There are 11 ways to get from Ayr to Maidstone by train, bus, car, or plane
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Train
best- Take the train from Ayr to Glasgow Centraltrain
- Take the train from Glasgow Central to London Eustontrain
- Take the train from London Charing Cross to Maidstone Easttrain
7h 53m£133–317Train to Glasgow Airport, fly to London Stansted Airport, train
cheapest- Take the train from Ayr to Paisley Gilmour Streettrain
- Fly from Glasgow Airport (GLA) to London Stansted Airport (STN)plane GLA - STN
- Take the train from Stratford International to Stroodtrain
6h 5m£71–203Bus
- Take the bus from Ayr Bus Station to Buchanan Bus Stationbus X77
- Take the bus from Buchanan Bus Station to Finchley Road / O2 Centrebus
- Take the bus from London Stonebridge to Maidstonebus
13h 19mDrive 425.2 mi
- Drive from Ayr to Maidstonecar 425.2 mi
7h 22m£105–151Train to Glasgow Airport, fly to London City Airport, train
- Take the train from Ayr to Paisley Gilmour Streettrain
- Fly from Glasgow Airport (GLA) to London City Airport (LCY)plane GLA - LCY
- Take the train from Stratford International to Stroodtrain
5h 34m£116–315Train, bus
- Take the train from Auchinleck to Carlisletrain
- Take the bus from Carlisle to London Victoriabus
- Take the train from London Victoria to Maidstone Easttrain
13h 37m£83–165Train to Glasgow Airport, fly to London Heathrow Airport, train
- Take the train from Ayr to Paisley Gilmour Streettrain
- Fly from Glasgow Airport (GLA) to London Heathrow Airport (LHR)plane GLA - LHR
- Take the train from London Bridge to Maidstone Easttrain
5h 58m£113–385Train to Glasgow Airport, fly to Luton Airport, train
- Take the train from Ayr to Paisley Gilmour Streettrain
- Fly from Glasgow Airport (GLA) to Luton Airport (LTN)plane GLA - LTN
- Take the train from Luton Airport Parkway to London Bridgetrain
- Take the train from London Bridge to Maidstone Easttrain
5h 56m£90–208Train to Glasgow Airport, fly to London Gatwick Airport, train
- Take the train from Ayr to Paisley Gilmour Streettrain
- Fly from Glasgow Airport (GLA) to London Gatwick Airport (LGW)plane GLA - LGW
- Take the train from Gatwick Airport to London Bridgetrain
- Take the train from London Bridge to Maidstone Easttrain
5h 47m£82–210Train, train to Edinburgh Airport, fly to London City Airport
- Take the train from Ayr to Glasgow Centraltrain
- Take the train from Glasgow Queen Street to Haymarkettrain
- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to London City Airport (LCY)plane EDI - LCY
- Take the train from Stratford International to Stroodtrain
6h 59m£148–364Train to Glasgow Airport, fly to Birmingham Airport, train
- Take the train from Ayr to Paisley Gilmour Streettrain
- Fly from Glasgow Airport (GLA) to Birmingham Airport (BHX)plane GLA - BHX
- Take the train from Birmingham International to London Eustontrain
- Take the train from London Charing Cross to Maidstone Easttrain
6h 34m£92–263
Ayr to Maidstone by train and subway
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Ayr to Maidstone is to train and bus which costs £80 - £170 and takes 13h 37m.
The fastest way to get from Ayr to Maidstone is to train and fly which takes 5h 34m and costs £110 - £320.
No, there is no direct bus from Ayr station to Maidstone. However, there are services departing from Ayr Bus Station and arriving at Maidstone via Buchanan Bus Station, Finchley Road / O2 Centre, Prince Charles Drive and London Stonebridge. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 13h 19m.
No, there is no direct train from Ayr to Maidstone. However, there are services departing from Ayr and arriving at Maidstone East via Glasgow Central, Euston station and London Charing Cross. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 7h 53m.
The distance between Ayr and Maidstone is 482 miles. The road distance is 427.7 miles.
The best way to get from Ayr to Maidstone without a car is to train which takes 7h 53m and costs £130 - £320.
It takes approximately 7h 53m to get from Ayr to Maidstone, including transfers.
Ayr to Maidstone bus services, operated by Stagecoach West Scotland, depart from Ayr Bus Station.
Ayr to Maidstone train services, operated by ScotRail, depart from Ayr station.
The best way to get from Ayr to Maidstone is to train which takes 7h 53m and costs £130 - £320. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs and takes 13h 19m.
What companies run services between Ayr, Scotland and Maidstone, England?
You can take a train from Ayr to Maidstone East via Glasgow Central, London Euston, Euston station, Charing Cross station, and London Charing Cross in around 7h 53m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Ayr Bus Station to Maidstone via Buchanan Bus Station, Finchley Road / O2 Centre, Prince Charles Drive, Harrow Road /North Circular Rd, and London Stonebridge in around 13h 19m.
