There are 9 ways to get from Manchester to Troon by train, bus, car, or plane
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Train
best- Take the train from Manchester Oxford Road to Preston
- Take the train from Preston to Glasgow Central
- Take the train from Glasgow Central to Troon
4h 32m£34–139Bus
cheapest- Take the bus from Shudehill Interchange to Buchanan Bus StationUkn30 / ...
5h 57m£23–49Drive 214.7 mi
- Drive from Manchester to Troon214.7 mi
3h 56m£53–76Fly Manchester Airport to Glasgow Airport, train
- Fly from Manchester Airport (MAN) to Glasgow Airport (GLA)MAN - GLA
- Take the train from Paisley Gilmour Street to Troon
5h 3m£68–143Bus via Manchester Central Coach Station
- Take the bus from Manchester Central Coach Station to Buchanan Bus Station590 / ...
6h 57m£35–60Train to Liverpool, fly to Glasgow Airport, train
- Take the train from Manchester Piccadilly to Liverpool South Parkway
- Fly from Liverpool (LPL) to Glasgow Airport (GLA)LPL - GLA
- Take the train from Paisley Gilmour Street to Troon
5h 33m£79–170Fly Manchester Airport to Edinburgh Airport, bus, train
- Fly from Manchester Airport (MAN) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)MAN - EDI
- Take the bus from Airport to Buchanan Bus Station
- Take the train from Glasgow Central to Troon
6h 1m£72–171Train to Birmingham Airport, fly to Glasgow Airport, train
- Take the train from Manchester Piccadilly to Birmingham International
- Fly from Birmingham Airport (BHX) to Glasgow Airport (GLA)BHX - GLA
- Take the train from Paisley Gilmour Street to Troon
5h 15m£61–240Train to Birmingham Airport, fly to Edinburgh Airport, bus, train
- Take the train from Manchester Piccadilly to Birmingham International
- Fly from Birmingham Airport (BHX) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)BHX - EDI
- Take the bus from Airport to Buchanan Bus Station
- Take the train from Glasgow Central to Troon
6h 8m£67–248
Manchester to Troon by train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Manchester to Troon is to bus which costs £22 - £50 and takes 5h 57m.
The fastest way to get from Manchester to Troon is to drive which takes 3h 56m and costs £50 - £80.
No, there is no direct bus from Manchester to Troon. However, there are services departing from Shudehill Interchange and arriving at Bradan Road via Buchanan Bus Station and Kilmarnock Bus Station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 5h 57m.
No, there is no direct train from Manchester to Troon. However, there are services departing from Manchester Oxford Road and arriving at Troon via Preston and Glasgow Central. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 4h 32m.
The distance between Manchester and Troon is 257 miles. The road distance is 216 miles.
The best way to get from Manchester to Troon without a car is to train which takes 4h 32m and costs £30 - £140.
It takes approximately 4h 32m to get from Manchester to Troon, including transfers.
Manchester to Troon bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Shudehill Interchange station.
Manchester to Troon train services, operated by Northern Trains Limited, depart from Manchester Oxford Road station.
The best way to get from Manchester to Troon is to train which takes 4h 32m and costs £30 - £140. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs £22 - £50 and takes 5h 57m.
What companies run services between Manchester, England and Troon, Scotland?
You can take a train from Manchester Oxford Road to Troon via Preston and Glasgow Central in around 4h 32m. Alternatively, FlixBus operates a bus from Shudehill Interchange to Buchanan Bus Station hourly. Tickets cost £15–40 and the journey takes 4h 5m.
