There are 11 ways to get from Cornwall to Ayr by plane, train, bus, or car
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly Newquay Cornwall Airport to Edinburgh Airport, train
best- Fly from Newquay Cornwall Airport (NQY) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane NQY - EDI
- Take the train from Haymarket to Glasgow Queen Streettrain
- Take the train from Glasgow Central to Ayrtrain
4h 40m£124–436Bus
cheapest- Take the bus from Dennison Road Car Park to Lordswood Rdbus 106 / ...
- Take the bus from Newhall St to Buchanan Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Buchanan Bus Station to Ayr Bus Stationbus X77
17h 32m£82–173Train via Birmingham
- Take the train from Luxulyan to Plymouthtrain
- Take the train from Plymouth to Birmingham New Streettrain
- Take the train from Birmingham New Street to Prestontrain
- Take the train from Preston to Glasgow Centraltrain
- Take the train from Glasgow Central to Ayrtrain
12h 4m£220–406Drive 500.7 mi
- Drive from Cornwall to Ayrcar 500.7 mi
8h 43m£123–177Fly Newquay Cornwall Airport to Manchester Airport, train
- Fly from Newquay Cornwall Airport (NQY) to Manchester Airport (MAN)plane NQY - MAN
- Take the train from Manchester Airport to Prestontrain
- Take the train from Preston to Glasgow Centraltrain
- Take the train from Glasgow Central to Ayrtrain
6h 47m£143–470Train, train to Bristol Airport, fly to Glasgow Airport
- Take the train from Luxulyan to Plymouthtrain
- Take the train from Plymouth to Bristol Temple Meadstrain
- Fly from Bristol Airport (BRS) to Glasgow Airport (GLA)plane BRS - GLA
- Take the train from Paisley Gilmour Street to Ayrtrain
8h 34m£117–262Train to Exeter, fly to Edinburgh Airport, train
- Take the train from Par to Exeter St Davidstrain
- Fly from Exeter (EXT) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane EXT - EDI
- Take the train from Haymarket to Glasgow Queen Streettrain
- Take the train from Glasgow Central to Ayrtrain
9h 26m£158–373Train, train to Bristol Airport, fly to Edinburgh Airport
- Take the train from Luxulyan to Plymouthtrain
- Take the train from Plymouth to Bristol Temple Meadstrain
- Fly from Bristol Airport (BRS) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane BRS - EDI
- Take the train from Haymarket to Glasgow Queen Streettrain
- Take the train from Glasgow Central to Ayrtrain
9h 41m£147–309Fly Newquay Cornwall Airport to Glasgow Airport, train
- Fly from Newquay Cornwall Airport (NQY) to Glasgow Airport (GLA)plane NQY - GLA
- Take the train from Paisley Gilmour Street to Ayrtrain
3h 38m£96–379Train
- Take the train from Luxulyan to Plymouthtrain
- Take the train from Plymouth to Glasgow Centraltrain
- Take the train from Glasgow Central to Ayrtrain
13h 17m£345–516Train via Cardiff
- Take the train from Bodmin Parkway to Cardiff Centraltrain
- Take the train from Cardiff Central to Crewetrain
- Take the train from Crewe to Carlisletrain
- Take the train from Carlisle to Auchinlecktrain
15h 30m£195–407
Cornwall to Ayr by train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Cornwall to Ayr is to bus which costs £80 - £180 and takes 17h 32m.
The fastest way to get from Cornwall to Ayr is to fly and train which takes 3h 38m and costs £95 - £380.
No, there is no direct bus from Cornwall to Ayr station. However, there are services departing from Roundabout and arriving at Ayr Bus Station via Dennison Road Car Park, Lordswood Rd, Newhall St and Buchanan Bus Station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 17h 32m.
No, there is no direct train from Cornwall to Ayr. However, there are services departing from Luxulyan and arriving at Ayr via Plymouth, Birmingham New Street, Preston and Glasgow Central. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 12h 4m.
The distance between Cornwall and Ayr is 495 miles. The road distance is 503.7 miles.
The best way to get from Cornwall to Ayr without a car is to train via Birmingham which takes 12h 4m and costs £220 - £410.
It takes approximately 4h 40m to get from Cornwall to Ayr, including transfers.
Cornwall to Ayr bus services, operated by National Express, depart from Dennison Road Car Park station.
Cornwall to Ayr train services, operated by Great Western Railway (GWR), depart from Luxulyan station.
The best way to get from Cornwall to Ayr is to train via Birmingham which takes 12h 4m and costs £220 - £410. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs £80 - £180 and takes 17h 32m.
