There are 9 ways to get from O2 Apollo Manchester to Glasgow by train, bus, car, plane, or rideshare
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Train
best- Take the train from Manchester Piccadilly to Prestontrain Manchester Airport - Preston / ...
- Take the train from Preston to Glasgow Centraltrain London Euston - Glasgow Central / ...
3h 45m£46–142Rideshare
cheapest- Take the rideshare from Manchester to Glasgow211.4 mi
4h 36m£19–25Bus
- Take the bus from Manchester Central Coach Station to Buchanan Bus Stationbus 590 / ...
5h 24m£40–100Drive 213.6 mi
- Drive from O2 Apollo Manchester to Glasgowcar 213.6 mi
3h 38m£53–77Fly Manchester Airport to Glasgow Airport
- Fly from Manchester Airport (MAN) to Glasgow Airport (GLA)plane MAN - GLA
4h 24m£52–132Bus via Manchester, Shudehill Interchange
- Take the bus from Manchester, Shudehill Interchange to Glasgowbus Ukn30 / ...
5h 25m£21–37Train to Liverpool, fly to Glasgow Airport
- Take the train from Manchester Piccadilly to Liverpool South Parkwaytrain
- Fly from Liverpool (LPL) to Glasgow Airport (GLA)plane LPL - GLA
5h 19m£56–179Train to Birmingham Airport, fly to Glasgow Airport
- Take the train from Manchester Piccadilly to Birmingham Internationaltrain
- Fly from Birmingham Airport (BHX) to Glasgow Airport (GLA)plane BHX - GLA
4h 35m£58–151Train to Birmingham Airport, fly to Edinburgh Airport, bus
- Take the train from Manchester Piccadilly to Birmingham Internationaltrain
- Fly from Birmingham Airport (BHX) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane BHX - EDI
- Take the bus from Airport to Buchanan Bus Stationbus
5h 31m£65–154
O2 Apollo Manchester to Glasgow by foot and train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from O2 Apollo Manchester to Glasgow is to rideshare which costs £19 - £25 and takes 4h 36m.
The fastest way to get from O2 Apollo Manchester to Glasgow is to drive which takes 3h 38m and costs £50 - £80.
Yes, there is a direct bus departing from Manchester Central Coach Station station and arriving at Buchanan Bus Station station. Services depart twice daily, and operate every day. The journey takes approximately 5h 5m.
No, there is no direct train from O2 Apollo Manchester to Glasgow. However, there are services departing from Manchester Piccadilly and arriving at Glasgow Central via Preston. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 3h 45m.
The distance between O2 Apollo Manchester and Glasgow is 224 miles. The road distance is 214.8 miles.
The best way to get from O2 Apollo Manchester to Glasgow without a car is to train which takes 3h 45m and costs £45 - £150.
It takes approximately 3h 45m to get from O2 Apollo Manchester to Glasgow, including transfers.
O2 Apollo Manchester to Glasgow bus services, operated by National Express, depart from Manchester Central Coach Station.
O2 Apollo Manchester to Glasgow train services, operated by TransPennine Express, depart from Manchester Piccadilly station.
The best way to get from O2 Apollo Manchester to Glasgow is to train which takes 3h 45m and costs £45 - £150. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs £40 - £100 and takes 5h 24m, you could also fly, which costs £50 - £140 and takes 4h 24m.
What companies run services between O2 Apollo Manchester, England and Glasgow, Scotland?
You can take a vehicle from O2 Apollo Manchester to Glasgow Central via Manchester Piccadilly and Preston in around 3h 45m. Alternatively, National Express operates a bus from Manchester Central Coach Station to Buchanan Bus Station twice daily. Tickets cost £40–100 and the journey takes 5h 5m.
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Glasgow Airport via Belfast (Aldergrove)
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 47m
- When
- Monday and Tuesday
- Estimated price
- £50–160
Flights from Manchester Airport to Glasgow Airport via Belfast City
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £50–160
Flights from Manchester Airport to Glasgow Airport via Jersey
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 55m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £50–160
Flights from Liverpool to Glasgow Airport via Belfast (Aldergrove)
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 11m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- £65–170
Flights from Liverpool to Glasgow Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £65–170
Flights from Liverpool to Glasgow Airport via Jersey
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £65–170
Flights from Liverpool to Glasgow Airport via Belfast City
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 50m
- When
- Monday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- £65–170
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Glasgow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £22–80
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Glasgow Airport via Belfast (Aldergrove)
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Thursday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £22–80
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 6m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £23–75
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Belfast (Aldergrove)
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £23–75
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Glasgow Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £100–140
Flights from Manchester Airport to Glasgow Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 58m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £65–230
Flights from Manchester Airport to Glasgow Airport via Belfast City
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- £65–230
Flights from Manchester Airport to Glasgow Airport via Newquay
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- £110–410
Flights from Liverpool to Glasgow Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £60–200
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Glasgow Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £45–85
Flights from Liverpool to Glasgow Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 8m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £40–130
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Glasgow Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £45–75
- Website
- aerlingus.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Glasgow Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 58m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £65–230
Flights from Manchester Airport to Glasgow Airport via Belfast City
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- £65–230
Flights from Liverpool to Glasgow Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £60–200
- Website
- loganair.co.uk
Flights from Manchester Airport to Glasgow Airport via Newquay
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- £110–410
- Phone
- +44 345 600 1671
- tpecustomer.relations@tpexpress.co.uk
- Website
- tpexpress.co.uk
Train from Manchester Piccadilly to Preston
- Ave. Duration
- 48 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £11–19
- Website
- https://www.tpexpress.co.uk/
Train from Preston to Glasgow Central
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £65–120
- Website
- https://www.tpexpress.co.uk/
Train from Manchester Piccadilly to Liverpool South Parkway
- Ave. Duration
- 42 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £10–18
- Website
- https://www.tpexpress.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 800 200 6060
- enquiries@northernrailway.co.uk
- Website
- northernrailway.co.uk
Train from Manchester Piccadilly to Preston
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £12–22
- Website
- https://www.northernrailway.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 345 528 0253
- Website
- avantiwestcoast.co.uk
Train from Preston to Glasgow Central
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £65–110
- Website
- https://www.avantiwestcoast.co.uk/
Train from Manchester Piccadilly to Birmingham International
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 53m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £30–55
- 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
- £35–65
- Website
- https://www.sleeper.scot/
- Phone
- 03457 125 678
- Website
- eastmidlandsrailway.co.uk
Train from Manchester Piccadilly to Liverpool South Parkway
- Ave. Duration
- 40 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £14–21
- Website
- https://www.eastmidlandsrailway.co.uk/
Train from Manchester Piccadilly to Birmingham International
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 47m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £45–70
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.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
- £40–100
- 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 Manchester, Shudehill Interchange to Glasgow
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £19–35
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- 0141 352 4444
- info@citylink.co.uk
- Website
- citylink.co.uk
Bus from Airport to Buchanan Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 2m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £9–13
- Website
- https://www.citylink.co.uk/
- Phone
- +3 318 576 2228
- Website
- blablacar.com
Rideshare from Manchester to Glasgow
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 11m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £19–25
- Schedules at
- blablacar.com
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More Questions & Answers
O2 Apollo Manchester to Glasgow bus services, operated by National Express, arrive at Buchanan Bus Station.
O2 Apollo Manchester to Glasgow train services, operated by TransPennine Express, arrive at Preston station.
Yes, the driving distance between O2 Apollo Manchester to Glasgow is 215 miles. It takes approximately 3h 38m to drive from O2 Apollo Manchester to Glasgow.
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