There are 12 ways to get from Basingstoke to Arbroath by train, bus, car, or plane
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Train
best- Take the train from Basingstoke to London Waterlootrain
- Take the train from King's Cross to Edinburgh Waverleytrain
- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to Arbroathtrain
8h 30m£149–280Bus via Edinburgh
cheapest- Take the bus from London Heathrow Airport to Edinburgh, Bus Stationbus Ukn10
- Take the bus from George Street to Dundee stationbus Ember
15h 17m£57–104Drive 466.2 mi
- Drive from Basingstoke to Arbroathcar 466.2 mi
8h 12m£115–165Fly London Heathrow Airport to Edinburgh Airport, train
- Fly from London Heathrow Airport (LHR) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane LHR - EDI
- Take the train from Haymarket to Arbroathtrain
6h 24m£100–301Train via Birmingham
- Take the train from Basingstoke to Birmingham New Streettrain
- Take the train from Birmingham New Street to Edinburgh Waverleytrain
- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to Arbroathtrain
10h 9m£186–391Bus
- Take the bus from The Malls to London Victoria Coach Station Arrivalsbus 035
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Overgatebus Ukn11
15h 56m£59–104Train to London Heathrow Airport, fly to Dundee Riverside Airport, train
- Take the train from Basingstoke to Wokingtrain
- Fly from London Heathrow Airport (LHR) to Dundee Riverside Airport (DND)plane LHR - DND
- Take the train from Dundee to Arbroathtrain
5h 27m£116–288Train to Southampton Airport, fly to Edinburgh Airport, train
- Take the train from Basingstoke to Southampton Airport Parkwaytrain
- Fly from Southampton Airport (SOU) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane SOU - EDI
- Take the train from Haymarket to Arbroathtrain
5h 54m£116–275Train to London Heathrow Airport, fly to Aberdeen Airport, train
- Take the train from Basingstoke to Wokingtrain
- Fly from London Heathrow Airport (LHR) to Aberdeen Airport (ABZ)plane LHR - ABZ
- Take the train from Aberdeen to Arbroathtrain
6h 11m£93–343Train to London City Airport, fly to Edinburgh Airport, train
- Take the train from Basingstoke to London Waterlootrain
- Fly from London City Airport (LCY) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane LCY - EDI
- Take the train from Haymarket to Arbroathtrain
6h 36m£136–375Train to London Gatwick Airport, fly to Edinburgh Airport, train
- Take the train from Basingstoke to Clapham Junctiontrain
- Fly from London Gatwick Airport (LGW) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane LGW - EDI
- Take the train from Haymarket to Arbroathtrain
6h 48m£90–243Fly London Heathrow Airport to Newcastle, train
- Fly from London Heathrow Airport (LHR) to Newcastle (NCL)plane LHR - NCL
- Take the train from Newcastle to Edinburgh Waverleytrain
- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to Arbroathtrain
8h 1m£110–405
Basingstoke to Arbroath by train, subway, and foot
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Basingstoke to Arbroath is to bus via Edinburgh which costs £55 - £110 and takes 15h 17m.
The fastest way to get from Basingstoke to Arbroath is to train and fly which takes 5h 27m and costs £110 - £290.
No, there is no direct bus from Basingstoke to Arbroath. However, there are services departing from The Malls and arriving at Arbroath Burnside Drive via London Victoria and Dundee South Marketgait. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 15h 56m.
No, there is no direct train from Basingstoke to Arbroath. However, there are services departing from Basingstoke and arriving at Arbroath via Waterloo station, King's Cross and Edinburgh Waverley. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 8h 30m.
The distance between Basingstoke and Arbroath is 518 miles. The road distance is 469 miles.
The best way to get from Basingstoke to Arbroath without a car is to train which takes 8h 30m and costs £140 - £280.
It takes approximately 8h 30m to get from Basingstoke to Arbroath, including transfers.
Basingstoke to Arbroath bus services, operated by National Express, depart from The Malls station.
Basingstoke to Arbroath train services, operated by South Western Railway, depart from Basingstoke station.
The best way to get from Basingstoke to Arbroath is to train which takes 8h 30m and costs £140 - £280. Alternatively, you can bus via Edinburgh, which costs £55 - £110 and takes 15h 17m.
What companies run services between Basingstoke, England and Arbroath, Scotland?
You can take a train from Basingstoke to Arbroath via London Waterloo Station, Waterloo station, Euston station, King's Cross, and Edinburgh Waverley in around 8h 30m. Alternatively, you can take a train from Basingstoke to Bus Station via Woking, Woking Railway Station Southside, Heathrow Terminal 2, London Heathrow Airport, Edinburgh, Bus Station, George Street, Dundee station, and High Street in around 15h 17m.