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Glasgow Airport via Belfast (Aldergrove)
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 38m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- £50–130
Flights from Manchester Airport to Glasgow Airport via Belfast City
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Wednesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £50–130
Flights from Manchester Airport to Glasgow Airport via Jersey
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £50–130
Flights from Liverpool to Glasgow Airport via Belfast (Aldergrove)
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 26m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £65–180
Flights from Liverpool to Glasgow Airport via Belfast City
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- £65–180
Flights from Liverpool to Glasgow Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £65–180
Flights from Liverpool to Glasgow Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- When
- Monday to Thursday
- Estimated price
- £65–180
Flights from Manchester Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Belfast (Aldergrove)
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 46m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £50–190
Flights from Manchester Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Belfast City
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 40m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- £50–190
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Glasgow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £22–75
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Glasgow Airport via Belfast (Aldergrove)
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- £22–75
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £24–80
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Belfast (Aldergrove)
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 58m
- When
- Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £24–80
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Glasgow Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £45–110
Flights from Manchester Airport to Glasgow Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 8m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £85–190
Flights from Liverpool to Glasgow Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- £35–170
Flights from Manchester Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Belfast City
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 16m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £50–200
Flights from Manchester Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £50–200
Flights from Manchester Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Southampton
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £90–360
Flights from Manchester Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Isle Of Man
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £75–280
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Glasgow Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £50–120
Flights from Liverpool to Glasgow Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 13m
- When
- Thursday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- £50–130
Flights from Manchester Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 31m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £50–120
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Glasgow Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 7m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- £55–95
- Website
- aerlingus.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Glasgow Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £45–110
Flights from Liverpool to Glasgow Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- £35–170
Flights from Manchester Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Belfast City
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 16m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £50–200
Flights from Manchester Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £50–200
- Website
- loganair.co.uk
Flights from Manchester Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Southampton
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £90–360
Flights from Manchester Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Isle Of Man
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £75–280
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Belfast (Aldergrove)
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £50–120
Flights from Manchester Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- £50–120
- Phone
- +44 800 200 6060
- enquiries@northernrailway.co.uk
- Website
- northernrailway.co.uk
Train from Manchester Oxford Road to Preston
- Ave. Duration
- 51 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £5–17
- Website
- https://www.northernrailway.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 345 600 1671
- tpecustomer.relations@tpexpress.co.uk
- Website
- tpexpress.co.uk
Train from Manchester Oxford Road to Preston
- Ave. Duration
- 44 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £9–18
- Website
- https://www.tpexpress.co.uk/
Train from Preston to Glasgow Central
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 34m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £28–95
- Website
- https://www.tpexpress.co.uk/
Train from Manchester Piccadilly to Liverpool South Parkway
- Ave. Duration
- 42 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £6–20
- Website
- https://www.tpexpress.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 345 528 0253
- Website
- avantiwestcoast.co.uk
Train from Preston to Glasgow Central
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 21m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £17–110
- Website
- https://www.avantiwestcoast.co.uk/
Train from Manchester Piccadilly to Birmingham International
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 53m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £55–140
- Website
- https://www.avantiwestcoast.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 330 060 0500
- enquiry@sleeper.scot
- Website
- sleeper.scot
Train from Preston to Glasgow Central
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 28m
- 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
- Phone
- +44 344 811 0141
- Website
- scotrail.co.uk
Train from Glasgow Central to Troon
- Ave. Duration
- 39 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £11–12
- Website
- https://www.scotrail.co.uk/
Train from Paisley Gilmour Street to Troon
- Ave. Duration
- 29 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £10–11
- Website
- https://www.scotrail.co.uk/
- Phone
- 03457 125 678
- Website
- eastmidlandsrailway.co.uk
Train from Manchester Piccadilly to Liverpool South Parkway
- Ave. Duration
- 40 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £6–20
- Website
- https://www.eastmidlandsrailway.co.uk/
Train from Manchester Piccadilly to Birmingham International
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 47m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £22–70
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Shudehill Interchange to Buchanan Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £15–40
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- 08717 81 81 81
- Website
- nationalexpress.com
Bus from Manchester Central Coach Station to Buchanan Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £28–50
- Website
- https://www.nationalexpress.com/en
- Phone
- 0141 352 4444
- info@citylink.co.uk
- Website
- citylink.co.uk
Bus from Airport to Buchanan Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 58 min
- Frequency
- Every 5 minutes
- Estimated price
- £9–13
- Website
- https://www.citylink.co.uk/
- Phone
- 0141 352 4444
- enquiries@megabus.com
- Website
- uk.megabus.com
Bus from Airport to Buchanan Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 2m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £9–13
- Website
- https://uk.megabus.com
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More Questions & Answers
Manchester to Troon bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Buchanan Bus Station.
Manchester to Troon train services, operated by Northern Trains Limited, arrive at Preston station.
Yes, the driving distance between Manchester to Troon is 216 miles. It takes approximately 3h 56m to drive from Manchester to Troon.
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