There are 12 ways to get from Bournemouth to Stirling by train, plane, bus, or car
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Train to Southampton Airport, fly to Edinburgh Airport, train
best- Take the train from Bournemouth to Southampton Airport Parkwaytrain
- Fly from Southampton Airport (SOU) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane SOU - EDI
- Take the train from Edinburgh Park to Stirlingtrain
4h 21m£117–265Fly Bournemouth Airport to Edinburgh Airport, train
cheapest- Fly from Bournemouth Airport (BOH) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane BOH - EDI
- Take the train from Edinburgh Park to Stirlingtrain
4h 16m£50–267Train
- Take the train from Bournemouth to London Waterlootrain
- Take the train from King's Cross to Edinburgh Waverleytrain
- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to Stirlingtrain
7h 54m£163–301Bus via Birmingham
- Take the bus from Bournemouth Station to Birmingham Coach Stationbus 160
- Take the bus from Birmingham Coach Station to Buchanan Bus Stationbus 590 / ...
- Take the bus from Buchanan Bus Station to Bus Stationbus X36 / ...
14h 35m£91–221Drive 445.9 mi
- Drive from Bournemouth to Stirlingcar 445.9 mi
7h 45m£110–159Train to Southampton Airport, fly to Glasgow Airport, train
- Take the train from Bournemouth to Southampton Airport Parkwaytrain
- Fly from Southampton Airport (SOU) to Glasgow Airport (GLA)plane SOU - GLA
- Take the train from Glasgow Queen Street to Stirlingtrain
4h 1m£64–208Bus to London Heathrow Airport, fly to Edinburgh Airport, train
- Take the bus from Bournemouth Station to Heathrow Terminal 5bus
- Fly from London Heathrow Airport (LHR) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane LHR - EDI
- Take the train from Edinburgh Park to Stirlingtrain
5h 36m£101–290Train, train to Bristol Airport, fly to Glasgow Airport
- Take the train from Bournemouth to Southampton Centraltrain
- Take the train from Southampton Central to Bristol Temple Meadstrain
- Fly from Bristol Airport (BRS) to Glasgow Airport (GLA)plane BRS - GLA
- Take the train from Glasgow Queen Street to Stirlingtrain
6h 42m£82–197Train, train to Bristol Airport, fly to Edinburgh Airport
- Take the train from Bournemouth to Southampton Centraltrain
- Take the train from Southampton Central to Bristol Temple Meadstrain
- Fly from Bristol Airport (BRS) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane BRS - EDI
- Take the train from Edinburgh Park to Stirlingtrain
6h 57m£91–209Train to Southampton Airport, fly to Newcastle, train
- Take the train from Bournemouth to Southampton Airport Parkwaytrain
- Fly from Southampton Airport (SOU) to Newcastle (NCL)plane SOU - NCL
- Take the train from Newcastle to Edinburgh Waverleytrain
- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to Stirlingtrain
6h£128–342Train via Birmingham
- Take the train from Bournemouth to Birmingham New Streettrain
- Take the train from Birmingham New Street to Edinburgh Waverleytrain
- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to Stirlingtrain
9h 5m£197–361Bus
- Take the bus from Bournemouth Station to Heathrow Central Bus Stationbus 035
- Take the bus from Heathrow Central Bus Station to Buchanan Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Buchanan Bus Station to Islamic Centrebus M8 / ...
15h 23m£65–263
Bournemouth to Stirling by train, subway, and foot
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Bournemouth to Stirling is to fly and train which costs £50 - £270 and takes 4h 16m.
The fastest way to get from Bournemouth to Stirling is to train and fly which takes 4h 1m and costs £60 - £210.
No, there is no direct bus from Bournemouth station to Stirling station. However, there are services departing from Bournemouth Station and arriving at Bus Station via Birmingham Coach Station and Buchanan Bus Station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 14h 35m.
No, there is no direct train from Bournemouth to Stirling. However, there are services departing from Bournemouth and arriving at Stirling via Waterloo station, King's Cross and Edinburgh Waverley. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 7h 54m.
The distance between Bournemouth and Stirling is 424 miles. The road distance is 448.5 miles.
The best way to get from Bournemouth to Stirling without a car is to train which takes 7h 54m and costs £160 - £310.
It takes approximately 4h 21m to get from Bournemouth to Stirling, including transfers.
Bournemouth to Stirling bus services, operated by National Express, depart from Bournemouth Station.
Bournemouth to Stirling train services, operated by South Western Railway, depart from Bournemouth station.
The best way to get from Bournemouth to Stirling is to train which takes 7h 54m and costs £160 - £310. Alternatively, you can bus via Birmingham, which costs £90 - £230 and takes 14h 35m.
What companies run services between Bournemouth, England and Stirling, Scotland?
You can take a train from Bournemouth to Stirling via London Waterloo, Waterloo station, Euston station, King's Cross, and Edinburgh Waverley in around 7h 54m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Bournemouth Station to Bus Station via Birmingham Coach Station and Buchanan Bus Station in around 14h 35m.
