There are 12 ways to get from Stanstead to Belfast by train, plane, ferry, car ferry, bus, busferry, or car
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Train to London City Airport, fly to George Best Belfast City Airport
best- Take the train from Marks Tey to Stratford (London)train
- Fly from London City Airport (LCY) to George Best Belfast City Airport (BHD)plane LCY - BHD
5h 29m£112–413Bus to London Stansted Airport, fly to Belfast International Airport
cheapest- Take the bus from Railway Station to Coach Stationbus
- Fly from London Stansted Airport (STN) to Belfast International Airport (BFS)plane STN - BFS
6h 7m£41–191Train, ferry
- Take the train from Bury St Edmunds to Cambridgetrain
- Take the train from Cambridge to King's Crosstrain
- Take the train from London Euston to Holyheadtrain
- Take the ferry from Holyhead Ferry to Dublin Ferryport B+Iferry 0
- Take the train from Dublin Connolly to Belfast Grand Centraltrain Ic
14h 27m£228–344Train, car ferry via Leeds
- Take the train from Bury St Edmunds to Peterboroughtrain
- Take the train from Peterborough to Leedstrain
- Take the train from Leeds to Liverpool Lime Streettrain
- Take the carferry from Liverpool to Belfastcarferry
17h 44m£151–266Bus, bus and ferry
- Take the bus from Coach Station to Finchley Road Stationbus A6
- Take the bus from Finchley Road / O2 Centre to Buchanan Bus Stationbus
- Take the busferry from Glasgow Buchanan to Belfast, Europa Buscentrebusferry 923
22h 15m£63–101Line 41 bus, train, train to London Heathrow Airport, fly to George Best Belfast City Airport
- Take the bus from Stanway Close to Bus Stationbus
- Take the train from Sudbury (Suffolk) to Marks Teytrain
- Take the train from Marks Tey to Stratford (London)train
- Fly from London Heathrow Airport (LHR) to George Best Belfast City Airport (BHD)plane LHR - BHD
6h 21m£97–375Train, train to London Gatwick Airport, fly to George Best Belfast City Airport
- Take the train from Marks Tey to Stratford (London)train
- Take the train from Farringdon to Gatwick Airporttrain
- Fly from London Gatwick Airport (LGW) to George Best Belfast City Airport (BHD)plane LGW - BHD
6h 17m£79–248Train, train to Luton Airport, fly to Belfast International Airport
- Take the train from Marks Tey to Stratford (London)train
- Take the train from Farringdon to Luton Airport Parkwaytrain
- Fly from Luton Airport (LTN) to Belfast International Airport (BFS)plane LTN - BFS
6h 34m£84–223Train, train to Luton Airport, fly to George Best Belfast City Airport
- Take the train from Marks Tey to Stratford (London)train
- Take the train from Farringdon to Luton Airport Parkwaytrain
- Fly from Luton Airport (LTN) to George Best Belfast City Airport (BHD)plane LTN - BHD
6h 13m£95–274Train, train to Birmingham Airport, fly to George Best Belfast City Airport
- Take the train from Audley End to Tottenham Haletrain
- Take the train from London Euston to Birmingham Internationaltrain
- Fly from Birmingham Airport (BHX) to George Best Belfast City Airport (BHD)plane BHX - BHD
7h 40m£88–257Train, car ferry
- Take the train from Ely to Liverpool Lime Streettrain Norwich - Liverpool Lime Street
- Take the carferry from Liverpool to Belfastcarferry
18h 51m£170–289Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Stanstead to Cairnryancar
- Take the carferry from Cairnryan to Larnecarferry
9h 26m£126–367
Stanstead to Belfast by bus and busferry
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Stanstead to Belfast is to bus and bus and ferry which costs £60 - £110 and takes 22h 15m.
The fastest way to get from Stanstead to Belfast is to train and fly which takes 5h 29m and costs £110 - £420.
