There are 11 ways to get from Slough to Ayr by train, bus, car, or plane
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Train
best- Take the train from London Euston to Glasgow Centraltrain London Euston - Glasgow Central
- Take the train from Glasgow Central to Ayrtrain Glasgow Central - Ayr / ...
7h 3m£123–278Bus via Finchley Road / O2 Centre
cheapest- Take the bus from Finchley Road / O2 Centre to Buchanan Bus Stationbus Ukn30 / ...
- Take the bus from Buchanan Bus Station to Ayr Bus Stationbus X77 / ...
11h 17m£62–102Drive 382.2 mi
- Drive from Slough to Ayrcar 382.2 mi
6h 48m£95–137Fly London Heathrow Airport to Glasgow Airport, train
- Fly from London Heathrow Airport (LHR) to Glasgow Airport (GLA)plane LHR - GLA
- Take the train from Paisley Gilmour Street to Ayrtrain
4h 22m£82–311Train via Carlisle
- Take the train from London Euston to Carlisletrain London Euston - Glasgow Central / ...
- Take the train from Carlisle to Auchinlecktrain Carlisle - Glasgow Central
8h 19m£118–250Bus
- Take the bus from Heathrow Terminal 5 to Buchanan Bus Stationbus 802
- Take the bus from Buchanan Bus Station to Ayr Bus Stationbus X77 / ...
11h 29m£74–138Train to London City Airport, fly to Glasgow Airport, train
- Take the train from Slough to Custom Housetrain
- Fly from London City Airport (LCY) to Glasgow Airport (GLA)plane LCY - GLA
- Take the train from Paisley Gilmour Street to Ayrtrain
4h 55m£112–388Train to London Gatwick Airport, fly to Glasgow Airport, train
- Take the train from Farringdon to Gatwick Airporttrain
- Fly from London Gatwick Airport (LGW) to Glasgow Airport (GLA)plane LGW - GLA
- Take the train from Paisley Gilmour Street to Ayrtrain
5h 25m£81–199Train to Luton Airport, fly to Glasgow Airport, train
- Take the train from Farringdon to Luton Airport Parkwaytrain
- Fly from Luton Airport (LTN) to Glasgow Airport (GLA)plane LTN - GLA
- Take the train from Paisley Gilmour Street to Ayrtrain
5h 21m£86–206Fly London Heathrow Airport to Edinburgh Airport, train
- Fly from London Heathrow Airport (LHR) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane LHR - EDI
- Take the train from Haymarket to Glasgow Queen Streettrain
- Take the train from Glasgow Central to Ayrtrain
5h 34m£96–288Train to London Stansted Airport, fly to Glasgow Airport, train
- Take the train from Slough to Liverpool Street Stationtrain
- Fly from London Stansted Airport (STN) to Glasgow Airport (GLA)plane STN - GLA
- Take the train from Paisley Gilmour Street to Ayrtrain
5h 34m£73–199
London Heathrow Airport (LHR) to Glasgow Airport (GLA) flights
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Slough to Ayr is to bus via Finchley Road / O2 Centre which costs £60 - £110 and takes 11h 17m.
The fastest way to get from Slough to Ayr is to fly and train which takes 4h 22m and costs £80 - £320.
No, there is no direct bus from Slough to Ayr station. However, there are services departing from Wellington Street Stop B and arriving at Ayr Bus Station via Finchley Road / O2 Centre and Buchanan Bus Station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 11h 17m.
No, there is no direct train from Slough to Ayr. However, there are services departing from Slough and arriving at Ayr via Tottenham Court Road station, London Euston and Glasgow Central. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 7h 3m.
The distance between Slough and Ayr is 463 miles. The road distance is 384.5 miles.
The best way to get from Slough to Ayr without a car is to train which takes 7h 3m and costs £120 - £280.
It takes approximately 7h 3m to get from Slough to Ayr, including transfers.
Slough to Ayr bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Finchley Road / O2 Centre station.
Slough to Ayr train services, operated by Avanti West Coast, depart from London Euston station.
The best way to get from Slough to Ayr is to train which takes 7h 3m and costs £120 - £280. Alternatively, you can bus via Finchley Road / O2 Centre, which costs £60 - £110 and takes 11h 17m.
What companies run services between Slough, England and Ayr, Scotland?
You can take a train from Slough to Ayr via Tottenham Court Road Station, Tottenham Court Road station, Euston station, London Euston, and Glasgow Central in around 7h 3m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Wellington Street Stop B to Ayr Bus Station via Belmont Road, Uxbridge station, Finchley Road station, Finchley Road / O2 Centre, and Buchanan Bus Station in around 11h 17m.
