There are 12 ways to get from Ulster to Southampton by train, plane, bus, car ferry, ferry, busferry, or car
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Train to George Best Belfast City Airport, fly to Southampton Airport
best- Take the train from Dundalk to Belfast Grand Centraltrain
- Fly from George Best Belfast City Airport (BHD) to Southampton Airport (SOU)plane BHD - SOU
5h 21m£65–226Bus to Dublin Airport, fly to Bristol Airport, train
cheapest- Take the bus from Castleblayney to Terminal 2 Zone 19bus
- Fly from Dublin Airport (DUB) to Bristol Airport (BRS)plane DUB - BRS
- Take the train from Bristol Temple Meads to Southampton Centraltrain
7h 12m£64–192Bus, car ferry, train
- Take the bus from Foyle Street Bus Station to Nelson Street Bus Lanebus 212
- Take the carferry from Belfast to Liverpoolcarferry
- Take the train from Liverpool Lime Street to Birmingham New Streettrain
- Take the train from Birmingham New Street to Southampton Centraltrain
17h 52m£137–287Bus, ferry, train
- Take the bus from Letterkenny Bus to Dublin Busárasbus 32
- Take the ferry from Dublin Ferryport B+I to Holyhead Ferryferry 0
- Take the train from Holyhead to Newport (S Wales)train
- Take the train from Newport (S Wales) to Southampton Centraltrain
17h 59m£166–273Bus, bus and ferry
- Take the bus from Foyle Street Bus Station to Grand Central Station Stand 7bus 212 / ...
- Take the busferry from Belfast, Europa Buscentre to Glasgow Buchananbusferry 923
- Take the bus from Buchanan Bus Station to Heathrow Terminal 5bus 802
- Take the bus from Heathrow Terminal 5 to Coach Stationbus 032 / ...
22h 1m£93–159Bus to Dublin Airport, fly to Southampton Airport
- Take the bus from Castleblayney to Terminal 2 Zone 19bus
- Fly from Dublin Airport (DUB) to Southampton Airport (SOU)plane DUB - SOU
5h 18m£65–213Train to Belfast International Airport, fly to Southampton Airport
- Take the train from Dundalk to Belfast Grand Centraltrain
- Fly from Belfast International Airport (BFS) to Southampton Airport (SOU)plane BFS - SOU
5h 29m£91–195Fly City Of Derry Airport to London Heathrow Airport, bus
- Fly from City Of Derry Airport (LDY) to London Heathrow Airport (LHR)plane LDY - LHR
- Take the bus from Heathrow Central Bus Station to Coach Stationbus
6h 52m£109–306Bus to Dublin Airport, fly to London Heathrow Airport, bus
- Take the bus from Castleblayney to Terminal 2 Zone 19bus
- Fly from Dublin Airport (DUB) to London Heathrow Airport (LHR)plane DUB - LHR
- Take the bus from Heathrow Central Bus Station to Coach Stationbus
6h 51m£69–217Train to Belfast International Airport, fly to Luton Airport, train
- Take the train from Dundalk to Belfast Grand Centraltrain
- Fly from Belfast International Airport (BFS) to Luton Airport (LTN)plane BFS - LTN
- Take the train from Luton Airport Parkway to West Hampstead Thameslinktrain
- Take the train from London Waterloo to Southampton Centraltrain
7h 39m£106–258Bus to Dublin Airport, fly to Birmingham Airport, train
- Take the bus from Castleblayney to Terminal 2 Zone 19bus
- Fly from Dublin Airport (DUB) to Birmingham Airport (BHX)plane DUB - BHX
- Take the train from Birmingham International to Southampton Centraltrain
7h 44m£92–209Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Letterkenny to Larnecar
- Take the carferry from Larne to Cairnryancarferry
- Drive from Cairnryan to Southamptoncar
11h 33m£147–412
Ulster to Southampton by bus, tram, foot, ferry, and train
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Ulster to Southampton is to bus and fly and train which costs £60 - £200 and takes 7h 12m.
