There are 14 ways to get from Sofia to Liverpool by plane, train, bus, night train, busferry, car, car train, or car ferry
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly to Birmingham Airport, train
best- Fly from Sofia Airport (SOF) to Birmingham Airport (BHX)plane SOF - BHX
- Take the train from Birmingham New Street to Liverpool Lime Streettrain
8h 22m£65–327Fly to Manchester Airport, train
cheapest- Fly from Sofia Airport (SOF) to Manchester Airport (MAN)plane SOF - MAN
- Take the train from Manchester Airport to Liverpool Lime Streettrain
8h 2m£58–206Bus, train
- Take the bus from Sofia Central Bus Station to Bratislavabus
- Take the train from Bratislava Hlavna Stanica to Wien Hbftrain
- Take the train from Wien HBF to Bruxelles-Miditrain Nj / ...
- Take the train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to London St Pancras Intltrain Eil
- Take the train from London Euston to Liverpool Lime Streettrain
36h 15m£397–663Bus
- 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 Liverpool, Liverpool Onebus
43h£169–205Train, night train
- Take the train from Sofia Sever to Gorna Oryahovitsatrain Ic / ...
- Take the nighttrain from Gorna Oryahovitsa to Bucharestnighttrain
- Take the nighttrain from Bucuresti Nord to Wien Hbfnighttrain
- Take the nighttrain 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 Euston to Liverpool Lime Streettrain
47h 19m£298–512Fly to Liverpool
- Fly from Sofia Airport (SOF) to Liverpool (LPL)plane SOF - LPL
6h 38m£68–162Fly to Leeds Bradford International Airport, train
- Fly from Sofia Airport (SOF) to Leeds Bradford International Airport (LBA)plane SOF - LBA
- Take the train from Leeds to Liverpool Lime Streettrain
10h 46m£100–242Fly to Luton Airport, train
- Fly from Sofia Airport (SOF) to Luton Airport (LTN)plane SOF - LTN
- Take the train from Milton Keynes Central to Liverpool Lime Streettrain
9h 48m£99–305Fly to London Heathrow Airport, train
- Fly from Sofia Airport (SOF) to London Heathrow Airport (LHR)plane SOF - LHR
- Take the train from London Euston to Liverpool Lime Streettrain
9h 39m£167–390Fly to London Stansted Airport, train
- Fly from Sofia Airport (SOF) to London Stansted Airport (STN)plane SOF - STN
- Take the train from London Euston to Liverpool Lime Streettrain
9h 28m£118–400Bus via Munich
- Take the bus from Sofia Central Bus Station to Munichbus
- Take the bus from Munich central bus station to London Victoriabus
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Liverpool, Liverpool Onebus
2d 5h£204–310Train, bus and ferry
- Take the train from Sofia to Vidintrain Ic
- Take the train from Vidin to Craiovatrain Ic
- Take the busferry from Craiova, Autogara Pelendava Nord to Liverpool Elmway closebusferry
2d 9h£65–160Drive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Sofia to Calais-Fréthuncar
- Take the cartrain from Calais-Fréthun to Folkestonecartrain
- Drive from Folkestone to Liverpoolcar
25h 46m£493–669Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Sofia to Calaiscar
- Take the carferry from Calais to Port of Dovercarferry
- Drive from Port of Dover to Liverpoolcar
26h 47m£401–627
Sofia Airport (SOF) to Birmingham Airport (BHX) flights
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Sofia to Liverpool is to fly and train which costs £55 - £210 and takes 8h 2m.
The fastest way to get from Sofia to Liverpool is to fly which takes 6h 38m and costs £65 - £170.
No, there is no direct bus from Sofia station to Liverpool. However, there are services departing from Sofia Central Bus Station and arriving at Liverpool, Liverpool One via Bucharest and London Victoria. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 43h.
