There are 10 ways to get from Scotland to Cherbourg by train (Eurostar), train, car ferry, bus, car, car train, plane, or ferry
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Train
best- Take the train from Glasgow Queen Street to Edinburgh Waverleytrain
- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to King's Crosstrain
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Paris Nordtrain Eil
- Take the train from Paris Saint-Lazare to Cherbourgtrain K2+
12h 16m€357–628Fly Glasgow Airport to Jersey Airport, ferry, train
cheapest- Fly from Glasgow Airport (GLA) to Jersey Airport (JER)plane GLA - JER
- Take the ferry from Jersey St Helier to Granvilleferry
- Take the train from Granville to Lisontrain
- Take the train from Lison to Cherbourgtrain
9h 6m€80–334Train, car ferry
- Take the train from Glasgow Central to Birmingham New Streettrain
- Take the train from Birmingham New Street to Southampton Centraltrain
- Take the car ferry from Portsmouth International Port to Port of Cherbourgcarferry
17h 59m€230–911Bus, car ferry
- Take the bus from Buchanan Bus Station to Birmingham Coach Stationbus 181 / ...
- Take the bus from Birmingham Coach Station to Coach Stationbus 160
- Take the car ferry from Portsmouth International Port to Port of Cherbourgcarferry
22h 38m€94–356Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Glasgow to Poolecar
- Take the car ferry from Poole to Port of Cherbourgcarferry
12h 26m€148–556Drive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Glasgow to Folkestonecar
- Take the car train from Folkestone to Calais-Fréthuncartrain
- Drive from Calais-Fréthun to Cherbourgcar
12h 43mFly Edinburgh Airport to Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport, train
- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport (CDG)plane EDI - CDG
- Take the train from Paris Saint-Lazare to Cherbourgtrain
8h 43m€134–334Fly Edinburgh Airport to Guernsey Airport, ferry
- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Guernsey Airport (GCI)plane EDI - GCI
- Take the ferry from Guernsey St Peter Port to Alderneyferry
- Take the ferry from Alderney to Port of Cherbourgferry
10h 1m€233–403Fly Glasgow Airport to Bristol Airport, train, car ferry
- Fly from Glasgow Airport (GLA) to Bristol Airport (BRS)plane GLA - BRS
- Take the train from Bristol Temple Meads to Southampton Centraltrain
- Take the train from Southampton Central to Pooletrain
- Take the car ferry from Poole to Port of Cherbourgcarferry
12h 31m€121–606Fly Edinburgh Airport to Beauvais–Tillé Airport, bus, train
- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Beauvais–Tillé Airport (BVA)plane EDI - BVA
- Take the bus from Paris-Beauvais Airport to Paris, Saint-Denis Universitébus
- Take the train from Paris Saint-Lazare to Cherbourgtrain
10h 25m€144–409
Scotland to Cherbourg by train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Scotland to Cherbourg is to bus and car ferry which costs €90 - €360 and takes 22h 38m.
The fastest way to get from Scotland to Cherbourg is to fly and train which takes 8h 43m and costs €130 - €340.
No, there is no direct train from Scotland to Cherbourg. However, there are services departing from Glasgow Queen Street and arriving at Cherbourg via Edinburgh Waverley, London St Pancras Intl, Magenta and Paris Saint-Lazare. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 12h 16m.
The distance between Scotland and Cherbourg is 1526 km.
The best way to get from Scotland to Cherbourg without a car is to train which takes 12h 16m and costs €350 - €650.
It takes approximately 12h 16m to get from Scotland to Cherbourg, including transfers.
Scotland to Cherbourg train services, operated by ScotRail, depart from Glasgow Queen Street station.
Scotland to Cherbourg train services, operated by ScotRail, arrive at Edinburgh Waverley station.
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You can take a train from Glasgow Queen Street to Cherbourg via Edinburgh Waverley, London Kings Cross, London St Pancras Intl, Paris Nord, Magenta, Haussmann Saint-Lazare, and Paris Saint-Lazare in around 12h 16m.
