There are 10 ways to get from W12 to Birmingham by train, plane, train (Eurostar), bus, car, car train, or car ferry
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Train to Düsseldorf International Airport, fly to Birmingham Airport
best- Take the train from Bocholt to Duesseldorf Flughafentrain
- Fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Birmingham Airport (BHX)plane DUS - BHX
5h£88–210Bus
cheapest- Take the bus from Bocholt bus station to Amsterdam Sloterdijkbus N69
- Take the bus from Amsterdam Sloterdijk to London Victoriabus
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Birmingham - Jennens Roadbus
18h 48m£66–104Train via Brussels
- Take the train from Bocholt to Duisburg Hbftrain Re
- Take the train from Duisburg Hbf to Köln Hbftrain 43 / ...
- Take the train from Köln Hbf to Bruxelles Miditrain 79
- Take the train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to London St Pancras Intltrain Eil
- Take the train from London Euston to Birmingham New Streettrain
9h 7m£199–460Train, bus
- Take the train from Bocholt to Duisburg Hbftrain Re
- Take the train from Duisburg Hbf to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Miditrain
- Take the bus from Brussels Midi / Brussels South West to London Victoria Green Line Stationbus
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Birmingham Coach Stationbus 541 / ...
16h£141–230Drive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from W12 to Calais-Fréthuncar
- Take the cartrain from Calais-Fréthun to Folkestonecartrain
- Drive from Folkestone to Birminghamcar
8h 22m£226–279Train, train to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, fly to Birmingham Airport
- Take the train from Wesel to Arnhem Centraaltrain
- Take the train from Arnhem Centraal to Schiphol Airport Train Stationtrain
- Fly from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS) to Birmingham Airport (BHX)plane AMS - BHX
6h 54m£81–239Train to Düsseldorf International Airport, fly to Manchester Airport, train
- Take the train from Bocholt to Duesseldorf Flughafentrain
- Fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Manchester Airport (MAN)plane DUS - MAN
- Take the train from Manchester Piccadilly to Birmingham New Streettrain
7h 2m£120–244Train to Düsseldorf International Airport, fly to London Heathrow Airport, train
- Take the train from Bocholt to Duesseldorf Flughafentrain
- Fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to London Heathrow Airport (LHR)plane DUS - LHR
- Take the train from London Euston to Birmingham New Streettrain
6h 56m£119–339Train
- Take the train from Aalten to Arnhem Centraaltrain
- Take the train from Arnhem Centraal to Rotterdam Centraaltrain
- Take the train from Rotterdam Centraal to London St. Pancras Int.train
- Take the train from London Euston to Birmingham New Streettrain
10h 50m£104–218Drive, car ferry
- Drive from W12 to Calaiscar
- Take the carferry from Calais to Port of Dovercarferry
- Drive from Port of Dover to Birminghamcar
9h 23m£138–242
W12 to Birmingham by train and foot
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from W12 to Birmingham is to bus which costs £65 - £110 and takes 18h 48m.
The fastest way to get from W12 to Birmingham is to train and fly which takes 5h and costs £85 - £210.
No, there is no direct bus from W12 station to Birmingham. However, there are services departing from Bocholt bus station and arriving at Birmingham - Jennens Road via Amsterdam Sloterdijk and London Victoria. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 18h 48m.
No, there is no direct train from W12 to Birmingham. However, there are services departing from Bocholt and arriving at Birmingham New Street via Duisburg Hbf, Köln Hbf, Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi and London Euston. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 9h 7m.
The distance between W12 and Birmingham is 427 miles.
The best way to get from W12 to Birmingham without a car is to train via Brussels which takes 9h 7m and costs £190 - £460.
It takes approximately 5h to get from W12 to Birmingham, including transfers.
W12 to Birmingham bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Bocholt bus station.
W12 to Birmingham train services, operated by VIAS Rail GmbH, depart from Bocholt station.
The best way to get from W12 to Birmingham is to train via Brussels which takes 9h 7m and costs £190 - £460. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs £65 - £110 and takes 18h 48m.
What companies run services between W12, Germany and Birmingham, England?
You can take a train from Bocholt to Birmingham New Street via Duisburg Hbf, Köln Hbf, Bruxelles Midi, Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi, London St Pancras Intl, and London Euston in around 9h 7m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Bocholt bus station to Birmingham - Jennens Road via Amsterdam Sloterdijk and London Victoria in around 18h 48m.
