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Birmingham to Vancouver

Compare trains, buses, flights and ferries from Birmingham to Vancouver. From €545.94, fastest 14h 6m, with the total price and every fee shown up front.

Birmingham to Vancouver runs about 2 times a day, with the first departure around 07:30 and the last around 07:30. One passenger pays between €545.94 and €711.09, every fee included, depending on the operator and the way you travel. The fastest door to door is 14h 6m over 7,919 km, on services run by 8 operators across 2 modes.

Checked September 23, 2026Priced for October 12, 2026One passenger, all fees included

What one seat costs

The spread between the cheapest and dearest typical fare on this corridor, across 0 operators and 2 ways of making the journey. The operator sets the price on the day.

Typical fares · Priced for October 12, 2026

€545.94 to €711.09

  • 213%Moves across the booking window

When it runs, leaving Birmingham

Typical first and last departure on this corridor.

  • 07:30First departure
  • 07:30Last departure
  • 2Services per day
  • 0%Run direct

Fares by date

What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.

Typical fares

  1. about €1,702.59Thu24
  2. about €1,501.84Fri25
  3. about €1,164.14Sat26
  4. about €991.99Sun27
  5. about €950.19Mon28
  6. about €933.69Tue29
  7. about €913.34Wed30
  8. about €984.85Thu1
  9. about €931.16Fri2
  10. about €826.99Sat3
  11. about €777.49Sun4
  12. about €645.49Mon5
  13. about €744.72Tue6
  14. about €564.09Wed7
  15. about €883.37Thu8
  16. about €679.59Fri9
  17. about €734.04Sat10
  18. about €692.21Sun11
  19. about €545.94Mon12
  20. about €570.69Tue13
  21. about €685.13Wed14

Based on what this route has cost recently. The live fare is confirmed when you book.

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A hotel room

A room in Vancouver for the night the flight gets in

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Booking window

When to book Birmingham to Vancouver

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

  1. €554.7490 days
  2. €602.0460 days
  3. €543.1945 days
  4. €749.4430 days
  5. €685.1321 days
  6. €564.0914 days
  7. €913.347 days
  8. €1,164.143 days
  9. €1,702.591 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 45 days ahead, at €543.19.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 213 percent. The most expensive point is €1,702.59, 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.
€1,702.59€543.19137142130456090

Book now Fares on this route are lowest around 45 days ahead. You are inside that window.

This corridor, specifically

Facts that apply to Birmingham to Vancouver and to no other route on the site.

Clocks

8 hours behind on arrival. You land earlier than the journey suggests.

The shape of it

7,919 km

7,422 km as the crow flies, 7% further by the route services take. The bearing runs north-west.

Who lives at each end

1,157,603662,248

Population at the departure city and at the arrival city, which is usually what decides how often anything runs.

The route

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The journey

What the journey looks like

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

Direct or connecting
0% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 100% involve one connection.
How far it really runs
The route covers 7,919 km against 7,422 km in a straight line, a detour of 7 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
Where the change is
Connections are made at London, Reykjavík, Manchester, Amsterdam. The gap between arriving and leaving is 57 minutes, of which about 14 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.

Who runs this route

The flight gets in hours before any room is ready. Holding a bag is not what we sell.

Left luggage lockers

Baggage storage near Vancouver Pacific Central

Most of the points near Vancouver Pacific Central open before the first train and close after the last one.

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Questions about Birmingham to Vancouver

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 it take to get from Birmingham to Vancouver?

The fastest journey from Birmingham to Vancouver takes 14h 6m door to door, of which 11h 57m is spent moving, on the train. Most services take around 15h 35m, because that average includes slower stopping services and journeys with a connection. Times include reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end.

How much does it cost to travel from Birmingham to Vancouver?

The cheapest fare from Birmingham to Vancouver is €545.94, as of September 23, 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €942.22. Both figures are the total for one passenger, including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so nothing is added at checkout.

What is the cheapest way to get from Birmingham to Vancouver?

The cheapest way from Birmingham to Vancouver is by train, at €545.94 for one passenger on October 12, 2026. That journey takes 14h 51m door to door. Cheaper is rarely faster on this corridor, and the comparison table on this page shows what each mode costs against what it saves.

What is the fastest way to get from Birmingham to Vancouver?

The fastest way from Birmingham to Vancouver is by train, at 14h 51m door to door. Only 11h 57m of that is spent moving; the remaining 2h 54m is reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end. The cheapest fare on that mode is €545.94.

When should I book Birmingham to Vancouver?

Fares from Birmingham to Vancouver bottom out around 45 days before departure, at €543.19. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the most expensive lead time is 213 percent, measured on September 23, 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.

Which day of the week is cheapest for Birmingham to Vancouver?

Monday is the cheapest day to depart from Birmingham to Vancouver, at €645.49. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of September 23, 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.

Which month is cheapest for Birmingham to Vancouver?

February is the cheapest of the next 5 months to travel from Birmingham to Vancouver, at €443.64 for one passenger. Each month is priced on its fifteenth, so the comparison is like for like rather than a mix of weekends and midweek departures.

Who runs service from Birmingham to Vancouver?

8 operators sell services from Birmingham to Vancouver across 2 modes: Air Canada, Air Transat, Arriva Cross Country, Avanti West Coast, easyJet Europe, Icelandair. Journey times, fares and fare conditions differ between them, and the operator table on this page compares all of them on speed, flexibility and what is provided on board.

Is there a direct service from Birmingham to Vancouver?

0 percent of the services we sell from Birmingham to Vancouver are direct. The rest connect at London, Reykjavík, Manchester, Amsterdam, with about 57 minutes between the two services. Both legs are sold on one booking, so a missed connection is rebooked at no charge.

How much CO2 does the journey from Birmingham to Vancouver produce?

Traveling from Birmingham to Vancouver by train produces about 2253.2 kg of CO2 per passenger, the lowest of any mode on this corridor. The same journey by Flight produces about 2256.9 kg, roughly 1 times as much for one passenger.

Which station or terminal do services from Birmingham to Vancouver use?

Services from Birmingham to Vancouver by train leave from Birmingham New Street and arrive at Vancouver International Airport YVR. Allow about 1h 57m in total for reaching the departure terminal and leaving the arrival one, which is already included in every door to door time on this page.

Can I change or refund a ticket from Birmingham to Vancouver?

2 of the 8 operators we sell from Birmingham to Vancouver allow a change or a refund. A change on a changeable fare costs €5.00. The operator table on this page names which is which, and the condition is shown again before you pay.

Where these numbers come from

Places, coordinates, operators, which operator serves which pair, and every distance on this page are real and come from open data. Where a corridor has a filed timetable the departure times are real too, and ferry fares are the prices the operators publish themselves.

Observed service A carrier record names this operator on this pair, carried through unchanged.

Prices come from the supplier wherever we hold a live quote. Elsewhere we show an indicative price built from the real distance, the real operator and a fare curve over lead time, day of the week and season. Those are labeled Estimated fare and cannot be booked.

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

On this page
Every figure above was computed for Birmingham to Vancouver on September 23, 2026: 7919 km of route against 7422 km in a straight line, 4 services a day, 8 operators a cheapest fare of €545.94, and 14h 6m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

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The two ends, compared

Birmingham reaches 236 places in 54 countries on services we hold, over distances from 26 to 11,345 km. Vancouver reaches 123 places in 26 countries, from 50 to 13,210 km.

Other ways to make this journey

Leaving Birmingham

  • 236Places you can leave for
  • 54Countries
  • 56Operators

Arriving in Vancouver

Leaving Vancouver

  • 123Places you can leave for
  • 26Countries
  • 50Operators

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