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Jersey Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €35–180
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Jersey Airport via Belfast (Aldergrove)
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €35–180
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Jersey Airport via London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 48m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €35–180
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 53m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €45–160
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport via Bristol Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 36m
- When
- Monday to Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €45–160
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport via Belfast (Aldergrove)
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 52m
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €45–160
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport via London Luton
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €45–160
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Bristol Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 11m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €25–85
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Bristol Airport via Belfast (Aldergrove)
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €25–85
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Jersey Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €90–190
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €130–230
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Guernsey Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €180–650
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Guernsey Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 41m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €85–380
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €45–270
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Beauvais–Tillé Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Monday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €50–240
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Beauvais–Tillé Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €50–240
- Website
- aurigny.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Guernsey Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €100–230
- Website
- loganair.co.uk
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Guernsey Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €180–650
- Phone
- +44 344 811 0141
- Website
- scotrail.co.uk
Train from Glasgow Queen Street to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €15–40
- Website
- https://www.scotrail.co.uk/
- Standard
- €15–21
- 1st Class
- €26–40
- Phone
- +44 345 722 5333
- customers@lner.co.uk
- Website
- lner.co.uk
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to King's Cross
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 8m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €180–250
- Website
- https://www.lner.co.uk/
- Anytime Day Single
- €180–250
- 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
- €100–200
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Standard
- €100–140
- Comfort
- €110–160
- Premium
- €150–200
- Phone
- +33 2 22 55 00 10
- nomad-car@laregionnormandie.fr
- Website
- nomad.normandie.fr
Train from Paris Saint-Lazare to Cherbourg
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 11m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Schedules at
- nomad.normandie.fr
Train from Granville to Lison
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 1m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Schedules at
- nomad.normandie.fr
Train from Lison to Cherbourg
- Ave. Duration
- 41 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Schedules at
- nomad.normandie.fr
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 Paris Saint-Lazare to Cherbourg
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 7m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €60–140
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
- 2nd Class
- €60–90
- Rail 1st Class
- €95–140
Train from Granville to Lison
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 1m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €14–35
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
- 2nd Class
- €14–21
- Rail 1st Class
- €22–35
Train from Lison to Cherbourg
- Ave. Duration
- 44 min
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €12–28
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
- 2nd Class
- €12–19
- Rail 1st Class
- €19–28
- Phone
- +44 345 528 0253
- Website
- avantiwestcoast.co.uk
Train from Glasgow Central to Birmingham New Street
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 18m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €120–300
- Website
- https://www.avantiwestcoast.co.uk/
- Anytime Single
- €120–180
- Anytime Single 1st Class
- €210–300
Train from Glasgow Central to Birmingham New Street
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 16m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €140–440
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
- Standard
- €140–210
- 1st Class
- €310–440
Train from Birmingham New Street to Southampton Central
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 39m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €75–220
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
- Standard
- €75–120
- 1st Class
- €150–220
- 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
- +44 3457 000 125
- gwr.feedback@gwr.com
- Website
- gwr.com
Train from Bristol Temple Meads to Southampton Central
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 39m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €45–90
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
- Anytime Day Single
- €45–60
- Anytime Day Single 1st Class
- €60–90
- Phone
- 0345 6000 650
- Website
- southwesternrailway.com
Train from Southampton Central to Poole
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €18–45
- Website
- https://www.southwesternrailway.com/
- Anytime Day Single
- €18–26
- Anytime Day Single 1st Class
- €30–45
- Phone
- 08717 81 81 81
- Website
- nationalexpress.com
Bus from Buchanan Bus Station to Birmingham Coach Station
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 25m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €40–60
- Website
- https://www.nationalexpress.com/en
Bus from Birmingham Coach Station to Coach Station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €26–40
- Website
- https://www.nationalexpress.com/en
- Phone
- +33 (0) 9 77 40 24 20
- service.clients@aeroportbeauvais.com.
- Website
- aerobus.fr
Bus from Paris-Beauvais Airport to Paris, Saint-Denis Université
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €14–20
- Schedules at
- aerobus.fr
- Phone
- 0330 159 7000
- reservations@brittanyferries.com
- Website
- brittany-ferries.co.uk
Car ferry from Portsmouth International Port to Port of Cherbourg
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 45m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €27–260
- Schedules at
- brittany-ferries.co.uk
- Book at
- brittany-ferries.co.uk
- Adult
- €27–35
- Car
- €50–75
- Single Ticket
- €45–80
- Car Single Ticket
- €70–260
Car ferry from Poole to Port of Cherbourg
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €26–380
- Schedules at
- brittany-ferries.co.uk
- Book at
- brittany-ferries.co.uk
- Adult
- €26–35
- Car
- €50–70
- Single Ticket
- €55–95
- Car Single Ticket
- €140–380
- Phone
- 07781 119796
- Website
- alderneyferryservices.co.uk
Ferry from Guernsey St Peter Port to Alderney
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €60–75
- Website
- https://alderneyferryservices.co.uk/
- Website
- https://alderneyferryservices.co.uk/book-here
Ferry from Alderney to Port of Cherbourg
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €60–75
- Website
- https://alderneyferryservices.co.uk/
- Website
- https://alderneyferryservices.co.uk/book-here
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