There are 11 ways to get from Zagreb to Leicester by plane, train, train (Eurostar), shuttle, bus, night train, car, car train, or car ferry
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Fly Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport to Birmingham Airport, train
best- Fly from Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport (ZAG) to Birmingham Airport (BHX)plane ZAG - BHX
- Take the train from Birmingham New Street to Leicestertrain
8h 39m£84–165Train
- Take the train from Zagreb Glavni Kol. to Villach Hbftrain 318 / ...
- Take the train from Villach Hbf to Frankfurt(M) Flughafen Fernbftrain Ice
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Bruxelles Miditrain 79
- Take the train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to London St Pancras Intltrain Eil
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Leicestertrain
21h 31m£326–601Shuttle, bus
- Take a shuttle bus from Zagreb to Praha ÚAN Florenc
- Take the bus from Prague Florenc Central Bus Station to London Victoria Green Line Stationbus
- Take the bus from Green Line Coach Station to Airport Bus Stationbus 757
- Take the bus from Airport Bus Station to St Margaret's Bus Stationbus 230 / ...
30h 4m£133–252Night train, train
- Take the nighttrain from Zagreb Glavni Kol. to Salzburg Hbfnighttrain En
- Take the nighttrain from Salzburg 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
24h 3m£228–403Fly Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport to London Heathrow Airport, train
- Fly from Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport (ZAG) to London Heathrow Airport (LHR)plane ZAG - LHR
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Leicestertrain
6h 53m£123–304Fly Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport to London Stansted Airport, train
- Fly from Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport (ZAG) to London Stansted Airport (STN)plane ZAG - STN
- Take the train from Stansted Airport to Leicestertrain
8h 12m£95–302Fly Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport to Humberside Airport, train
- Fly from Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport (ZAG) to Humberside Airport (HUY)plane ZAG - HUY
- Take the train from Barnetby to Sheffieldtrain
- Take the train from Sheffield to Leicestertrain
12h 36m£104–412Shuttle to Ljubljana, fly to Luton Airport, train
- Take a shuttle bus from Zagreb, Autobusni Kolodvor to Zgornji Brnik, Letališče Jožeta Pučnika Ljubljana
- Fly from Ljubljana (LJU) to Luton Airport (LTN)plane LJU - LTN
- Take the train from Luton Airport Parkway to Ketteringtrain
- Take the train from Kettering to Leicestertrain
8h 15m£272–609Bus
- Take the bus from Zagreb to Ljubljana bus stationbus 402 / ...
- Take the bus from Ljubljana, Avtobusna Postaja to Munich Hbfbus
- Take the bus from Munich central bus station to London Victoriabus
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Leicester St Margaret's Bus Stationbus
34h 21m£572–982Drive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Zagreb to Calais-Fréthuncar
- Take the cartrain from Calais-Fréthun to Folkestonecartrain
- Drive from Folkestone to Leicestercar
16h 56m£391–520Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Zagreb to Calaiscar
- Take the carferry from Calais to Port of Dovercarferry
- Drive from Port of Dover to Leicestercar
17h 57m£303–482
Zagreb to Leicester by train
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Zagreb to Leicester is to fly and train which costs £80 - £170 and takes 8h 39m.
The fastest way to get from Zagreb to Leicester is to fly and train which takes 6h 53m and costs £120 - £310.
No, there is no direct bus from Zagreb to Leicester station. However, there are services departing from Zagreb and arriving at Leicester St Margaret's Bus Station via Ljubljana, Avtobusna Postaja, Munich central bus station and London Victoria. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 34h 21m.
No, there is no direct train from Zagreb to Leicester. However, there are services departing from Zagreb Glavni Kol. and arriving at Leicester via Villach Hbf, Frankfurt, Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi and London St Pancras Intl. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 21h 31m.
The distance between Zagreb and Leicester is 988 miles.
The best way to get from Zagreb to Leicester without a car is to train which takes 21h 31m and costs £320 - £600.
It takes approximately 8h 39m to get from Zagreb to Leicester, including transfers.
Zagreb to Leicester bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Zagreb station.
Zagreb to Leicester train services, operated by HŽ Putnički prijevoz (HŽPP), depart from Zagreb Glavni Kol. station.
The best way to get from Zagreb to Leicester is to train which takes 21h 31m and costs £320 - £600. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs £550 - £1,000 and takes 34h 21m.
What companies run services between Zagreb, Croatia and Leicester, England?