The fastest way to get from Ulster to Southampton is to bus and fly which takes 5h 18m and costs £65 - £220.
No, there is no direct bus from Ulster to Southampton station. However, there are services departing from Letterkenny Bus and arriving at Coach Station via Foyle Street Bus Station, Belfast, Europa Buscentre, Buchanan Bus Station and Heathrow Terminal 5. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 22h 1m.
The distance between Ulster and Southampton is 397 miles.
The best way to get from Ulster to Southampton without a car is to bus and ferry and train which takes 17h 59m and costs £160 - £280.
It takes approximately 5h 21m to get from Ulster to Southampton, including transfers.
Ulster to Southampton bus services, operated by Translink, depart from Foyle Street Bus Station.
Ulster to Southampton bus services, operated by Translink, arrive at Grand Central Station Stand 7.
There are 1967+ hotels available in Southampton.
What companies run services between Ulster, Ireland and Southampton, England?
There is no direct connection from Ulster to Southampton. However, you can take the bus to Dundalk Stn, walk to Dundalk, take the train to Belfast Grand Central, walk to Grand Central Station Stand 10, take the line 600 bus to George Best Belfast City Airport, walk to George Best Belfast City Airport (BHD) airport, fly to Southampton Airport (SOU), walk to Southampton Airport Parkway, then take the train to Southampton Central. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Letterkenny Bus to Southampton Central via Foyle Street Bus Station, Nelson Street Bus Lane, Belfast, Liverpool, Liverpool Lime Street, and Birmingham New Street in around 17h 52m.
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from George Best Belfast City Airport to Southampton Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £40–160
Flights from George Best Belfast City Airport to Southampton Airport via Edinburgh
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £210–700
Flights from Dublin Airport to Southampton Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £45–180
Flights from Dublin Airport to Southampton Airport via Edinburgh
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 7m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £170–550
Flights from City Of Derry Airport to London Heathrow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £85–280
Flights from City Of Derry Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Glasgow
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 13m
- When
- Sunday, Monday, and Thursday
- Estimated price
- £90–270
Flights from Dublin Airport to London Heathrow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £40–150
Flights from Dublin Airport to Bristol Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 16m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £30–120
Flights from Dublin Airport to Birmingham Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £16–110
- Website
- aerlingus.com
Flights from George Best Belfast City Airport to Southampton Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £40–160
Flights from Dublin Airport to Southampton Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £45–180
Flights from Dublin Airport to London Heathrow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 28m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £40–150
Flights from Dublin Airport to Bristol Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 16m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £30–120
Flights from Dublin Airport to Birmingham Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £16–110
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Belfast International Airport to Southampton Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- When
- Monday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £55–120
Flights from Belfast International Airport to Southampton Airport via Manchester
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £55–120
Flights from Belfast International Airport to Luton Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £24–130
Flights from Belfast International Airport to Luton Airport via Glasgow
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Sunday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- £24–130
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Dublin Airport to Bristol Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £18–110
Flights from Dublin Airport to Birmingham Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £18–90
- Website
- loganair.co.uk
Flights from City Of Derry Airport to London Heathrow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £85–280
- Phone
- 0818 294 015
- Website
- Iarnród Éireann (Irish Rail)
Train from Dundalk to Belfast Grand Central
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £7–11
- Website
- Iarnród Éireann (Irish Rail)
- Flexible
- £7–11
Train from Dundalk to Belfast Grand Central
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £7–11
- Website
- Iarnród Éireann (Irish Rail)
- Flexible
- £7–11
Train from Dundalk to Belfast Grand Central
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £7–11
- Website
- Iarnród Éireann (Irish Rail)
- Flexible
- £7–11
- Phone
- +44 28 9066 6630
- Website
- Translink
Train from Dundalk to Belfast Grand Central