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Southampton Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Belfast (Aldergrove)
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £70–190
Flights from Southampton Airport to Glasgow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £30–130
Flights from Southampton Airport to Glasgow Airport via Belfast (Aldergrove)
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £30–130
Flights from Bristol Airport to Glasgow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £22–70
Flights from Bristol Airport to Glasgow Airport via Belfast (Aldergrove)
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £22–70
Flights from Bristol Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £23–80
Flights from Bristol Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Belfast (Aldergrove)
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £23–80
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Southampton Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £100–210
Flights from Southampton Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £80–170
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 26m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £55–210
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £95–200
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Belfast City
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- £55–210
Flights from Southampton Airport to Newcastle
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £100–200
- Website
- loganair.co.uk
Flights from Southampton Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £100–210
Flights from Southampton Airport to Newcastle
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £100–200
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Bristol Airport to Glasgow Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £40–80
Flights from Bristol Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 17m
- When
- Wednesday to Friday
- Estimated price
- £45–70
- Website
- aerlingus.com
Flights from Southampton Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £80–170
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £95–200
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Belfast City
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- £55–210
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Southampton Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- £50–290
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Bournemouth Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £20–95
- Phone
- 0345 6000 650
- Website
- southwesternrailway.com
Train from Bournemouth to Southampton Airport Parkway
- Ave. Duration
- 37 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £13–30
- Website
- https://www.southwesternrailway.com/
Train from Bournemouth to London Waterloo
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £40–100
- Website
- https://www.southwesternrailway.com/
Train from Bournemouth to Southampton Central
- Ave. Duration
- 29 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £11–26
- Website
- https://www.southwesternrailway.com/
Train from Bournemouth to Southampton Airport Parkway
- Ave. Duration
- 36 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £17–24
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
Train from Bournemouth to Southampton Central
- Ave. Duration
- 28 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £14–21
- 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/
Train from Bournemouth to Birmingham New Street
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 6m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £90–130
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
Train from Birmingham New Street to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 7m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £150–210
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 344 811 0141
- Website
- scotrail.co.uk
Train from Edinburgh Park to Stirling
- Ave. Duration
- 43 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £13–25
- Website
- https://www.scotrail.co.uk/
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Stirling
- Ave. Duration
- 51 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £15–28
- Website
- https://www.scotrail.co.uk/
Train from Glasgow Queen Street to Stirling
- Ave. Duration
- 33 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- £12–23
- Website
- https://www.scotrail.co.uk/
- 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 Stirling
- Ave. Duration
- 41 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £10–16
- Website
- https://www.lner.co.uk/
Train from Newcastle to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £35–55
- Website
- https://www.lner.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 330 060 0500
- enquiry@sleeper.scot
- Website
- sleeper.scot
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Stirling
- Ave. Duration
- 38 min
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- £7–12
- Website
- https://www.sleeper.scot/
Train from Newcastle to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 42m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- £25–45
- Website
- https://www.sleeper.scot/
- Phone
- +44 3457 000 125
- gwr.feedback@gwr.com
- Website
- gwr.com
Train from Southampton Central to Bristol Temple Meads
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 43m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £30–65
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
- Phone
- +44 345 600 1671
- tpecustomer.relations@tpexpress.co.uk
- Website
- tpexpress.co.uk
Train from Newcastle to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 44m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £45–75
- Website
- https://www.tpexpress.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
- £100–170
- Website
- https://www.avantiwestcoast.co.uk/
- Phone
- 08717 81 81 81
- Website
- nationalexpress.com
Bus from Bournemouth Station to Birmingham Coach Station
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £30–75
- Website
- https://www.nationalexpress.com/en
Bus from Birmingham Coach Station to Buchanan Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 25m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £55–140
- Website
- https://www.nationalexpress.com/en
Bus from Bournemouth Station to Heathrow Terminal 5
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £16–40
- Website
- https://www.nationalexpress.com/en
Bus from Bournemouth Station to Heathrow Central Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £17–45
- Website
- https://www.nationalexpress.com/en
Bus from Heathrow Central Bus Station to Buchanan Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 55m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £80–210
- Website
- https://www.nationalexpress.com/en
Bus from Buchanan Bus Station to Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £5–8
- Website
- https://www.mcgillsscotlandeast.co.uk/
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Heathrow Central Bus Station to Buchanan Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 25m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £40–70
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- 0141 352 4444
- info@citylink.co.uk
- Website
- citylink.co.uk
Bus from Buchanan Bus Station to Islamic Centre
- Ave. Duration
- 41 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £7–11
- Website
- https://www.citylink.co.uk/
- Phone
- 01698 653164
- enquiries@parksofhamilton.co.uk
- Website
- parksofhamilton.co.uk
Bus from Buchanan Bus Station to Islamic Centre
- Ave. Duration
- 41 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- https://www.parksofhamilton.co.uk/
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More Questions & Answers
Bournemouth to Stirling bus services, operated by National Express, arrive at Birmingham Coach Station.
Bournemouth to Stirling train services, operated by South Western Railway, arrive at London Waterloo station.
Yes, the driving distance between Bournemouth to Stirling is 449 miles. It takes approximately 7h 45m to drive from Bournemouth to Stirling.
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