There are 9 ways to get from Perth to Bolton by train, bus, car, or plane
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Train via Glasgow
best- Take the train from Perth to Glasgow Queen StreetDundee - Glasgow Queen Street / ...
- Take the train from Glasgow Central to PrestonGlasgow Central - Rugby / ...
4h 53m£40–147Bus, line 125 bus
cheapest- Take the bus from Canal Street to Buchanan Bus StationM8 / ...
- Take the bus from Buchanan Bus Station to Bus Station
- Take the bus from Bus Station to Noel Street125
8h 17m£26–60Drive 239.6 mi
- Drive from Perth to Bolton239.6 mi
4h 9m£59–85Bus to Edinburgh Airport, fly to Manchester Airport
- Take the bus from Leonard Street to Airport
- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Manchester Airport (MAN)EDI - MAN
5h 18mTrain
- Take the train from Perth to Edinburgh WaverleyPerth - Edinburgh / ...
- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to BoltonEdinburgh - Manchester Airport
5h 24m£46–185Train #2
- Take the train from Perth to PrestonInverness - London Euston
5h 29m£70–96Train to Aberdeen Airport, fly to Manchester Airport
- Take the train from Perth to Aberdeen
- Fly from Aberdeen Airport (ABZ) to Manchester Airport (MAN)ABZ - MAN
5h 32m£94–278Bus to Edinburgh Airport, fly to Birmingham Airport, train
- Take the bus from Leonard Street to Airport
- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Birmingham Airport (BHX)EDI - BHX
- Take the train from Birmingham International to Manchester Piccadilly
6h 10mTrain to Inverness Dalcross Airport, fly to Manchester Airport
- Take the train from Perth to Inverness
- Fly from Inverness Dalcross Airport (INV) to Manchester Airport (MAN)INV - MAN
6h 16m£102–306
Perth to Bolton by train and foot
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Perth to Bolton is to bus and line 125 bus which costs £26 - £60 and takes 8h 17m.
The fastest way to get from Perth to Bolton is to drive which takes 4h 9m and costs £55 - £85.
No, there is no direct bus from Perth to Bolton. However, there are services departing from Canal Street and arriving at Noel Street via Buchanan Bus Station and Bus Station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 8h 17m.
No, there is no direct train from Perth to Bolton. However, there are services departing from Perth and arriving at Bolton via Glasgow Central and Preston. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 4h 53m.
The distance between Perth and Bolton is 275 miles. The road distance is 241 miles.
The best way to get from Perth to Bolton without a car is to train via Glasgow which takes 4h 53m and costs £40 - £150.
It takes approximately 4h 53m to get from Perth to Bolton, including transfers.
Perth to Bolton bus services, operated by Park's of Hamilton, depart from Canal Street station.
Perth to Bolton train services, operated by ScotRail, depart from Perth station.
The best way to get from Perth to Bolton is to train via Glasgow which takes 4h 53m and costs £40 - £150. Alternatively, you can bus and line 125 bus, which costs £26 - £60 and takes 8h 17m.
What companies run services between Perth, Scotland and Bolton, England?
You can take a train from Perth to Bolton via Glasgow Queen Street, Glasgow Central, and Preston in around 4h 53m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Canal Street to Noel Street via Buchanan Bus Station and Bus Station in around 8h 17m.
