Brussels to Birmingham bus

Buses from Brussels to Birmingham start at €26.03 and take 7h 12m at their fastest.

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The Buses from Brussels to Birmingham starts at €26.03 and takes 7h 12m door to door, run by 1 operator over 467 km, with around 3 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 60 days before departure.

Checked September 9, 2026Priced for September 28, 2026One passenger, all fees included

  • 7h 12mDoor to door
  • 6h 28mMoving
  • €26.03From
  • 12.6 kgCO2
Real services

The cheapest and the fastest on September 28, 2026

Two journeys we can sell today, with the service number each operator files them under.

Cheapest€22.18
  1. FlixBus FB480117:036h 28m23:31Bruxelles NordBirmingham Digbeth

Door to door 7h 12mCO2 12.6 kgChanges 0Changeable for a fee

Carriers

Bus operators

Speed, flexibility and what is on board. Nothing here is a rating, because we have not earned one.

Every operator we sell on this corridor. Speed is the carrier's own typical cruising speed, not the average over this route.
OperatorFromFastestTypical speedFlexibilityOn board
FlixBus€22.186h 51m72 km/hChangeablePower outlets, Restrooms, Wi-Fi
  • FlixBus

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Booking window

When to book Brussels to Birmingham

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

  1. €21.6390 days
  2. €19.9860 days
  3. €22.1845 days
  4. €22.7330 days
  5. €24.3821 days
  6. €32.0814 days
  7. €39.237 days
  8. €59.583 days
  9. €64.531 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €19.98.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 223 percent. The most expensive point is €64.53, 1 days out.
What that means
Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 60 days before departure. Waiting from here has usually cost money on this corridor rather than saved it.
Day of the week

Which departure day costs least

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

  1. €30.43Sun
  2. €26.03Mon
  3. €26.03Tue
  4. €32.08Wed
  5. €34.28Thu
  6. €39.78Fri
  7. €32.08Sat
Terminals

Where you leave from and where you arrive

The stations, airports and ports each mode on this corridor actually uses.

Brussels

Bus
  • Bruxelles Nord
  • Brussels Airport

Birmingham

Bus
  • Birmingham Digbeth
  • Birmingham Coach Station
The journey

What the journey actually looks like

Direct or connecting, how far the route really runs, and what happens when a connection is missed.

Direct or connecting
56% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 44% involve one connection.
How far it really runs
The route covers 467 km against 467 km in a straight line, a detour of 1 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
Where the change is
Connections are made at London, Southend-on-Sea, Islington, Archway. 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. Part of this journey is a self transfer between separate tickets, so leave more time than the minimum and expect to check in again.
First and last departure
The first service of the day leaves Brussels at 06:50 and the last at 17:03, across 3 departures. The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.
The alternatives

Buses against the other ways to make this journey

The same corridor, door to door, with every mode that runs it.

Door to door means the whole journey, including reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end. Fares are the cheapest sold on each mode.
ModeDoor to doorMovingAt the endsFromCO2Per day
Flight4h 14m1h 4m3h 10m€54.42118.3 kg2
Coach7h 12m6h 28m44m€26.0312.6 kg3

Questions about Brussels to Birmingham

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

How long does the Coach from Brussels to Birmingham take?

The Coach from Brussels to Birmingham takes 7h 12m door to door, of which 6h 28m is spent moving. The route runs 467 km. The difference between the two times is reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end, which every time on this page includes.

How much does the Coach from Brussels to Birmingham cost?

The Coach from Brussels to Birmingham starts at €26.03 for one passenger, checked on September 28, 2026. A typical fare is €29.88. Both are the total including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so the price here is the price at checkout.

Who runs the Coach from Brussels to Birmingham?

1 operators run the Coach from Brussels to Birmingham: FlixBus. Between them they file around 3 departures a day. The operator table on this page compares them on fare, journey time, cruising speed, fare conditions and what is provided on board.

Which terminal does the Coach from Brussels to Birmingham use?

The Coach from Brussels to Birmingham leaves from Bruxelles Nord and arrives at Birmingham Digbeth. Allow about 44m for reaching the departure terminal and leaving the arrival one. That time is already inside every door to door figure quoted on this page.

Is the Coach the best way from Brussels to Birmingham?

Traveling from Brussels to Birmingham by Flight costs €54.42 and takes 4h 14m door to door, against 7h 12m by Coach. Which is better depends on whether the money or the hours matter more on this trip. The comparison table on this page shows every mode side by side.

When should I book the Coach from Brussels to Birmingham?

Fares for the Coach from Brussels to Birmingham bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €19.98. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 223 percent, measured on September 28, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.

How much CO2 does the Coach from Brussels to Birmingham produce?

The Coach from Brussels to Birmingham produces about 12.6 kg of CO2 per passenger over 467 km, which works out at roughly 27 grams per passenger kilometer. That figure is for the whole journey and for one traveler, not for the vehicle.

What is provided on board the Coach from Brussels to Birmingham?

Operators on the Coach from Brussels to Birmingham publish Power outlets, Restrooms, Wi-Fi. That is what 1 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 7h 12m door to door. Where a carrier publishes nothing, this page lists nothing for it.

Where these numbers come from

Observed service A carrier record shows this named operator serving this named pair, and we carry that through unchanged.

Schedules, seat counts and fares are generated by our own model until the supplier contracts are signed. Places, coordinates, operators, which operator serves which pair, and every distance are real. We would rather say that on every page than let a modeled number pass for a filed one.

Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon

On this page
Every figure above was computed for Brussels to Birmingham on September 9, 2026: 467 km of route against 467 km in a straight line, 3 services a day, 1 operators, a cheapest fare of €26.03, and 7h 12m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

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