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 Peterborough
- Take the train from Peterborough to Edinburgh Waverley
- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to Glasgow Queen Street
- Take the train from Glasgow Central to Ayr
9h 34m£109–236Train to London Stansted Airport, fly to Edinburgh Airport, bus, train
cheapest- Take the train from Norwich to Stansted Airport
- Fly from London Stansted Airport (STN) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)STN - EDI
- Take the bus from Edinburgh Airport Bus Stop D to Glasgow Buchanan Bus Station
- Take the train from Glasgow Central to Ayr
8h 30m£59–199Bus
- Take the bus from Waveney Chambers to Bus StationX22 / ...
- Take the bus from Bus Station to London Victoria Coach Station Arrivals491 / ...
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Buchanan Bus Station
- Take the bus from Buchanan Bus Station to Ayr Bus StationX77
16h 55mDrive 396.5 mi
- Drive from Lowestoft to Ayr396.5 mi
7h 13m£100–144Train to London City Airport, fly to Glasgow Airport, train
- Take the train from Norwich to Stratford (London)
- Fly from London City Airport (LCY) to Glasgow Airport (GLA)LCY - GLA
- Take the train from Paisley Gilmour Street to Ayr
7h 3m£118–449Train via Manchester
- Take the train from Norwich to Manchester Piccadilly
- Take the train from Manchester Piccadilly to Carlisle
- Take the train from Carlisle to Auchinleck
12h 51m£107–383Train via Sheffield
- Take the train from Norwich to Sheffield
- Take the train from Sheffield to Carlisle
- Take the train from Carlisle to Auchinleck
13h 38m£83–226Train to London Stansted Airport, fly to Glasgow Airport, train
- Take the train from Norwich to Stansted Airport
- Fly from London Stansted Airport (STN) to Glasgow Airport (GLA)STN - GLA
- Take the train from Paisley Gilmour Street to Ayr
7h 25m£68–191Train, train to Luton Airport, fly to Glasgow Airport
- Take the train from Norwich to London Liverpool Street
- Take the train from Farringdon to Luton Airport Parkway
- Fly from Luton Airport (LTN) to Glasgow Airport (GLA)LTN - GLA
- Take the train from Paisley Gilmour Street to Ayr
7h 37m£89–290Train to London Heathrow Airport, fly to Glasgow Airport, train
- Take the train from Norwich to Stratford (London)
- Fly from London Heathrow Airport (LHR) to Glasgow Airport (GLA)LHR - GLA
- Take the train from Paisley Gilmour Street to Ayr
7h 48m£118–401Train to London City Airport, fly to Edinburgh Airport, bus, train
- Take the train from Norwich to Stratford (London)
- Fly from London City Airport (LCY) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)LCY - EDI
- Take the bus from Edinburgh Airport Bus Stop D to Glasgow Buchanan Bus Station
- Take the train from Glasgow Central to Ayr
8h 8m£109–407Fly Norwich International Airport to Aberdeen Airport, train
- Fly from Norwich International Airport (NWI) to Aberdeen Airport (ABZ)NWI - ABZ
- Take the train from Aberdeen to Glasgow Queen Street
- Take the train from Glasgow Central to Ayr
9h 30m£174–488
Lowestoft to Ayr by train and foot
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Lowestoft to Ayr is to train and fly and bus which costs £55 - £200 and takes 8h 30m.
The fastest way to get from Lowestoft to Ayr is to train and fly which takes 7h 3m and costs £110 - £450.
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 Bus Station, London Victoria and Buchanan Bus Station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 16h 55m.
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 9h 34m.
The distance between Lowestoft and Ayr is 513 miles. The road distance is 398.8 miles.
The best way to get from Lowestoft to Ayr without a car is to train which takes 9h 34m and costs £100 - £240.
It takes approximately 9h 34m 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 9h 34m and costs £100 - £240. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs and takes 16h 55m.
What companies run services between Lowestoft, England and Ayr, Scotland?
You can take a train from Lowestoft to Ayr via Norwich, Peterborough, Edinburgh Waverley, Glasgow Queen Street, and Glasgow Central in around 9h 34m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Waveney Chambers to Ayr Bus Station via Bus Station, London Victoria Coach Station Arrivals, London Victoria, and Buchanan Bus Station in around 16h 55m.
