There are 6 ways to get from Lanark to Manchester by train, bus, car or plane
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Recommended option
Train
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Take the train from Motherwell to Preston
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Take the train from Preston to Manchester Oxford Road
Cheapest option
Bus
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Take the bus from Hamilton, Scotland to Manchester Coach Station, Chorlton St
4 alternative options
Drive
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Drive from Lanark to Manchester
Train to Glasgow, fly to Manchester
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Take the train from Lanark to Glasgow Central
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Fly from Glasgow (GLA) to Manchester (MAN)
Train to Edinburgh, fly to Manchester
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Take the train from Carstairs to Haymarket
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Fly from Edinburgh (EDI) to Manchester (MAN)
Train to Glasgow, fly to Birmingham, train
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Take the train from Lanark to Glasgow Central
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Fly from Glasgow (GLA) to Birmingham (BHX)
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Take the train from Birmingham International to Manchester Piccadilly
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Questions & Answers
The most affordable way to get from Lanark to Manchester is to bus, which costs £28 - £40 and takes 6h 47m.
The quickest way to get from Lanark to Manchester is to drive which costs £50 - £80 and takes 3h 17m.
No, there is no direct bus from Lanark to Manchester station. However, there are services departing from Wellgate and arriving at Manchester Coach Station, Chorlton St via Hamilton, Scotland. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 6h 47m.
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 3h 49m.
The distance between Lanark and Manchester is 165 miles. The road distance is 195.9 miles.
The best way to get from Lanark to Manchester without a car is to train which takes 3h 49m and costs £65 - £270.
It takes approximately 3h 49m to get from Lanark to Manchester, including transfers.
Lanark to Manchester bus services, operated by National Express, depart from Hamilton, Scotland 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 which takes 3h 49m and costs £65 - £270. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs £28 - £40 and takes 6h 47m.
- Distance: 164.5 miles
- Duration: 3h 49m
What companies run services between Lanark, Scotland and Manchester, England?
You can take a train from Lanark to Manchester via Motherwell and Preston in around 3h 49m. Alternatively, National Express operates a bus from Hamilton, Scotland to Manchester Coach Station, Chorlton St twice daily. Tickets cost £28 - £40 and the journey takes 4h 50m.
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Glasgow to Manchester via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £150 - £350
Flights from Glasgow to Manchester via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 19m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £75 - £340
Flights from Edinburgh to Manchester via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £160 - £350
Flights from Edinburgh to Manchester via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 33m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £70 - £340
Flights from Edinburgh to Manchester via Isle Of Man
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £120 - £600
Flights from Glasgow to Birmingham via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £140 - £340
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Glasgow to Manchester via Belfast (Aldergrove)
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Monday, Friday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £55 - £190
Flights from Glasgow to Manchester via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £55 - £190
Flights from Glasgow to Manchester via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 25m
- When
- Wednesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- £55 - £190
Flights from Edinburgh to Manchester via Belfast (Aldergrove)
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 33m
- When
- Friday, Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £55 - £230
Flights from Edinburgh to Manchester via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- £55 - £230
Flights from Glasgow to Birmingham
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £26 - £120
Flights from Glasgow to Birmingham via Belfast (Aldergrove)
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £26 - £120
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Glasgow to Manchester via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 43m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £22 - £160
Flights from Edinburgh to Manchester via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £24 - £150
Flights from Edinburgh to Manchester via Cork
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- £24 - £150
Flights from Edinburgh to Manchester via Charleroi
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- £24 - £150
Flights from Edinburgh to Manchester via Beauvais
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Monday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- £24 - £150