No, there is no direct train from Sofia to Liverpool. However, there are services departing from Sofia Sever and arriving at Liverpool Lime Street via Gorna Oryahovitsa, Bucuresti Nord, Wien Hbf, Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi and London Euston. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 47h 19m.
The distance between Sofia and Liverpool is 1455 miles.
The best way to get from Sofia to Liverpool without a car is to bus and train which takes 36h 15m and costs £390 - £700.
It takes approximately 8h 22m to get from Sofia to Liverpool, including transfers.
Sofia to Liverpool bus services, operated by LIKEBUS, depart from Sofia Central Bus Station.
Sofia to Liverpool train services, operated by Bulgarian Railways (BDZh), depart from Sofia Sever station.
The best way to get from Sofia to Liverpool is to bus which takes 43h and costs £160 - £210. Alternatively, you can fly, which costs £65 - £170 and takes 6h 38m.
What companies run services between Sofia, Bulgaria and Liverpool, England?
You can take a bus from Sofia Central Bus Station to Liverpool, Liverpool One via Bucharest and London Victoria in around 43h. Alternatively, Ryanair flies from Sofia Airport (SOF) to Liverpool (LPL) twice a week.
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Sofia Airport to Birmingham Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- £30–210
Flights from Sofia Airport to Birmingham Airport via Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 5m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £30–210
Flights from Sofia Airport to Manchester Airport via Cologne Bonn
- Ave. Duration
- 7h
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £45–130
Flights from Sofia Airport to Liverpool
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Monday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £55–200
Flights from Sofia Airport to Leeds Bradford International Airport via Krakow
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 20m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- £75–140
Flights from Sofia Airport to London Stansted Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £30–140
Flights from Sofia Airport to London Stansted Airport via Budapest
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- £30–140
Flights from Sofia Airport to London Stansted Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £30–140
Flights from Sofia Airport to London Stansted Airport via Eindhoven
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- When
- Monday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- £30–140
Flights from Sofia Airport to London Stansted Airport via Cologne Bonn
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- £30–140
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Sofia Airport to Birmingham Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 23m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £85–300
Flights from Sofia Airport to Birmingham Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £85–300
Flights from Sofia Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 43m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £120–280
- Website
- jet2.com
Flights from Sofia Airport to Leeds Bradford International Airport via Berlin Brandenburg
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 25m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £110–370
Flights from Sofia Airport to Leeds Bradford International Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 7h
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £70–230
Flights from Sofia Airport to Leeds Bradford International Airport via Cologne Bonn
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 20m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £75–140
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Sofia Airport to Luton Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £22–220
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Sofia Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £90–360
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Sofia Airport to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £50–210
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Sofia Airport to Leeds Bradford International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £110–360
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Sofia Airport to London Heathrow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £80–370
- Website
- air.bg
Flights from Sofia Airport to London Heathrow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £110–340
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Sofia Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 20m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- £75–310
- Phone
- +44 333 311 0039
- contact.wmr@wmtrains.co.uk
- Website
- West Midlands Trains
Train from Birmingham New Street to Liverpool Lime Street
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 43m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £26–70
- Website
- West Midlands Trains
- Phone
- +44 (0)345 528 0253
- Website
- Avanti West Coast
Train from Birmingham New Street to Liverpool Lime Street
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 32m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- £29–50
- Website
- Avanti West Coast
Train from London Euston to Liverpool Lime Street
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 22m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £65–110
- Website
- Avanti West Coast
Train from London Euston to Liverpool Lime Street
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 22m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £65–110
- Website
- Avanti West Coast
Train from Milton Keynes Central to Liverpool Lime Street
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £45–80
- Website
- Avanti West Coast
Train from London Euston to Liverpool Lime Street
