There are 12 ways to get from Lowestoft to Ayr by train, bus, car, or plane
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Train
best- Take the train from Norwich to Peterboroughtrain
- Take the train from Peterborough to Edinburgh Waverleytrain
- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to Glasgow Centraltrain
- Take the train from Glasgow Central to Ayrtrain
10h 33m£166–301Bus
cheapest- Take the bus from Waveney Chambers to Bus Stationbus X22 / ...
- Take the bus from Norwich to Birmingham - Great Charles Street Queenswaybus
- Take the bus from Newhall St to Buchanan Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Buchanan Bus Station to Ayr Bus Stationbus X77
15h 1m£53–89Drive 396.7 mi
- Drive from Lowestoft to Ayrcar 396.7 mi
7h 16m£98–141Train to London Stansted Airport, fly to Glasgow Airport, train
- Take the train from Norwich to Stansted Airporttrain
- Fly from London Stansted Airport (STN) to Glasgow Airport (GLA)plane STN - GLA
- Take the train from Paisley Gilmour Street to Ayrtrain
7h 36m£97–249Train via Manchester
- Take the train from Norwich to Manchester Piccadillytrain
- Take the train from Manchester Piccadilly to Carlisletrain
- Take the train from Carlisle to Auchinlecktrain
13h 4m£184–326Train via Sheffield
- Take the train from Norwich to Sheffieldtrain
- Take the train from Sheffield to Carlisletrain
- Take the train from Carlisle to Auchinlecktrain
13h 55m£184–331Train to London City Airport, fly to Glasgow Airport, train
- Take the train from Norwich to Stratford (London)train
- Fly from London City Airport (LCY) to Glasgow Airport (GLA)plane LCY - GLA
- Take the train from Paisley Gilmour Street to Ayrtrain
7h 23m£158–407Train, train to Luton Airport, fly to Glasgow Airport
- Take the train from Norwich to London Liverpool Streettrain
- Take the train from Farringdon to Luton Airport Parkwaytrain
- Fly from Luton Airport (LTN) to Glasgow Airport (GLA)plane LTN - GLA
- Take the train from Paisley Gilmour Street to Ayrtrain
7h 50m£138–297Train to London Heathrow Airport, fly to Glasgow Airport, train
- Take the train from Norwich to Stratford (London)train
- Fly from London Heathrow Airport (LHR) to Glasgow Airport (GLA)plane LHR - GLA
- Take the train from Paisley Gilmour Street to Ayrtrain
7h 59m£158–469Train to London Stansted Airport, fly to Edinburgh Airport, train
- Take the train from Norwich to Stansted Airporttrain
- Fly from London Stansted Airport (STN) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane STN - EDI
- Take the train from Haymarket to Glasgow Centraltrain
- Take the train from Glasgow Central to Ayrtrain
9h 19m£124–281Train to London City Airport, fly to Edinburgh Airport, train
- Take the train from Norwich to Stratford (London)train
- Fly from London City Airport (LCY) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane LCY - EDI
- Take the train from Haymarket to Glasgow Centraltrain
- Take the train from Glasgow Central to Ayrtrain
9h 1m£189–454Fly Norwich International Airport to Aberdeen Airport, train, bus
- Fly from Norwich International Airport (NWI) to Aberdeen Airport (ABZ)plane NWI - ABZ
- Take the train from Aberdeen to Glasgow Queen Streettrain
- Take the bus from West Regent Lane to Ayr Bus Stationbus
10h£207–539
Lowestoft to Ayr by train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Lowestoft to Ayr is to bus which costs £50 - £90 and takes 15h 1m.
The fastest way to get from Lowestoft to Ayr is to drive which takes 7h 16m and costs £95 - £140.
No, there is no direct bus from Lowestoft to Ayr station. However, there are services departing from Waveney Chambers and arriving at Ayr Bus Station via Norwich, Newhall St and Buchanan Bus Station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 15h 1m.
No, there is no direct train from Lowestoft to Ayr. However, there are services departing from Lowestoft and arriving at Ayr via Norwich, Peterborough, Edinburgh Waverley and Glasgow Central. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 10h 33m.
The distance between Lowestoft and Ayr is 511 miles. The road distance is 399 miles.
The best way to get from Lowestoft to Ayr without a car is to train which takes 10h 33m and costs £160 - £310.
It takes approximately 10h 33m to get from Lowestoft to Ayr, including transfers.
Lowestoft to Ayr bus services, operated by First in Norfolk & Suffolk, depart from Waveney Chambers station.
Lowestoft to Ayr train services, operated by East Midlands Railways, depart from Norwich station.
The best way to get from Lowestoft to Ayr is to train which takes 10h 33m and costs £160 - £310. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs £50 - £90 and takes 15h 1m.
What companies run services between Lowestoft, England and Ayr, Scotland?
You can take a train from Lowestoft to Ayr via Norwich, Peterborough, Edinburgh Waverley, and Glasgow Central in around 10h 33m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Waveney Chambers to Ayr Bus Station via Norwich, Newhall St, and Buchanan Bus Station in around 15h 1m.
