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Compare train and coach for Harpenden to Birmingham
Omio recommends booking the coach as it is the most popular option from Harpenden to Birmingham among Omio's users. If you are prioritising price take the coach with prices starting from £15. For those with little time consider booking a coach which can get you there in 2h 5m. The ticket price range depends on the travel mode: a coach costs an average of £15, and a train costs an average of £38.
Distance: 129 km
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£16 Average Price Cheapest | £43 Average Price |
2h 35m Average total duration Fastest 2h 5m Onboard + 30m Additional time* | 3h 3m Average total duration 2h 33m Onboard + 30m Additional time* |
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Travel optionsfrom Harpenden to Birmingham
How to get to Birmingham from Harpenden by train, bus, flight or ferry.
Our recommendation
The best way to travel from Harpenden to Birmingham is by taking a coach because it’s the best combination of price and speed.
FlixBus · FlixBus9:154h10Harpenden13:25Birmingham, Great Charles Street Queensway£141One-way1 change
Cheapest
- FlixBus · FlixBus9:154h10Harpenden13:25Birmingham, Great Charles Street Queensway£141One-way1 change
Fastest
- NX4220:202h10Luton, London Luton Airport Bus Station2:30Birmingham, Coach Station£351One-way0 changes
Other options
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C41866 · W70858+
G009598:512h47Harpenden station (HPD)11:38Birmingham New Street (BHM)£461One-way3 changes- W45524+
L37813+
Tube from London St Pancras International to London Marylebone8:223h11Harpenden station (HPD)11:33Birmingham Moor Street (BMO)£691One-way2 changes - C10096+L37395+Tube from London St Pancras International to London Marylebone8:393h26Harpenden station (HPD)12:05Birmingham Moor Street (BMO)£691One-way2 changes
- FlixBus · FlixBus22:254h15Harpenden2:40Birmingham, Great Charles Street Queensway£141One-way1 change
- FlixBus · FlixBus18:304h20Harpenden22:50Birmingham, Great Charles Street Queensway£141One-way1 change
- FlixBus · FlixBus7:454h45Harpenden12:30Birmingham, Great Charles Street Queensway£141One-way1 change
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This is compared to other travel options from Harpenden to Birmingham:
A coach is £27 less than a train for this route with tickets for a train from Harpenden to Birmingham costing on average £43.
Other travel options to Birmingham take longer:
Train takes on average 2h 33m.
- Around 19 coaches per day.
- Around 5 trains per day.
However, we recommend checking specific travel dates for your route between Harpenden and Birmingham as scheduled services by train and coach can vary by season or day of the week.
- Trains mostly depart from Harpenden station (HPD) and arrive in Birmingham New Street (BHM).
- Coaches mostly depart from Luton, London Luton Airport Bus Station and arrive in Birmingham, Coach Station.
- Travel with Thameslink to go to Birmingham by train.
- Travel with National Express to go to Birmingham by coach.
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