There are 10 ways to get from Liverpool to Shotts by train, bus, car, or plane
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Train, line 266 bus
best- Take the train from Liverpool Lime Street to Preston
- Take the train from Preston to Motherwell
- Take the bus from Pollock Street to Easter Road266
4h 47mTrain
cheapest- Take the train from Liverpool Lime Street to Wigan North WesternLiverpool Lime Street - Wigan North Western / ...
- Take the train from Wigan North Western to Glasgow CentralLondon Euston - Glasgow Central / ...
4h 52m£28–141Bus
- Take the bus from Liverpool, Liverpool One to Buchanan Bus Station802 / ...
5h 38m£29–40Drive 209.4 mi
- Drive from Liverpool to Shotts209.4 mi
3h 35m£53–76Fly Liverpool to Glasgow Airport
- Fly from Liverpool (LPL) to Glasgow Airport (GLA)LPL - GLA
5h 2m£72–213Line 310 bus, bus, line 240 bus, line 266 bus
- Take the bus from Leeds Street to Bus Station310
- Take the bus from Bus Station to Bus Station2A
- Take the bus from Bus Station to Buchanan Bus Station
- Take the bus from Buchanan Bus Station to Pollock Street240
- Take the bus from Pollock Street to Easter Road266
10h 23mFly Liverpool to Edinburgh Airport, train
- Fly from Liverpool (LPL) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)LPL - EDI
- Take the train from Haymarket to Shotts
5h 47m£82–246Train to Manchester Airport, fly to Edinburgh Airport, train
- Take the train from Liverpool Lime Street to Manchester Piccadilly
- Fly from Manchester Airport (MAN) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)MAN - EDI
- Take the train from Haymarket to Shotts
6h 35m£78–209Train to Birmingham Airport, fly to Glasgow Airport
- Take the train from Liverpool Lime Street to Birmingham New Street
- Fly from Birmingham Airport (BHX) to Glasgow Airport (GLA)BHX - GLA
5h 24m£46–166Train to Birmingham Airport, fly to Edinburgh Airport, train
- Take the train from Liverpool Lime Street to Birmingham New Street
- Fly from Birmingham Airport (BHX) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)BHX - EDI
- Take the train from Haymarket to Shotts
5h 49m£58–189
Liverpool (LPL) to Glasgow Airport (GLA) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Liverpool to Shotts is to bus which costs £29 - £40 and takes 5h 38m.
The fastest way to get from Liverpool to Shotts is to drive which takes 3h 35m and costs £50 - £80.
No, there is no direct bus from Liverpool to Shotts. However, there are services departing from Liverpool, Liverpool One and arriving at King Street via Buchanan Bus Station and Kirk Road Service Station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 5h 38m.
No, there is no direct train from Liverpool to Shotts. However, there are services departing from Liverpool Lime Street and arriving at Shotts via Wigan North Western and Glasgow Central. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 4h 52m.
The distance between Liverpool and Shotts is 228 miles. The road distance is 210.6 miles.
The best way to get from Liverpool to Shotts without a car is to train and line 266 bus which takes 4h 47m and costs .
It takes approximately 4h 47m to get from Liverpool to Shotts, including transfers.
Liverpool to Shotts bus services, operated by National Express, depart from Liverpool, Liverpool One station.
Liverpool to Shotts train services, operated by Northern Trains Limited, depart from Liverpool Lime Street station.
The best way to get from Liverpool to Shotts is to bus which takes 5h 38m and costs £29 - £40. Alternatively, you can fly, which costs £70 - £220 and takes 5h 2m, you could also train, which costs £28 - £150 and takes 4h 52m.
What companies run services between Liverpool, England and Shotts, Scotland?
National Express operates a bus from Liverpool, Liverpool One to Buchanan Bus Station once daily. Tickets cost £29–40 and the journey takes 4h. Alternatively, easyJet and Ryanair fly from Liverpool (LPL) to Glasgow Airport (GLA) once daily.