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Glasgow Airport to London City Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 28m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £75–220
Flights from Glasgow Airport to London Heathrow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 29m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £60–270
Flights from Glasgow Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Belfast City
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £60–270
Flights from Glasgow Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Derry
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £240–290
Flights from Glasgow Airport to London Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £50–160
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to London City Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 31m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £80–230
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to London City Airport via Belfast City
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £80–230
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Luton Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £29–95
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Luton Airport via Belfast (Aldergrove)
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 47m
- When
- Wednesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £29–95
Flights from Glasgow Airport to London Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 33m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £30–110
Flights from Glasgow Airport to London Gatwick Airport via Belfast (Aldergrove)
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 17m
- When
- Wednesday to Friday
- Estimated price
- £30–110
Flights from Glasgow Airport to London Gatwick Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £30–110
Flights from Glasgow Airport to London Stansted Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £24–130
Flights from Glasgow Airport to London Stansted Airport via Belfast (Aldergrove)
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 3m
- When
- Wednesday to Friday
- Estimated price
- £24–130
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Birmingham Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 6m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £25–90
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Birmingham Airport via Belfast (Aldergrove)
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 53m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £25–90
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Luton Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £50–90
Flights from Glasgow Airport to London Gatwick Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 42m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £45–100
Flights from Glasgow Airport to London Stansted Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- £40–70
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Birmingham Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Monday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £45–90
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Glasgow Airport to London City Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- £50–300
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to London City Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 37m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- £50–300
- Website
- aerlingus.com
Flights from Glasgow Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Belfast City
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £60–270
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to London City Airport via Belfast City
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £80–230
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Glasgow Airport to London Stansted Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £19–85
- Website
- loganair.co.uk
Flights from Glasgow Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Derry
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £240–290
- Phone
- +44 344 811 0141
- Website
- scotrail.co.uk
Train from Ayr to Glasgow Central
- Ave. Duration
- 51 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £18–35
- Website
- https://www.scotrail.co.uk/
Train from Ayr to Paisley Gilmour Street
- Ave. Duration
- 39 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £15–27
- Website
- https://www.scotrail.co.uk/
Train from Auchinleck to Carlisle
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 27m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £30–65
- Website
- https://www.scotrail.co.uk/
Train from Glasgow Queen Street to Haymarket
- Ave. Duration
- 44 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £20–40
- Website
- https://www.scotrail.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 345 528 0253
- Website
- avantiwestcoast.co.uk
Train from Glasgow Central to London Euston
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 39m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £130–240
- Website
- https://www.avantiwestcoast.co.uk/
Train from Birmingham International to London Euston
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £35–65
- Website
- https://www.avantiwestcoast.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 330 060 0500
- enquiry@sleeper.scot
- Website
- sleeper.scot
Train from Glasgow Central to London Euston
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 20m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- £95–170
- Website
- https://www.sleeper.scot/
Train from Birmingham International to London Euston
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 27m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- £25–45
- Website
- https://www.sleeper.scot/
- Phone
- +44 345 322 7021
- Website
- southeasternrailway.co.uk
Train from London Charing Cross to Maidstone East
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 2m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £19–40
- Website
- https://www.southeasternrailway.co.uk/
Train from Stratford International to Strood
- Ave. Duration
- 26 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £13–26
- Website
- https://www.southeasternrailway.co.uk/
Train from London Victoria to Maidstone East
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £19–40
- Website
- https://www.southeasternrailway.co.uk/
Train from London Bridge to Maidstone East
- Ave. Duration
- 53 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £18–40
- Website
- https://www.southeasternrailway.co.uk/
- Phone
- 0345 026 4700
- Website
- thameslinkrailway.com
Train from Luton Airport Parkway to London Bridge
- Ave. Duration
- 48 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- £16–35
- Website
- https://www.thameslinkrailway.com/
Train from Gatwick Airport to London Bridge
- Ave. Duration
- 28 min
- Frequency
- Every 10 minutes
- Estimated price
- £13–26
- Website
- https://www.thameslinkrailway.com/
- Phone
- +44 3451 27 29 20
- Website
- southernrailway.com
Train from Gatwick Airport to London Bridge
- Ave. Duration
- 39 min
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- £13–27
- Website
- https://www.southernrailway.com/
- Phone
- +44 333 311 0039
- contact.wmr@wmtrains.co.uk
- Website
- westmidlandsrailway.co.uk
Train from Birmingham International to London Euston
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 8m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- £35–90
- Website
- https://www.westmidlandsrailway.co.uk/
Bus from Ayr Bus Station to Buchanan Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 7m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- £5–8
- Website
- https://www.stagecoachbus.com/about/west-scotland
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.fr
Bus from Buchanan Bus Station to Finchley Road / O2 Centre
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 45m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £40–70
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Carlisle to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 30m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- £30–55
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- 0724 122 272
- contact@euro-fratello.ro
- Website
- euro-fratello.ro
Bus from London Stonebridge to Maidstone
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Schedules at
- euro-fratello.ro
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More Questions & Answers
Ayr to Maidstone bus services, operated by Stagecoach West Scotland, arrive at Buchanan Bus Station.
Ayr to Maidstone train services, operated by ScotRail, arrive at Glasgow Central station.
Yes, the driving distance between Ayr to Maidstone is 428 miles. It takes approximately 7h 22m to drive from Ayr to Maidstone.
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