There are 12 ways to get from Southampton to Perth by plane, train, bus, or car
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly Southampton Airport to Glasgow Airport, train
best- Fly from Southampton Airport (SOU) to Glasgow Airport (GLA)plane SOU - GLA
- Take the train from Glasgow Queen Street to Perthtrain
4h 24m£67–209Train to Bournemouth Airport, fly to Edinburgh Airport, bus
cheapest- Take the train from Southampton Central to Bournemouthtrain
- Fly from Bournemouth Airport (BOH) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane BOH - EDI
- Take the bus from Edinburgh Airport to Perth stationbus
6h 35m£45–269Train
- Take the train from Southampton Central to London Waterlootrain
- Take the train from King's Cross to Edinburgh Waverleytrain
- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to Perthtrain
8h 19m£156–294Bus
- Take the bus from Coach Station to Heathrow Central Bus Stationbus 032
- Take the bus from Heathrow Central Bus Station to Edinburgh, Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from George Street to Perth stationbus
15h 21m£56–222Drive 460.7 mi
- Drive from Southampton to Perthcar 460.7 mi
7h 54m£112–162Fly Southampton Airport to Edinburgh Airport, bus
- Fly from Southampton Airport (SOU) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane SOU - EDI
- Take the bus from Edinburgh Airport to Perth stationbus
4h 53m£84–205Train to London Heathrow Airport, fly to Glasgow Airport, train
- Take the train from Southampton Central to Wokingtrain
- Fly from London Heathrow Airport (LHR) to Glasgow Airport (GLA)plane LHR - GLA
- Take the train from Glasgow Queen Street to Perthtrain
5h 48m£112–365Train to London Heathrow Airport, fly to Edinburgh Airport, bus
- Take the train from Southampton Central to Wokingtrain
- Fly from London Heathrow Airport (LHR) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane LHR - EDI
- Take the bus from Edinburgh Airport to Perth stationbus
5h 52m£84–271Train to Bristol Airport, fly to Edinburgh Airport, bus
- Take the train from Southampton Central to Bristol Temple Meadstrain
- Fly from Bristol Airport (BRS) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane BRS - EDI
- Take the bus from Edinburgh Airport to Perth stationbus
6h 30m£67–157Train to London Gatwick Airport, fly to Edinburgh Airport, bus
- Take the train from Southampton Central to Clapham Junctiontrain
- Fly from London Gatwick Airport (LGW) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane LGW - EDI
- Take the bus from Edinburgh Airport to Perth stationbus
6h 8m£73–204Train via Birmingham
- Take the train from Southampton Central to Birmingham New Streettrain
- Take the train from Birmingham New Street to Edinburgh Waverleytrain
- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to Perthtrain
10h 21m£208–412Train via Birmingham Airport (BHX)
- Take the train from Southampton Central to Birmingham Internationaltrain Bournemouth - Manchester Piccadilly / ...
- Take the train from Birmingham International to Perthtrain London Euston - Inverness
10h 22m£152–241
Southampton to Perth by train, subway, and foot
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Southampton to Perth is to train and fly and bus which costs £65 - £160 and takes 6h 30m.
The fastest way to get from Southampton to Perth is to fly and train which takes 4h 24m and costs £65 - £210.
No, there is no direct bus from Southampton station to Perth station. However, there are services departing from Coach Station and arriving at Perth station via Heathrow Central Bus Station and George Street. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 15h 21m.
No, there is no direct train from Southampton to Perth. However, there are services departing from Southampton Central and arriving at Perth via Waterloo station, King's Cross and Edinburgh Waverley. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 8h 19m.
The distance between Southampton and Perth is 440 miles. The road distance is 463.4 miles.
The best way to get from Southampton to Perth without a car is to train which takes 8h 19m and costs £150 - £300.
It takes approximately 4h 24m to get from Southampton to Perth, including transfers.
Southampton to Perth bus services, operated by National Express, depart from Coach Station.
Southampton to Perth train services, operated by South Western Railway, depart from Southampton Central station.
The best way to get from Southampton to Perth is to train which takes 8h 19m and costs £150 - £300. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs £55 - £230 and takes 15h 21m.
What companies run services between Southampton, England and Perth, Scotland?
