There are 9 ways to get from Blackpool to Aberdeen by train, bus, car, or plane
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Train
best- Take the train from Preston to Edinburgh Waverleytrain London Euston - Edinburgh / ...
- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to Aberdeentrain Edinburgh - Aberdeen
6h 47m£30–202Bus
cheapest- Take the bus from North Station to Underpassbus 42
- Take the bus from Underpass to Buchanan Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Buchanan Bus Station to Union Square Bus Stationbus
8h 58m£19–37Drive 302.5 mi
- Drive from Blackpool to Aberdeencar 302.5 mi
5h 26m£73–106Train to Manchester Airport, fly to Aberdeen Airport
- Take the train from Blackpool North to Manchester Airporttrain
- Fly from Manchester Airport (MAN) to Aberdeen Airport (ABZ)plane MAN - ABZ
5h 10m£76–204Bus via Lancaster
- Take the bus from Abingdon Street to Bus Stationbus 42
- Take the bus from Bus Station Night Std to Buchanan Bus Stationbus 181
- Take the bus from Buchanan Bus Station to Union Square Bus Stationbus M9
9h 47m£47–77Train to Liverpool, fly to Aberdeen Airport
- Take the train from Blackpool North to Huytontrain
- Fly from Liverpool (LPL) to Aberdeen Airport (ABZ)plane LPL - ABZ
8h 12m£97–360Train to Leeds Bradford International Airport, fly to Aberdeen Airport
- Take the train from Blackpool North to Bradford Interchangetrain
- Fly from Leeds Bradford International Airport (LBA) to Aberdeen Airport (ABZ)plane LBA - ABZ
8h 53m£70–229Train to Manchester Airport, fly to Inverness Dalcross Airport, train
- Take the train from Blackpool North to Manchester Airporttrain
- Fly from Manchester Airport (MAN) to Inverness Dalcross Airport (INV)plane MAN - INV
- Take the train from Inverness Airport Station to Aberdeentrain
7h 1m£94–287Train to Birmingham Airport, fly to Aberdeen Airport
- Take the train from Preston to Birmingham Internationaltrain
- Fly from Birmingham Airport (BHX) to Aberdeen Airport (ABZ)plane BHX - ABZ
6h 56m£89–287
Blackpool to Aberdeen by train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Blackpool to Aberdeen is to bus which costs £19 - £40 and takes 8h 58m.
The fastest way to get from Blackpool to Aberdeen is to train and fly which takes 5h 10m and costs £75 - £210.
No, there is no direct bus from Blackpool station to Aberdeen station. However, there are services departing from North Station and arriving at Union Square Bus Station via Underpass and Buchanan Bus Station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 8h 58m.
No, there is no direct train from Blackpool to Aberdeen. However, there are services departing from Blackpool North and arriving at Aberdeen via Preston and Edinburgh Waverley. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 6h 47m.
The distance between Blackpool and Aberdeen is 337 miles. The road distance is 304.3 miles.
The best way to get from Blackpool to Aberdeen without a car is to train which takes 6h 47m and costs £30 - £210.
It takes approximately 6h 47m to get from Blackpool to Aberdeen, including transfers.
Blackpool to Aberdeen bus services, operated by Stagecoach Cumbria & North Lancashire, depart from North Station.
Blackpool to Aberdeen train services, operated by Avanti West Coast, depart from Preston station.
The best way to get from Blackpool to Aberdeen is to train which takes 6h 47m and costs £30 - £210. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs £19 - £40 and takes 8h 58m.
What companies run services between Blackpool, England and Aberdeen, Scotland?
You can take a train from Blackpool North to Aberdeen via Preston and Edinburgh Waverley in around 6h 47m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from North Station to Union Square Bus Station via Underpass and Buchanan Bus Station in around 8h 58m.
