200Train, night train
- Take the train from Sofia Sever to Gorna Oryahovitsatrain Ic / ...
- Take the night train from Gorna Oryahovitsa to Bucharestnighttrain
- Take the night train from Bucuresti Nord to Wien Hbfnighttrain
- Take the night train 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 Loughborough (Leics)train
47h 13m£280–471Fly to Birmingham Airport, train
- Fly from Sofia Airport (SOF) to Birmingham Airport (BHX)plane SOF - BHX
- Take the train from Birmingham New Street to Derbytrain
8h 3m£80–200Fly 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 Loughborough (Leics)train
8h 11m£160–339Fly to London Stansted Airport, train
- Fly from Sofia Airport (SOF) to London Stansted Airport (STN)plane SOF - STN
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Loughborough (Leics)train
8h 16m£109–371Fly to Liverpool, train
- Fly from Sofia Airport (SOF) to Liverpool (LPL)plane SOF - LPL
- Take the train from Liverpool South Parkway to Sheffieldtrain
- Take the train from Sheffield to Loughborough (Leics)train
9h 41m£125–255Bus, train
- Take the bus from Sofia Central Bus Station to Bratislavabus
- Take the train from Bratislava-Petržalka to Wien Meidlingtrain
- Take the train from Wien Meidling 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 Loughborough (Leics)train
35h 52m£365–669Bus, 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
- Take the bus from Northampton Town Centre to Leicester St Margaret's Bus Stationbus
2d 4hDrive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Sofia to Calais-Fréthuncar
- Take the car train from Calais-Fréthun to Folkestonecartrain
- Drive from Folkestone to Loughboroughcar
24h 9m£463–622Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Sofia to Calaiscar
- Take the car ferry from Calais to Port of Dovercarferry
- Drive from Port of Dover to Loughboroughcar
25h 11m£354–555
Sofia Airport (SOF) to East Midlands Airport (EMA) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Sofia to Loughborough is to fly and train which costs £70 - £200 and takes 7h 57m.
The fastest way to get from Sofia to Loughborough is to fly and train which takes 7h 57m and costs £70 - £200.
No, there is no direct bus from Sofia station to Loughborough. However, there are services departing from Sofia Central Bus Station and arriving at The Rushes via Bucharest and London Victoria. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 41h 10m.
No, there is no direct train from Sofia to Loughborough. However, there are services departing from Sofia Sever and arriving at Loughborough (Leics) via Gorna Oryahovitsa, Bucuresti Nord, Wien Hbf, Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi and London St Pancras Intl. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 47h 13m.
The distance between Sofia and Loughborough is 1361 miles.
The best way to get from Sofia to Loughborough without a car is to bus and night train and train which takes 35h 8m and costs £250 - £550.
It takes approximately 8h 3m to get from Sofia to Loughborough, including transfers.
Sofia to Loughborough bus services, operated by LIKEBUS, depart from Sofia Central Bus Station.
Sofia to Loughborough train services, operated by Bulgarian Railways (BDZh), depart from Sofia Sever station.
The best way to get from Sofia to Loughborough is to fly which takes 8h 3m and costs £75 - £180. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs £150 - £200 and takes 41h 10m.
What companies run services between Sofia, Bulgaria and Loughborough, England?
Ryanair, Wizz Air, and Bulgaria Air fly from Sofia Airport (SOF) to East Midlands Airport (EMA) 5 times a week. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Sofia Central Bus Station to The Rushes via Bucharest and London Victoria in around 41h 10m.
