There are 8 ways to get from Cardiff to Stornoway by train, plane, bus, or ferry
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Train to Birmingham Airport, fly to Stornoway Airport
best- Take the train from Cardiff Central to Birmingham New Streettrain
- Fly from Birmingham Airport (BHX) to Stornoway Airport (SYY)plane BHX - SYY
10h 4m£267–533Train to Bristol Airport, fly to Inverness Dalcross Airport, bus, ferry
cheapest- 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 Bus Station Stance 3 to Ferry Terminalbus
- Take the ferry from Ullapool Ferry Terminal to Stornoway Lewis Ferry Terminalferry
11h 35m£89–294Train, bus, ferry via Edinburgh
- 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 Bus Station Stance 3 to Ferry Terminalbus 961
- Take the ferry from Ullapool Ferry Terminal to Stornoway Lewis Ferry Terminalferry
17h 19m£207–476Train to London Heathrow Airport, fly to Stornoway Airport
- Take the train from Cardiff Central to London Paddingtontrain
- Fly from London Heathrow Airport (LHR) to Stornoway Airport (SYY)plane LHR - SYY
8h 22m£205–585Train to Bristol Airport, fly to Stornoway Airport
- Take the train from Cardiff Central to Bristol Temple Meadstrain
- Fly from Bristol Airport (BRS) to Stornoway Airport (SYY)plane BRS - SYY
6h 51m£236–470Train, train to Southampton Airport, fly to Stornoway Airport
- Take the train from Cardiff Central to Readingtrain
- Take the train from Reading to Southampton Airport Parkwaytrain
- Fly from Southampton Airport (SOU) to Stornoway Airport (SYY)plane SOU - SYY
11h 37m£300–620Train, bus, ferry
- Take the train from Cardiff Central to Crewetrain
- Take the train from Crewe to Invernesstrain
- Take the bus from Bus Station Stance 3 to Ferry Terminalbus 961
- Take the ferry from Ullapool Ferry Terminal to Stornoway Lewis Ferry Terminalferry
18h 19m£182–386Bus, train, ferry
- Take the bus from Sophia Gardens to Transport Hubbus Cp9
- Take the train from Gloucester to Doncastertrain
- Take the train from Doncaster to Invernesstrain
- Take the bus from Bus Station Stance 3 to Ferry Terminalbus 961
- Take the ferry from Ullapool Ferry Terminal to Stornoway Lewis Ferry Terminalferry
18h 45m£216–432
Birmingham Airport (BHX) to Stornoway Airport (SYY) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Cardiff to Stornoway is to train and fly and bus and ferry which costs £85 - £300 and takes 11h 35m.
The fastest way to get from Cardiff to Stornoway is to train and fly which takes 6h 51m and costs £230 - £470.
The distance between Cardiff and Stornoway is 563 miles.
The best way to get from Cardiff to Stornoway without a car is to train and bus and ferry via Edinburgh which takes 17h 19m and costs £200 - £480.
It takes approximately 10h 4m to get from Cardiff to Stornoway, including transfers.
There are 194+ hotels available in Stornoway.
What companies run services between Cardiff, Wales and Stornoway, Scotland?
There is no direct connection from Cardiff to Stornoway. However, you can take the train to Birmingham New Street, take the train to Birmingham International, walk to Birmingham Intl Rail Station, take the vehicle to Birmingham International Airport, walk to Birmingham Airport (BHX) airport, fly to Stornoway Airport (SYY), walk to Airport Terminal, then take the bus to Bus Station. Alternatively, you can take a train from Cardiff Central to Stornoway Lewis Ferry Terminal via Crewe, Haymarket, Inverness, Bus Station Stance 3, Ferry Terminal, and Ullapool Ferry Terminal in around 17h 19m.
