There are 13 ways to get from Caen to Inverness by train (Eurostar), car ferry, train, bus, car, car train, or plane
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Train
best- Take the train from Caen to Paris Saint-Lazaretrain K2+
- Take the train from Paris Nord to London St Pancras Intltrain Eil
- Take the train from King's Cross to Invernesstrain
14h 18m£312–538Train, bus to Beauvais–Tillé Airport, fly to Inverness Dalcross Airport
cheapest- Take the train from Caen to Paris Saint-Lazaretrain
- Take the bus from Paris Porte Maillot to Aéroport Paris Beauvaisbus
- Fly from Beauvais–Tillé Airport (BVA) to Inverness Dalcross Airport (INV)plane BVA - INV
13h 37m£86–293Car ferry, train, bus
- Take the car ferry from Caen Port to Portsmouth International Portcarferry
- Take the train from Southampton Central to Birmingham New Streettrain
- Take the train from Birmingham New Street to Edinburgh Waverleytrain
- Take the bus from George Street to Inverness Union Streetbus
24h 16m£230–644Bus
- Take the bus from Caen to Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine)bus 774 / ...
- Take the bus from Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine) to London Victoriabus 700
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Edinburgh, Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Edinburgh, Bus Station to Bus Station Stance 3bus M90
27h 38m£93–272Drive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Caen to Calais-Fréthuncar
- Take the car train from Calais-Fréthun to Folkestonecartrain
- Drive from Folkestone to Invernesscar
14h 13mCar ferry, train
- Take the car ferry from Caen Port to Portsmouth International Portcarferry
- Take the train from Portsmouth Harbour to London Waterlootrain
- Take the train from London Euston to Invernesstrain
23h 17m£171–540Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Caen to Calaiscar
- Take the car ferry from Calais to Port of Dovercarferry
- Drive from Port of Dover to Invernesscar
15h 36m£190–325Train to Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport, fly to Glasgow Airport, train
- Take the train from Caen to Paris Saint-Lazaretrain
- Fly from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport (CDG) to Glasgow Airport (GLA)plane CDG - GLA
- Take the train from Glasgow Queen Street to Perthtrain
- Take the train from Perth to Invernesstrain
11h 45m£142–373Train to Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport, fly to Edinburgh Airport, bus, train
- Take the train from Caen to Paris Saint-Lazaretrain
- Fly from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport (CDG) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane CDG - EDI
- Take the bus from Edinburgh Airport to Perth stationbus
- Take the train from Perth to Invernesstrain
11h 49m£119–329Train, train to London Heathrow Airport, fly to Inverness Dalcross Airport
- Take the train from Caen to Paris Saint-Lazaretrain
- Take the train from Paris Nord to London St Pancras Intltrain
- Fly from London Heathrow Airport (LHR) to Inverness Dalcross Airport (INV)plane LHR - INV
10h 16m£217–597Train, train to London Gatwick Airport, fly to Inverness Dalcross Airport
- Take the train from Caen to Paris Saint-Lazaretrain
- Take the train from Paris Nord to London St Pancras Intltrain
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Gatwick Airporttrain
- Fly from London Gatwick Airport (LGW) to Inverness Dalcross Airport (INV)plane LGW - INV
10h 12m£193–415Train to Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport, fly to Newcastle, train
- Take the train from Caen to Paris Saint-Lazaretrain
- Fly from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport (CDG) to Newcastle (NCL)plane CDG - NCL
- Take the train from Newcastle to Invernesstrain
12h 56m£164–432Train, bus to Beauvais–Tillé Airport, fly to Edinburgh Airport, bus
- Take the train from Caen to Paris Saint-Lazaretrain
- Take the bus from Paris Porte Maillot to Aéroport Paris Beauvaisbus
- Fly from Beauvais–Tillé Airport (BVA) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane BVA - EDI
- Take the bus from Edinburgh Airport to Perth stationbus
- Take the train from Perth to Invernesstrain
12h 54m£109–375
Caen to Inverness by train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Caen to Inverness is to bus which costs £90 - £280 and takes 27h 38m.