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 22m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £65–110
- Website
- Avanti West Coast
Train from London Euston to Liverpool Lime Street
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 22m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £65–110
- Website
- Avanti West Coast
Train from Bratislava Hlavna Stanica to Wien Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 56 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £2–5
- Website
- Railways of Slovak Republic (ZSSK)
- Phone
- +32 70 79 79 79
- Website
- Belgian Railways
Train from Wien HBF to Bruxelles-Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 19m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £190–300
- 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
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £110–190
- Website
- Eurostar
Train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to London St Pancras Intl
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 1m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £110–190
- Website
- Eurostar
- Phone
- +359 2 931 11 11
- bdz_passengers@bdz.bg
- Website
- Bulgarian Railways (BDZh)
Train from Sofia Sever to Gorna Oryahovitsa
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 38m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £3–6
- Website
- Bulgarian Railways (BDZh)
- 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
- £2–4
- Website
- Bulgarian Railways (BDZh)
- 2nd Class
- £2–4
- 1st Class
- £3–4
Train from Sofia to Vidin
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 11m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £3–5
- Website
- Bulgarian Railways (BDZh)
- 2nd Class
- £3–5
- 1st Class
- £3–5
Train from Vidin to Craiova
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 13m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £1–2
- Website
- Bulgarian Railways (BDZh)
- 2nd Class
- £1–2
- 1st Class
- £1–2
- Phone
- 0219521
- Website
- Romanian Railways (CFR)
Night train from Bucuresti Nord to Wien Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 22m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £68–73
- Website
- Romanian Railways (CFR)
- Phone
- +43 (0) 51717
- Website
- Nightjet
Night train from Wien Hbf to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 23m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- £50–130
- Website
- Nightjet
- Sleeper Carriage
- £100–130
- Couchette Carriage
- £75–90
- Seating Carriage
- £50–65
Train from Manchester Airport to Liverpool Lime Street
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 21m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £13–26
- Website
- Northern Trains Limited
Train from Manchester Airport to Liverpool Lime Street
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 6m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- £12–21
- 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 (0) 8443 35 35 35
- customer.support@eurotunnel.com
- Website
- LeShuttle
Car train from Calais-Fréthun to Folkestone
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £117
- Website
- LeShuttle
- Standard fare
- £117
- Phone
- +359 88 949 0000
- office@union-ivkoni.com
- Website
- Union Ivkoni
Bus from Sofia Central Bus Station to Bratislava
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 57m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- £30–45
- Website
- Union Ivkoni
- Phone
- +38(098) 343 8282
- callcenter@likebus.ua
- Website
- likebus.ua
Bus from Sofia Central Bus Station to Bucharest
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 50m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £26
- Schedules at
- likebus.ua
- Phone
- +40 745 766 766
- dispecerat@maxibustravel.ro
- 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
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from London Victoria to Liverpool, Liverpool One
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 35m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £24–40
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Munich central bus station to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 35m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- £85–130
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from London Victoria to Liverpool, Liverpool One
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 35m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £24–40
- Website
- Flixbus
- Phone
- +44 (0)3717 81 81 81
- Website
- National Express
Bus from London Victoria to Liverpool, Liverpool One
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 55m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £30–60
- Website
- National Express
Bus from London Victoria to Liverpool, Liverpool One
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 55m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £30–60
- Website
- National Express
- Phone
- 02 981 10 40
- travel@yubim.eu
- Website
- yubim.eu
Bus from Sofia Central Bus Station to Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 41m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- £95–120
- Schedules at
- yubim.eu
- Phone
- 0040263701919
- latinoexpres@yahoo.com
- Website
- latinoexpres.ro
Busferry from Craiova, Autogara Pelendava Nord to Liverpool Elmway close
- Ave. Duration
- 46h 45m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- £60–150
- Schedules at
- latinoexpres.ro
- Phone
- +353 818 300 400
- info@irishferries.fr
- 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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Sofia to Liverpool bus services, operated by LIKEBUS, arrive at Bucharest station.
Liverpool is 2h behind Sofia. It is currently 19:53 in Sofia and 17:53 in Liverpool.
Sofia to Liverpool train services, operated by Bulgarian Railways (BDZh), arrive at Gorna Oryahovitsa station.
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