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 24m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £55–210
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Dundee Riverside Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £100–250
Flights from Southampton Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £95–200
Flights from Southampton Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Belfast City
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £75–170
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Aberdeen Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £65–260
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Aberdeen Airport via Manchester
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £170–260
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Aberdeen Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- £170–260
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Aberdeen Airport via Belfast City
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- £65–260
Flights from London City Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 19m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £80–230
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Newcastle
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 11m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £45–230
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Southampton Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- £70–170
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 29m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £29–110
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Belfast (Aldergrove)
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- £29–110
- Website
- loganair.co.uk
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Dundee Riverside Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £100–250
Flights from Southampton Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £95–200
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Sunday and Monday
- Estimated price
- £45–110
- Website
- aerlingus.com
Flights from Southampton Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Belfast City
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £75–170
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Aberdeen Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £50–300
- Phone
- 0345 6000 650
- Website
- southwesternrailway.com
Train from Basingstoke to London Waterloo
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- £19–45
- Website
- https://www.southwesternrailway.com/
Train from Basingstoke to Woking
- Ave. Duration
- 33 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- £9–21
- Website
- https://www.southwesternrailway.com/
Train from Basingstoke to Southampton Airport Parkway
- Ave. Duration
- 23 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £11–25
- Website
- https://www.southwesternrailway.com/
Train from Basingstoke to Clapham Junction
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 3m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £17–40
- Website
- https://www.southwesternrailway.com/
- Phone
- +44 345 722 5333
- customers@lner.co.uk
- Website
- lner.co.uk
Train from King's Cross to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 6m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £110–170
- Website
- https://www.lner.co.uk/
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Arbroath
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 33m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- £21–35
- Website
- https://www.lner.co.uk/
Train from Haymarket to Arbroath
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 28m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- £20–35
- Website
- https://www.lner.co.uk/
Train from Dundee to Arbroath
- Ave. Duration
- 15 min
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- £4–8
- Website
- https://www.lner.co.uk/
Train from Aberdeen to Arbroath
- Ave. Duration
- 56 min
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- £15–23
- Website
- https://www.lner.co.uk/
Train from Newcastle to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 23m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £35–55
- Website
- https://www.lner.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 344 811 0141
- Website
- scotrail.co.uk
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Arbroath
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 33m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- £30–60
- Website
- https://www.scotrail.co.uk/
Train from Haymarket to Arbroath
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 26m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- £30–60
- Website
- https://www.scotrail.co.uk/
Train from Dundee to Arbroath
- Ave. Duration
- 15 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £7–14
- Website
- https://www.scotrail.co.uk/
Train from Aberdeen to Arbroath
- Ave. Duration
- 45 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £23–45
- Website
- https://www.scotrail.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 330 060 0500
- enquiry@sleeper.scot
- Website
- sleeper.scot
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Arbroath
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 4m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- £18–35
- Website
- https://www.sleeper.scot/
Train from Dundee to Arbroath
- Ave. Duration
- 20 min
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- £4–8
- Website
- https://www.sleeper.scot/
Train from Aberdeen to Arbroath
- Ave. Duration
- 57 min
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- £13–25
- Website
- https://www.sleeper.scot/
Train from Newcastle to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 43m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- £30–60
- Website
- https://www.sleeper.scot/
Train from Basingstoke to Birmingham New Street
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 3m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £55–85
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
Train from Birmingham New Street to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 7m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- £170–250
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
Train from Dundee to Arbroath
- Ave. Duration
- 15 min
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- £8–12
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
Train from Basingstoke to Southampton Airport Parkway
- Ave. Duration
- 23 min
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £13–20
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
Train from Aberdeen to Arbroath
- Ave. Duration
- 51 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £27–40
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
Train from Newcastle to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £60–90
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 345 528 0253
- Website
- avantiwestcoast.co.uk
Train from Birmingham New Street to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 16m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £110–200
- Website
- https://www.avantiwestcoast.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 345 600 1671
- tpecustomer.relations@tpexpress.co.uk
- Website
- tpexpress.co.uk
Train from Newcastle to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 46m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £40–75
- Website
- https://www.tpexpress.co.uk/
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.fr
Bus from London Heathrow Airport to Edinburgh, Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 55m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £35–65
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from London Victoria to Overgate
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 55m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £45–75
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +44 (0)131 510 4007
- ride@ember.to
- Website
- ember.to
Bus from George Street to Dundee station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 43m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £9–13
- Website
- https://www.ember.to/
- Phone
- 08717 81 81 81
- Website
- nationalexpress.com
Bus from The Malls to London Victoria Coach Station Arrivals
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- £8–21
- Website
- https://www.nationalexpress.com/en
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More Questions & Answers
Basingstoke to Arbroath bus services, operated by National Express, arrive at London Victoria Coach Station Arrivals.
Basingstoke to Arbroath train services, operated by South Western Railway, arrive at London Waterloo station.
Yes, the driving distance between Basingstoke to Arbroath is 469 miles. It takes approximately 8h 12m to drive from Basingstoke to Arbroath.
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