The fastest way to get from Caen to Inverness is to train and fly which takes 10h 12m and costs £190 - £420.
No, there is no direct bus from Caen to Inverness station. However, there are services departing from Caen and arriving at Bus Station Stance 3 via Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine), London Victoria and Edinburgh, Bus Station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 27h 38m.
No, there is no direct train from Caen to Inverness. However, there are services departing from Caen and arriving at Inverness via Haussmann Saint-Lazare, Paris Nord and King's Cross. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 14h 18m.
The distance between Caen and Inverness is 1011 miles.
The best way to get from Caen to Inverness without a car is to train which takes 14h 18m and costs £310 - £550.
It takes approximately 14h 18m to get from Caen to Inverness, including transfers.
Caen to Inverness bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Caen station.
Caen to Inverness train services, operated by Réseau Nomad Car (Lignes de Normandie), depart from Caen station.
The best way to get from Caen to Inverness is to train which takes 14h 18m and costs £310 - £550. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs £90 - £280 and takes 27h 38m.
What companies run services between Caen, France and Inverness, Scotland?
You can take a train from Caen to Inverness via Paris Saint-Lazare, Haussmann Saint-Lazare, Gare Magenta, Paris Nord, London St Pancras Intl, and King's Cross in around 14h 18m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Caen to Bus Station Stance 3 via Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine), London Victoria, and Edinburgh, Bus Station in around 27h 38m.
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Glasgow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 46m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £40–130
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Glasgow Airport via London Luton
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- £40–130
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Glasgow Airport via Bristol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Monday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £40–130
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Glasgow Airport via London Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £40–130
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Glasgow Airport via Birmingham
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £40–130
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Glasgow Airport via Belfast (Aldergrove)
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- £40–130
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 46m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £45–130
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Bristol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 41m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £45–130
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Edinburgh Airport via London Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- £45–130
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Belfast (Aldergrove)
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- £45–130
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Edinburgh Airport via London Luton
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £45–130
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Birmingham
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £45–130
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Inverness Dalcross Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £23–90
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Newcastle
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £50–170
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Glasgow Airport via London Heathrow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 51m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £110–170
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Inverness Dalcross Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 38m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £45–220
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Inverness Dalcross Airport via Manchester
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 22m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £140–500
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Newcastle via London Heathrow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 28m
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £110–200
Flights from Beauvais–Tillé Airport to Inverness Dalcross Airport via Manchester
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Thursday
- Estimated price
- £45–190
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Inverness Dalcross Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £55–320
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Newcastle via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £40–260
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Beauvais–Tillé Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £35–180
Flights from Beauvais–Tillé Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 6m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £35–180
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 51m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £35–220
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Newcastle
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £35–240
- Website
- loganair.co.uk
Flights from Beauvais–Tillé Airport to Inverness Dalcross Airport via Manchester
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Thursday
- Estimated price
- £45–190
- Website
- aerlingus.com
Flights from Beauvais–Tillé Airport to Inverness Dalcross Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 30m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £45–190
- Phone
- +33 2 22 55 00 10
- nomad-car@normandie.fr
- Website
- nomad.normandie.fr
Train from Caen to Paris Saint-Lazare
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 59m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Schedules at
- nomad.normandie.fr
Rome2Rio's guide to Société Nationale des Chemins de fer Français (SNCF)
Contact Details
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- track.effiliation.com
Train from Caen to Paris Saint-Lazare
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 7m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £30–80
