Birmingham to Newcastle upon Tyne bus

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Fares and seats move by the day. Price Birmingham to Newcastle upon Tyne on the date you actually want, rather than on the date this page was built.

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• 4h 33mDoor to door
• 3h 49mMoving
• €16.68 to €32.08From
• 06:07 to 17:16First and last departure
• 3Per day
• 7.5 kgCO2

First and last are taken from the services we sell on 5 October 2026. The return direction keeps its own timetable and is not these times reversed.

€16.68 to €32.08 for one passenger across the 14 departure dates priced here. The low end is one day, not every day. Worked out from this corridor rather than held for anybody. The operator sets the price on the day.

The cheapest and the fastest on 5 October 2026

Bus operators

Every operator we sell on this corridor. Speed is the carrier's own typical cruising speed, not the average over this route.

Operator	From	Fastest	Typical speed	Flexibility	On board
FlixBus	€14.48	4h 25m	72 km/h	Changeable	Power sockets, Toilets, Wi-Fi

When to book Birmingham to Newcastle upon Tyne

The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.

1. €15.5890 days
2. €15.0360 days
3. €14.4845 days
4. €16.1330 days
5. €15.5821 days
6. €16.6814 days
7. €19.987 days
8. €24.383 days
9. €29.881 days

Cheapest lead time

Fares bottom out around 45 days ahead, at €14.48.

How much it moves

The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 106 percent. The dearest point is €29.88, 1 days out.

What that means

Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 45 days before departure. Waiting from here has usually cost money on this corridor rather than saved it.

Which departure day costs least

Median cheapest fare for each weekday, taken across the next three weeks of real prices.

1. €19.98Sun
2. €21.08Mon
3. €16.68Tue
4. €19.43Wed
5. €25.48Thu
6. €23.28Fri
7. €20.53Sat

Where you leave from and where you arrive

What the journey actually looks like

Direct or connecting

73% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 27% involve one connection.

How far it really runs

The route covers 278 km against 278 km in a straight line, a detour of 0 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.

Where the change is

Connections are made at Huddersfield, Leeds, Sheffield, Bradford. The gap between arriving and leaving is 57 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.

If the connection is missed

The tightest connection we sell here has a 17 percent chance of not being made on the timetable alone. Both legs are sold on one booking, so a missed connection is ours to fix and you are rebooked at no charge.

First and last departure

The first service of the day leaves Birmingham at 06:07 and the last at 17:16, across 3 departures The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.

Buses against the other ways to make this journey

Questions about Birmingham to Newcastle upon Tyne

The questions people actually ask about this journey, answered from the same prices and times the page above is built on rather than written once and left to go stale.

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