There are 11 ways to get from Carmarthen to Lerwick by train, plane, bus, or ferry
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Train, train to Birmingham Airport, fly, bus
best- Take the train from Carmarthen to Cardiff Central
- Take the train from Cardiff Central to Birmingham New Street
- Fly from Birmingham Airport (BHX) to Lerwick (LSI)BHX - LSI
- Take the bus from Terminal to Harrison Square
11h 8mBus, ferry
cheapest- Take the bus from Rose and Crown to Lordswood Rd112
- Take the bus from Newhall St to Buchanan Bus Station
- Take the bus from Buchanan Bus Station to Union Square Bus Station
- Take the ferry from Aberdeen Ferry Terminal to Lerwick Shetland Holmsgarth Ferry TerminalNl2
32h 47m£79–150Train, ferry via Crewe
- Take the train from Carmarthen to Crewe
- Take the train from Crewe to Haymarket
- Take the train from Haymarket to Aberdeen
- Take the ferry from Aberdeen Ferry Terminal to Lerwick Shetland Holmsgarth Ferry TerminalNl2
27h 43m£182–452Train to Cardiff Airport, fly, bus
- Take the train from Carmarthen to Bridgend
- Fly from Cardiff Airport (CWL) to Lerwick (LSI)CWL - LSI
- Take the bus from Terminal to Harrison Square
11h 54mTrain, bus to Bristol Airport, fly, bus
- Take the train from Carmarthen to Newport (S Wales)
- Take the bus from Queensway Q1 to Airport Bus Station
- Fly from Bristol Airport (BRS) to Lerwick (LSI)BRS - LSI
- Take the bus from Terminal to Harrison Square
9h 52mTrain, train to Southampton Airport, fly, bus
- Take the train from Carmarthen to Cardiff Central
- Take the train from Cardiff Central to Reading
- Take the train from Reading to Southampton Airport Parkway
- Fly from Southampton Airport (SOU) to Lerwick (LSI)SOU - LSI
- Take the bus from Terminal to Harrison Square
15h 8mTrain, train to Exeter, fly, bus
- Take the train from Carmarthen to Cardiff Central
- Take the train from Cardiff Central to Bristol Temple Meads
- Take the train from Bristol Temple Meads to Exeter St Davids
- Fly from Exeter (EXT) to Lerwick (LSI)EXT - LSI
- Take the bus from Terminal to Harrison Square
12h 14mTrain, train to Edinburgh Airport, fly, bus
- Take the train from Carmarthen to Crewe
- Take the train from Crewe to Haymarket
- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Lerwick (LSI)EDI - LSI
- Take the bus from Terminal to Harrison Square
13h 2mTrain, train to Glasgow Airport, fly, bus
- Take the train from Carmarthen to Crewe
- Take the train from Crewe to Glasgow Central
- Fly from Glasgow Airport (GLA) to Lerwick (LSI)GLA - LSI
- Take the bus from Terminal to Harrison Square
13h 7mTrain, ferry
- Take the train from Carmarthen to Bristol Parkway
- Take the train from Bristol Parkway to Aberdeen
- Take the ferry from Aberdeen Ferry Terminal to Lerwick Shetland Holmsgarth Ferry TerminalNl2
29h 5m£256–816Train, bus, ferry
- Take the train from Carmarthen to Manchester Piccadilly
- Take the train from Manchester Piccadilly to Haymarket
- Take the bus from Haymarket Station to AdelphiE1
- Take the ferry from Aberdeen Ferry Terminal to Lerwick Shetland Holmsgarth Ferry TerminalNl2
29h 20m
Carmarthen to Lerwick by train, foot, and ferry
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Carmarthen to Lerwick is to bus and ferry which costs £75 - £150 and takes 32h 47m.
The fastest way to get from Carmarthen to Lerwick is to train and ferry via Crewe which takes 27h 43m and costs £180 - £460.
The distance between Carmarthen and Lerwick is 738 miles.
The best way to get from Carmarthen to Lerwick without a car is to train and ferry via Crewe which takes 27h 43m and costs £180 - £460.
It takes approximately 11h 8m to get from Carmarthen to Lerwick, including transfers.
There are 83+ hotels available in Lerwick.
What companies run services between Carmarthen, Wales and Lerwick, Scotland?
There is no direct connection from Carmarthen to Lerwick. However, you can take the train to Cardiff Central, take the train to Birmingham New Street, take the train to Birmingham International, walk to Birmingham Airport (BHX) airport, fly to Lerwick (LSI), walk to Terminal, then take the bus to Harrison Square. Alternatively, you can take a train from Carmarthen to Lerwick Shetland Holmsgarth Ferry Terminal via Crewe, Haymarket, Aberdeen, and Aberdeen Ferry Terminal in around 27h 43m.