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Aberdeen Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 23m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £90–180
Flights from Manchester Airport to Aberdeen Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 37m
- When
- Monday to Thursday
- Estimated price
- £90–190
Flights from Liverpool to Aberdeen Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £45–490
Flights from Leeds Bradford International Airport to Aberdeen Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £55–250
Flights from Leeds Bradford International Airport to Aberdeen Airport via Belfast City
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £140–550
Flights from Manchester Airport to Inverness Dalcross Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £95–210
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Aberdeen Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £100–220
- Website
- loganair.co.uk
Flights from Manchester Airport to Aberdeen Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 23m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £90–180
Flights from Manchester Airport to Inverness Dalcross Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £95–210
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Aberdeen Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £100–220
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Liverpool to Aberdeen Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- £55–310
Flights from Leeds Bradford International Airport to Aberdeen Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £60–340
- Website
- aerlingus.com
Flights from Liverpool to Aberdeen Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £45–220
Flights from Leeds Bradford International Airport to Aberdeen Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £55–250
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Leeds Bradford International Airport to Aberdeen Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £60–250
- Phone
- +44 345 528 0253
- Website
- avantiwestcoast.co.uk
Train from Preston to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £19–110
- Website
- https://www.avantiwestcoast.co.uk/
Train from Preston to Birmingham International
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 9m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £16–85
- Website
- https://www.avantiwestcoast.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 345 600 1671
- tpecustomer.relations@tpexpress.co.uk
- Website
- tpexpress.co.uk
Train from Preston to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £24–95
- Website
- https://www.tpexpress.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 330 060 0500
- enquiry@sleeper.scot
- Website
- sleeper.scot
Train from Preston to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 49m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- £60–80
- Website
- https://www.sleeper.scot/
- Sleeper Berth Classic
- £210–230
- Sleeper Seat
- £60–80
- Sleeper Berth Club Solo
- £260–300
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Aberdeen
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 6m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- £60–80
- Website
- https://www.sleeper.scot/
- Sleeper Berth Classic
- £210–230
- Sleeper Seat
- £60–80
- Sleeper Berth Club Solo
- £250–290
Train from Preston to Birmingham International
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 3m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- £60–80
- Website
- https://www.sleeper.scot/
- Sleeper Berth Classic
- £210–230
- Sleeper Seat
- £60–80
- Sleeper Berth Club Solo
- £240–280
- Phone
- +44 344 811 0141
- Website
- scotrail.co.uk
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Aberdeen
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 28m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- £16–55
- Website
- https://www.scotrail.co.uk/
Train from Inverness Airport Station to Aberdeen
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 3m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £12–40
- Website
- https://www.scotrail.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 345 722 5333
- customers@lner.co.uk
- Website
- lner.co.uk
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Aberdeen
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 32m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- £21–25
- Website
- https://www.lner.co.uk/
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Aberdeen
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 27m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £8–35
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 800 200 6060
- enquiries@northernrailway.co.uk
- Website
- northernrailway.co.uk
Train from Blackpool North to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 42m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £5–35
- Website
- https://www.northernrailway.co.uk/
Train from Blackpool North to Huyton
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 3m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £8–27
- Website
- https://www.northernrailway.co.uk/
Train from Blackpool North to Bradford Interchange
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 46m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £9–40
- Website
- https://www.northernrailway.co.uk/
Bus from North Station to Underpass
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 19m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £6–8
- Website
- https://www.stagecoachbus.com/
Bus from Abingdon Street to Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 38m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £7–8
- Website
- https://www.stagecoachbus.com/
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Underpass to Buchanan Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- £6–14
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Buchanan Bus Station to Union Square Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- £7–16
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- 08717 81 81 81
- Website
- nationalexpress.com
Bus from Bus Station Night Std to Buchanan Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £19–40
- Website
- https://www.nationalexpress.com/en
- Phone
- 0141 352 4444
- info@citylink.co.uk
- Website
- citylink.co.uk
Bus from Buchanan Bus Station to Union Square Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- £21–30
- Website
- https://www.citylink.co.uk/
- Phone
- 01698 653164
- enquiries@parksofhamilton.co.uk
- Website
- parksofhamilton.co.uk
Bus from Buchanan Bus Station to Union Square Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Website
- https://www.parksofhamilton.co.uk/
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More Questions & Answers
Blackpool to Aberdeen bus services, operated by Stagecoach Cumbria & North Lancashire, arrive at Underpass station.
Blackpool to Aberdeen train services, operated by Avanti West Coast, arrive at Edinburgh Waverley station.
Yes, the driving distance between Blackpool to Aberdeen is 304 miles. It takes approximately 5h 26m to drive from Blackpool to Aberdeen.
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