There are 10 ways to get from Brora to Carlisle by bus, train, car, or plane
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Bus, train via Edinburgh
best- Take the bus from Fountain Square to Bus Station Stance 3bus X99
- Take the train from Inverness to Haymarkettrain
- Take the train from Haymarket to Carlisletrain
7h 40m£91–177Bus via Galashiels
cheapest- Take the bus from Fountain Square to Bus Station Stance 3bus X99
- Take the bus from Inverness Union Street to George Streetbus
- Take the bus from Edinburgh, Bus Station to Galashiels Transport Interchangebus X62 / ...
- Take the bus from Galashiels Transport Interchange to Market Hallbus X95
11h 54m£40–56Bus
- Take the bus from Fountain Square to Bus Station Stance 3bus X99
- Take the bus from Bus Station Stance 3 to Buchanan Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Buchanan Bus Station to Bus Stationbus 595 / ...
8h 16m£46–87Drive 298.4 mi
- Drive from Brora to Carlislecar 298.4 mi
5h 29m£74–106Bus, fly to Glasgow Airport, train
- Take the bus from Fountain Square to Bus Station Stance 3bus
- Fly from Inverness Dalcross Airport (INV) to Glasgow Airport (GLA)plane INV - GLA
- Take the train from Glasgow Central to Carlisletrain
8h 2m£116–289Bus, train
- Take the bus from Fountain Square to Bus Station Stance 3bus X99
- Take the train from Inverness to Carlisletrain Inverness - London Euston
8h 35m£67–92Train
- Take the train from Brora to Invernesstrain
- Take the train from Inverness to Haymarkettrain
- Take the train from Haymarket to Carlisletrain
8h 37m£124–231Bus, fly to Edinburgh Airport, train
- Take the bus from Fountain Square to Bus Station Stance 3bus
- Fly from Inverness Dalcross Airport (INV) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane INV - EDI
- Take the train from Haymarket to Carlisletrain
9h 44m£90–304Bus, fly to Newcastle, train
- Take the bus from Fountain Square to Bus Station Stance 3bus
- Fly from Inverness Dalcross Airport (INV) to Newcastle (NCL)plane INV - NCL
- Take the train from Newcastle to Carlisletrain
9h 49m£149–264Bus, fly to Manchester Airport, train
- Take the bus from Fountain Square to Bus Station Stance 3bus
- Fly from Inverness Dalcross Airport (INV) to Manchester Airport (MAN)plane INV - MAN
- Take the train from Manchester Airport to Carlisletrain
8h 2m£126–284
Brora to Carlisle by train
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Brora to Carlisle is to bus via Galashiels which costs £40 - £60 and takes 11h 54m.
The fastest way to get from Brora to Carlisle is to drive which takes 5h 29m and costs £70 - £110.
No, there is no direct bus from Brora to Carlisle station. However, there are services departing from Fountain Square and arriving at Bus Station via Bus Station Stance 3 and Buchanan Bus Station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 8h 16m.
No, there is no direct train from Brora to Carlisle. However, there are services departing from Brora and arriving at Carlisle via Inverness and Haymarket. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 8h 37m.
The distance between Brora and Carlisle is 343 miles. The road distance is 300.1 miles.
The best way to get from Brora to Carlisle without a car is to bus and train via Edinburgh which takes 7h 40m and costs £90 - £180.
It takes approximately 7h 40m to get from Brora to Carlisle, including transfers.
Brora to Carlisle bus services, operated by Stagecoach North Scotland, depart from Fountain Square station.
Brora to Carlisle train services, operated by ScotRail, depart from Brora station.
The best way to get from Brora to Carlisle is to bus which takes 8h 16m and costs £45 - £90. Alternatively, you can train, which costs £120 - £240 and takes 8h 37m.
What companies run services between Brora, Scotland and Carlisle, England?
You can take a bus from Fountain Square to Bus Station via Bus Station Stance 3 and Buchanan Bus Station in around 8h 16m. Alternatively, you can take a train from Brora to Carlisle via Inverness and Haymarket in around 8h 37m.
