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Bradford to Belfast

Compare trains, buses, flights and ferries from Bradford to Belfast. From $26.27, with the total price and every fee shown up front.

One passenger pays between $26.27 and $41.01, every fee included, depending on the operator and the way you travel. Services cover 402 km and are run by 5 operators across 2 modes.

Checked October 6, 2026Priced for October 21, 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 21, 2026

$26.27 to $41.01

  • 132%Moves across the booking window

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Pick a departure for Bradford to Belfast and pay on tickets.orlero.com, our booking site.

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Fares by date

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

Typical fares

  1. about $56.61Wed7
  2. about $59.05Thu8
  3. about $52.97Fri9
  4. about $42.05Sat10
  5. about $39.02Sun11
  6. about $40.84Mon12
  7. about $31.75Tue13
  8. about $31.74Wed14
  9. about $39.63Thu15
  10. about $32.35Fri16
  11. about $39.02Sat17
  12. about $39.02Sun18
  13. about $34.78Mon19
  14. about $31.74Tue20
  15. about $26.27Wed21
  16. about $35.98Thu22
  17. about $32.35Fri23
  18. about $29.31Sat24
  19. about $27.48Sun25
  20. about $27.48Mon26
  21. about $26.27Tue27

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

The train gets you into Belfast. These two partners take it from there, and the bed is theirs to book.

A hotel room

A room in Belfast for the night the train gets in

Sort by distance from Belfast Lanyon Place and you can see which places are ten minutes on foot and which are not.

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Booking window

When to book Bradford to Belfast

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

  1. $24.4590 days
  2. $34.1660 days
  3. $30.5145 days
  4. $31.7430 days
  5. $26.2721 days
  6. $31.7414 days
  7. $31.757 days
  8. $52.973 days
  9. $56.611 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 90 days ahead, at $24.45.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 132 percent. The most expensive point is $56.61, 1 days out.
What that means
Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 90 days before departure. Waiting from here has usually cost money on this corridor rather than saved it.
$56.61$24.45137142130456090

Book now Fares on this route are lowest around 90 days ahead. You are inside that window.

This corridor, specifically

Facts that apply to Bradford to Belfast and to no other route on the site.

Clocks

Both ends keep the same time, so the arrival is the departure plus the journey.

The shape of it

402 km

286 km as the crow flies, 41% further by the route services take. The bearing runs west.

Who lives at each end

366,187 → 348,005

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 402 km against 286 km in a straight line, a detour of 41 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
Where the change is
Connections are made at Birmingham, Liverpool, Manchester. The gap between arriving and leaving is 69 minutes, of which about 14 is walking.
If the connection is missed
The tightest connection we sell here has a 14 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.

The fare from BFS into Belfast is set by whoever drives it.

A taxi stand outside an airport terminal

A car waiting when you land in Belfast

Settled in advance, so the ride into Belfast costs what it said it would rather than what the cab stand says.

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Who runs this route

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

Left luggage lockers

Baggage storage near Belfast Lanyon Place

Most of the points near Belfast Lanyon Place open before the first train and close after the last one.

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Questions about Bradford to Belfast

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 Bradford to Belfast?

Bradford to Belfast covers 402 km. Each operator's own departure and arrival times for the date you pick are in the search at the top of this page, beside the total price.

How much does it cost to travel from Bradford to Belfast?

The cheapest fare from Bradford to Belfast is $26.27, as of October 6, 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is $52.97. 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 Bradford to Belfast?

The cheapest way from Bradford to Belfast is by bus, at $26.27 for one passenger on October 21, 2026. The comparison table on this page shows what each mode costs side by side.

When should I book Bradford to Belfast?

Fares from Bradford to Belfast bottom out around 90 days before departure, at $24.45. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the most expensive lead time is 132 percent, measured on October 6, 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.

Which day of the week is cheapest for Bradford to Belfast?

Tuesday is the cheapest day to depart from Bradford to Belfast, at $31.74. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of October 6, 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.

Which month is cheapest for Bradford to Belfast?

March is the cheapest of the next 6 months to travel from Bradford to Belfast, at $23.24 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 Bradford to Belfast?

5 operators sell services from Bradford to Belfast across 2 modes: Arriva Cross Country, BA CityFlyer, Emerald Airlines, FlixBus, Stena Line. 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 Bradford to Belfast?

0 percent of the services we sell from Bradford to Belfast are direct. The rest connect at Birmingham, Liverpool, Manchester, with about 69 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 Bradford to Belfast produce?

Traveling from Bradford to Belfast by bus produces about 8.9 kg of CO2 per passenger, the lowest of any mode on this corridor. The same journey by Train produces about 71.1 kg, roughly 8 times as much for one passenger.

Which station or terminal do services from Bradford to Belfast use?

Services from Bradford to Belfast by train leave from Bradford Interchange and arrive at Belfast International Airport BFS. 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 Bradford to Belfast?

3 of the 5 operators we sell from Bradford to Belfast allow a change or a refund. A change on a changeable fare costs $5.51. 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

Being on the water gives Belfast a set of days out that do not start at a station.

A guided tour group

Day trips out of Belfast and across United Kingdom

Day trips that leave Belfast in the morning and cover a good part of United Kingdom by evening.

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The two ends, compared

Bradford reaches 21 places in 5 countries on services we hold, over distances from 47 to 8,516 km. Belfast reaches 25 places in 4 countries, from 71 to 3,044 km.

Other ways to make this journey

Leaving Bradford

  • 21Places you can leave for
  • 5Countries
  • 12Operators

Arriving in Belfast

Leaving Belfast

  • 25Places you can leave for
  • 4Countries
  • 17Operators

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