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Manchester Airport via Belfast City
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £50–200
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Manchester Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 8m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £50–200
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Manchester Airport via Southampton
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- £100–370
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Manchester Airport via Isle Of Man
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 25m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £80–280
Flights from Aberdeen Airport to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 28m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £85–190
Flights from Aberdeen Airport to Manchester Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £75–170
Flights from Aberdeen Airport to Manchester Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 42m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £75–190
Flights from Inverness Dalcross Airport to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- £95–200
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Manchester Airport via Belfast (Aldergrove)
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 32m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £50–190
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Birmingham Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £24–85
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Birmingham Airport via Belfast (Aldergrove)
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 3m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £24–85
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Manchester Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 18m
- When
- Thursday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- £50–130
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Manchester Airport via Knock
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 30m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £50–130
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Birmingham Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 8m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- £45–80
- Website
- aerlingus.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Manchester Airport via Belfast City
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £50–200
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Manchester Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 8m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £50–200
Flights from Aberdeen Airport to Manchester Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £75–160
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Birmingham Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £35–160
- Website
- loganair.co.uk
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Manchester Airport via Southampton
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- £100–370
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Manchester Airport via Isle Of Man
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 25m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £80–280
Flights from Aberdeen Airport to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 28m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £85–190
Flights from Inverness Dalcross Airport to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 23m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £95–200
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Manchester Airport via Belfast (Aldergrove)
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- £50–110
- Phone
- +44 344 811 0141
- Website
- scotrail.co.uk
Train from Perth to Glasgow Queen Street
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £13–23
- Website
- https://www.scotrail.co.uk/
Train from Perth to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 31m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £12–24
- Website
- https://www.scotrail.co.uk/
Train from Perth to Aberdeen
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 29m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £20–55
- Website
- https://www.scotrail.co.uk/
Train from Perth to Inverness
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 23m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- £16–40
- Website
- https://www.scotrail.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 345 528 0253
- Website
- avantiwestcoast.co.uk
Train from Glasgow Central to Preston
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £22–110
- Website
- https://www.avantiwestcoast.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 345 600 1671
- tpecustomer.relations@tpexpress.co.uk
- Website
- tpexpress.co.uk
Train from Glasgow Central to Preston
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 38m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £30–95
- Website
- https://www.tpexpress.co.uk/
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Bolton
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 53m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £35–110
- Website
- https://www.tpexpress.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 330 060 0500
- enquiry@sleeper.scot
- Website
- sleeper.scot
Train from Glasgow Central to Preston
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 26m
- 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
Train from Perth to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 28m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £60–80
- Website
- https://www.sleeper.scot/
- Sleeper Berth Classic
- £210–230
- Sleeper Seat
- £60–80
- Sleeper Berth Club Solo
- £230–270
Train from Perth to Preston
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- £65–85
- Website
- https://www.sleeper.scot/
- Sleeper Berth Classic
- £210–230
- Sleeper Seat
- £65–85
- Sleeper Berth Club Solo
- £280–320
Train from Perth to Inverness
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 52m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £60–80
- Website
- https://www.sleeper.scot/
- Sleeper Berth Classic
- £210–230
- Sleeper Seat
- £60–80
- Sleeper Berth Club Solo
- £240–280
- Phone
- +44 345 722 5333
- customers@lner.co.uk
- Website
- lner.co.uk
Train from Perth to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 16m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £11–12
- Website
- https://www.lner.co.uk/
Train from Perth to Aberdeen
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 36m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- £65–90
- Website
- https://www.lner.co.uk/
- Anytime Day Single
- £65–90
Train from Perth to Inverness
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 12m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £13–17
- Website
- https://www.lner.co.uk/
Train from Birmingham International to Manchester Piccadilly
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 48m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £25–65
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
- Phone
- 03333 211 202
- Website
- tfw.wales
Train from Birmingham International to Manchester Piccadilly
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 12m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- £35–50
- Website
- https://tfw.wales/
- Anytime Day Single
- £35–50
- Phone
- 01698 653164
- enquiries@parksofhamilton.co.uk
- Website
- parksofhamilton.co.uk
Bus from Canal Street to Buchanan Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 49m
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Website
- https://www.parksofhamilton.co.uk/
- Phone
- 0141 352 4444
- info@citylink.co.uk
- Website
- citylink.co.uk
Bus from Canal Street to Buchanan Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 14m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £11–16
- Website
- https://www.citylink.co.uk/
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Buchanan Bus Station to Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £13–40
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Bus Station to Noel Street
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 37m
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- £2–4
- Website
- https://www.stagecoachbus.com/about/merseyside-and-south-lancashire
- Phone
- +44 (0)131 510 4007
- ride@ember.to
- Website
- ember.to
Bus from Leonard Street to Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 49 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- https://www.ember.to/
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More Questions & Answers
Perth to Bolton bus services, operated by Park's of Hamilton, arrive at Buchanan Bus Station.
Perth to Bolton train services, operated by ScotRail, arrive at Glasgow Queen Street station.
Yes, the driving distance between Perth to Bolton is 241 miles. It takes approximately 4h 9m to drive from Perth to Bolton.
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