What companies run services between Cornwall, England and Ayr, Scotland?
You can take a train from Luxulyan to Ayr via Plymouth, Birmingham New Street, Preston, and Glasgow Central in around 12h 4m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Roundabout to Ayr Bus Station via Mount Folly, Dennison Road Car Park, Lordswood Rd, Newhall St, and Buchanan Bus Station in around 17h 32m.
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Newquay Cornwall Airport to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £30–180
Flights from Bristol Airport to Glasgow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £23–85
Flights from Bristol Airport to Glasgow Airport via Belfast (Aldergrove)
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 7m
- When
- Thursday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £23–85
Flights from Bristol Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £23–85
Flights from Bristol Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Belfast (Aldergrove)
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £23–85
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Newquay Cornwall Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Monday and Tuesday
- Estimated price
- £45–270
Flights from Bristol Airport to Glasgow Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 57m
- When
- Thursday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- £40–80
Flights from Bristol Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- £45–80
- Website
- loganair.co.uk
Flights from Newquay Cornwall Airport to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £90–310
Flights from Exeter to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £110–220
Flights from Newquay Cornwall Airport to Glasgow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- £210–370
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Newquay Cornwall Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- £40–220
- Website
- aerlingus.com
Flights from Exeter to Edinburgh Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £80–210
- Phone
- +44 344 811 0141
- Website
- scotrail.co.uk
Train from Haymarket to Glasgow Queen Street
- Ave. Duration
- 44 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £20–35
- Website
- https://www.scotrail.co.uk/
Train from Glasgow Central to Ayr
- Ave. Duration
- 53 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £18–35
- Website
- https://www.scotrail.co.uk/
Train from Paisley Gilmour Street to Ayr
- Ave. Duration
- 43 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £14–27
- Website
- https://www.scotrail.co.uk/
Train from Carlisle to Auchinleck
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 33m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £30–60
- Website
- https://www.scotrail.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 3457 000 125
- gwr.feedback@gwr.com
- Website
- gwr.com
Train from Luxulyan to Plymouth
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 17m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- £16–35
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
Train from Plymouth to Bristol Temple Meads
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £55–110
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
Train from Par to Exeter St Davids
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 57m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £35–75
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
Train from Bodmin Parkway to Cardiff Central
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 16m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- £80–160
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
Train from Plymouth to Birmingham New Street
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £110–160
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
Train from Plymouth to Bristol Temple Meads
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £65–95
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
Train from Par to Exeter St Davids
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 6m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £45–65
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
Train from Plymouth to Glasgow Central
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 48m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £310–450
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 345 528 0253
- Website
- avantiwestcoast.co.uk
Train from Birmingham New Street to Preston
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 43m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £35–60
- Website
- https://www.avantiwestcoast.co.uk/
Train from Preston to Glasgow Central
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £65–110
- Website
- https://www.avantiwestcoast.co.uk/
Train from Crewe to Carlisle
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £50–85
- Website
- https://www.avantiwestcoast.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 345 600 1671
- tpecustomer.relations@tpexpress.co.uk
- Website
- tpexpress.co.uk
Train from Preston to Glasgow Central
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 36m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £65–120
- Website
- https://www.tpexpress.co.uk/
Train from Manchester Airport to Preston
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 4m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £14–25
- Website
- https://www.tpexpress.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 330 060 0500
- enquiry@sleeper.scot
- Website
- sleeper.scot
Train from Preston to Glasgow Central
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 28m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- £40–70
- Website
- https://www.sleeper.scot/
Train from Crewe to Carlisle
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- £30–50
- Website
- https://www.sleeper.scot/
- Phone
- +44 800 200 6060
- enquiries@northernrailway.co.uk
- Website
- northernrailway.co.uk
Train from Manchester Airport to Preston
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £15–29
- Website
- https://www.northernrailway.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
- 08717 81 81 81
- Website
- nationalexpress.com
Bus from Dennison Road Car Park to Lordswood Rd
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 20m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £45–110
- 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
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- £28–50
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Buchanan Bus Station to Ayr Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 3m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £5–8
- Website
- https://www.stagecoachbus.com/about/west-scotland
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More Questions & Answers
Cornwall to Ayr bus services, operated by National Express, arrive at Lordswood Rd station.
Cornwall to Ayr train services, operated by Great Western Railway (GWR), arrive at Plymouth station.
Yes, the driving distance between Cornwall to Ayr is 504 miles. It takes approximately 8h 43m to drive from Cornwall to Ayr.
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