There are 9 ways to get from Lanark to Manchester by train, bus, car, or plane
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Train via Preston
best- Take the train from Motherwell to PrestonGlasgow Central - Rugby / ...
- Take the train from Preston to Manchester Oxford RoadBlackpool North - Manchester Piccadilly / ...
4h 6m£29–141Bus
- Take the bus from Wellgate to Buchanan Bus Station240X
- Take the bus from Buchanan Bus Station to Shudehill InterchangeUkn30 / ...
5h 31mDrive 192.1 mi
- Drive from Lanark to Manchester192.1 mi
3h 15m£47–68Train to Glasgow Airport, fly to Manchester Airport
- Take the train from Lanark to Glasgow Central
- Fly from Glasgow Airport (GLA) to Manchester Airport (MAN)GLA - MAN
5h 4m£62–136Train
- Take the train from Carstairs to Manchester PiccadillyGlasgow Central - Manchester Airport
4h 8m£35–85Bus via Bus Station
- Take the bus from Bus Station to Manchester Central Coach Station590 / ...
6h 41m£30–50Bus to Edinburgh Airport, fly to Manchester Airport
- Take the bus from Wellgate to Bus Terminal
- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Manchester Airport (MAN)EDI - MAN
5h 57mBus to Edinburgh Airport, fly to Liverpool, train
- Take the bus from Wellgate to Bus Terminal
- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Liverpool (LPL)EDI - LPL
- Take the train from Liverpool South Parkway to Manchester Piccadilly
6h 32mTrain to Glasgow Airport, fly to Birmingham Airport, train
- Take the train from Lanark to Glasgow Central
- Fly from Glasgow Airport (GLA) to Birmingham Airport (BHX)GLA - BHX
- Take the train from Birmingham International to Manchester Piccadilly
6h 5m£58–155
Lanark to Manchester by train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Lanark to Manchester is to bus via Bus Station which costs £30 - £50 and takes 6h 41m.
The fastest way to get from Lanark to Manchester is to drive which takes 3h 15m and costs £45 - £70.
No, there is no direct bus from Lanark to Manchester. However, there are services departing from Wellgate and arriving at Shudehill Interchange via Buchanan Bus Station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 5h 31m.
No, there is no direct train from Lanark to Manchester. However, there are services departing from Lanark and arriving at Manchester Oxford Road via Motherwell and Preston. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 4h 6m.
The distance between Lanark and Manchester is 226 miles. The road distance is 193.2 miles.
The best way to get from Lanark to Manchester without a car is to train via Preston which takes 4h 6m and costs £29 - £150.
It takes approximately 4h 6m to get from Lanark to Manchester, including transfers.
Lanark to Manchester bus services, operated by Stuarts Coaches UK, depart from Wellgate station.
Lanark to Manchester train services, operated by Avanti West Coast, depart from Motherwell station.
The best way to get from Lanark to Manchester is to train via Preston which takes 4h 6m and costs £29 - £150. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs and takes 5h 31m.
What companies run services between Lanark, Scotland and Manchester, England?
You can take a train from Lanark to Manchester Oxford Road via Motherwell and Preston in around 4h 6m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Wellgate to Shudehill Interchange via Buchanan Bus Station in around 5h 31m.
