There are 9 ways to get from Falkirk to Castleford by train, bus, car, or plane
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Train
best- Take the train from Falkirk Grahamston to Edinburgh Waverleytrain Dunblane - Edinburgh / ...
- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to Yorktrain Edinburgh - London Kings Cross / ...
4h 8m£40–184Train, line 163 bus
cheapest- Take the train from Falkirk Grahamston to Edinburgh Waverleytrain
- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to Leedstrain
- Take the bus from City Square H to Castleford Bus Stationbus 163
5h 55m£37–157Bus
- Take the bus from Weir Street to Princes Streetbus X38
- Take the bus from Edinburgh, Bus Station to Leeds City Bus Stationbus Ukn11 / ...
7h 43mDrive 224 mi
- Drive from Falkirk to Castlefordcar 224 mi
3h 59m£54–78Fly Edinburgh Airport to Manchester Airport, train
- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Manchester Airport (MAN)plane EDI - MAN
- Take the train from Manchester Piccadilly to Castlefordtrain
6h 53m£79–190Bus via Weir Street
- Take the bus from Weir Street to Princes Streetbus X38
- Take the bus from Edinburgh, Bus Station to Leeds City Bus & Coach Stationbus 183 / ...
8h 26mFly Edinburgh Airport to Leeds Bradford International Airport
- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Leeds Bradford International Airport (LBA)plane EDI - LBA
7h 12m£68–187Fly Glasgow Airport to Leeds Bradford International Airport
- Fly from Glasgow Airport (GLA) to Leeds Bradford International Airport (LBA)plane GLA - LBA
7h 13m£60–143Fly Edinburgh Airport to Birmingham Airport, train
- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Birmingham Airport (BHX)plane EDI - BHX
- Take the train from Birmingham New Street to Sheffieldtrain
- Take the train from Sheffield to Castlefordtrain
6h 22m£66–198
Falkirk to Castleford by train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Falkirk to Castleford is to drive which costs £50 - £80 and takes 3h 59m.
The fastest way to get from Falkirk to Castleford is to drive which takes 3h 59m and costs £50 - £80.
No, there is no direct bus from Falkirk to Castleford. However, there are services departing from Weir Street and arriving at Wood Street via Edinburgh, Bus Station and Leeds City Bus Station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 7h 43m.
No, there is no direct train from Falkirk to Castleford. However, there are services departing from Falkirk Grahamston and arriving at Castleford via Edinburgh Waverley and York. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 4h 8m.
The distance between Falkirk and Castleford is 250 miles. The road distance is 225.3 miles.
The best way to get from Falkirk to Castleford without a car is to train which takes 4h 8m and costs £40 - £190.
It takes approximately 4h 8m to get from Falkirk to Castleford, including transfers.
Falkirk to Castleford bus services, operated by Midland Bluebird, depart from Weir Street station.
Falkirk to Castleford train services, operated by ScotRail, depart from Falkirk Grahamston station.
The best way to get from Falkirk to Castleford is to train which takes 4h 8m and costs £40 - £190. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs and takes 7h 43m, you could also fly, which costs £65 - £190 and takes 7h 12m.
What companies run services between Falkirk, Scotland and Castleford, England?
You can take a train from Falkirk Grahamston to Castleford via Edinburgh Waverley and York in around 4h 8m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Weir Street to Wood Street via Princes Street, Edinburgh, Bus Station, and Leeds City Bus Station in around 7h 43m.
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Manchester Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 46m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £90–180
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Manchester Airport via Belfast City
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £30–140
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Manchester Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 8m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £30–150
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Manchester Airport via Isle Of Man
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £80–280
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Leeds Bradford International Airport via Belfast City
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 36m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £70–240
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Leeds Bradford International Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £70–240
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Leeds Bradford International Airport via Belfast City
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £35–170
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Leeds Bradford International Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £35–170
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Manchester Airport via Belfast (Aldergrove)
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £45–180
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Manchester Airport via Belfast City
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 45m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £45–180
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Leeds Bradford International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £40–190
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Birmingham Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £22–75
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Birmingham Airport via Belfast (Aldergrove)
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 7m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £22–75
- Website
- aerlingus.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Manchester Airport via Belfast City
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £30–140
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Manchester Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 8m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £30–150
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Leeds Bradford International Airport via Belfast City
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 36m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £70–240
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Leeds Bradford International Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £70–240
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Leeds Bradford International Airport via Belfast City
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £35–170
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Leeds Bradford International Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £35–170
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Birmingham Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £30–150
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Manchester Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Thursday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- £45–100
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Manchester Airport via Knock
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 30m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £45–100
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Leeds Bradford International Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £45–130
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Leeds Bradford International Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £45–110
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Birmingham Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- £40–75
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Leeds Bradford International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 48m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £45–250
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Leeds Bradford International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £35–250
- Website
- jet2.com
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Leeds Bradford International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £40–180
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Leeds Bradford International Airport via Geneva
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 55m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- £50–200
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Manchester Airport via Belfast (Aldergrove)
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- £45–130
- Website
- loganair.co.uk
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Manchester Airport via Isle Of Man
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £80–280
- Phone
- +44 344 811 0141
- Website
- scotrail.co.uk
Train from Falkirk Grahamston to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 34 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £9–10
- Website
- https://www.scotrail.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 345 722 5333
- customers@lner.co.uk
- Website
- lner.co.uk
Train from Falkirk Grahamston to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 28 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £4–5
- Website
- https://www.lner.co.uk/
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to York
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 14m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £35–65
- Website
- https://www.lner.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 330 060 0500
- enquiry@sleeper.scot
- Website
- sleeper.scot
Train from Falkirk Grahamston to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 28 min
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- £60–75
- Website
- https://www.sleeper.scot/
- Sleeper Berth Classic
- £210–230
- Sleeper Seat
- £60–75
- Sleeper Berth Club Solo
- £220–260
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to York
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 33m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £28–65
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Leeds
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 58m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £30–80
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
Train from Birmingham New Street to Sheffield
- Ave. Duration
- 59 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £17–70
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 345 600 1671
- tpecustomer.relations@tpexpress.co.uk
- Website
- tpexpress.co.uk
Train from Manchester Piccadilly to Castleford
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 12m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £13–35
- Website
- https://www.tpexpress.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 800 200 6060
- enquiries@northernrailway.co.uk
- Website
- northernrailway.co.uk
Train from Sheffield to Castleford
- Ave. Duration
- 57 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £6–23
- Website
- https://www.northernrailway.co.uk/
Bus from Weir Street to Princes Street
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 39m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Website
- https://www.mcgillsscotlandeast.co.uk/
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Edinburgh, Bus Station to Leeds City Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £14–28
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Edinburgh, Bus Station to Leeds City Bus & Coach Station
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 25m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £14–28
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +44 344 800 44 11
- customer.services@arriva.co.uk
- Website
- arrivabus.co.uk
Bus from City Square H to Castleford Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- £3
- Website
- https://www.arrivabus.co.uk/
- Adult Single All Zone
- £3
- Phone
- 08717 81 81 81
- Website
- nationalexpress.com
Bus from Edinburgh, Bus Station to Leeds City Bus & Coach Station
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £27–50
- Website
- https://www.nationalexpress.com/en
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More Questions & Answers
Falkirk to Castleford bus services, operated by Midland Bluebird, arrive at Princes Street station.
Falkirk to Castleford train services, operated by ScotRail, arrive at Edinburgh Waverley station.
Yes, the driving distance between Falkirk to Castleford is 225 miles. It takes approximately 3h 59m to drive from Falkirk to Castleford.
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