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from London City Airport to Glasgow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £75–220
Flights from London City Airport to Glasgow Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- £75–220
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Glasgow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 26m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £60–280
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Glasgow Airport via Derry
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £120–410
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Glasgow Airport via Belfast City
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 2m
- When
- Thursday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- £60–280
Flights from London City Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 19m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £80–230
Flights from Norwich International Airport to Aberdeen Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £120–370
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from London Stansted Airport to Glasgow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 16m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £23–160
Flights from London Stansted Airport to Glasgow Airport via Belfast (Aldergrove)
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 13m
- When
- Friday, Tuesday, and Thursday
- Estimated price
- £23–160
Flights from Luton Airport to Glasgow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 19m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £30–95
Flights from Luton Airport to Glasgow Airport via Belfast (Aldergrove)
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Sunday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- £30–95
Flights from Luton Airport to Glasgow Airport via Belfast City
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- £30–95
Flights from London Stansted Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 18m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £23–110
Flights from London Stansted Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Belfast (Aldergrove)
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- £23–110
Flights from London Stansted Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- £23–110
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from London Stansted Airport to Glasgow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £19–70
Flights from London Stansted Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £20–75
Flights from London Stansted Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Belfast (Aldergrove)
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- £20–75
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from London Stansted Airport to Glasgow Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 27m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £40–85
Flights from London Stansted Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 26m
- When
- Thursday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- £40–80
- Website
- aerlingus.com
Flights from London City Airport to Glasgow Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- £75–220
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Glasgow Airport via Belfast City
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 2m
- When
- Thursday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- £60–280
- Website
- loganair.co.uk
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Glasgow Airport via Derry
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £120–410
Flights from Norwich International Airport to Aberdeen Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £120–370
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from London City Airport to Glasgow Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- £55–310
- Phone
- 03457 125 678
- Website
- eastmidlandsrailway.co.uk
Train from Norwich to Peterborough
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 27m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £40–65
- Website
- https://www.eastmidlandsrailway.co.uk/
Train from Norwich to Manchester Piccadilly
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 43m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- £100–160
- Website
- https://www.eastmidlandsrailway.co.uk/
Train from Norwich to Sheffield
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 47m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- £85–130
- Website
- https://www.eastmidlandsrailway.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 345 722 5333
- customers@lner.co.uk
- Website
- lner.co.uk
Train from Peterborough to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 38m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £85–140
- Website
- https://www.lner.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 344 811 0141
- Website
- scotrail.co.uk
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Glasgow Central
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £20–40
- Website
- https://www.scotrail.co.uk/
Train from Glasgow Central to Ayr
- Ave. Duration
- 53 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £18–35
- Website
- https://www.scotrail.co.uk/
Train from Paisley Gilmour Street to Ayr
- Ave. Duration
- 43 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £15–27
- Website
- https://www.scotrail.co.uk/
Train from Carlisle to Auchinleck
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 33m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £30–65
- Website
- https://www.scotrail.co.uk/
Train from Haymarket to Glasgow Central
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £19–35
- Website
- https://www.scotrail.co.uk/
Train from Aberdeen to Glasgow Queen Street
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 37m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £65–120
- Website
- https://www.scotrail.co.uk/
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Glasgow Central
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 3m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- £23–35
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
Train from Haymarket to Glasgow Central
- Ave. Duration
- 58 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £22–35
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 330 060 0500
- enquiry@sleeper.scot
- Website
- sleeper.scot
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Glasgow Central
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 37m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- £12–22
- Website
- https://www.sleeper.scot/
Train from Norwich to Stansted Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 53m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- £45–85
- Website
- https://www.greateranglia.co.uk/
Train from Norwich to Stratford (London)
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 38m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £50–100
- Website
- https://www.greateranglia.co.uk/
Train from Norwich to London Liverpool Street
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 48m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £55–110
- Website
- https://www.greateranglia.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 345 600 1671
- tpecustomer.relations@tpexpress.co.uk
- Website
- tpexpress.co.uk
Train from Manchester Piccadilly to Carlisle
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £40–75
- Website
- https://www.tpexpress.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 800 200 6060
- enquiries@northernrailway.co.uk
- Website
- northernrailway.co.uk
Train from Sheffield to Carlisle
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 34m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- £55–110
- Website
- https://www.northernrailway.co.uk/
- Phone
- 0345 026 4700
- Website
- thameslinkrailway.com
Train from Farringdon to Luton Airport Parkway
- Ave. Duration
- 36 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- £15–30
- Website
- https://www.thameslinkrailway.com/
- Phone
- +44 345 646 0707
- Website
- firstbus.co.uk
Bus from Waveney Chambers to Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 27m
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- £2–4
- Website
- https://www.firstbus.co.uk/norfolk-suffolk
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Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.fr
Bus from Norwich to Birmingham - Great Charles Street Queensway
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £16–27
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Newhall St to Buchanan Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 10m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £29–50
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Buchanan Bus Station to Ayr Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 3m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- £5–8
- Website
- https://www.stagecoachbus.com/about/west-scotland
Bus from West Regent Lane to Ayr Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 57 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- £5–8
- Website
- https://www.stagecoachbus.com/about/west-scotland
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More Questions & Answers
Lowestoft to Ayr bus services, operated by First in Norfolk & Suffolk, arrive at Bus Station.
Lowestoft to Ayr train services, operated by East Midlands Railways, arrive at Peterborough station.
Yes, the driving distance between Lowestoft to Ayr is 399 miles. It takes approximately 7h 16m to drive from Lowestoft to Ayr.
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