There are 9 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 45mTrain
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£28–142Bus
- Take the bus from Liverpool, Liverpool One to Buchanan Bus Station802 / ...
5h 35m£29–40Drive 209.4 mi
- Drive from Liverpool to Shotts209.4 mi
3h 35m£52–76Fly Liverpool to Glasgow Airport
- Fly from Liverpool (LPL) to Glasgow Airport (GLA)LPL - GLA
5h£72–203Line 310 bus, 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 Abington Service AreaM11
- Take the bus from Abington Service Area to Bus StationX74
- Take the bus from Bus Station to Easter Road266
8h 50mFly Liverpool to Edinburgh Airport, train
- Fly from Liverpool (LPL) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)LPL - EDI
- Take the train from Haymarket to Shotts
5h 44m£82–246Train 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 28m£46–165Train 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 52m£59–183
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 35m.
The fastest way to get from Liverpool to Shotts is to drive which takes 3h 35m and costs £50 - £75.
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 35m.
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 45m and costs .
It takes approximately 4h 45m 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 35m and costs £29 - £40. Alternatively, you can fly, which costs £70 - £210 and takes 5h, you could also train, which costs £27 - £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) twice daily.
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- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Liverpool to Glasgow Airport via Belfast (Aldergrove)
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 23m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £65–200
Flights from Liverpool to Glasgow Airport via Belfast City
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- £65–200
Flights from Liverpool to Glasgow Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- When
- Monday to Thursday
- Estimated price
- £65–200
Flights from Liverpool to Glasgow Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 35m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £65–200
Flights from Liverpool to Edinburgh Airport via Belfast (Aldergrove)
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 33m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- £55–180
Flights from Liverpool to Edinburgh Airport via Belfast City
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £55–180
Flights from Liverpool to Edinburgh Airport via Derry
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £55–180
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Glasgow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £22–80
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Glasgow Airport via Belfast (Aldergrove)
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- £22–80
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £25–85
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Belfast (Aldergrove)
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £25–85
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Liverpool to Glasgow Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £55–150
Flights from Liverpool to Edinburgh Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 17m
- When
- Friday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £60–170
Flights from Liverpool to Edinburgh Airport via Cork
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £60–170
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Glasgow Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 7m
- When
- Monday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £55–100
- Website
- aerlingus.com
Flights from Liverpool to Edinburgh Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £65–180
- 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
- £6–19
- 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
- £2–12
- 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
- £8–19
- Website
- https://www.tpexpress.co.uk/
Train from Preston to Motherwell
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 17m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £35–95
- 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
- £30–120
- 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
- £19–110
- 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
- £35–55
- 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
- 46 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £8–22
- Website
- https://www.scotrail.co.uk/
- Standard
- £8–12
- 1st Class
- £15–22
- 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
- 55 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Website
- https://www.firstbus.co.uk/greater-glasgow
Bus from Bus Station to Easter Road
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 7m
- Frequency
- Every 15 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 15m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £2–4
- Website
- https://www.stagecoachbus.com/about/merseyside-and-south-lancashire
- Phone
- 0141 352 4444
- enquiries@megabus.com
- Website
- uk.megabus.com
Bus from Bus Station to Abington Service Area
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £14–20
- Website
- https://uk.megabus.com
Bus from Abington Service Area to Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 39 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £4–7
- Website
- https://www.stagecoachbus.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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