No, there is no direct bus from Stanstead to Belfast. However, there are services departing from Stanway Close and arriving at Belfast, Europa Buscentre via Bus Station, Bus Interchange, Coach Station, Finchley Road / O2 Centre and Glasgow Buchanan. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 22h 15m.
The distance between Stanstead and Belfast is 399 miles.
The best way to get from Stanstead to Belfast without a car is to train and ferry which takes 14h 27m and costs £220 - £350.
It takes approximately 5h 29m to get from Stanstead to Belfast, including transfers.
Stanstead to Belfast bus services, operated by National Express, depart from Coach Station.
Stanstead to Belfast bus services, operated by National Express, arrive at Finchley Road Station.
There are 1219+ hotels available in Belfast.
What companies run services between Stanstead, England and Belfast, Northern Ireland?
There is no direct connection from Stanstead to Belfast. However, you can take the line 41 bus to Bus Station, walk to Sudbury (Suffolk), take the train to Marks Tey, take the train to Stratford (London), walk to Stratford DLR Station, take the train to London City Airport DLR Station, walk to London City Airport (LCY) airport, fly to George Best Belfast City Airport (BHD), walk to George Best Belfast City Airport, then take the line 600 bus to Queens Square. Alternatively, you can take a vehicle from Stanstead to Belfast Grand Central via Bury St Edmunds, Cambridge, King's Cross, London Euston, Holyhead, Holyhead Ferry, Dublin Ferryport B+I, The Point, Connolly, and Dublin Connolly in around 14h 27m.
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from London Stansted Airport to Belfast International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £20–160
Flights from London Stansted Airport to Belfast International Airport via Edinburgh
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- £25–160
Flights from London Stansted Airport to Belfast International Airport via Glasgow
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Thursday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £25–160
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to George Best Belfast City Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 28m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £30–160
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to George Best Belfast City Airport via Glasgow
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 2m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £30–160
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to George Best Belfast City Airport via Edinburgh
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Tuesday and Monday
- Estimated price
- £30–160
Flights from Luton Airport to Belfast International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 18m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £24–130
Flights from Luton Airport to Belfast International Airport via Edinburgh
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- £24–130
Flights from Luton Airport to Belfast International Airport via Glasgow
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £24–130
Flights from Luton Airport to George Best Belfast City Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 18m
- When
- Saturday, Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Sunday, and Thursday
- Estimated price
- £40–160
Flights from Birmingham Airport to George Best Belfast City Airport via Edinburgh
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- £30–190
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from London City Airport to George Best Belfast City Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £80–330
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to George Best Belfast City Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £50–280
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to George Best Belfast City Airport via Manchester
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £170–370
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to George Best Belfast City Airport via Edinburgh
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £50–280
Flights from Birmingham Airport to George Best Belfast City Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 18m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £35–120
- Website
- aerlingus.com
Flights from London City Airport to George Best Belfast City Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £80–330
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to George Best Belfast City Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £50–280
Flights from Birmingham Airport to George Best Belfast City Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 18m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £35–120
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from London Stansted Airport to Belfast International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £20–160
- Phone
- +44 345 600 7245
- [email protected]
- Website
- Greater Anglia
Train from Marks Tey to Stratford (London)
- Ave. Duration
- 46 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £20–35
- Website
- Greater Anglia
Train from Bury St Edmunds to Cambridge
- Ave. Duration
- 42 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £13–22
- Website
- Greater Anglia
Train from Bury St Edmunds to Peterborough
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 11m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £26–40
- Website
- Greater Anglia
Train from Sudbury (Suffolk) to Marks Tey
- Ave. Duration
- 19 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £5–9
- Website
- Greater Anglia
Train from Marks Tey to Stratford (London)