- Website
- loganair.co.uk
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Lerwick via Aberdeen
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 20m
- When
- Monday and Tuesday
- Estimated price
- £230–460
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Lerwick via Glasgow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £230–460
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Lerwick via Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- £230–460
Flights from Cardiff Airport to Lerwick via Edinburgh Airport, Kirkwall
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £310–550
Flights from Bristol Airport to Lerwick via Glasgow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- £70–330
Flights from Bristol Airport to Lerwick via Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- £65–330
Flights from Bristol Airport to Lerwick via Belfast City, Aberdeen
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £70–340
Flights from Southampton Airport to Lerwick via Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 52m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £250–550
Flights from Southampton Airport to Lerwick via Edinburgh Airport, Kirkwall
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 5m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £250–550
Flights from Southampton Airport to Lerwick via Manchester, Aberdeen
- Ave. Duration
- 15h
- When
- Monday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £250–550
Flights from Exeter to Lerwick via Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £260–600
Flights from Exeter to Lerwick via Manchester, Aberdeen
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 12m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £260–600
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Lerwick
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £160–380
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Lerwick via Kirkwall
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £160–380
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Lerwick
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £230–410
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Lerwick via Glasgow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £230–460
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Lerwick via Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- £230–460
Flights from Cardiff Airport to Lerwick via Amsterdam Schiphol, Aberdeen
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £180–900
Flights from Bristol Airport to Lerwick via Glasgow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- £70–330
Flights from Bristol Airport to Lerwick via Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- £65–330
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Lerwick
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £160–380
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Lerwick via Kirkwall
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £160–380
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Lerwick
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £230–410
- Phone
- 03333 211 202
- Website
- tfw.wales
Train from Carmarthen to Cardiff Central
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 51m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £6–15
- Website
- https://tfw.wales/
Train from Carmarthen to Crewe
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 31m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £80–120
- Website
- https://tfw.wales/
- Anytime Day Single
- £80–120
Train from Carmarthen to Bridgend
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 28m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £11–22
- Website
- https://tfw.wales/
Train from Carmarthen to Newport (S Wales)
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 8m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £10–27
- Website
- https://tfw.wales/
Train from Carmarthen to Manchester Piccadilly
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 14m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £85–140
- Website
- https://tfw.wales/
- Phone
- +44 3457 000 125
- gwr.feedback@gwr.com
- Website
- gwr.com
Train from Carmarthen to Cardiff Central
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 54m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- £27–28
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
Train from Carmarthen to Bridgend
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 32m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- £21–22
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
Train from Carmarthen to Newport (S Wales)
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 8m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- £34–35
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
Train from Cardiff Central to Reading
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 27m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £30–130
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
Train from Cardiff Central to Bristol Temple Meads
- Ave. Duration
- 46 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £12–24
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
Train from Bristol Temple Meads to Exeter St Davids
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 37m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £40–42
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
Train from Carmarthen to Bristol Parkway
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 32m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- £19–65
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
Train from Cardiff Central to Birmingham New Street
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £29–95
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
Train from Haymarket to Aberdeen
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 22m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- £60–170
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
- Standard
- £60–90
- 1st Class
- £110–170
Train from Reading to Southampton Airport Parkway
- Ave. Duration
- 44 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £18–29
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
Train from Cardiff Central to Bristol Temple Meads
- Ave. Duration
- 49 min
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- £26–50
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
- Standard
- £26–40
- 1st Class
- £35–50
Train from Bristol Temple Meads to Exeter St Davids
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £7–45
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
Train from Bristol Parkway to Aberdeen
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 59m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- £210–700
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
- Standard
- £210–320
- 1st Class
- £500–700
- Phone
- +44 345 528 0253
- Website
- avantiwestcoast.co.uk
Train from Crewe to Haymarket
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 7m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- £55–110
- Website
- https://www.avantiwestcoast.co.uk/
Train from Crewe to Glasgow Central
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 13m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £16–110
- Website
- https://www.avantiwestcoast.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 344 811 0141
- Website
- scotrail.co.uk
Train from Haymarket to Aberdeen
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- £23–75
- Website
- https://www.scotrail.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 345 722 5333
- customers@lner.co.uk
- Website
- lner.co.uk
Train from Haymarket to Aberdeen
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 27m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £16–75
- Website
- https://www.lner.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 345 600 1671
- tpecustomer.relations@tpexpress.co.uk
- Website
- tpexpress.co.uk
Train from Manchester Piccadilly to Haymarket
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 12m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £30–120
- Website
- https://www.tpexpress.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 1950477384
- Website
- traveline.info
Bus from Terminal to Harrison Square
- Ave. Duration
- 56 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Schedules at
- https://www.traveline.info/
- Phone
- 01957766766
- office@rrobertsonandson.com
- Website
- rrobertsonandson.com
Bus from Terminal to Harrison Square
- Ave. Duration
- 56 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Website
- https://www.rrobertsonandson.com/
- Phone
- 08717 81 81 81
- Website
- nationalexpress.com
Bus from Rose and Crown to Lordswood Rd
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £26–35
- Website
- https://www.nationalexpress.com/en
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Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Newhall St to Buchanan Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 30m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £18–40
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Buchanan Bus Station to Union Square Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- Frequency
- Every 10 minutes
- Estimated price
- £7–17
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Queensway Q1 to Airport Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £7–18
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +44 (0)131 510 4007
- ride@ember.to
- Website
- ember.to
Bus from Haymarket Station to Adelphi
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 29m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Website
- https://www.ember.to/
- Phone
- +44 845 600 0449
- info@northlinkferries.co.uk
- Website
- northlinkferries.co.uk
Ferry from Aberdeen Ferry Terminal to Lerwick Shetland Holmsgarth Ferry Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 15h
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- £26–55
- Website
- https://www.northlinkferries.co.uk/
- Low
- £26–35
- Peak
- £40–55
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