There are 10 ways to get from Scotland to Arcachon by plane, train, train (Eurostar, TGV), bus, car, car ferry, or car train
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Fly from Edinburgh Airport, train
best- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport (BOD)plane EDI - BOD
- Take the train from Pessac Alouette to Arcachontrain
6h 25m€86–221Bus, train
cheapest- Take the bus from Buchanan Bus Station to London Victoria Coach Station Arrivalsbus 595 / ...
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station to Bordeaux - Belcier Bus Stopbus
- Take the train from Bordeaux St Jean to Arcachontrain Ter
29h 20m€72–314Train via Paris
- Take the train from Glasgow Central to London Eustontrain
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Paris Nordtrain Eil
- Take the train from Paris Montparnasse 1 Et 2 to Arcachontrain Tgv
12h 27m€180–655Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Glasgow to Portsmouth International Portcar
- Take the car ferry from Portsmouth International Port to Caencarferry
- Drive from Caen to Arcachoncar
20h 28m€238–606Fly from Glasgow Airport, train
- Fly from Glasgow Airport (GLA) to Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport (BOD)plane GLA - BOD
- Take the train from Pessac Alouette to Arcachontrain
6h 14m€96–196Fly from Aberdeen Airport, train
- Fly from Aberdeen Airport (ABZ) to Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport (BOD)plane ABZ - BOD
- Take the train from Pessac Alouette to Arcachontrain
8h 12m€146–248Fly from Inverness Dalcross Airport, train
- Fly from Inverness Dalcross Airport (INV) to Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport (BOD)plane INV - BOD
- Take the train from Pessac Alouette to Arcachontrain
9h 47m€99–240Train
- Take the train from Glasgow Central to London Eustontrain
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Lille Europetrain Eil
- Take the train from Lille Flandres to Bordeaux St Jeantrain Tgv
- Take the train from Bordeaux St Jean to Arcachontrain Ter
14h 26m€178–706Bus
- Take the bus from Buchanan Bus Station to London Victoriabus
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Doverbus 700 / ...
- Take the bus from Dover to Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine)bus 700
- Take the bus from Paris to Bordeauxbus
- Take the bus from Bordeaux St Jean to Arcachonbus
29h 34m€92–219Drive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Glasgow to Folkestonecar
- Take the car train from Folkestone to Calais-Fréthuncartrain
- Drive from Calais-Fréthun to Arcachoncar
17h 24m
Scotland to Arcachon by train, foot, and subway
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Scotland to Arcachon is to bus and train which costs €70 - €320 and takes 29h 20m.
The fastest way to get from Scotland to Arcachon is to fly and train which takes 6h 14m and costs €95 - €200.
No, there is no direct bus from Scotland station to Arcachon. However, there are services departing from Buchanan Bus Station and arriving at Arcachon via London Victoria, Dover, Paris and Bordeaux St Jean. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 29h 34m.
No, there is no direct train from Scotland to Arcachon. However, there are services departing from Glasgow Central and arriving at Arcachon via London St Pancras Intl, Gare du Nord and Paris Montparnasse 1 Et 2. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 12h 27m.
The distance between Scotland and Arcachon is 1317 km.
The best way to get from Scotland to Arcachon without a car is to train via Paris which takes 12h 27m and costs €180 - €700.
It takes approximately 6h 25m to get from Scotland to Arcachon, including transfers.
Scotland to Arcachon bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Buchanan Bus Station.
Scotland to Arcachon train services, operated by Avanti West Coast, depart from Glasgow Central station.
The best way to get from Scotland to Arcachon is to train via Paris which takes 12h 27m and costs €180 - €700. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs €90 - €220 and takes 29h 34m.
What companies run services between Scotland and Arcachon, France?
You can take a train from Glasgow Central to Arcachon via London Euston, London St Pancras Intl, Paris Nord, Gare du Nord, Montparnasse Bienvenue, and Paris Montparnasse 1 Et 2 in around 12h 27m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Buchanan Bus Station to Arcachon via London Victoria, Dover, Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine), Paris, Bordeaux, and Bordeaux St Jean in around 29h 34m.
