There are 10 ways to get from Chester to Dunblane by train, bus, car, or plane
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Train
best- Take the train from Warrington Bank Quay to Glasgow Centraltrain London Euston - Glasgow Central / ...
- Take the train from Glasgow Queen Street to Dunblanetrain Glasgow Queen Street - Dundee / ...
5h 12m£98–176Bus, line 100 bus
cheapest- Take the bus from Chester Bus Interchange to Warrington Bus Interchange Stand Gbus X30
- Take the bus from Warrington Bus Interchange Stand N to Shudehill Interchangebus 100
- Take the bus from Shudehill Interchange to Buchanan Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Buchanan Bus Stn to Dunblane Police Stationbus
9h 20m£34–58Drive 254 mi
- Drive from Chester to Dunblanecar 254 mi
4h 15m£62–89Fly Liverpool to Edinburgh Airport, train
- Fly from Liverpool (LPL) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane LPL - EDI
- Take the train from Edinburgh Park to Dunblanetrain
5h 54m£85–206Train via Edinburgh
- Take the train from Warrington Bank Quay to Haymarkettrain London Euston - Edinburgh / ...
- Take the train from Haymarket to Dunblanetrain Edinburgh - Dunblane / ...
5h 32m£99–178Bus, train
- Take the bus from Chester Bus Interchange to Queen Squarebus 1 / ...
- Take the train from Liverpool Lime Street to Prestontrain
- Take the train from Preston to Dunblanetrain
8h 28m£90–149Fly Liverpool to Glasgow Airport, train
- Fly from Liverpool (LPL) to Glasgow Airport (GLA)plane LPL - GLA
- Take the train from Glasgow Queen Street to Dunblanetrain
6h 14m£78–199Train, train to Birmingham Airport, fly to Edinburgh Airport
- Take the train from Chester to Staffordtrain
- Take the train from Stafford to Birmingham Internationaltrain
- Fly from Birmingham Airport (BHX) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane BHX - EDI
- Take the train from Edinburgh Park to Dunblanetrain
5h 31m£80–186Train, train to Birmingham Airport, fly to Glasgow Airport
- Take the train from Chester to Staffordtrain
- Take the train from Stafford to Birmingham Internationaltrain
- Fly from Birmingham Airport (BHX) to Glasgow Airport (GLA)plane BHX - GLA
- Take the train from Glasgow Queen Street to Dunblanetrain
5h 41m£71–169Train to Manchester Airport, fly to Aberdeen Airport, train
- Take the train from Chester to Manchester Airporttrain
- Fly from Manchester Airport (MAN) to Aberdeen Airport (ABZ)plane MAN - ABZ
- Take the train from Aberdeen to Dundeetrain
- Take the train from Dundee to Dunblanetrain
7h 39m£137–325
Chester to Dunblane by train and bus
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Chester to Dunblane is to bus and line 100 bus which costs £30 - £60 and takes 9h 20m.
The fastest way to get from Chester to Dunblane is to drive which takes 4h 15m and costs £60 - £90.
No, there is no direct bus from Chester to Dunblane station. However, there are services departing from Chester Bus Interchange and arriving at Dunblane Police Station via Warrington Bus Interchange Stand N, Shudehill Interchange and Buchanan Bus Stn. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 9h 20m.
No, there is no direct train from Chester to Dunblane. However, there are services departing from Chester and arriving at Dunblane via Warrington Bank Quay and Glasgow Queen Street. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 5h 12m.
The distance between Chester and Dunblane is 271 miles. The road distance is 255.5 miles.
The best way to get from Chester to Dunblane without a car is to train which takes 5h 12m and costs £95 - £180.
It takes approximately 5h 12m to get from Chester to Dunblane, including transfers.
Chester to Dunblane bus services, operated by Arriva UK, depart from Chester Bus Interchange station.
Chester to Dunblane train services, operated by Avanti West Coast, depart from Warrington Bank Quay station.
The best way to get from Chester to Dunblane is to train which takes 5h 12m and costs £95 - £180. Alternatively, you can bus and line 100 bus, which costs £30 - £60 and takes 9h 20m.
What companies run services between Chester, England and Dunblane, Scotland?
You can take a train from Chester to Dunblane via Warrington Bank Quay, Glasgow Central, Waterloo Lane, Cathedral Street, and Glasgow Queen Street in around 5h 12m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Chester Bus Interchange to Dunblane Police Station via Warrington Bus Interchange Stand N, Shudehill Interchange, Buchanan Bus Station, and Buchanan Bus Stn in around 9h 20m.