Flights from Edinburgh to Manchester via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- £24 - £150
Flights from Glasgow to Birmingham via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- £24 - £190
- Website
- aerlingus.com
Flights from Glasgow to Manchester via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £150 - £350
Flights from Edinburgh to Manchester via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £160 - £350
Flights from Glasgow to Birmingham via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £140 - £340
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Glasgow to Manchester via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £160 - £700
Flights from Edinburgh to Manchester via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 32m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £150 - £650
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Glasgow to Manchester via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £270 - £850
Flights from Edinburgh to Manchester via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £320 - £1,100
- Website
- loganair.co.uk
Flights from Edinburgh to Manchester via Isle Of Man
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £120 - £600
Flights from Edinburgh to Manchester via Newquay
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £120 - £600
- Website
- jet2.com
Flights from Glasgow to Manchester via Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 55m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £80 - £250
- Website
- brusselsairlines.com
Flights from Edinburgh to Manchester via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £210 - £440
- Phone
- 0344 556 5650
- Website
- avantiwestcoast.co.uk
Train from Motherwell to Preston
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- £65 - £230
- Website
- avantiwestcoast.co.uk
- Anytime Day Single
- £65 - £90
- Anytime Day Single 1st Class
- £170 - £230
- Phone
- +44 345 600 1671
- tpecustomer.relations@firstgroup.com
- Website
- tpexpress.co.uk
Train from Motherwell to Preston
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 21m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £50 - £85
- Website
- TransPennine Express Service
- Advance Single
- £21 - £30
- Off-Peak Day Single
- £40 - £65
- Anytime Day Single
- £50 - £85
Train from Preston to Manchester Oxford Road
- Ave. Duration
- 32 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £14 - £22
- Website
- TransPennine Express Service
- Advance Single
- £8 - £12
- Off-Peak Day Single
- £10 - £16
- Anytime Day Single
- £14 - £22
- 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
- £12 - £21
- Website
- northernrailway.co.uk
- Anytime Day
- £12 - £16
- Anytime Day 1st Class
- £15 - £21
- Phone
- +44 344 811 0141
- customer.relations@scotrail.co.uk
- Website
- scotrail.co.uk
Train from Lanark to Glasgow Central
- Ave. Duration
- 51 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £6 - £19
- Website
- First ScotRail Service
- Anytime Day Single
- £6 - £10
- Anytime Day Single 1st Class
- £14 - £19
Train from Carstairs to Haymarket
- Ave. Duration
- 24 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- £6 - £18
- Website
- First ScotRail Service
- Anytime Day Single
- £6 - £9
- Anytime Day Single 1st Class
- £13 - £18
- Phone
- 0344 736 9123
- customer.relations@crosscountrytrains.co.uk
- Website
- crosscountrytrains.co.uk
Train from Birmingham International to Manchester Piccadilly
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 48m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £45 - £160
- Website
- crosscountrytrains.co.uk
- Anytime Day
- £45 - £60
- Anytime Day 1st Class
- £100 - £160
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- Website
- tfw.wales
Train from Birmingham International to Manchester Piccadilly
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 13m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- £45 - £65
- Website
- Transport for Wales
National Express Coaches are a quick and convenient way of travelling around the UK. Over 550 National Express coaches run on Britain's roads every day, serving over 900 destinations across the UK. National Express Coaches carry around 19 million passenger journeys every year. For added convenience, National Express operate coach services to all major UK airports 24 hours per day, and is on its way to being 100% wheelchair accessible. The company also has a 24-hour control centre that receives a GPS signal to update on location, speed and the temperature inside coaches, ensuring the smoothest journey possible.
Contact Details
- Phone
- +44 08717 818178
- Website
- nationalexpress.com
Bus from Hamilton, Scotland to Manchester Coach Station, Chorlton St
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £28 - £40
- Website
- National Express
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More Questions & Answers
There is no direct flight from Glasgow Airport to Manchester Airport. The quickest flight takes 2h 30m and has one stopover.
Lanark to Manchester bus services, operated by National Express, arrive at Manchester Coach Station, Chorlton St.
Lanark to Manchester train services, operated by TransPennine Express Service, arrive at Manchester Oxford Road station.
Yes, the driving distance between Lanark to Manchester is 196 miles. It takes approximately 3h 17m to drive from Lanark to Manchester.
Jet2.com, Aer Lingus, Lufthansa and four other airlines offer flights from Glasgow Airport to Manchester Airport.
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