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Sofia Airport to East Midlands Airport via Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- £75–140
Flights from Sofia Airport to East Midlands Airport via Berlin Brandenburg
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 47m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- £75–370
Flights from Sofia Airport to East Midlands Airport via Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £75–140
Flights from Sofia Airport to Birmingham Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- £45–80
Flights from Sofia Airport to London Stansted Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £30–260
Flights from Sofia Airport to London Stansted Airport via Eindhoven
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- When
- Monday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- £30–260
Flights from Sofia Airport to London Stansted Airport via Cologne Bonn
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 5m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- £30–260
Flights from Sofia Airport to London Stansted Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 25m
- When
- Monday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £30–260
Flights from Sofia Airport to Liverpool
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £70–180
Flights from Sofia Airport to Liverpool via Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 25m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- £70–180
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Sofia Airport to Birmingham Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £75–250
Flights from Sofia Airport to Birmingham Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £75–250
Flights from Sofia Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 43m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £110–190
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Sofia Airport to Luton Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £25–130
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Sofia Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £80–290
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Sofia Airport to London Heathrow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £70–190
- Website
- air.bg
Flights from Sofia Airport to London Heathrow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £80–170
- Phone
- +43 (0) 51717
- Website
- nightjet.com
Night train from Wien Hbf to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 46m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- £55–130
- Website
- https://www.nightjet.com/en/#/home
- Sleeper Carriage
- £100–130
- Couchette Carriage
- £75–90
- Seating Carriage
- £55–65
Night train from Wien Hbf to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 46m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- £55–130
- Website
- https://www.nightjet.com/en/#/home
- Sleeper Carriage
- £100–130
- Couchette Carriage
- £75–90
- Seating Carriage
- £55–65
- Phone
- +44 (0)3432 186 186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to London St Pancras Intl
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 1m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £95–170
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
Train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to London St Pancras Intl
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 1m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £95–170
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
Train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to London St Pancras Intl
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 1m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £95–170
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Phone
- 03457 125 678
- Website
- eastmidlandsrailway.co.uk
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Loughborough (Leics)
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £55–85
- Website
- https://www.eastmidlandsrailway.co.uk/
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Loughborough (Leics)
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £55–85
- Website
- https://www.eastmidlandsrailway.co.uk/
Train from Luton Airport Parkway to Kettering
- Ave. Duration
- 38 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £21–35
- Website
- https://www.eastmidlandsrailway.co.uk/
Train from Kettering to Loughborough (Leics)
- Ave. Duration
- 38 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £20–30
- Website
- https://www.eastmidlandsrailway.co.uk/
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Loughborough (Leics)
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £55–85
- Website
- https://www.eastmidlandsrailway.co.uk/
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Loughborough (Leics)
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £55–85
- Website
- https://www.eastmidlandsrailway.co.uk/
Train from Liverpool South Parkway to Sheffield
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £35–55
- Website
- https://www.eastmidlandsrailway.co.uk/
Train from Sheffield to Loughborough (Leics)
- Ave. Duration
- 51 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £27–40
- Website
- https://www.eastmidlandsrailway.co.uk/
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Loughborough (Leics)
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £55–85
- Website
- https://www.eastmidlandsrailway.co.uk/
- Phone
- +359 2 931 11 11
- [email protected]
- Website
- bdz.bg
Train from Sofia Sever to Gorna Oryahovitsa
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 38m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £3–6
- Website
- https://www.bdz.bg/en
- 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
- £2–5
- Website
- https://www.bdz.bg/en
- 2nd Class
- £2–4
- 1st Class
- £3–5
- Phone
- 0219521
- Website
- cfrcalatori.ro
Night train from Bucuresti Nord to Wien Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 22m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £70–76
- Website
- https://www.cfrcalatori.ro/en/
- Phone
- +44 3447 369 123
- [email protected]
- Website
- crosscountrytrains.co.uk
Train from Birmingham New Street to Derby
- Ave. Duration
- 45 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £22–35
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 345 600 1671
- [email protected]
- Website
- tpexpress.co.uk
Train from Liverpool South Parkway to Sheffield
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 39m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £25–45
- Website
- https://www.tpexpress.co.uk/
- Phone
- +421 24 48 58 188
- [email protected]
- Website
- zssk.sk
Train from Bratislava-Petržalka to Wien Meidling
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 1m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £3–6
- Website
- https://www.zssk.sk/en/
- Phone
- +32 70 79 79 79
- Website
- belgiantrain.be
Train from Wien Meidling to Bruxelles-Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 39m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- £180–360
- Website
- https://www.belgiantrain.be/en
- Phone
- +44 (0) 8443 35 35 35
- Website
- leshuttle.com
Car train from Calais-Fréthun to Folkestone
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £117
- Website
- https://www.leshuttle.com/uk-en
- Standard fare
- £117
- 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
- £65–130
- Schedules at
- karat-s.com
- Phone
- +359 0885700870
- [email protected]
- Website
- citylines.eu
Bus from Sofia to Wien Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 20m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- £45–65
- Website
- https://citylines.eu/
- 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
- £25
- 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
- Phone
- +44 (0)3717 81 81 81
- Website
- nationalexpress.com
Bus from London Victoria to The Rushes
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £21–55
- Website
- https://www.nationalexpress.com/en
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- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- [email protected]
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.fr
Bus from London Victoria to The Rushes
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £13–23
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Sofia to Drobeta-Turnu Severin
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 55m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- £26–45
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Northampton Town Centre to Leicester St Margaret's Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £4–8
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +359 88 949 0000
- [email protected]
- Website
- union-ivkoni.com
Bus from Sofia Central Bus Station to Bratislava
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 57m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- £30–45
- Website
- https://union-ivkoni.com/en
- 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
- irishferries.com
Car ferry from Calais to Port of Dover
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £8–50
- Website
- https://www.irishferries.com/uk-en/Travel-to-Ireland
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More Questions & Answers
Sofia to Loughborough bus services, operated by LIKEBUS, arrive at Bucharest station.
Loughborough is 2h behind Sofia. It is currently 9:23 PM in Sofia and 7:23 PM in Loughborough.
Sofia to Loughborough train services, operated by Bulgarian Railways (BDZh), arrive at Gorna Oryahovitsa station.
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