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
- Phone
- +44 343 218 6186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from Paris Nord to London St Pancras Intl
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 28m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £120–210
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Phone
- +44 345 722 5333
- customers@lner.co.uk
- Website
- lner.co.uk
Train from King's Cross to Inverness
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 2m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £160–250
- Website
- https://www.lner.co.uk/
Train from Perth to Inverness
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 12m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £30–50
- Website
- https://www.lner.co.uk/
Train from Newcastle to Inverness
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 2m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £85–140
- Website
- https://www.lner.co.uk/
Train from Southampton Central to Birmingham New Street
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 36m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £75–110
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
Train from Birmingham New Street to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 7m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £180–260
- 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
- £120–200
- Website
- https://www.avantiwestcoast.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 (0) 8443 35 35 35
- Website
- leshuttle.com
Car train from Calais-Fréthun to Folkestone
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- https://www.leshuttle.com/uk-en
- Phone
- 0345 6000 650
- Website
- southwesternrailway.com
Train from Portsmouth Harbour to London Waterloo
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 37m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £29–70
- Website
- https://www.southwesternrailway.com/
- Phone
- +44 330 060 0500
- enquiry@sleeper.scot
- Website
- sleeper.scot
Train from London Euston to Inverness
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 20m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- £120–210
- Website
- https://www.sleeper.scot/
Train from Perth to Inverness
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 52m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- £25–45
- Website
- https://www.sleeper.scot/
Train from Newcastle to Inverness
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 35m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- £65–110
- Website
- https://www.sleeper.scot/
- Phone
- +44 344 811 0141
- Website
- scotrail.co.uk
Train from Glasgow Queen Street to Perth
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £27–50
- Website
- https://www.scotrail.co.uk/
Train from Perth to Inverness
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 23m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £50–90
- Website
- https://www.scotrail.co.uk/
- Phone
- 0345 026 4700
- Website
- thameslinkrailway.com
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 43 min
- Frequency
- Every 10 minutes
- Estimated price
- £14–28
- Website
- https://www.thameslinkrailway.com/
- Phone
- +44 (0)131 510 4007
- ride@ember.to
- Website
- ember.to
Bus from George Street to Inverness Union Street
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- £16–23
- Website
- https://www.ember.to/
Bus from Edinburgh Airport to Perth station
- Ave. Duration
- 58 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £7–11
- Website
- https://www.ember.to/
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Caen to Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine)
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- £14–26
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine) to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 40m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £28–50
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from London Victoria to Edinburgh, Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 16m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £35–65
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Edinburgh, Bus Station to Bus Station Stance 3
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £15–27
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- 08717 81 81 81
- Website
- nationalexpress.com
Bus from London Victoria to Edinburgh, Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 40m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- £70–170
- Website
- https://www.nationalexpress.com/en
- Phone
- 0141 352 4444
- info@citylink.co.uk
- Website
- citylink.co.uk
Bus from Edinburgh, Bus Station to Bus Station Stance 3
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £23–35
- Website
- https://www.citylink.co.uk/
- Phone
- 01698 653164
- enquiries@parksofhamilton.co.uk
- Website
- parksofhamilton.co.uk
Bus from Edinburgh, Bus Station to Bus Station Stance 3
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Website
- https://www.parksofhamilton.co.uk/
- Phone
- +33 (0) 9 77 40 24 20
- service.clients@aeroportbeauvais.com.
- Website
- aerobus.fr
Bus from Paris Porte Maillot to Aéroport Paris Beauvais
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £5–18
- Schedules at
- aerobus.fr
- Phone
- 0330 159 7000
- reservations@brittanyferries.com
- Website
- brittany-ferries.co.uk
Car ferry from Caen Port to Portsmouth International Port
- Ave. Duration
- 7h
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- £18–250
- Schedules at
- brittany-ferries.co.uk
- Book at
- brittany-ferries.co.uk
- Single Ticket
- £18–70
- Car Single Ticket
- £60–250
- Phone
- 01304 44 88 88
- customer.services@poferries.com
- Website
- poferries.com
Car ferry from Calais to Port of Dover
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- £7–18
- Website
- https://www.poferries.com/en
- Phone
- +353 818 300 400
- info@irishferries.com
- Website
- irishferries.com
Car ferry from Calais to Port of Dover
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £5–40
- Website
- https://www.irishferries.com/uk-en/Travel-to-Ireland
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More Questions & Answers
Caen to Inverness bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine) station.
Inverness is 1h behind Caen. It is currently 6:02 PM in Caen and 5:02 PM in Inverness.
Caen to Inverness train services, operated by Réseau Nomad Car (Lignes de Normandie), arrive at Paris Saint-Lazare station.
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