- Ave. Duration
- 46 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £20–35
- Website
- Greater Anglia
Train from Marks Tey to Stratford (London)
- Ave. Duration
- 46 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £20–35
- Website
- Greater Anglia
Train from Marks Tey to Stratford (London)
- Ave. Duration
- 46 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £20–35
- Website
- Greater Anglia
Train from Marks Tey to Stratford (London)
- Ave. Duration
- 46 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £20–35
- Website
- Greater Anglia
Train from Audley End to Tottenham Hale
- Ave. Duration
- 48 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £17–27
- Website
- Greater Anglia
- Phone
- 0345 026 4700
- [email protected]
- Website
- Great Northern
Train from Cambridge to King's Cross
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £26–45
- Website
- Great Northern
- Phone
- +44 (0)345 026 4700
- Website
- Thameslink
Train from Cambridge to King's Cross
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- £30–40
- Website
- Thameslink
Train from Farringdon to Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 39 min
- Frequency
- Every 10 minutes
- Estimated price
- £16–20
- Website
- Thameslink
Train from Farringdon to Luton Airport Parkway
- Ave. Duration
- 37 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- £17–21
- Website
- Thameslink
Train from Farringdon to Luton Airport Parkway
- Ave. Duration
- 37 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- £17–21
- Website
- Thameslink
- Phone
- +44 (0)345 528 0253
- Website
- Avanti West Coast
Train from London Euston to Holyhead
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 52m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- £85–140
- Website
- Avanti West Coast
Train from London Euston to Birmingham International
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £35–55
- Website
- Avanti West Coast
- Phone
- 0818 294 015
- Website
- Iarnród Éireann (Irish Rail)
Train from Dublin Connolly to Belfast Grand Central
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 8m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £13–19
- Website
- Iarnród Éireann (Irish Rail)
- Flexible
- £13–19
- Phone
- +44 28 9066 6630
- Website
- Translink
Train from Dublin Connolly to Belfast Grand Central
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 8m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £17–25
- Website
- Translink
Train from Peterborough to Leeds
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 23m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £35–50
- Website
- London North Eastern Railway Limited (LNER)
- Phone
- +44 345 600 1671
- [email protected]
- Website
- TransPennine Express
Train from Leeds to Liverpool Lime Street
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 31m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £21–35
- Website
- TransPennine Express
- Phone
- +44 333 311 0039
- [email protected]
- Website
- West Midlands Trains
Train from London Euston to Birmingham International
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 6m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- £30–85
- Website
- West Midlands Trains
- Phone
- +44 330 060 0500
- Website
- Caledonian Sleeper
Train from London Euston to Birmingham International
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 26m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- £23–35
- Website
- Caledonian Sleeper
- Phone
- 03457 125 678
- Website
- East Midlands Railways
Train from Ely to Liverpool Lime Street
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 41m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £90–130
- Website
- East Midlands Railways
- Phone
- +44 (0)3717 81 81 81
- Website
- National Express
Bus from Coach Station to Finchley Road Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £6–11
- Website
- National Express
Bus from Railway Station to Coach Station
- Ave. Duration
- 40 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £4–7
- Website
- National Express
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- [email protected]
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Finchley Road / O2 Centre to Buchanan Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 10m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £45–75
- Website
- Flixbus
- Phone
- +44 28 9066 6630
- Website
- Translink
Busferry from Glasgow Buchanan to Belfast, Europa Buscentre
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 25m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- £4
- Website
- Translink
- Belfast urban network
- £4
- Phone
- +44 330 102 0801
- [email protected]
- Website
- Hedingham
Bus from Stanway Close to Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 24 min
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £2–4
- Website
- Hedingham
- Phone
- +44 844 770 7070
- [email protected]
- Website
- Stena Line
Ferry from Holyhead Ferry to Dublin Ferryport B+I
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- £27–40
- Website
- Stena Line
Car ferry from Liverpool to Belfast
- Ave. Duration
- 8h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £36–100
- Website
- Stena Line
- Passenger
- £36
- Car Passenger
- £139
Car ferry from Liverpool to Belfast
- Ave. Duration
- 8h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £36–100
- Website
- Stena Line
- Passenger
- £36
- Car Passenger
- £139
- Phone
- +44 01304 44 88 88
- [email protected]
- Website
- P&O Ferries
Car ferry from Cairnryan to Larne
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £25–220
- Website
- P&O Ferries
- Passenger Standard
- £25–45
- Passenger Car
- £130–220
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