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Stornoway Airport via Inverness Dalcross Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 25m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £180–440
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Stornoway Airport via Glasgow
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 25m
- When
- Saturday, Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £180–440
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Stornoway Airport via Belfast City, Glasgow
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 5m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £80–370
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Stornoway Airport via Belfast City, Inverness Dalcross Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 40m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- £80–380
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Stornoway Airport via Belfast (Aldergrove), Glasgow
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 16m
- When
- Sunday, Tuesday, and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- £180–440
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Stornoway Airport via Glasgow
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 27m
- When
- Thursday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £130–420
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Stornoway Airport via Inverness Dalcross Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £130–420
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Stornoway Airport via Belfast City, Glasgow
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £130–420
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Stornoway Airport via Derry, Glasgow
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 35m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £280–550
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Stornoway Airport via Belfast City, Inverness Dalcross Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 10m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- £130–420
Flights from Bristol Airport to Stornoway Airport via Glasgow
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 13m
- When
- Friday, Sunday, Wednesday, and Thursday
- Estimated price
- £70–330
Flights from Bristol Airport to Stornoway Airport via Inverness Dalcross Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £70–330
Flights from Bristol Airport to Stornoway Airport via Dublin, Glasgow
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 42m
- When
- Saturday to Friday
- Estimated price
- £60–260
Flights from Southampton Airport to Stornoway Airport via Glasgow
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 30m
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £90–410
Flights from Southampton Airport to Stornoway Airport via Belfast City, Glasgow
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 45m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £110–550
Flights from Southampton Airport to Stornoway Airport via Belfast City, Inverness Dalcross Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 20m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- £110–550
Flights from Southampton Airport to Stornoway Airport via Belfast (Aldergrove), Glasgow
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 35m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £100–410
Flights from Southampton Airport to Stornoway Airport via Jersey, Glasgow
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 55m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £110–410
- Website
- loganair.co.uk
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Stornoway Airport via Inverness Dalcross Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 25m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £180–440
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Stornoway Airport via Glasgow
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 25m
- When
- Saturday, Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £180–440
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Stornoway Airport via Belfast (Aldergrove), Glasgow
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 16m
- When
- Sunday, Tuesday, and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- £180–440
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Stornoway Airport via Derry, Glasgow
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 35m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £280–550
Flights from Bristol Airport to Stornoway Airport via Glasgow
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 13m
- When
- Friday, Sunday, Wednesday, and Thursday
- Estimated price
- £70–330
Flights from Bristol Airport to Stornoway Airport via Inverness Dalcross Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £70–330
Flights from Bristol Airport to Stornoway Airport via Dublin, Glasgow
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 42m
- When
- Saturday to Friday
- Estimated price
- £60–260
Flights from Southampton Airport to Stornoway Airport via Glasgow
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 30m
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £90–410
Flights from Southampton Airport to Stornoway Airport via Belfast (Aldergrove), Glasgow
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 35m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £100–410
Flights from Southampton Airport to Stornoway Airport via Jersey, Glasgow
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 55m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £110–410
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Bristol Airport to Inverness Dalcross Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £35–140
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 Bristol Temple Meads
- Ave. Duration
- 49 min
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- £19–27
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
Train from Reading to Southampton Airport Parkway
- Ave. Duration
- 43 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £21–30
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
Train from Gloucester to Doncaster
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 53m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- £75–110
- 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
- £50–95
- 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/
- 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/
- 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/
Train from Doncaster to Inverness
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 22m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £120–180
- Website
- https://www.lner.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 3457 000 125
- gwr.feedback@gwr.com
- Website
- gwr.com
Train from Cardiff Central to London Paddington
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 21m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £65–120
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
Train from Cardiff Central to Bristol Temple Meads
- Ave. Duration
- 52 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £17–35
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
Train from Cardiff Central to Reading
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 53m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £45–95
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
- Phone
- +44 330 060 0500
- enquiry@sleeper.scot
- Website
- sleeper.scot
Train from Crewe to Inverness
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 45m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- £110–200
- Website
- https://www.sleeper.scot/
Train from Doncaster to Inverness
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 36m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- £110–200
- Website
- https://www.sleeper.scot/
- Phone
- 0141 352 4444
- info@citylink.co.uk
- Website
- citylink.co.uk
Bus from Bus Station Stance 3 to Ferry Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £10–15
- Website
- https://www.citylink.co.uk/
- Phone
- 01463 222 444
- info@decoaches.co.uk
- Website
- decoaches.co.uk
Bus from Bus Station Stance 3 to Ferry Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Website
- https://www.decoaches.co.uk/
- Phone
- 08717 81 81 81
- Website
- nationalexpress.com
Bus from Sophia Gardens to Transport Hub
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- £11–28
- Website
- https://www.nationalexpress.com/en
- Phone
- +44 (0)1475 650 397
- enquiries@calmac.co.uk
- Website
- calmac.co.uk
Ferry from Ullapool Ferry Terminal to Stornoway Lewis Ferry Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £9–80
- Website
- https://www.calmac.co.uk
- Passenger Fare
- £9–14
- Car Fare
- £65–80
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