There are 13 ways to get from Cardiff to Fort Augustus by train, plane, bus, or car
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Train to Bristol Airport, fly to Inverness Dalcross Airport, bus
best- Take the train from Cardiff Central to Bristol Temple Meadstrain
- Fly from Bristol Airport (BRS) to Inverness Dalcross Airport (INV)plane BRS - INV
- Take the bus from Inverness Union Street to Fort Augustusbus
7h£71–210Bus via Birmingham
cheapest- Take the bus from Sophia Gardens to Lordswood Rdbus 111 / ...
- Take the bus from Newhall St to Buchanan Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Buchanan Bus Station to Bus Stationbus 915
- Take the bus from Fort William Bus Station to Fort Augustusbus
15h 16m£68–126Train, bus
- Take the train from Cardiff Central to Crewetrain
- Take the train from Crewe to Haymarkettrain
- Take the train from Haymarket to Invernesstrain
- Take the bus from Inverness Union Street to Fort Augustusbus
13h 21m£194–389Drive 503.5 mi
- Drive from Cardiff to Fort Augustuscar 503.5 mi
9h 43m£123–177Train to Bristol Airport, fly to Glasgow Airport, bus
- Take the train from Cardiff Central to Bristol Temple Meadstrain
- Fly from Bristol Airport (BRS) to Glasgow Airport (GLA)plane BRS - GLA
- Take the bus from Terminal Building to Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Fort William Bus Station to Fort Augustusbus
9h 20m£68–178Train to London Heathrow Airport, fly to Inverness Dalcross Airport, bus
- Take the train from Cardiff Central to London Paddingtontrain
- Fly from London Heathrow Airport (LHR) to Inverness Dalcross Airport (INV)plane LHR - INV
- Take the bus from Inverness Union Street to Fort Augustusbus
8h 21m£129–425Train to Bristol Airport, fly to Edinburgh Airport, train, bus
- Take the train from Cardiff Central to Bristol Temple Meadstrain
- Fly from Bristol Airport (BRS) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane BRS - EDI
- Take the train from Haymarket to Invernesstrain
- Take the bus from Inverness Union Street to Fort Augustusbus
10h 46m£120–311Train, train to Luton Airport, fly to Inverness Dalcross Airport, bus
- Take the train from Cardiff Central to London Paddingtontrain
- Take the train from Farringdon to Luton Airport Parkwaytrain
- Fly from Luton Airport (LTN) to Inverness Dalcross Airport (INV)plane LTN - INV
- Take the bus from Inverness Union Street to Fort Augustusbus
8h 56m£121–280Train to Birmingham Airport, fly to Glasgow Airport, bus
- Take the train from Cardiff Central to Birmingham New Streettrain
- Fly from Birmingham Airport (BHX) to Glasgow Airport (GLA)plane BHX - GLA
- Take the bus from Terminal Building to Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Fort William Bus Station to Fort Augustusbus
10h 9m£101–202Train to Bristol Airport, fly to Aberdeen Airport, train, bus
- Take the train from Cardiff Central to Bristol Temple Meadstrain
- Fly from Bristol Airport (BRS) to Aberdeen Airport (ABZ)plane BRS - ABZ
- Take the train from Aberdeen to Invernesstrain
- Take the bus from Inverness Union Street to Fort Augustusbus
9h 55m£162–353Train via Wigan
- Take the train from Cardiff Central to Crewetrain
- Take the train from Crewe to Wigan North Westerntrain
- Take the train from Wigan North Western to Glasgow Centraltrain
- Take the train from Dalmuir to Spean Bridgetrain
13h 21m£166–295Train
- Take the train from Cardiff Central to Edinburgh Waverleytrain Cardiff Central - Edinburgh
- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to Spean Bridgetrain Edinburgh - Fort William
14h 44m£268–395Bus
- Take the bus from Sophia Gardens to Birmingham Coach Stationbus 111 / ...
- Take the bus from Birmingham Coach Station to Buchanan Bus Stationbus 590 / ...
- Take the bus from Buchanan Bus Station to Bus Stationbus 915
- Take the bus from Fort William Bus Station to Fort Augustusbus
16h 45m£93–215
Cardiff to Fort Augustus by train and bus
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Cardiff to Fort Augustus is to bus via Birmingham which costs £65 - £130 and takes 15h 16m.
The fastest way to get from Cardiff to Fort Augustus is to train and fly and bus which takes 7h and costs £70 - £210.
No, there is no direct bus from Cardiff to Fort Augustus. However, there are services departing from Sophia Gardens and arriving at Fort Augustus via Lordswood Rd, Newhall St, Buchanan Bus Station and Fort William Bus Station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 15h 16m.
The distance between Cardiff and Fort Augustus is 520 miles. The road distance is 506.4 miles.
The best way to get from Cardiff to Fort Augustus without a car is to train and bus which takes 13h 21m and costs £190 - £390.
It takes approximately 7h to get from Cardiff to Fort Augustus, including transfers.
Cardiff to Fort Augustus bus services, operated by National Express, depart from Sophia Gardens station.
The best way to get from Cardiff to Fort Augustus is to bus via Birmingham which takes 15h 16m and costs £65 - £130. Alternatively, you can train via Wigan, which costs £160 - £300 and takes 13h 21m.