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €60–190
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport via Birmingham
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €60–190
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport via London Luton
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €60–190
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €80–190
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport via London Luton
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 31m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €80–190
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport via Belfast (Aldergrove)
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €80–190
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport via Birmingham
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €80–190
Flights from Aberdeen Airport to Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport via London Luton
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €55–250
Flights from Aberdeen Airport to Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport via London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 5m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €55–250
Flights from Inverness Dalcross Airport to Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport via London Luton
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €80–200
Flights from Inverness Dalcross Airport to Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport via London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 30m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €80–200
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Aberdeen Airport to Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 8m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–400
Flights from Inverness Dalcross Airport to Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €80–410
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €55–320
Flights from Aberdeen Airport to Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 7m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–400
Flights from Aberdeen Airport to Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €60–260
- Website
- aerlingus.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €50–240
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €45–220
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Aberdeen Airport to Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport via London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 25m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €85–390
Rome2Rio's guide to Société Nationale des Chemins de fer Français (SNCF)
Contact Details
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- track.effiliation.com
Train from Pessac Alouette to Arcachon
- Ave. Duration
- 41 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €8–18
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
- 2nd Class
- €8–12
- Rail 1st Class
- €12–18
Train from Bordeaux St Jean to Arcachon
- Ave. Duration
- 52 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €11–24
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
- 2nd Class
- €11–16
- Rail 1st Class
- €17–24
- Phone
- +44 345 528 0253
- Website
- avantiwestcoast.co.uk
Train from Glasgow Central to London Euston
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 38m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €50–170
- Website
- https://www.avantiwestcoast.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 330 060 0500
- enquiry@sleeper.scot
- Website
- sleeper.scot
Train from Glasgow Central to London Euston
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 20m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- €65–260
- Website
- https://www.sleeper.scot/
- Phone
- +44 343 218 6186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Paris Nord
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 28m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €70–260
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Lille Europe
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 23m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €75–260
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- sncf-connect.com
Train from Paris Montparnasse 1 Et 2 to Arcachon
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 2m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €55–140
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Bordeaux St Jean to Arcachon
- Ave. Duration
- 40 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €15–16
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Lille Flandres to Bordeaux St Jean
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 47m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €75–170
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Lille Europe
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 23m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €40–140
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- €40–65
- 1st Class
- €85–140
- Phone
- +44 (0) 8443 35 35 35
- Website
- leshuttle.com
Car train from Folkestone to Calais-Fréthun
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- https://www.leshuttle.com/uk-en
- Phone
- 08717 81 81 81
- Website
- nationalexpress.com
Bus from Buchanan Bus Station to London Victoria Coach Station Arrivals
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 55m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €23–90
- Website
- https://www.nationalexpress.com/en
- Phone
- 0141 352 4444
- enquiries@megabus.com
- Website
- uk.megabus.com
Bus from Buchanan Bus Station to London Victoria Coach Station Arrivals
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 10m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €30–45
- Website
- https://uk.megabus.com
- Phone
- +3-389-268-0068
- Website
- blablacar.co.uk
Bus from London Victoria to Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 41m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €24–110
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
Bus from Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station to Bordeaux - Belcier Bus Stop
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 40m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €19–70
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
- Phone
- 07001 8282
- booking@union-ivkoni.com
- Website
- union-ivkoni.com
Bus from London Victoria to Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 30m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €18–26
- Website
- https://union-ivkoni.com/en
- Phone
- +34 910 207 007
- alsa@alsa.es
- Website
- alsa.com
Bus from Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station to Bordeaux - Belcier Bus Stop
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 30m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €22–90
- Website
- https://www.alsa.com/en/
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Buchanan Bus Station to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 20m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- €24–90
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from London Victoria to Dover
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €12–17
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Dover to Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine)
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €27–40
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Paris to Bordeaux
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 35m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €17–55
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- 3635
- Website
- groupe-sncf.com
Bus from Bordeaux St Jean to Arcachon
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 8m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- €12–17
- Website
- https://www.groupe-sncf.com/en
- Phone
- 0330 159 7000
- reservations@brittanyferries.com
- Website
- brittany-ferries.co.uk
Car ferry from Portsmouth International Port to Caen
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €21–280
- Schedules at
- brittany-ferries.co.uk
- Book at
- brittany-ferries.co.uk
- Adult
- €30–40
- Car
- €65–95
- Single Ticket
- €21–80
- Car Single Ticket
- €70–280
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More Questions & Answers
Scotland to Arcachon bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at London Victoria station.
Arcachon is 1h ahead of Scotland. It is currently 12:58 AM in Scotland and 1:58 AM in Arcachon.
Scotland to Arcachon train services, operated by Avanti West Coast, arrive at London Euston station.
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