You can take a train from Zagreb Glavni Kol. to Leicester via Villach Hbf, Frankfurt, Bruxelles Midi, Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi, and London St Pancras Intl in around 21h 31m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Zagreb to Leicester St Margaret's Bus Station via Ljubljana bus station, Ljubljana, Avtobusna Postaja, Munich central bus station, and London Victoria in around 34h 21m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport to Birmingham Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £55–290
Flights from Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport to Birmingham Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £80–290
Flights from Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £60–320
Flights from Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport to London Stansted Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- £80–300
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport to Birmingham Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 47m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £55–290
Flights from Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport to Humberside Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 41m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £60–330
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport to London Stansted Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £45–120
Flights from Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport to London Stansted Airport via Karlsruhe/Baden Baden
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £45–120
Flights from Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport to London Stansted Airport via Memmingen
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Monday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £45–120
- Website
- croatiaairlines.com
Flights from Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport to London Heathrow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- £60–190
Flights from Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £60–190
- Website
- brusselsairlines.com
Flights from Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 17m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £60–190
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport to London Heathrow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £70–190
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £75–300
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Ljubljana to Luton Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- £55–260
- Phone
- +44 3447 369 123
- [email protected]
- Website
- Cross Country
Train from Birmingham New Street to Leicester
- Ave. Duration
- 58 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £17–26
- Website
- Cross Country
Train from Stansted Airport to Leicester
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 23m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £50–80
- Website
- Cross Country
- Phone
- +385 60 333 444
- [email protected]
- Website
- HŽ Putnički prijevoz (HŽPP)
Train from Zagreb Glavni Kol. to Villach Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 11m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £16
- Website
- HŽ Putnički prijevoz (HŽPP)
Night train from Zagreb Glavni Kol. to Salzburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 6m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £28
- Website
- HŽ Putnički prijevoz (HŽPP)
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Villach Hbf to Frankfurt(M) Flughafen Fernbf
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 17m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £100–210
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Frankfurt to Bruxelles Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 47m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £50–110
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
- Phone
- +32 70 79 79 79
- Website
- Belgian Railways
Train from Frankfurt to Bruxelles Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 49m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £60–95
- Website
- Belgian Railways
- Phone
- +44 (0)3432 186 186
- 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 Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to London St Pancras Intl
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 1m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £120–200
- 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
- £40–65
- Website
- East Midlands Railways
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Leicester
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 4m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- £40–65
- Website
- East Midlands Railways
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Leicester
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 4m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- £40–65
- Website
- East Midlands Railways
Train from Sheffield to Leicester
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 2m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £29–45
- Website
- East Midlands Railways
Train from Luton Airport Parkway to Kettering
- Ave. Duration
- 38 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £19–27
- Website
- East Midlands Railways
Train from Kettering to Leicester
- Ave. Duration
- 23 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £12–17
- Website
- East Midlands Railways
- Phone
- +43 (0) 51717
- Website
- Nightjet
Night train from Salzburg Hbf to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 41m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- £40–110
- Website
- Nightjet
- Sleeper Carriage
- £90–110
- Couchette Carriage
- £65–80
- Seating Carriage
- £40–50
- Phone
- +44 345 600 1671
- [email protected]
- Website
- TransPennine Express
Train from Barnetby to Sheffield
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 16m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £15–25
- Website
- TransPennine Express
- Phone
- +44 800 200 6060
- [email protected]
- Website
- Northern Trains Limited
Train from Barnetby to Sheffield
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 24m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- £17–35
- Website
- Northern Trains Limited
- 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
- +36 70 282 1827
- [email protected]
- Website
- eurobusways.com
Shuttle from Zagreb to Praha ÚAN Florenc
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- £40–100
- Schedules at
- eurobusways.com
- Phone
- +420 222 222 221
- [email protected]
- Website
- RegioJet
Bus from Prague Florenc Central Bus Station to London Victoria Green Line Station
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 30m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- £70–120
- Website
- RegioJet
- Phone
- 0344 801 7261
- Website
- Green Line
Bus from Green Line Coach Station to Airport Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 28m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £10–14
- Website
- Green Line
- Phone
- +44 (0)3717 81 81 81
- Website
- National Express
Bus from Airport Bus Station to St Margaret's Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £11–20
- Website
- National Express
Bus from London Victoria to Leicester St Margaret's Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £16–27
- Website
- National Express
- Phone
- +386 1 320 4530
- [email protected]
- Website
- GoOpti
Shuttle from Zagreb, Autobusni Kolodvor to Zgornji Brnik, Letališče Jožeta Pučnika Ljubljana
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 7m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- £180–300
- Website
- GoOpti
Bus from Ljubljana, Avtobusna Postaja to Munich Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- £460–800
- Website
- GoOpti
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- [email protected]
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Zagreb to Ljubljana bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £10–15
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Munich central bus station to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 35m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- £90–140
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from London Victoria to Leicester St Margaret's Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £12–18
- 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
Zagreb to Leicester bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Ljubljana bus station.
Leicester is 1h behind Zagreb. It is currently 8:27 PM in Zagreb and 7:27 PM in Leicester.
Zagreb to Leicester train services, operated by HŽ Putnički prijevoz (HŽPP), arrive at Villach Hbf station.
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