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from London City Airport to Glasgow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 19m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £80–220
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Glasgow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 28m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £60–230
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Glasgow Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £110–240
Flights from London City Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £75–220
Flights from Norwich International Airport to Aberdeen Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £130–370
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from London Stansted Airport to Glasgow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 18m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £24–100
Flights from Luton Airport to Glasgow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £28–110
Flights from Luton Airport to Glasgow Airport via Belfast (Aldergrove)
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 12m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £28–110
Flights from London Stansted Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 16m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £19–90
Flights from London Stansted Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Belfast (Aldergrove)
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £19–90
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from London Stansted Airport to Glasgow Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 17m
- When
- Monday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £55–120
Flights from Luton Airport to Glasgow Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 11m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £60–130
Flights from London Stansted Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- £55–130
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from London Stansted Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £27–120
- 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
- £150–600
Flights from Norwich International Airport to Aberdeen Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £130–370
- Website
- aerlingus.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Glasgow Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £110–240
- Phone
- 03457 125 678
- Website
- eastmidlandsrailway.co.uk
Train from Norwich to Peterborough
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 28m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £9–40
- Website
- https://www.eastmidlandsrailway.co.uk/
Train from Norwich to Manchester Piccadilly
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 43m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- £45–230
- Website
- https://www.eastmidlandsrailway.co.uk/
Train from Norwich to Sheffield
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 41m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- £30–130
- 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
- £70–95
- Website
- https://www.lner.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 344 811 0141
- Website
- scotrail.co.uk
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Glasgow Queen Street
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- £17–18
- Website
- https://www.scotrail.co.uk/
Train from Glasgow Central to Ayr
- Ave. Duration
- 53 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £5–13
- Website
- https://www.scotrail.co.uk/
Train from Paisley Gilmour Street to Ayr
- Ave. Duration
- 43 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £11–12
- Website
- https://www.scotrail.co.uk/
Train from Carlisle to Auchinleck
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 33m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £21–50
- Website
- https://www.scotrail.co.uk/
- Standard
- £21–28
- 1st Class
- £30–50
Train from Aberdeen to Glasgow Queen Street
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 37m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £26–85
- Website
- https://www.scotrail.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 330 060 0500
- enquiry@sleeper.scot
- Website
- sleeper.scot
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Glasgow Queen Street
- Ave. Duration
- 57 min
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- £60–75
- Website
- https://www.sleeper.scot/
- Sleeper Berth Classic
- £210–230
- Sleeper Seat
- £60–75
- Sleeper Berth Club Solo
- £230–260
Train from Norwich to Stratford (London)
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 38m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £12–95
- Website
- https://www.greateranglia.co.uk/
Train from Norwich to Stansted Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 53m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- £19–50
- Website
- https://www.greateranglia.co.uk/
Train from Norwich to London Liverpool Street
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 47m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £22–110
- 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
- £30–85
- 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 35m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- £21–28
- Website
- https://www.northernrailway.co.uk/
- Standard
- £21–28
- Phone
- 0345 026 4700
- Website
- thameslinkrailway.com
Train from Farringdon to Luton Airport Parkway
- Ave. Duration
- 36 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- £7–21
- 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 10 minutes
- Website
- https://www.firstbus.co.uk/norfolk-suffolk
- Phone
- 08717 81 81 81
- Website
- nationalexpress.com
Bus from Bus Station to London Victoria Coach Station Arrivals
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- £15–60
- Website
- https://www.nationalexpress.com/en
Bus from London Victoria to Buchanan Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 35m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £30–75
- Website
- https://www.nationalexpress.com/en
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from London Victoria to Buchanan Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 46m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- £23–70
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- 0141 352 4444
- enquiries@megabus.com
- Website
- uk.megabus.com
Bus from London Victoria to Buchanan Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 10m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- £26–40
- Website
- https://uk.megabus.com
Bus from Edinburgh Airport Bus Stop D to Glasgow Buchanan Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 58 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £8–13
- Website
- https://uk.megabus.com
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
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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 13m to drive from Lowestoft to Ayr.
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