There are 8 ways to get from Chester to Stromness by train, plane, bus, or ferry
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Train to Manchester Airport, fly
best- Take the train from Chester to Manchester Airporttrain
- Fly from Manchester Airport (MAN) to Kirkwall (KOI)plane MAN - KOI
7h 29m£196–493Train, bus, ferry #2
cheapest- Take the train from Warrington Bank Quay to Prestontrain
- Take the train from Preston to Invernesstrain
- Take the bus from Bus Station Stance 3 to Ferry Terminalbus X99
- Take the ferry from Scrabster Ferry Terminal to Stromness Orkney Ferry Terminalferry Nl1
16h 58m£128–208Train, bus, ferry via Glasgow
- Take the train from Warrington Bank Quay to Glasgow Centraltrain
- Take the train from Glasgow Queen Street to Perthtrain
- Take the train from Perth to Invernesstrain
- Take the bus from Inverness Union Street to Scrabster Ferry Terminalbus
- Take the ferry from Scrabster Ferry Terminal to Stromness Orkney Ferry Terminalferry Nl1
15h 45m£158–327Fly from Liverpool
- Fly from Liverpool (LPL) to Kirkwall (KOI)plane LPL - KOI
9h 45m£278–577Train, train to Birmingham Airport, fly
- Take the train from Chester to Staffordtrain
- Take the train from Stafford to Birmingham Internationaltrain
- Fly from Birmingham Airport (BHX) to Kirkwall (KOI)plane BHX - KOI
8h 18m£235–561Train, bus, ferry
- Take the train from Warrington Bank Quay to Edinburgh Waverleytrain
- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to Invernesstrain
- Take the bus from Inverness Union Street to Scrabster Ferry Terminalbus
- Take the ferry from Scrabster Ferry Terminal to Stromness Orkney Ferry Terminalferry Nl1
16h 4m£144–332Train, bus, ferry #3
- Take the train from Newton-le-Willows to Darlingtontrain
- Take the train from Darlington to Invernesstrain
- Take the bus from Bus Station Stance 3 to Ferry Terminalbus X99
- Take the ferry from Scrabster Ferry Terminal to Stromness Orkney Ferry Terminalferry Nl1
17h 6m£191–306Train, ferry
- Take the train from Crewe to Invernesstrain
- Take the train from Inverness to Wicktrain
- Take the ferry from Scrabster Ferry Terminal to Stromness Orkney Ferry Terminalferry Nl1
19h 34m£176–322
Chester to Stromness by train, foot, bus, and ferry
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Chester to Stromness is to train and bus and ferry which costs £120 - £210 and takes 16h 58m.
The fastest way to get from Chester to Stromness is to train and fly which takes 7h 29m and costs £190 - £500.
The distance between Chester and Stromness is 461 miles.
The best way to get from Chester to Stromness without a car is to train and bus and ferry via Glasgow which takes 15h 45m and costs £150 - £330.
It takes approximately 7h 29m to get from Chester to Stromness, including transfers.
There are 202+ hotels available in Stromness.
What companies run services between Chester, England and Stromness, Orkney Islands, Scotland?
Aer Lingus, Loganair, and two other airlines fly from Liverpool (LPL) to Kirkwall (KOI) twice daily.
- Website
- loganair.co.uk
Flights from Manchester Airport to Kirkwall via Aberdeen
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 41m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £210–450
Flights from Manchester Airport to Kirkwall via Inverness
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £210–450
Flights from Liverpool to Kirkwall via Dublin, Edinburgh
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 17m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £75–330
Flights from Liverpool to Kirkwall via Belfast City, Aberdeen
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 25m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- £260–900
Flights from Liverpool to Kirkwall via Belfast (Aldergrove), Glasgow
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 25m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £260–900
Flights from Liverpool to Kirkwall via Isle Of Man, Edinburgh
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 5m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £250–850
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Kirkwall via Aberdeen
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 32m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £200–490
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Kirkwall via Edinburgh
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 27m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- £60–340
- Phone
- 03333 211 202
- Website
- tfw.wales
Train from Chester to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £19–35
- Website
- https://tfw.wales/
- Phone
- +44 345 528 0253
- Website
- avantiwestcoast.co.uk
Train from Warrington Bank Quay to Glasgow Central
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 46m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £75–130
- Website
- https://www.avantiwestcoast.co.uk/
Train from Chester to Stafford
- Ave. Duration
- 40 min
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- £16–26
- Website
- https://www.avantiwestcoast.co.uk/
Train from Stafford to Birmingham International
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 2m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £12–21
- Website
- https://www.avantiwestcoast.co.uk/
Train from Warrington Bank Quay to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 56m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £75–130
- Website
- https://www.avantiwestcoast.co.uk/
Train from Warrington Bank Quay to Preston
- Ave. Duration
- 24 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £9–16
- Website
- https://www.avantiwestcoast.co.uk/
- 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
- £50–95
- Website
- https://www.scotrail.co.uk/
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Inverness
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 43m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- £80–150
- Website
- https://www.scotrail.co.uk/
Train from Inverness to Wick
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 22m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- £70–140
- Website
- https://www.scotrail.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 345 722 5333
- customers@lner.co.uk
- Website
- 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 Edinburgh Waverley to Inverness
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 32m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £50–80
- Website
- https://www.lner.co.uk/
Train from Darlington to Inverness
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 31m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £95–150
- Website
- https://www.lner.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 330 060 0500
- enquiry@sleeper.scot
- Website
- sleeper.scot
Train from Perth to Inverness
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 52m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- £22–40
- Website
- https://www.sleeper.scot/
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Inverness
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- £35–60
- Website
- https://www.sleeper.scot/
Train from Preston to Inverness
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 37m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- £70–120
- Website
- https://www.sleeper.scot/
Train from Crewe to Inverness
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 45m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- £80–140
- Website
- https://www.sleeper.scot/
Train from Stafford to Birmingham International
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £18–26
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 333 311 0039
- contact.wmr@wmtrains.co.uk
- Website
- westmidlandsrailway.co.uk
Train from Stafford to Birmingham International
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 1m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- £13–35
- Website
- https://www.westmidlandsrailway.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 345 600 1671
- tpecustomer.relations@tpexpress.co.uk
- Website
- tpexpress.co.uk
Train from Newton-le-Willows to Darlington
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 7m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £45–80
- Website
- https://www.tpexpress.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 (0)131 510 4007
- ride@ember.to
- Website
- ember.to
Bus from Inverness Union Street to Scrabster Ferry Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 28m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- £14–20
- Website
- https://www.ember.to/
- Phone
- 01224591381
- bluebird.enquiries@stagecoachbus.com
- Website
- stagecoachbus.com
Bus from Bus Station Stance 3 to Ferry Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 39m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- £29–40
- Website
- https://www.stagecoachbus.com/
- Phone
- +44 845 600 0449
- info@northlinkferries.co.uk
- Website
- northlinkferries.co.uk
Ferry from Scrabster Ferry Terminal to Stromness Orkney Ferry Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- £13–19
- Website
- https://www.northlinkferries.co.uk/
- Low
- £13–17
- Peak
- £16–19
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