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Liverpool to Glasgow Airport via Belfast (Aldergrove)
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 26m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £65–160
Flights from Liverpool to Glasgow Airport via Belfast City
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- £65–160
Flights from Liverpool to Glasgow Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- £65–160
Flights from Liverpool to Glasgow Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 35m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £65–160
Flights from Liverpool to Edinburgh Airport via Belfast (Aldergrove)
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 47m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- £60–160
Flights from Liverpool to Edinburgh Airport via Belfast City
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £60–160
Flights from Liverpool to Edinburgh Airport via Derry
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £60–160
Flights from Manchester Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Belfast (Aldergrove)
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 46m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £55–170
Flights from Manchester Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Belfast City
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 40m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- £55–170
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Glasgow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £23–95
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Glasgow Airport via Belfast (Aldergrove)
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- £23–95
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £25–90
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Belfast (Aldergrove)
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 2m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £25–90
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Liverpool to Glasgow Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £55–160
Flights from Liverpool to Edinburgh Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 17m
- When
- Friday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £60–160
Flights from Liverpool to Edinburgh Airport via Cork
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £60–160
Flights from Manchester Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 53m
- When
- Friday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £55–130
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Glasgow Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £55–110
- Website
- aerlingus.com
Flights from Liverpool to Edinburgh Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £65–210
Flights from Manchester Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Belfast City
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 16m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £60–140
Flights from Manchester Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 48m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £60–140
- Website
- loganair.co.uk
Flights from Manchester Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Isle Of Man
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £85–290
Flights from Manchester Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Southampton
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £100–370
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- £55–120
- Phone
- +44 800 200 6060
- enquiries@northernrailway.co.uk
- Website
- northernrailway.co.uk
Train from Liverpool Lime Street to Preston
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £6–20
- Website
- https://www.northernrailway.co.uk/
Train from Liverpool Lime Street to Wigan North Western
- Ave. Duration
- 47 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £3–12
- Website
- https://www.northernrailway.co.uk/
Train from Liverpool Lime Street to Manchester Piccadilly
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 2m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £3–13
- Website
- https://www.northernrailway.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 345 600 1671
- tpecustomer.relations@tpexpress.co.uk
- Website
- tpexpress.co.uk
Train from Liverpool Lime Street to Preston
- Ave. Duration
- 43 min
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- £6–19
- Website
- https://www.tpexpress.co.uk/
Train from Preston to Motherwell
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 17m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £40–95
- Website
- https://www.tpexpress.co.uk/
Train from Liverpool Lime Street to Wigan North Western
- Ave. Duration
- 28 min
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- £6–13
- Website
- https://www.tpexpress.co.uk/
Train from Wigan North Western to Glasgow Central
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 49m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- £35–120
- Website
- https://www.tpexpress.co.uk/
Train from Liverpool Lime Street to Manchester Piccadilly
- Ave. Duration
- 52 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £5–18
- Website
- https://www.tpexpress.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 345 528 0253
- Website
- avantiwestcoast.co.uk
Train from Preston to Motherwell
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 8m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £26–110
- Website
- https://www.avantiwestcoast.co.uk/
Train from Wigan North Western to Glasgow Central
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £17–120
- Website
- https://www.avantiwestcoast.co.uk/
Train from Liverpool Lime Street to Birmingham New Street
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 38m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- £40–55
- Website
- https://www.avantiwestcoast.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 330 060 0500
- enquiry@sleeper.scot
- Website
- sleeper.scot
Train from Preston to Motherwell
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- 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
Train from Wigan North Western to Glasgow Central
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- £60–80
- Website
- https://www.sleeper.scot/
- Sleeper Berth Classic
- £210–230
- Sleeper Seat
- £60–80
- Sleeper Berth Club Solo
- £260–310
- Phone
- +44 344 811 0141
- Website
- scotrail.co.uk
Train from Haymarket to Shotts
- Ave. Duration
- 47 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £8–22
- Website
- https://www.scotrail.co.uk/
- Standard
- £8–12
- 1st Class
- £15–22
- Phone
- 03457 125 678
- Website
- eastmidlandsrailway.co.uk
Train from Liverpool Lime Street to Manchester Piccadilly
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £4–21
- Website
- https://www.eastmidlandsrailway.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 333 311 0039
- contact.wmr@wmtrains.co.uk
- Website
- westmidlandsrailway.co.uk
Train from Liverpool Lime Street to Birmingham New Street
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £12–55
- Website
- https://www.westmidlandsrailway.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 141 420 7600
- Website
- firstbus.co.uk
Bus from Pollock Street to Easter Road
- Ave. Duration
- 53 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Website
- https://www.firstbus.co.uk/greater-glasgow
Bus from Buchanan Bus Station to Pollock Street
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 10 minutes
- Website
- https://www.firstbus.co.uk/greater-glasgow
- Phone
- 08717 81 81 81
- Website
- nationalexpress.com
Bus from Liverpool, Liverpool One to Buchanan Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £29–40
- Website
- https://www.nationalexpress.com/en
- Phone
- 0344 800 4411
- Website
- arrivabus.co.uk
Bus from Leeds Street to Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 9m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £2–4
- Website
- https://www.arrivabus.co.uk/north-west/
Bus from Bus Station to Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 18m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £2–4
- Website
- https://www.stagecoachbus.com/about/merseyside-and-south-lancashire
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Bus Station to Buchanan Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £11–35
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- 0141 352 4444
- enquiries@megabus.com
- Website
- uk.megabus.com
Bus from Bus Station to Buchanan Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £15–22
- Website
- https://uk.megabus.com
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More Questions & Answers
Liverpool to Shotts bus services, operated by National Express, arrive at Buchanan Bus Station.
Liverpool to Shotts train services, operated by Northern Trains Limited, arrive at Wigan North Western station.
Yes, the driving distance between Liverpool to Shotts is 211 miles. It takes approximately 3h 35m to drive from Liverpool to Shotts.
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