Cardiff to Fort Augustus bus services, operated by National Express, arrive at Lordswood Rd station.
Yes, the driving distance between Cardiff to Fort Augustus is 506 miles. It takes approximately 9h 43m to drive from Cardiff to Fort Augustus.
What companies run services between Cardiff, Wales and Fort Augustus, Scotland?
You can take a bus from Sophia Gardens to Fort Augustus via Lordswood Rd, Newhall St, Buchanan Bus Station, and Fort William Bus Station in around 15h 16m. Alternatively, you can take a train from Cardiff Central to Fort Augustus Abertarff Place via Crewe, Wigan North Western, Glasgow Central, Glasgow Central Low Level, Dalmuir, Spean Bridge, and Spean Bridge in around 13h 21m.
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Bristol Airport to Inverness Dalcross Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £35–130
Flights from Bristol Airport to Glasgow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £24–110
Flights from Bristol Airport to Glasgow Airport via Belfast (Aldergrove)
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 7m
- When
- Thursday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £24–110
Flights from Bristol Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £27–100
Flights from Bristol Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Belfast (Aldergrove)
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £27–100
Flights from Luton Airport to Inverness Dalcross Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £25–95
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Glasgow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £25–90
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Glasgow Airport via Belfast (Aldergrove)
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £25–90
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Inverness Dalcross Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 38m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £45–240
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Inverness Dalcross Airport via Manchester
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £140–480
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Inverness Dalcross Airport via Belfast City
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £45–240
Flights from Bristol Airport to Aberdeen Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £110–250
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Bristol Airport to Glasgow Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 57m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £45–110
Flights from Bristol Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- £40–95
- 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
- Website
- loganair.co.uk
Flights from Bristol Airport to Aberdeen Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £110–250
- Phone
- +44 3457 000 125
- gwr.feedback@gwr.com
- Website
- gwr.com
Train from Cardiff Central to Bristol Temple Meads
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £16–35
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
Train from Cardiff Central to London Paddington
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 19m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £60–130
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
Train from Cardiff Central to Bristol Temple Meads
- Ave. Duration
- 49 min
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- £19–28
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
Train from Cardiff Central to Birmingham New Street
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £55–80
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
Train from Cardiff Central to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 24m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- £230–330
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
- Phone
- 03333 211 202
- Website
- tfw.wales
Train from Cardiff Central to Crewe
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 34m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £50–90
- Website
- https://tfw.wales/
- Phone
- +44 345 528 0253
- Website
- avantiwestcoast.co.uk
Train from Crewe to Haymarket
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 7m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £85–140
- Website
- https://www.avantiwestcoast.co.uk/
Train from Crewe to Wigan North Western
- Ave. Duration
- 29 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £13–21
- Website
- https://www.avantiwestcoast.co.uk/
Train from Wigan North Western to Glasgow Central
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £75–120
- Website
- https://www.avantiwestcoast.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 344 811 0141
- Website
- scotrail.co.uk
Train from Haymarket to Inverness
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 38m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- £80–150
- Website
- https://www.scotrail.co.uk/
Train from Aberdeen to Inverness
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 12m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £45–85
- Website
- https://www.scotrail.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 345 722 5333
- customers@lner.co.uk
- Website
- lner.co.uk
Train from Haymarket to Inverness
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 26m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £50–80
- Website
- https://www.lner.co.uk/
- Phone
- 0345 026 4700
- Website
- thameslinkrailway.com
Train from Farringdon to Luton Airport Parkway
- Ave. Duration
- 36 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- £15–30
- Website
- https://www.thameslinkrailway.com/
- Phone
- +44 345 600 1671
- tpecustomer.relations@tpexpress.co.uk
- Website
- tpexpress.co.uk
Train from Wigan North Western to Glasgow Central
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- £70–130
- Website
- https://www.tpexpress.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 330 060 0500
- enquiry@sleeper.scot
- Website
- sleeper.scot
Train from Dalmuir to Spean Bridge
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 32m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- £21–40
- Website
- https://www.sleeper.scot/
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Spean Bridge
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 48m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- £30–60
- Website
- https://www.sleeper.scot/
- Phone
- +44 (0)131 510 4007
- ride@ember.to
- Website
- ember.to
Bus from Inverness Union Street to Fort Augustus
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 7m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £6–10
- Website
- https://www.ember.to/
Bus from Buchanan Bus Station to Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- £12–17
- Website
- https://www.ember.to/
Bus from Fort William Bus Station to Fort Augustus
- Ave. Duration
- 53 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £6–10
- Website
- https://www.ember.to/
Bus from Terminal Building to Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- £11–17
- Website
- https://www.ember.to/
- Phone
- 08717 81 81 81
- Website
- nationalexpress.com
Bus from Sophia Gardens to Lordswood Rd
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £19–50
- Website
- https://www.nationalexpress.com/en
Bus from Sophia Gardens to Birmingham Coach Station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £20–50
- 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
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Newhall St to Buchanan Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 10m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £28–50
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- 0141 352 4444
- info@citylink.co.uk
- Website
- citylink.co.uk
Bus from Buchanan Bus Station to Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 9m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £16–23
- Website
- https://www.citylink.co.uk/
Bus from Terminal Building to Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 54m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £16–23
- Website
- https://www.citylink.co.uk/
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