There are 11 ways to get from Penzance to Aberdeen by train, bus, plane or car
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Recommended option
Cheapest option
Train, bus to Newquay, fly to Edinburgh • 10h 11m
9 alternative options
Train to Bristol, fly to Glasgow, train • 11h 12m
Train • 14h 14m
Train, bus • 16h 35m
Bus • 22h 29m
Drive • 11h 13m
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Penzance to Aberdeen is to bus which costs £95 - £140 and takes 22h 29m.
The quickest way to get from Penzance to Aberdeen is to train and fly which costs £150 - £460 and takes 8h 6m.
No, there is no direct bus from Penzance station to Aberdeen station. However, there are services departing from Penzance, Bus Station and arriving at Aberdeen Coach Station via Heathrow Central Bus Station and Edinburgh Bus Station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 22h 29m.
No, there is no direct train from Penzance to Aberdeen. However, there are services departing from Penzance and arriving at Aberdeen via Plymouth. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 14h 14m.
The distance between Penzance and Aberdeen is 508 miles. The road distance is 673.7 miles.
The best way to get from Penzance to Aberdeen without a car is to train which takes 14h 14m and costs £300 - £1,100.
It takes approximately 8h 42m to get from Penzance to Aberdeen, including transfers.
Penzance to Aberdeen bus services, operated by National Express, depart from Penzance, Bus Station.
Penzance to Aberdeen train services, operated by First Great Western Service, depart from Penzance station.
The best way to get from Penzance to Aberdeen is to train which takes 14h 14m and costs £300 - £1,100. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs £95 - £140 and takes 22h 29m.
- Distance: 508.2 miles
- Duration: 8h 42m
What companies run services between Penzance, England and Aberdeen, Scotland?
You can take a train from Penzance to Aberdeen via Plymouth in around 14h 14m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Penzance to Aberdeen via Heathrow Central Bus Station and Edinburgh Bus Station in around 22h 29m.
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Newquay to Aberdeen via London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £50 - £250
Flights from Bristol to Edinburgh
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 14m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £30 - £160
Flights from Bristol to Edinburgh via Belfast (Aldergrove)
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 6m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £30 - £160
Flights from Bristol to Glasgow
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £28 - £190
Flights from Bristol to Glasgow via Belfast (Aldergrove)
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 56m
- When
- Monday, Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £28 - £190
- Website
- loganair.co.uk
Flights from Newquay to Aberdeen via Manchester
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 53m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £210 - £600
Flights from Bristol to Aberdeen
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £100 - £430
Flights from Exeter to Edinburgh
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £95 - £450
Flights from Birmingham to Aberdeen
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £95 - £340
Flights from Newquay to Edinburgh
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Monday, Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £90 - £500
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Newquay to Aberdeen via Manchester
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 5m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £210 - £600
Flights from Newquay to Aberdeen via Manchester, London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 7h
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- £200 - £490
Flights from Bristol to Aberdeen
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £100 - £430
Flights from Exeter to Edinburgh
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £95 - £450
Flights from Birmingham to Aberdeen
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 21m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £95 - £340
Flights from Bristol to Glasgow via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- £170 - £380
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Bristol to Edinburgh via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £29 - £180
- Website
- aerlingus.com
Flights from Bristol to Glasgow via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- £170 - £380
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Newquay to Edinburgh
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £29 - £310
- Phone
- +44 3457 000 125
- gwr.feedback@gwr.com
- Website
- gwr.com
Train from Penzance to Redruth
- Ave. Duration
- 26 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £7 - £23
- Website
- First Great Western Service
- Anytime Day Single
- £7 - £11
- Anytime Day Single 1st Class
- £15 - £23
Train from Penzance to Bristol Temple Meads
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 28m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £95 - £210
- Website
- First Great Western Service
- Anytime Day Single
- £95 - £140
- Anytime Day Single 1st Class
- £140 - £210
Train from Penzance to Exeter St Davids
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 58m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £60 - £140
- Website
- First Great Western Service
- Anytime Day Single
- £60 - £85
- Anytime Day Single 1st Class
- £90 - £140
Train from Penzance to Plymouth
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £35 - £85
- Website
- First Great Western Service
- Anytime Day Single
- £35 - £55
- Anytime Day Single 1st Class
- £55 - £85