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Manchester Airport via Belfast (Aldergrove)
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 18m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £50–130
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Manchester Airport via Belfast (Aldergrove)
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 26m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £50–190
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Manchester Airport via Belfast City
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 50m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £50–190
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Liverpool via Belfast (Aldergrove)
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £55–200
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Birmingham Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £21–70
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Birmingham Airport via Belfast (Aldergrove)
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 51m
- When
- Friday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- £21–70
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Manchester Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 41m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £100–190
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Manchester Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 31m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £45–110
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Manchester Airport via Belfast City
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £50–200
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Manchester Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 8m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £50–200
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Manchester Airport via Southampton
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 13m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- £100–370
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Liverpool via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- £65–270
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Manchester Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £50–110
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Manchester Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 16m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £50–130
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Manchester Airport via Knock
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- £50–130
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Liverpool via Knock
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Wednesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £50–160
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Liverpool via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- £50–160
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Liverpool via Cork
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- £50–160
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Birmingham Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £55–95
- Website
- aerlingus.com
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Manchester Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 31m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £45–110
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Manchester Airport via Belfast City
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £50–200
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Manchester Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 8m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £50–200
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Liverpool via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £65–270
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Birmingham Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £35–160
- Website
- loganair.co.uk
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Manchester Airport via Southampton
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 13m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- £100–370
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Manchester Airport via Belfast (Aldergrove)
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- £50–110
- Phone
- +44 345 528 0253
- Website
- avantiwestcoast.co.uk
Train from Motherwell to Preston
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 8m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £16–110
- Website
- https://www.avantiwestcoast.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 345 600 1671
- tpecustomer.relations@tpexpress.co.uk
- Website
- tpexpress.co.uk
Train from Motherwell to Preston
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 21m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £35–95
- Website
- https://www.tpexpress.co.uk/
Train from Preston to Manchester Oxford Road
- Ave. Duration
- 40 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £9–25
- Website
- https://www.tpexpress.co.uk/
Train from Carstairs to Manchester Piccadilly
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 51m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- £35–85
- Website
- https://www.tpexpress.co.uk/
- Standard
- £35–50
- 1st Class
- £70–85
Train from Liverpool South Parkway to Manchester Piccadilly
- Ave. Duration
- 41 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £8–21
- Website
- https://www.tpexpress.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 330 060 0500
- enquiry@sleeper.scot
- Website
- sleeper.scot
Train from Motherwell to Preston
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 8m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- £60–80
- Website
- https://www.sleeper.scot/
- Sleeper Berth Classic
- £210–230
- Sleeper Seat
- £60–80
- Sleeper Berth Club Solo
- £260–300
- Phone
- +44 800 200 6060
- enquiries@northernrailway.co.uk
- Website
- northernrailway.co.uk
Train from Preston to Manchester Oxford Road
- Ave. Duration
- 51 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £7–25
- Website
- https://www.northernrailway.co.uk/
Train from Liverpool South Parkway to Manchester Piccadilly
- Ave. Duration
- 45 min
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- £7–21
- Website
- https://www.northernrailway.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 344 811 0141
- Website
- scotrail.co.uk
Train from Lanark to Glasgow Central
- Ave. Duration
- 51 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £10–11
- Website
- https://www.scotrail.co.uk/
- Phone
- 03457 125 678
- Website
- eastmidlandsrailway.co.uk
Train from Liverpool South Parkway to Manchester Piccadilly
- Ave. Duration
- 39 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £6–21
- Website
- https://www.eastmidlandsrailway.co.uk/
Train from Birmingham International to Manchester Piccadilly
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 48m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £25–65
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
- Phone
- 03333 211 202
- Website
- tfw.wales
Train from Birmingham International to Manchester Piccadilly
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 12m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- £35–50
- Website
- https://tfw.wales/
- Anytime Day Single
- £35–50
- Phone
- +44 141 332 6811
- enquiry@spt.co.uk
- Website
- spt.co.uk
Bus from Wellgate to Buchanan Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 6m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- http://www.spt.co.uk/
Bus from Wellgate to Bus Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- http://www.spt.co.uk/
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Buchanan Bus Station to Shudehill Interchange
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £15–40
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- 08717 81 81 81
- Website
- nationalexpress.com
Bus from Bus Station to Manchester Central Coach Station
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £30–50
- Website
- https://www.nationalexpress.com/en
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More Questions & Answers
Lanark to Manchester bus services, operated by Stuarts Coaches UK, arrive at Buchanan Bus Station.
Lanark to Manchester train services, operated by Avanti West Coast, arrive at Preston station.
Yes, the driving distance between Lanark to Manchester is 193 miles. It takes approximately 3h 15m to drive from Lanark to Manchester.
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