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Birmingham Airport via Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £35–220
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Birmingham Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £35–240
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Manchester Airport via Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £35–220
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 13m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £35–250
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Birmingham Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £60–170
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £70–160
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to London Heathrow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £55–200
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Birmingham Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 31m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £85–380
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Manchester Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 37m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £40–260
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to London Heathrow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £55–200
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £130–460
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Manchester Airport via London Heathrow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 36m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £55–250
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to London Heathrow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 28m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £60–210
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Birmingham Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £45–160
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Birmingham Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Tuesday to Thursday
- Estimated price
- £40–240
- Website
- lufthansa-city.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Manchester Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £40–240
- Phone
- +49 6078 966930
- [email protected]
- Website
- VIAS Rail GmbH
Train from Bocholt to Duesseldorf Flughafen
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £20
- Schedules at
- VIAS Rail GmbH
Train from Bocholt to Duisburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 59 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £16
- Schedules at
- VIAS Rail GmbH
Train from Bocholt to Duisburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 59 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £16
- Schedules at
- VIAS Rail GmbH
Train from Wesel to Arnhem Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 53 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £19
- Schedules at
- VIAS Rail GmbH
Train from Bocholt to Duesseldorf Flughafen
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £20
- Schedules at
- VIAS Rail GmbH
Train from Bocholt to Duesseldorf Flughafen
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £20
- Schedules at
- VIAS Rail GmbH
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Duisburg Hbf to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 37 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £9–19
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Köln Hbf to Bruxelles Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 52m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £30–65
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
- Phone
- +49 221 13 999 444
- Website
- National Express
Train from Duisburg Hbf to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 47 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Schedules at
- National Express
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Duisburg Hbf to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 39 min
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £5–11
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Arnhem Centraal to Schiphol Airport Train Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 11m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £9–17
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Arnhem Centraal to Rotterdam Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 6m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £15–28
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Rotterdam Centraal to London St. Pancras Int.
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 29m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- £45–85
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- [email protected]
- Website
- FlixTrain GmbH
Train from Duisburg Hbf to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 38 min
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- £4–7
- Website
- FlixTrain GmbH
- Phone
- +44 (0)3432 186 186
- Website
- Eurostar
Train from Duisburg Hbf to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 42 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £21–35
- Website
- Eurostar
Train from Köln Hbf to Bruxelles Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 52m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- £70–120
- 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 Duisburg Hbf to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £90–150
- Website
- Eurostar
- Phone
- +49 9126 301 90 70
- [email protected]
- Website
- TRI Train Rental GmbH
Train from Duisburg Hbf to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 24m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Schedules at
- TRI Train Rental GmbH
- Phone
- +32 70 79 79 79
- Website
- Belgian Railways
Train from Köln Hbf to Bruxelles Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 54m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £30–55
- Website
- Belgian Railways
- Phone
- +44 (0)345 528 0253
- Website
- Avanti West Coast
Train from London Euston to Birmingham New Street
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 17m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £35–60
- Website
- Avanti West Coast
Train from Manchester Piccadilly to Birmingham New Street
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 34m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £27–45
- Website
- Avanti West Coast
Train from London Euston to Birmingham New Street
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 17m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £35–60
- Website
- Avanti West Coast
Train from London Euston to Birmingham New Street
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 17m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £35–60
- Website
- Avanti West Coast
- Phone
- +44 333 311 0039
- [email protected]
- Website
- West Midlands Trains
Train from London Euston to Birmingham New Street
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 17m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- £30–90
- Website
- West Midlands Trains
Train from London Euston to Birmingham New Street
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 17m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- £30–90
- Website
- West Midlands Trains
Train from London Euston to Birmingham New Street
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 17m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- £30–90
- Website
- West Midlands Trains
- 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 Manchester Piccadilly to Birmingham New Street
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 32m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £35–55
- Website
- Cross Country
- Phone
- +31 88 033 1360
- Website
- RRReis
Train from Aalten to Arnhem Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £10
- Schedules at
- RRReis
- Phone
- +420 222 222 221
- [email protected]
- Website
- RegioJet
Bus from Brussels Midi / Brussels South West to London Victoria Green Line Station
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 30m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- £19–35
- Website
- RegioJet
- Phone
- +44 (0)3717 81 81 81
- Website
- National Express
Bus from London Victoria to Birmingham Coach Station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £17–30
- Website
- National Express
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- [email protected]
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Bocholt bus station to Amsterdam Sloterdijk
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £12–19
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Amsterdam Sloterdijk to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 50m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £40–65
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from London Victoria to Birmingham - Jennens Road
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £14–21
- Website
- Flixbus
- 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
W12 to Birmingham bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Amsterdam Sloterdijk station.
W12 to Birmingham train services, operated by VIAS Rail GmbH, arrive at Duisburg Hbf station.
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