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 7m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £11–16
- Website
- Translink
Train from Dundalk to Belfast Grand Central
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 7m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £11–16
- Website
- Translink
Train from Dundalk to Belfast Grand Central
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 7m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £11–16
- Website
- Translink
- Phone
- +44 333 311 0039
- [email protected]
- Website
- West Midlands Trains
Train from Liverpool Lime Street to Birmingham New Street
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 46m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £26–70
- Website
- West Midlands Trains
- Phone
- +44 (0)345 528 0253
- Website
- Avanti West Coast
Train from Liverpool Lime Street to Birmingham New Street
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 38m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- £29–50
- Website
- Avanti West Coast
- Phone
- +44 3447 369 123
- [email protected]
- Website
- Cross Country
Train from Birmingham New Street to Southampton Central
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £60–95
- Website
- Cross Country
Train from Birmingham International to Southampton Central
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £60–90
- Website
- Cross Country
- Phone
- 03333 211 202
- Website
- Transport for Wales
Train from Holyhead to Newport (S Wales)
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 34m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £75–120
- Website
- Transport for Wales
- Phone
- +44 (0)345 7000 125
- [email protected]
- Website
- Great Western Railway (GWR)
Train from Newport (S Wales) to Southampton Central
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 18m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £40–80
- Website
- Great Western Railway (GWR)
Train from Bristol Temple Meads to Southampton Central
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £30–60
- Website
- Great Western Railway (GWR)
- Phone
- +44 (0)345 026 4700
- Website
- Thameslink
Train from Luton Airport Parkway to West Hampstead Thameslink
- Ave. Duration
- 23 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- £13–18
- Website
- Thameslink
- Phone
- 0345 6000 650
- Website
- South Western Railway
Train from London Waterloo to Southampton Central
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 16m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £29–60
- Website
- South Western Railway
- Phone
- +44 28 9066 6630
- Website
- Translink
Bus from Foyle Street Bus Station to Nelson Street Bus Lane
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £4
- Website
- Translink
- Belfast urban network
- £4
Bus from Foyle Street Bus Station to Grand Central Station Stand 7
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £4
- Website
- Translink
- Belfast urban network
- £4
Busferry from Belfast, Europa Buscentre to Glasgow Buchanan
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 5m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £4
- Website
- Translink
- Belfast urban network
- £4
- Phone
- 0818 15 15 15
- Website
- Expressway (Bus Éireann)
Bus from Letterkenny Bus to Dublin Busáras
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- £23–35
- Website
- Expressway (Bus Éireann)
Bus from Castleblayney to Terminal 2 Zone 19
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 14m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- £14–19
- Website
- Expressway (Bus Éireann)
Bus from Castleblayney to Terminal 2 Zone 19
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 14m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- £14–19
- Website
- Expressway (Bus Éireann)
Bus from Castleblayney to Terminal 2 Zone 19
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 14m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- £14–19
- Website
- Expressway (Bus Éireann)
Bus from Castleblayney to Terminal 2 Zone 19
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 14m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- £14–19
- Website
- Expressway (Bus Éireann)
- Phone
- +44 (0)3717 81 81 81
- Website
- National Express
Bus from Buchanan Bus Station to Heathrow Terminal 5
- Ave. Duration
- 9h
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- £65–120
- Website
- National Express
Bus from Heathrow Terminal 5 to Coach Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £10–17
- Website
- National Express
Bus from Heathrow Central Bus Station to Coach Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £10–18
- Website
- National Express
Bus from Heathrow Central Bus Station to Coach Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £10–18
- Website
- National Express
- Phone
- +44 844 770 7070
- [email protected]
- Website
- Stena Line
Car ferry from Belfast to Liverpool
- Ave. Duration
- 8h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £36–100
- Website
- Stena Line
- Passenger
- £36
- Car Passenger
- £139
Ferry from Dublin Ferryport B+I to Holyhead Ferry
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £27–40
- Website
- Stena Line
- Phone
- +44 01304 44 88 88
- [email protected]
- Website
- P&O Ferries
Car ferry from Larne to Cairnryan
- 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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