There are 7 ways to get from Ely to Stornoway by train, plane, bus, or ferry
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Train to London Heathrow Airport, fly
best- Take the train from Ely to King's Cross
- Fly from London Heathrow Airport (LHR) to Stornoway Airport (SYY)LHR - SYY
8h 1m£152–600Train, bus, ferry via Dunfermline
cheapest- Take the train from Ely to Nottingham
- Take the bus from Broad Marsh Bus Station to Park & Ride
- Take the bus from Park & Ride to Bus Station Stance 3M90
- Take the bus from Bus Station Stance 3 to Ferry Terminal961
- Take the ferry from Ullapool Ferry Terminal to Stornoway Lewis Ferry Terminal
19h 34m£79–237Train, bus, ferry
- Take the train from Ely to Peterborough
- Take the train from Peterborough to Inverness
- Take the bus from Bus Station Stance 3 to Ferry Terminal961
- Take the ferry from Ullapool Ferry Terminal to Stornoway Lewis Ferry Terminal
14h 47m£118–223Train, bus, ferry via Edinburgh
- Take the train from Ely to Peterborough
- Take the train from Peterborough to Haymarket
- Take the bus from Haymarket Station to Union StreetE9
- Take the bus from Bus Station Stance 3 to Ferry Terminal961
- Take the ferry from Ullapool Ferry Terminal to Stornoway Lewis Ferry Terminal
15h 13mTrain to London City Airport, fly
- Take the train from Ely to King's Cross
- Fly from London City Airport (LCY) to Stornoway Airport (SYY)LCY - SYY
7h 40m£217–508Train to London Gatwick Airport, fly
- Take the train from Cambridge to Gatwick Airport
- Fly from London Gatwick Airport (LGW) to Stornoway Airport (SYY)LGW - SYY
8h 46m£243–506Train to London Stansted Airport, fly
- Take the train from Ely to Stansted Airport
- Fly from London Stansted Airport (STN) to Stornoway Airport (SYY)STN - SYY
9h 14m£204–634
London Heathrow Airport (LHR) to Stornoway Airport (SYY) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Ely to Stornoway is to train and bus and ferry via Dunfermline which costs £75 - £240 and takes 19h 34m.
The fastest way to get from Ely to Stornoway is to train and fly which takes 7h 40m and costs £210 - £550.
The distance between Ely and Stornoway is 620 miles.
The best way to get from Ely to Stornoway without a car is to train and bus and ferry which takes 14h 47m and costs £110 - £230.
It takes approximately 8h 1m to get from Ely to Stornoway, including transfers.
There are 182+ hotels available in Stornoway.
What companies run services between Ely, England and Stornoway, Scotland?
There is no direct connection from Ely to Stornoway. However, you can take the train to King's Cross, walk to King's Cross St. Pancras station, take the subway to Heathrow Terminals 1-2-3 station, walk to London Heathrow Airport (LHR) airport, fly to Stornoway Airport (SYY), walk to Airport Terminal, then take the bus to Bus Station. Alternatively, you can take a train from Ely to Stornoway Lewis Ferry Terminal via Peterborough, Inverness, Bus Station Stance 3, Ferry Terminal, and Ullapool Ferry Terminal in around 14h 47m.
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Stornoway Airport via Glasgow
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 13m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £130–480
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Stornoway Airport via Belfast City, Inverness
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 25m
- When
- Monday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- £130–480
Flights from London City Airport to Stornoway Airport via Glasgow
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 58m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- £170–450
Flights from London City Airport to Stornoway Airport via Dublin, Glasgow
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 25m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- £170–450
Flights from London City Airport to Stornoway Airport via Belfast City, Inverness
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 25m
- When
- Monday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- £170–450
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Stornoway Airport via Glasgow
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 26m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £60–480
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Stornoway Airport via Inverness
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £60–330
Flights from London Stansted Airport to Stornoway Airport via Glasgow
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £50–280
Flights from London Stansted Airport to Stornoway Airport via Edinburgh
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 30m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £50–280
Flights from London Stansted Airport to Stornoway Airport via Belfast (Aldergrove), Glasgow
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 50m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £55–280
Flights from London Stansted Airport to Stornoway Airport via Dublin, Glasgow
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 52m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £70–290
- Website
- loganair.co.uk
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Stornoway Airport via Derry, Glasgow
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £260–1,000
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Stornoway Airport via Glasgow
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 42m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- £60–330
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Stornoway Airport via Inverness
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £60–330
Flights from London Stansted Airport to Stornoway Airport via Glasgow
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £50–280
Flights from London Stansted Airport to Stornoway Airport via Edinburgh
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 30m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £50–280
Flights from London Stansted Airport to Stornoway Airport via Belfast (Aldergrove), Glasgow
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 50m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £55–280
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Stornoway Airport via Glasgow
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- £60–330
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Stornoway Airport via Inverness
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £60–330
Flights from London Stansted Airport to Stornoway Airport via Glasgow
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- £50–280
Flights from London Stansted Airport to Stornoway Airport via Edinburgh
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 30m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £50–280
Flights from London Stansted Airport to Stornoway Airport via Belfast (Aldergrove), Glasgow
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 50m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £55–280
Flights from London Stansted Airport to Stornoway Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Inverness
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £75–420
Train from Ely to King's Cross
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £18–45
- Website
- https://www.greatnorthernrail.com/
Train from Ely to Peterborough
- Ave. Duration
- 34 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £8–19
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
Train from Ely to Stansted Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 53 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £14–35
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
- Phone
- 03457 125 678
- Website
- eastmidlandsrailway.co.uk
Train from Ely to Peterborough
- Ave. Duration
- 32 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £8–19
- Website
- https://www.eastmidlandsrailway.co.uk/
Train from Ely to Nottingham
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 47m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £21–75
- Website
- https://www.eastmidlandsrailway.co.uk/
Train from Ely to Peterborough
- Ave. Duration
- 40 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £11–18
- Website
- https://www.greateranglia.co.uk/
Train from Ely to Stansted Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 53 min
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- £21–35
- Website
- https://www.greateranglia.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 345 722 5333
- customers@lner.co.uk
- Website
- lner.co.uk
Train from Peterborough to Inverness
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 13m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £90–110
- Website
- https://www.lner.co.uk/
Train from Peterborough to Haymarket
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 47m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- £130–190
- Website
- https://www.lner.co.uk/
- Anytime Day Single
- £130–190
- Phone
- 0345 026 4700
- Website
- thameslinkrailway.com
Train from Cambridge to Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 52m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £20–50
- Website
- https://www.thameslinkrailway.com/
- 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
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- £10–15
- Website
- https://www.citylink.co.uk/
Bus from Park & Ride to Bus Station Stance 3
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 22m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £21–30
- 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
- 3 times a day
- Website
- https://www.decoaches.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 (0)131 510 4007
- ride@ember.to
- Website
- ember.to
Bus from Haymarket Station to Union Street
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 22m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- https://www.ember.to/
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Broad Marsh Bus Station to Park & Ride
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 25m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £30–45
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- 01698 653164
- enquiries@parksofhamilton.co.uk
- Website
- parksofhamilton.co.uk
Bus from Park & Ride to Bus Station Stance 3
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 22m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Website
- https://www.parksofhamilton.co.uk/
- Phone
- 0141 352 4444
- enquiries@megabus.com
- Website
- uk.megabus.com
Bus from Park & Ride to Bus Station Stance 3
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 22m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- £13–19
- Website
- https://uk.megabus.com
- 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
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- £9–80
- Website
- Caledonian MacBrayne
- Passenger Fare
- £9–14
- Car Fare
- £65–80
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