There are 9 ways to get from Kilkenny to Inverness by bus, plane, busferry, car, car ferry, or train
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Bus to Dublin Airport, fly to Inverness Dalcross Airport
best- Take the bus from Kilkenny MacDonagh Station to Red Cow Luas
- Fly from Dublin Airport (DUB) to Inverness Dalcross Airport (INV)DUB - INV
8h 27m£88–214Bus to Dublin Airport, fly to Glasgow Airport, train
cheapest- Take the bus from Kilkenny MacDonagh Station to Red Cow Luas
- Fly from Dublin Airport (DUB) to Glasgow Airport (GLA)DUB - GLA
- Take the train from Glasgow Queen Street to Perth
- Take the train from Perth to Inverness
10h 1m£56–207Bus, bus and ferry via Dublin
- Take the bus from Kilkenny MacDonagh Station to Red Cow Luas717
- Take the bus from Dublin Airport Terminal 1 Zone 2 to Europa Bus Centre
- Take the busferry from Belfast, Europa Buscentre to Glasgow Buchanan923
- Take the bus from Buchanan Bus Station to Union StreetE8
15h 25mDrive, car ferry
- Drive from Kilkenny to Belfast
- Take the car ferry from Belfast to Cairnryan
- Drive from Cairnryan to Inverness
10h 9m£128–197Train, train to George Best Belfast City Airport, fly to Inverness Dalcross Airport
- Take the train from Kilkenny to Dublin Heuston
- Take the train from Dublin Connolly to Belfast Grand Central
- Fly from George Best Belfast City Airport (BHD) to Inverness Dalcross Airport (INV)BHD - INV
8h 14m£113–274Bus to Dublin Airport, fly to Aberdeen Airport, train
- Take the bus from Kilkenny MacDonagh Station to Red Cow Luas
- Fly from Dublin Airport (DUB) to Aberdeen Airport (ABZ)DUB - ABZ
- Take the train from Aberdeen to Inverness
8h 59m£77–239Bus to Dublin Airport, fly to Edinburgh Airport, bus, train
- Take the bus from Kilkenny MacDonagh Station to Red Cow Luas
- Fly from Dublin Airport (DUB) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)DUB - EDI
- Take the bus from Airport to Leonard Street
- Take the train from Perth to Inverness
9h 44mBus to Cork Airport, fly to Edinburgh Airport, bus, train
- Take the bus from Ormonde Road to Cork Anderson's Quay
- Fly from Cork Airport (ORK) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)ORK - EDI
- Take the bus from Airport to Leonard Street
- Take the train from Perth to Inverness
11h 23mBus, bus and ferry
- Take the bus from Kilkenny MacDonagh Station to Dublin Airport Zone 16717
- Take the bus from Dublin Airport T1 to Grand Central Bus Stand 11X1 / ...
- Take the busferry from Belfast, Europa Buscentre to Glasgow Buchanan923
- Take the bus from Buchanan Bus Station to Bus Station Stance 3M10
15h 52m
Dublin Airport (DUB) to Inverness Dalcross Airport (INV) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Kilkenny to Inverness is to bus and fly and train which costs £55 - £210 and takes 10h 1m.
The fastest way to get from Kilkenny to Inverness is to train and fly which takes 8h 14m and costs £110 - £280.
No, there is no direct bus from Kilkenny station to Inverness. However, there are services departing from Kilkenny MacDonagh Station and arriving at Union Street via Red Cow Luas, Dublin Airport Terminal 1 Zone 2, Belfast, Europa Buscentre and Buchanan Bus Station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 15h 25m.
The distance between Kilkenny and Inverness is 391 miles.
The best way to get from Kilkenny to Inverness without a car is to bus and bus and ferry via Dublin which takes 15h 25m and costs .
It takes approximately 8h 27m to get from Kilkenny to Inverness, including transfers.
Kilkenny to Inverness bus services, operated by J.J.Kavanagh & Sons, depart from Kilkenny MacDonagh Station.
Kilkenny to Inverness bus services, operated by J.J.Kavanagh & Sons, arrive at Red Cow Luas station.
There are 1214+ hotels available in Inverness.
What companies run services between Kilkenny, IE-KK, Ireland and Inverness, Scotland?
There is no direct connection from Kilkenny to Inverness. However, you can take the bus to Red Cow Luas, take the line 726 bus to Dublin Airport Zone 16, walk to Dublin Airport (DUB) airport, fly to Inverness Dalcross Airport (INV), walk to Terminal Building, take the bus to Inverness Airport station, walk to Inverness Airport Station, then take the train to Inverness. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Kilkenny MacDonagh Station to Union Street via Red Cow Luas, Dublin Airport Zone 16, Dublin Airport Terminal 1 Zone 2, Europa Bus Centre, Belfast, Europa Buscentre, Glasgow Buchanan, and Buchanan Bus Station in around 15h 25m.