Train from Penzance to Cardiff Central
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 28m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £110 - £240
- Website
- First Great Western Service
- Anytime Day Single
- £110 - £160
- Anytime Day Single 1st Class
- £160 - £240
- Phone
- 0344 736 9123
- customer.relations@crosscountrytrains.co.uk
- Website
- crosscountrytrains.co.uk
Train from Penzance to Redruth
- Ave. Duration
- 28 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £16 - £30
- Website
- crosscountrytrains.co.uk
- Standard
- £20 - £30
- 1st Class
- £16 - £23
Train from Penzance to Bristol Temple Meads
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 48m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £90 - £280
- Website
- crosscountrytrains.co.uk
- Standard
- £90 - £140
- 1st Class
- £200 - £280
Train from Penzance to Exeter St Davids
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 56m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £60 - £180
- Website
- crosscountrytrains.co.uk
- Standard
- £60 - £90
- 1st Class
- £120 - £180
Train from Edinburgh to Aberdeen
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- £60 - £180
- Website
- crosscountrytrains.co.uk
- Standard
- £60 - £90
- 1st Class
- £120 - £180
Train from Penzance to Plymouth
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 54m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £40 - £110
- Website
- crosscountrytrains.co.uk
- Standard
- £40 - £65
- 1st Class
- £75 - £110
Train from Plymouth to Birmingham New Street
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 28m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- £95 - £300
- Website
- crosscountrytrains.co.uk
- Standard
- £95 - £140
- 1st Class
- £210 - £300
Train from Plymouth to Aberdeen
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 19m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- £270 - £950
- Website
- crosscountrytrains.co.uk
- Standard
- £270 - £390
- 1st Class
- £650 - £950
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- Phone
- +44 344 811 0141
- customer.relations@scotrail.co.uk
- Website
- scotrail.co.uk
Train from Edinburgh to Aberdeen
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 26m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- £30 - £45
- Website
- First ScotRail Service
- Standard
- £30 - £45
Train from Glasgow Queen Street to Aberdeen
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £35 - £55
- Website
- First ScotRail Service
- Standard
- £35 - £55
- Website
- lner.co.uk
Train from Edinburgh to Aberdeen
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- £16 - £150
- Website
- lner.co.uk
- Advance Single
- £16 - £24
- Anytime Day Single
- £65 - £95
- Anytime Day Single 1st Class
- £100 - £150
- Website
- tfw.wales
Train from Cardiff Central to Crewe
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 38m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £40 - £90
- Website
- Transport for Wales
- Anytime Standard
- £40 - £60
- Anytime 1st Class
- £60 - £90
- Phone
- 0344 556 5650
- Website
- avantiwestcoast.co.uk
Train from Crewe to Edinburgh
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 12m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £90 - £310
- Website
- avantiwestcoast.co.uk
- Anytime Day Single
- £90 - £120
- Anytime Day Single 1st Class
- £230 - £310
- Phone
- +44 808 196 2632
- ask@transportforcornwall.co.uk
- Website
- gocornwallbus.co.uk
Bus from Redruth, station to Newquay, Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 56 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Website
- Go Cornwall Bus
National Express Coaches are a quick and convenient way of travelling around the UK. Over 550 National Express coaches run on Britain's roads every day, serving over 900 destinations across the UK. National Express Coaches carry around 19 million passenger journeys every year. For added convenience, National Express operate coach services to all major UK airports 24 hours per day, and is on its way to being 100% wheelchair accessible. The company also has a 24-hour control centre that receives a GPS signal to update on location, speed and the temperature inside coaches, ensuring the smoothest journey possible.
Contact Details
- Phone
- 08717 81 81 81
- Website
- nationalexpress.com
Bus from Redruth, station to Newquay, Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 30 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £11 - £16
- Website
- https://www.nationalexpress.com/en
Bus from Penzance, Bus Station to Heathrow Central Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 30m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- £35 - £55
- Website
- https://www.nationalexpress.com/en
Bus from Heathrow Central Bus Station to Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £45 - £65
- Website
- https://www.nationalexpress.com/en
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- enquiries@megabus.com
- Website
- uk.megabus.com
Bus from Edinburgh Bus Station to Aberdeen Coach Station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £15 - £21
- Website
- https://uk.megabus.com
- Schedules at
- https://uk.megabus.com/timetables
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There is no direct flight from Newquay Airport to Aberdeen Airport. The quickest flight takes 3h 10m and has one stopover.
Penzance to Aberdeen bus services, operated by Megabus UK, arrive at Aberdeen Coach Station.
Penzance to Aberdeen train services, operated by CrossCountry, arrive at Aberdeen station.
Yes, the driving distance between Penzance to Aberdeen is 674 miles. It takes approximately 11h 13m to drive from Penzance to Aberdeen.
British Airways, Eastern Airways, easyJet and Loganair offer flights from Newquay Airport to Aberdeen Airport.
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