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Glasgow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £55–280
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Glasgow Airport via Derry
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £150–450
Flights from London City Airport to Glasgow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 19m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £70–260
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Glasgow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £45–200
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 24m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £55–210
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- £55–210
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Belfast City
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £55–210
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Glasgow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 31m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £30–110
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Glasgow Airport via Belfast (Aldergrove)
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 32m
- When
- Thursday and Tuesday
- Estimated price
- £30–110
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Glasgow Airport via Belfast City
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Wednesday to Friday
- Estimated price
- £30–110
Flights from Luton Airport to Glasgow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £28–110
Flights from Luton Airport to Glasgow Airport via Belfast (Aldergrove)
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Sunday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- £28–110
Flights from Luton Airport to Glasgow Airport via Belfast City
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £28–110
Flights from London Stansted Airport to Glasgow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 16m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £17–120
Flights from London Stansted Airport to Glasgow Airport via Belfast (Aldergrove)
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 13m
- When
- Friday, Sunday, Tuesday, and Thursday
- Estimated price
- £17–120
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Glasgow Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £55–300
Flights from Luton Airport to Glasgow Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Sunday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- £50–110
Flights from London Stansted Airport to Glasgow Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Tuesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- £60–110
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from London Stansted Airport to Glasgow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £20–70
- Website
- loganair.co.uk
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Glasgow Airport via Derry
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £150–450
- Website
- aerlingus.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Belfast City
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £55–210
- Phone
- +44 (0)345 528 0253
- Website
- Avanti West Coast
Train from London Euston to Glasgow Central
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 31m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £130–220
- Website
- Avanti West Coast
Train from London Euston to Carlisle
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 17m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £100–160
- Website
- Avanti West Coast
- Phone
- +44 330 060 0500
- Website
- Caledonian Sleeper
Train from London Euston to Glasgow Central
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 28m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- £90–130
- Website
- Caledonian Sleeper
Train from London Euston to Carlisle
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £65–95
- Website
- Caledonian Sleeper
- Phone
- +44 (0)344 811 0141
- Website
- ScotRail
Train from Glasgow Central to Ayr
- Ave. Duration
- 53 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £16–26
- Website
- ScotRail
Train from Paisley Gilmour Street to Ayr
- Ave. Duration
- 43 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £13–22
- Website
- ScotRail
Train from Carlisle to Auchinleck
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 27m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £30–50
- Website
- ScotRail
Train from Paisley Gilmour Street to Ayr
- Ave. Duration
- 43 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £13–22
- Website
- ScotRail
Train from Paisley Gilmour Street to Ayr
- Ave. Duration
- 43 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £13–22
- Website
- ScotRail
Train from Paisley Gilmour Street to Ayr
- Ave. Duration
- 43 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £13–22
- Website
- ScotRail
Train from Haymarket to Glasgow Queen Street
- Ave. Duration
- 46 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £18–29
- Website
- ScotRail
Train from Glasgow Central to Ayr
- Ave. Duration
- 53 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £16–26
- Website
- ScotRail
Train from Paisley Gilmour Street to Ayr
- Ave. Duration
- 43 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £13–22
- Website
- ScotRail
- Phone
- 0343 222 1234
- Website
- Elizabeth Line (TfL)
Train from Slough to Custom House
- Ave. Duration
- 56 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £21–45
- Website
- Elizabeth Line (TfL)
Train from Slough to Liverpool Street Station
- Ave. Duration
- 46 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £17–35
- Website
- Elizabeth Line (TfL)
- Phone
- +44 (0)345 026 4700
- Website
- Thameslink
Train from Farringdon to Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 39 min
- Frequency
- Every 10 minutes
- Estimated price
- £15–19
- Website
- Thameslink
Train from Farringdon to Luton Airport Parkway
- Ave. Duration
- 37 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- £16–21
- Website
- Thameslink
- Phone
- 0345 528 0409
- customerexperience@lumo.co.uk
- Website
- Lumo
Train from Haymarket to Glasgow Queen Street
- Ave. Duration
- 48 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £7–13
- Website
- Lumo
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Finchley Road / O2 Centre to Buchanan Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 45m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £45–75
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Buchanan Bus Station to Ayr Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 3m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- £11–15
- Website
- Stagecoach West Scotland
Bus from Buchanan Bus Station to Ayr Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 3m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- £11–15
- Website
- Stagecoach West Scotland
- Phone
- 0141 352 4444
- info@citylink.co.uk
- Website
- Scottish Citylink Coaches Ltd
Bus from Buchanan Bus Station to Ayr Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £6–13
- Website
- Scottish Citylink Coaches Ltd
- Single
- £6–13
Bus from Buchanan Bus Station to Ayr Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £6–13
- Website
- Scottish Citylink Coaches Ltd
- Single
- £6–13
- Phone
- +44 (0)3717 81 81 81
- Website
- National Express
Bus from Heathrow Terminal 5 to Buchanan Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 45m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- £65–120
- Website
- National Express
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Booking & Getting There
Slough to Ayr bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Buchanan Bus Station.
Slough to Ayr train services, operated by Avanti West Coast, arrive at Glasgow Central station.
Yes, the driving distance between Slough to Ayr is 384 miles. It takes approximately 6h 48m to drive from Slough to Ayr.
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