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Liverpool to Edinburgh Airport via Belfast (Aldergrove)
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 39m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £75–190
Flights from Liverpool to Edinburgh Airport via Belfast City
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 40m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £75–190
Flights from Liverpool to Glasgow Airport via Belfast (Aldergrove)
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 13m
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £70–160
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 7m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £27–85
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Belfast (Aldergrove)
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 52m
- When
- Friday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- £27–85
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Glasgow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £25–80
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Glasgow Airport via Belfast (Aldergrove)
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £25–80
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Liverpool to Edinburgh Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 19m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Saturday, Wednesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £45–140
Flights from Liverpool to Glasgow Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 8m
- When
- Wednesday, Saturday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- £45–120
- Website
- loganair.co.uk
Flights from Manchester Airport to Aberdeen Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £100–220
- Website
- aerlingus.com
Flights from Liverpool to Edinburgh Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 10m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £60–260
Flights from Liverpool to Glasgow Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £55–140
- Phone
- +44 (0)345 528 0253
- Website
- Avanti West Coast
Train from Warrington Bank Quay to Glasgow Central
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 46m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £75–130
- Website
- Avanti West Coast
Train from Warrington Bank Quay to Haymarket
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 49m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £75–130
- Website
- Avanti West Coast
Train from Chester to Stafford
- Ave. Duration
- 40 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £16–27
- Website
- Avanti West Coast
Train from Stafford to Birmingham International
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 2m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £13–22
- Website
- Avanti West Coast
Train from Chester to Stafford
- Ave. Duration
- 40 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £16–27
- Website
- Avanti West Coast
Train from Stafford to Birmingham International
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 2m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £13–22
- Website
- Avanti West Coast
- Phone
- +44 (0)344 811 0141
- Website
- ScotRail
Train from Glasgow Queen Street to Dunblane
- Ave. Duration
- 38 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £15–27
- Website
- ScotRail
Train from Edinburgh Park to Dunblane
- Ave. Duration
- 51 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £15–29
- Website
- ScotRail
Train from Haymarket to Dunblane
- Ave. Duration
- 56 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £17–35
- Website
- ScotRail
Train from Glasgow Queen Street to Dunblane
- Ave. Duration
- 38 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £15–27
- Website
- ScotRail
Train from Edinburgh Park to Dunblane
- Ave. Duration
- 51 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £15–29
- Website
- ScotRail
Train from Glasgow Queen Street to Dunblane
- Ave. Duration
- 38 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £15–27
- Website
- ScotRail
Train from Aberdeen to Dundee
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 12m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £30–55
- Website
- ScotRail
Train from Dundee to Dunblane
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £21–40
- Website
- ScotRail
Train from Liverpool Lime Street to Preston
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £14–25
- Website
- Northern Trains Limited
Train from Liverpool Lime Street to Preston
- Ave. Duration
- 45 min
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- £12–21
- Website
- TransPennine Express
- Phone
- +44 330 060 0500
- enquiry@sleeper.scot
- Website
- Caledonian Sleeper
Train from Preston to Dunblane
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- £75–120
- Website
- Caledonian Sleeper
Train from Aberdeen to Dundee
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- £22–40
- Website
- Caledonian Sleeper
Train from Stafford to Birmingham International
- Ave. Duration
- 51 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £19–28
- Website
- Cross Country
Train from Stafford to Birmingham International
- Ave. Duration
- 51 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £19–28
- Website
- Cross Country
Train from Aberdeen to Dundee
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £35–55
- Website
- Cross Country
- Phone
- +44 333 311 0039
- contact.wmr@wmtrains.co.uk
- Website
- West Midlands Trains
Train from Stafford to Birmingham International
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 1m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- £11–30
- Website
- West Midlands Trains
Train from Stafford to Birmingham International
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 1m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- £11–30
- Website
- West Midlands Trains
- Phone
- 03333 211 202
- Website
- Transport for Wales
Train from Chester to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £20–35
- Website
- Transport for Wales
Train from Aberdeen to Dundee
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 14m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- £24–35
- Website
- London North Eastern Railway Limited (LNER)
- Phone
- +44 344 800 44 11
- customer.services@arriva.co.uk
- Website
- Arriva UK
Bus from Chester Bus Interchange to Warrington Bus Interchange Stand G
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 28m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £1–3
- Website
- Arriva UK
- Adult Single All Zone
- £1–3
- Phone
- +44 161 244 1000
- hello@beenetwork.com
- Website
- traveline.info
Bus from Warrington Bus Interchange Stand N to Shudehill Interchange
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 52m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £2
- Schedules at
- Bee Network
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Shudehill Interchange to Buchanan Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £24–40
- Website
- Flixbus
- Phone
- +44 (0)131 510 4007
- ride@ember.to
- Website
- Ember
Bus from Buchanan Bus Stn to Dunblane Police Station
- Ave. Duration
- 48 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £6–10
- Website
- Ember
- Phone
- 01698 653164
- enquiries@parksofhamilton.co.uk
- Website
- Park's of Hamilton
Bus from Buchanan Bus Stn to Dunblane Police Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 3m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- Park's of Hamilton
- Phone
- 0141 352 4444
- info@citylink.co.uk
- Website
- Scottish Citylink Coaches Ltd
Bus from Buchanan Bus Stn to Dunblane Police Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 3m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £6–13
- Website
- Scottish Citylink Coaches Ltd
- Single
- £6–13
- Phone
- +44 151 330 6200
- merseyside.enquiries@stagecoachbus.com
- Website
- Stagecoach Merseyside & South Lancashire
Bus from Chester Bus Interchange to Queen Square
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- £2–4
- Website
- Stagecoach Merseyside & South Lancashire
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More Questions & Answers
Chester to Dunblane bus services, operated by Arriva UK, arrive at Warrington Bus Interchange Stand G station.
Chester to Dunblane train services, operated by Avanti West Coast, arrive at Glasgow Central station.
Yes, the driving distance between Chester to Dunblane is 256 miles. It takes approximately 4h 15m to drive from Chester to Dunblane.
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