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Dublin Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £25–110
Flights from Dublin Airport to Glasgow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £24–110
Flights from Cork Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £25–110
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Dublin Airport to Inverness Dalcross Airport via Manchester
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 6m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £110–440
Flights from Dublin Airport to Inverness Dalcross Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Monday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £80–180
Flights from George Best Belfast City Airport to Inverness Dalcross Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £75–220
Flights from Dublin Airport to Aberdeen Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £40–140
Flights from Dublin Airport to Aberdeen Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 53m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £95–150
Flights from Dublin Airport to Aberdeen Airport via Bristol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £50–140
Flights from Dublin Airport to Aberdeen Airport via Manchester
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Monday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £50–140
Flights from Dublin Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 18m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £30–110
Flights from Dublin Airport to Glasgow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £29–100
- Website
- aerlingus.com
Flights from Dublin Airport to Aberdeen Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £40–120
Flights from Dublin Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 18m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £30–110
Flights from Dublin Airport to Glasgow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £29–100
- Website
- loganair.co.uk
Flights from Dublin Airport to Inverness Dalcross Airport via Manchester
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- £110–440
Flights from George Best Belfast City Airport to Inverness Dalcross Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £75–220
Flights from Dublin Airport to Aberdeen Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £50–140
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Dublin Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- When
- Tuesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £28–120
Flights from Cork Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- £45–110
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Dublin Airport to Inverness Dalcross Airport via London Luton
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £65–160
Flights from Dublin Airport to Inverness Dalcross Airport via Bristol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £65–160
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Dublin Airport to Inverness Dalcross Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £60–300
- Phone
- +353 1 836 6222
- info@irishrail.ie
- Website
- irishrail.ie
Train from Kilkenny to Dublin Heuston
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 32m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £10–15
- Website
- https://www.irishrail.ie/en-ie/
- Flexible
- £10–15
Train from Dublin Connolly to Belfast Grand Central
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 8m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £13–20
- Website
- https://www.irishrail.ie/en-ie/
- Flexible
- £13–20
- Phone
- +44 28 9066 6630
- Website
- translink.co.uk
Train from Dublin Connolly to Belfast Grand Central
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 8m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £17–25
- Website
- https://www.translink.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 344 811 0141
- Website
- scotrail.co.uk
Train from Aberdeen to Inverness
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 12m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £16–45
- Website
- https://www.scotrail.co.uk/
Train from Perth to Inverness
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 23m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- £16–40
- Website
- https://www.scotrail.co.uk/
Train from Glasgow Queen Street to Perth
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 11m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £13–23
- 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
- £13–17
- 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
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £60–80
- Website
- https://www.sleeper.scot/
- Sleeper Berth Classic
- £210–230
- Sleeper Seat
- £60–80
- Sleeper Berth Club Solo
- £240–280
- Phone
- +353 818 333 222
- info@jjkavanagh.ie
- Website
- jjkavanagh.ie
Bus from Kilkenny MacDonagh Station to Red Cow Luas
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £10–14
- Website
- https://jjkavanagh.ie/
Bus from Kilkenny MacDonagh Station to Dublin Airport Zone 16
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £11–15
- Website
- https://jjkavanagh.ie/
- Phone
- +353 (0)1 465 9972
- info@dublincoach.ie
- Website
- dublincoach.ie
Bus from Kilkenny MacDonagh Station to Red Cow Luas
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £10–15
- Website
- https://www.dublincoach.ie/
Bus from Ormonde Road to Cork Anderson's Quay
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £13–19
- Website
- https://www.dublincoach.ie/
- Phone
- +353 0 1 844 7118
- info@aircoach.ie
- Website
- aircoach.ie
Bus from Dublin Airport Terminal 1 Zone 2 to Europa Bus Centre
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £13–18
- Website
- https://www.aircoach.ie/
- Phone
- +44 28 9066 6630
- Website
- translink.co.uk
Busferry from Belfast, Europa Buscentre to Glasgow Buchanan
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 5m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Website
- https://www.translink.co.uk/
Bus from Dublin Airport T1 to Grand Central Bus Stand 11
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Website
- https://www.translink.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 (0)131 510 4007
- ride@ember.to
- Website
- ember.to
Bus from Buchanan Bus Station to Union Street
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 22m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- https://www.ember.to/
Bus from Airport to Leonard Street
- Ave. Duration
- 49 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- https://www.ember.to/
- Phone
- 0141 352 4444
- info@citylink.co.uk
- Website
- citylink.co.uk
Bus from Buchanan Bus Station to Bus Station Stance 3
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £24–35
- Website
- https://www.citylink.co.uk/
- Phone
- 0141 352 4444
- enquiries@megabus.com
- Website
- uk.megabus.com
Bus from Buchanan Bus Station to Bus Station Stance 3
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- £15–21
- Website
- https://uk.megabus.com
- Phone
- +44 844 770 7070
- info.se@stenaline.com
- Website
- stenaline.dk
Car ferry from Belfast to Cairnryan
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 22m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £30–50
- Website
- https://www.stenalinetravel.com/
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