There are 11 ways to get from Inverness to Stanstead by train, car, plane, or bus
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Train via Edinburgh
best- Take the train from Inverness to Edinburgh Waverleytrain
- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to Peterboroughtrain
- Take the train from Peterborough to Bury St Edmundstrain
10h 17m£160–369Train, bus to Edinburgh Airport, fly to London Stansted Airport, bus
cheapest- Take the train from Inverness to Perthtrain
- Take the bus from Perth station to Edinburgh Airportbus
- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to London Stansted Airport (STN)plane EDI - STN
- Take the bus from Coach Station to Railway Stationbus
10h 28m£64–207Drive 511.4 mi
- Drive from Inverness to Stansteadcar 511.4 mi
9h 25m£126–181Fly Inverness Dalcross Airport to London Heathrow Airport, train, line 41 bus
- Fly from Inverness Dalcross Airport (INV) to London Heathrow Airport (LHR)plane INV - LHR
- Take the train from Stratford (London) to Marks Teytrain
- Take the train from Marks Tey to Sudbury (Suffolk)train
- Take the bus from Bus Station to Stanway Closebus
7h 52m£93–347Train
- Take the train from Inverness to Peterboroughtrain Inverness - London Kings Cross
- Take the train from Peterborough to Bury St Edmundstrain Peterborough - Ipswich / ...
11h 6m£139–274Bus, train
- Take the bus from Inverness Union Street to Haymarketbus
- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to Sheffieldtrain
- Take the train from Sheffield to Thetfordtrain
15h 29m£230–340Fly Inverness Dalcross Airport to London Gatwick Airport, train
- Fly from Inverness Dalcross Airport (INV) to London Gatwick Airport (LGW)plane INV - LGW
- Take the train from Gatwick Airport to London Bridgetrain
- Take the train from Stratford (London) to Marks Teytrain
7h 43m£75–200Fly Inverness Dalcross Airport to Luton Airport, train
- Fly from Inverness Dalcross Airport (INV) to Luton Airport (LTN)plane INV - LTN
- Take the train from Luton Airport Parkway to Farringdontrain
- Take the train from Stratford (London) to Marks Teytrain
7h 40m£80–199Train, train to Glasgow Airport, fly to London City Airport
- Take the train from Inverness to Stirlingtrain
- Take the train from Stirling to Glasgow Queen Streettrain
- Fly from Glasgow Airport (GLA) to London City Airport (LCY)plane GLA - LCY
- Take the train from Stratford (London) to Marks Teytrain
10h 16m£152–410Train, train to Glasgow Airport, fly to London Stansted Airport, bus
- Take the train from Inverness to Stirlingtrain
- Take the train from Stirling to Glasgow Queen Streettrain
- Fly from Glasgow Airport (GLA) to London Stansted Airport (STN)plane GLA - STN
- Take the bus from Coach Station to Railway Stationbus
10h 24m£81–264Train to Aberdeen Airport, fly to Norwich International Airport, train
- Take the train from Inverness to Aberdeentrain
- Fly from Aberdeen Airport (ABZ) to Norwich International Airport (NWI)plane ABZ - NWI
- Take the train from Norwich to Stowmarkettrain
10h£192–516
Inverness to Stanstead by train and bus
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Inverness to Stanstead is to train and bus and fly which costs £60 - £210 and takes 10h 28m.
The fastest way to get from Inverness to Stanstead is to fly and train which takes 7h 40m and costs £80 - £200.
The distance between Inverness and Stanstead is 570 miles. The road distance is 514.4 miles.
The best way to get from Inverness to Stanstead without a car is to train via Edinburgh which takes 10h 17m and costs £160 - £370.
It takes approximately 10h 17m to get from Inverness to Stanstead, including transfers.
Yes, the driving distance between Inverness to Stanstead is 514 miles. It takes approximately 9h 25m to drive from Inverness to Stanstead.
There are 451+ hotels available in Stanstead.
What companies run services between Inverness, Scotland and Stanstead, England?
You can take a train from Inverness to Stanstead via Edinburgh Waverley, Peterborough, and Bury St Edmunds in around 10h 17m.