You can take a train from Southampton Central to Perth via London Waterloo Station, Waterloo station, Euston station, King's Cross, and Edinburgh Waverley in around 8h 19m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Coach Station to Perth station via Heathrow Central Bus Station, Edinburgh, Bus Station, and George Street in around 15h 21m.
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Southampton Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £100–200
Flights from Southampton Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Belfast City
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £80–170
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Glasgow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 26m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £55–240
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Glasgow Airport via Derry
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £230–410
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Glasgow Airport via Belfast City
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £55–240
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £55–210
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Southampton Airport to Glasgow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £30–130
Flights from Southampton Airport to Glasgow Airport via Belfast (Aldergrove)
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £30–130
Flights from Southampton Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- £70–190
Flights from Bristol Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £23–80
Flights from Bristol Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Belfast (Aldergrove)
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 8m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £23–80
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 28m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £24–100
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Belfast (Aldergrove)
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £24–100
- Website
- loganair.co.uk
Flights from Southampton Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £100–200
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Glasgow Airport via Derry
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £230–410
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Bristol Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- £40–75
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Monday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £45–75
- Website
- aerlingus.com
Flights from Southampton Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Belfast City
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £80–170
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Glasgow Airport via Belfast City
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £55–240
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Bournemouth Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £19–95
- Phone
- +44 344 811 0141
- Website
- scotrail.co.uk
Train from Glasgow Queen Street to Perth
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £27–50
- Website
- https://www.scotrail.co.uk/
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Perth
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £24–45
- Website
- https://www.scotrail.co.uk/
- Phone
- 0345 6000 650
- Website
- southwesternrailway.com
Train from Southampton Central to London Waterloo
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 19m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £30–75
- Website
- https://www.southwesternrailway.com/
Train from Southampton Central to Woking
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £22–50
- Website
- https://www.southwesternrailway.com/
Train from Southampton Central to Clapham Junction
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £30–70
- Website
- https://www.southwesternrailway.com/
Train from Southampton Central to Bournemouth
- Ave. Duration
- 37 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £11–27
- Website
- https://www.southwesternrailway.com/
- Phone
- +44 345 722 5333
- customers@lner.co.uk
- Website
- lner.co.uk
Train from King's Cross to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 6m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £110–170
- Website
- https://www.lner.co.uk/
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Perth
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 17m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £16–24
- Website
- https://www.lner.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 330 060 0500
- enquiry@sleeper.scot
- Website
- sleeper.scot
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Perth
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- £12–20
- Website
- https://www.sleeper.scot/
Train from Birmingham International to Perth
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 58m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- £80–140
- Website
- https://www.sleeper.scot/
- Phone
- +44 3457 000 125
- gwr.feedback@gwr.com
- Website
- gwr.com
Train from Southampton Central to Bristol Temple Meads
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 43m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £30–65
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
Train from Southampton Central to Bournemouth
- Ave. Duration
- 31 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £15–22
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
Train from Southampton Central to Birmingham New Street
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 36m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £75–110
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
Train from Birmingham New Street to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 7m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £170–260
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
Train from Southampton Central to Birmingham International
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 24m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £70–110
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 345 528 0253
- Website
- avantiwestcoast.co.uk
Train from Birmingham New Street to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 16m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £120–200
- Website
- https://www.avantiwestcoast.co.uk/
- Phone
- 08717 81 81 81
- Website
- nationalexpress.com
Bus from Coach Station to Heathrow Central Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £12–30
- Website
- https://www.nationalexpress.com/en
Bus from Heathrow Central Bus Station to Edinburgh, Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 10m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £75–180
- Website
- https://www.nationalexpress.com/en
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Heathrow Central Bus Station to Edinburgh, Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 55m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £35–70
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +44 (0)131 510 4007
- ride@ember.to
- Website
- ember.to
Bus from George Street to Perth station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 27m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- £8–12
- Website
- https://www.ember.to/
Bus from Edinburgh Airport to Perth station
- Ave. Duration
- 58 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £7–11
- Website
- https://www.ember.to/
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More Questions & Answers
Southampton to Perth bus services, operated by National Express, arrive at Heathrow Central Bus Station.
Southampton to Perth train services, operated by South Western Railway, arrive at London Waterloo station.
Yes, the driving distance between Southampton to Perth is 463 miles. It takes approximately 7h 54m to drive from Southampton to Perth.
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