Distance
 

How far in London from Birmingham? How is the transportation?

Are you looking to drive? You'll want to become familiar with www.viamichelin.com or www.mappy.com or both.

The bus - - nationalexpress.com - - is way cheaper than the train, but at nearly 3 hours, way slower too.

Best wishes,

Rex

friendly fodors tip, you will more likely get more replies if you use a specific title for the post.

instead of "Distance" say "London to Birmingham" for example.

very bad title for sure. But in any case -- London to Birmingham is approx 125 miles. But both are very big places so depending where in London to where in B'ham you could add 30 or more miles to that.

"How is the transportation?" - like between any two major cities in the UK - there is every sort of transport.

If you're thinking train, use

<b>http://reiseauskunft.bahn.de/bin/query.exe/en
</b>

Assuming you want to go from cemtral London tro central Birmingham, walk-up, buy on the spot, day returns on Chiltern Railways from Marylebone station are pretty comparable in price with the bus (and faster and more reliable) at &pound;25 return.

They're a bit pricier on Virgin from Euston at &pound;35, though Virgin's faster.

Pricing on British trains is as complex as on any airline. Plug your journey into www.nationalrail.co.uk, follow it through to the prices section, then play with different times and dates to see how dramatically prices can vary.