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Inverness Dalcross Airport to London Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £24–90
Flights from Inverness Dalcross Airport to Luton Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £25–85
Flights from Glasgow Airport to London Stansted Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £24–100
Flights from Glasgow Airport to London Stansted Airport via Belfast (Aldergrove)
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 3m
- When
- Wednesday to Friday
- Estimated price
- £24–100
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to London Stansted Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 24m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £19–90
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to London Stansted Airport via Belfast (Aldergrove)
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 32m
- When
- Wednesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £19–90
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Inverness Dalcross Airport to London Heathrow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £45–220
Flights from Inverness Dalcross Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Manchester
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £140–480
Flights from Inverness Dalcross Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Belfast City
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £45–220
Flights from Glasgow Airport to London City Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 28m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £75–210
Flights from Aberdeen Airport to Norwich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £120–370
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Glasgow Airport to London Stansted Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £19–55
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to London Stansted Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £20–60
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to London Stansted Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 22m
- When
- Tuesday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- £40–70
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Inverness Dalcross Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £55–310
Flights from Glasgow Airport to London City Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- £50–310
- Website
- loganair.co.uk
Flights from Aberdeen Airport to Norwich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £120–370
- Phone
- +44 344 811 0141
- Website
- scotrail.co.uk
Train from Inverness to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 23m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £80–150
- Website
- https://www.scotrail.co.uk/
Train from Inverness to Stirling
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 47m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £65–120
- Website
- https://www.scotrail.co.uk/
Train from Stirling to Glasgow Queen Street
- Ave. Duration
- 36 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- £13–23
- Website
- https://www.scotrail.co.uk/
Train from Inverness to Perth
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 14m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £50–95
- Website
- https://www.scotrail.co.uk/
Train from Inverness to Aberdeen
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 12m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £45–85
- Website
- https://www.scotrail.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 330 060 0500
- enquiry@sleeper.scot
- Website
- sleeper.scot
Train from Inverness to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 11m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- £40–65
- Website
- https://www.sleeper.scot/
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Peterborough
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- £65–110
- Website
- https://www.sleeper.scot/
Train from Inverness to Peterborough
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 21m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- £100–180
- Website
- https://www.sleeper.scot/
Train from Inverness to Stirling
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 26m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- £30–55
- Website
- https://www.sleeper.scot/
Train from Inverness to Perth
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 38m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- £25–45
- Website
- https://www.sleeper.scot/
- Phone
- +44 345 722 5333
- customers@lner.co.uk
- Website
- lner.co.uk
Train from Inverness to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 22m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £50–80
- Website
- https://www.lner.co.uk/
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Peterborough
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 38m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £90–140
- Website
- https://www.lner.co.uk/
Train from Inverness to Peterborough
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 13m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £140–220
- Website
- https://www.lner.co.uk/
Train from Inverness to Stirling
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 36m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £40–65
- Website
- https://www.lner.co.uk/
Train from Inverness to Perth
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 2m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £30–55
- Website
- https://www.lner.co.uk/
Train from Peterborough to Bury St Edmunds
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 6m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £27–50
- Website
- https://www.greateranglia.co.uk/
Train from Stratford (London) to Marks Tey
- Ave. Duration
- 47 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £21–40
- Website
- https://www.greateranglia.co.uk/
Train from Marks Tey to Sudbury (Suffolk)
- Ave. Duration
- 20 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £5–10
- Website
- https://www.greateranglia.co.uk/
Train from Norwich to Stowmarket
- Ave. Duration
- 28 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £17–30
- Website
- https://www.greateranglia.co.uk/
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Sheffield
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 49m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £140–200
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
- Phone
- 03457 125 678
- Website
- eastmidlandsrailway.co.uk
Train from Sheffield to Thetford
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 3m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- £70–110
- Website
- https://www.eastmidlandsrailway.co.uk/
- Phone
- 0345 026 4700
- Website
- thameslinkrailway.com
Train from Gatwick Airport to London Bridge
- Ave. Duration
- 28 min
- Frequency
- Every 10 minutes
- Estimated price
- £13–25
- Website
- https://www.thameslinkrailway.com/
Train from Luton Airport Parkway to Farringdon
- Ave. Duration
- 37 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- £15–29
- Website
- https://www.thameslinkrailway.com/
- Phone
- +44 3451 27 29 20
- Website
- southernrailway.com
Train from Gatwick Airport to London Bridge
- Ave. Duration
- 32 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £13–28
- Website
- https://www.southernrailway.com/
- Phone
- +44 330 102 0801
- services@hedingham.co.uk
- Website
- hedinghamandchambers.co.uk
Bus from Bus Station to Stanway Close
- Ave. Duration
- 20 min
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- £2–3
- Website
- https://www.hedinghamandchambers.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 (0)131 510 4007
- ride@ember.to
- Website
- ember.to
Bus from Inverness Union Street to Haymarket
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £16–23
- Website
- https://www.ember.to/
Bus from Perth station to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 59 min
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- £7–11
- Website
- https://www.ember.to/
- Phone
- 08717 81 81 81
- Website
- nationalexpress.com
Bus from Coach Station to Railway Station
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £5–12
- Website
- https://www.nationalexpress.com/en
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