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Inverness Dalcross Airport to Glasgow Airport via Stornoway
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- £120–170
Flights from Inverness Dalcross Airport to Glasgow Airport via Belfast City
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £120–170
Flights from Inverness Dalcross Airport to Glasgow Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 36m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Sunday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- £75–330
Flights from Inverness Dalcross Airport to Glasgow Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £50–270
Flights from Inverness Dalcross Airport to Glasgow Airport via Kirkwall
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- £120–170
Flights from Inverness Dalcross Airport to Edinburgh Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Thursday, Friday, Monday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £75–330
Flights from Inverness Dalcross Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £50–270
Flights from Inverness Dalcross Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Belfast City
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 40m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- £150–470
Flights from Inverness Dalcross Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Stornoway
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 5m
- When
- Monday to Thursday
- Estimated price
- £140–450
Flights from Inverness Dalcross Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Kirkwall
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 5m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £150–460
Flights from Inverness Dalcross Airport to Newcastle via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £80–350
Flights from Inverness Dalcross Airport to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Saturday, Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £110–300
Flights from Inverness Dalcross Airport to Manchester Airport via Belfast City
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- £110–300
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Inverness Dalcross Airport to Glasgow Airport via Bristol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- £85–220
Flights from Inverness Dalcross Airport to Glasgow Airport via London Luton
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Thursday, Sunday, and Monday
- Estimated price
- £85–220
Flights from Inverness Dalcross Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Bristol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £50–240
Flights from Inverness Dalcross Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Birmingham
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 27m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £45–230
Flights from Inverness Dalcross Airport to Edinburgh Airport via London Luton
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £50–240
Flights from Inverness Dalcross Airport to Newcastle via Bristol
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 5m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £130–190
Flights from Inverness Dalcross Airport to Newcastle via Birmingham, Belfast (Aldergrove)
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 52m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £130–190
- Website
- loganair.co.uk
Flights from Inverness Dalcross Airport to Glasgow Airport via Stornoway
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- £120–170
Flights from Inverness Dalcross Airport to Glasgow Airport via Kirkwall
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- £120–170
Flights from Inverness Dalcross Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Stornoway
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 5m
- When
- Monday to Thursday
- Estimated price
- £140–450
Flights from Inverness Dalcross Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Kirkwall
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 5m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £150–460
Flights from Inverness Dalcross Airport to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 21m
- When
- Friday, Saturday, Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £110–300
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Inverness Dalcross Airport to Newcastle via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 26m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Sunday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £65–360
- Website
- aerlingus.com
Flights from Inverness Dalcross Airport to Glasgow Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £50–270
Flights from Inverness Dalcross Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £50–270
- Phone
- +44 (0)344 811 0141
- Website
- ScotRail
Train from Inverness to Haymarket
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 17m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £70–120
- Website
- ScotRail
Train from Glasgow Central to Carlisle
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 36m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- £35–65
- Website
- ScotRail
Train from Brora to Inverness
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- £30–60
- Website
- ScotRail
Train from Inverness to Haymarket
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 17m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £70–120
- Website
- ScotRail
Train from Inverness to Haymarket
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 13m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £60–85
- Website
- London North Eastern Railway Limited (LNER)
Train from Inverness to Haymarket
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 13m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £60–85
- Website
- London North Eastern Railway Limited (LNER)
- Phone
- +44 (0)345 528 0253
- Website
- Avanti West Coast
Train from Haymarket to Carlisle
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 6m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £30–55
- Website
- Avanti West Coast
Train from Glasgow Central to Carlisle
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 11m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £30–55
- Website
- Avanti West Coast
Train from Haymarket to Carlisle
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 6m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £30–55
- Website
- Avanti West Coast
Train from Haymarket to Carlisle
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 6m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £30–55
- Website
- Avanti West Coast
Train from Haymarket to Carlisle
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 14m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £29–50
- Website
- TransPennine Express
Train from Glasgow Central to Carlisle
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 27m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £29–50
- Website
- TransPennine Express
Train from Haymarket to Carlisle
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 14m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £29–50
- Website
- TransPennine Express
Train from Haymarket to Carlisle
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 14m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £29–50
- Website
- TransPennine Express
Train from Manchester Airport to Carlisle
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 7m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £35–65
- Website
- TransPennine Express
- Phone
- +44 330 060 0500
- Website
- Caledonian Sleeper
Train from Glasgow Central to Carlisle
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 29m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £22–35
- Website
- Caledonian Sleeper
Train from Inverness to Carlisle
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 7m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- £65–90
- Website
- Caledonian Sleeper
Train from Newcastle to Carlisle
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £19–40
- Website
- Northern Trains Limited
- Phone
- 0345 241 8000
- Website
- Stagecoach North Scotland
Bus from Fountain Square to Bus Station Stance 3
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 28m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £2
- Website
- Stagecoach North Scotland
Bus from Fountain Square to Bus Station Stance 3
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 28m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £2
- Website
- Stagecoach North Scotland
Bus from Fountain Square to Bus Station Stance 3
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 28m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £2
- Website
- Stagecoach North Scotland
Bus from Fountain Square to Bus Station Stance 3
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 28m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £2
- Website
- Stagecoach North Scotland
Bus from Fountain Square to Bus Station Stance 3
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 28m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £2
- Website
- Stagecoach North Scotland
Bus from Fountain Square to Bus Station Stance 3
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 28m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £2
- Website
- Stagecoach North Scotland
Bus from Fountain Square to Bus Station Stance 3
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 28m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £2
- Website
- Stagecoach North Scotland
Bus from Fountain Square to Bus Station Stance 3
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 28m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £2
- Website
- Stagecoach North Scotland
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Bus Station Stance 3 to Buchanan Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £19–29
- Website
- Flixbus
- Phone
- 0141 352 4444
- info@citylink.co.uk
- Website
- Scottish Citylink Coaches Ltd
Bus from Bus Station Stance 3 to Buchanan Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £30–60
- Website
- Scottish Citylink Coaches Ltd
- Single
- £30–60
- Phone
- +44 (0)3717 81 81 81
- Website
- National Express
Bus from Buchanan Bus Station to Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £14–25
- Website
- National Express
- Phone
- +44 (0)131 510 4007
- ride@ember.to
- Website
- Ember
Bus from Inverness Union Street to George Street
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 21m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £15–22
- Website
- Ember
- Phone
- 01896 754350
- info@bordersbuses.co.uk
- Website
- Borders Buses
Bus from Edinburgh, Bus Station to Galashiels Transport Interchange
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 11m
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- £10–14
- Website
- Borders Buses
Bus from Galashiels Transport Interchange to Market Hall
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 1m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- £13–18
- Website
- Borders Buses
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Booking & Getting There
Brora to Carlisle bus services, operated by Stagecoach North Scotland, arrive at Bus Station Stance 3.
Brora to Carlisle train services, operated by ScotRail, arrive at Inverness station.
Yes, the driving distance between Brora to Carlisle is 300 miles. It takes approximately 5h 29m to drive from Brora to Carlisle.
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