There are 11 ways to get from Swindon to Stranraer by train, bus, car, or plane
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Train, bus
best- Take the train from Swindon to Cheltenham Spa
- Take the train from Cheltenham Spa to Birmingham New Street
- Take the train from Birmingham New Street to Carlisle
- Take the train from Carlisle to Dumfries
- Take the bus from Dumfries station to Port Rodie500
10h 53mBus
cheapest- Take the bus from Regent Circus to Heathrow Central Bus Station
- Take the bus from Heathrow Central Bus Station to Buchanan Bus Station595 / ...
- Take the bus from Buchanan Bus Station to Port Rodie923
13h 45m£59–122Drive 370.3 mi
- Drive from Swindon to Stranraer370.3 mi
6h 17m£91–132Train to Bristol Airport, fly to Glasgow Airport, train
- Take the train from Swindon to Bristol Temple Meads
- Fly from Bristol Airport (BRS) to Glasgow Airport (GLA)BRS - GLA
- Take the train from Paisley Gilmour Street to Ayr
- Take the train from Ayr to Stranraer
7h 17m£86–168Train
- Take the train from Swindon to Bristol Parkway
- Take the train from Bristol Parkway to Birmingham New Street
- Take the train from Birmingham New Street to Carlisle
- Take the train from Carlisle to Glasgow Central
- Take the train from Glasgow Central to Ayr
- Take the train from Ayr to Stranraer
11h 9m£111–358Train, bus via Manchester
- Take the train from Swindon to Cheltenham Spa
- Take the train from Cheltenham Spa to Manchester Piccadilly
- Take the train from Manchester Piccadilly to Lockerbie
- Take the bus from Whitesands to Port Rodie500
11h 59mTrain to Bristol Airport, fly to Edinburgh Airport, bus
- Take the train from Swindon to Bristol Temple Meads
- Fly from Bristol Airport (BRS) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)BRS - EDI
- Take the bus from Airport to Buchanan Bus Station
- Take the bus from Buchanan Bus Station to Port Rodie
7h 54m£78–164Train to London Heathrow Airport, fly to Glasgow Airport, train
- Take the train from Swindon to London Paddington
- Fly from London Heathrow Airport (LHR) to Glasgow Airport (GLA)LHR - GLA
- Take the train from Paisley Gilmour Street to Ayr
- Take the train from Ayr to Stranraer
7h 40m£143–425Train, train to Luton Airport, fly to Glasgow Airport
- Take the train from Swindon to London Paddington
- Take the train from Farringdon to Luton Airport Parkway
- Fly from Luton Airport (LTN) to Glasgow Airport (GLA)LTN - GLA
- Take the train from Paisley Gilmour Street to Ayr
- Take the train from Ayr to Stranraer
8h 11m£114–331Train, train to Southampton Airport, fly to Glasgow Airport
- Take the train from Swindon to Reading
- Take the train from Reading to Southampton Airport Parkway
- Fly from Southampton Airport (SOU) to Glasgow Airport (GLA)SOU - GLA
- Take the train from Paisley Gilmour Street to Ayr
- Take the train from Ayr to Stranraer
8h 20m£107–304Train, train to Birmingham Airport, fly to Glasgow Airport
- Take the train from Swindon to Reading
- Take the train from Reading to Birmingham International
- Fly from Birmingham Airport (BHX) to Glasgow Airport (GLA)BHX - GLA
- Take the train from Paisley Gilmour Street to Ayr
- Take the train from Ayr to Stranraer
8h 58m£102–260
Bristol Airport (BRS) to Glasgow Airport (GLA) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Swindon to Stranraer is to bus which costs £55 - £130 and takes 13h 45m.
The fastest way to get from Swindon to Stranraer is to drive which takes 6h 17m and costs £90 - £140.
No, there is no direct bus from Swindon to Stranraer. However, there are services departing from Regent Circus and arriving at Port Rodie via Heathrow Central Bus Station and Buchanan Bus Station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 13h 45m.
No, there is no direct train from Swindon to Stranraer. However, there are services departing from Swindon and arriving at Stranraer via Bristol Parkway, Birmingham New Street, Carlisle, Glasgow Central and Ayr. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 11h 9m.
The distance between Swindon and Stranraer is 393 miles. The road distance is 372.4 miles.
The best way to get from Swindon to Stranraer without a car is to train and bus which takes 10h 53m and costs .
It takes approximately 10h 53m to get from Swindon to Stranraer, including transfers.
Swindon to Stranraer bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Regent Circus station.
Swindon to Stranraer train services, operated by Great Western Railway (GWR), depart from Swindon station.
The best way to get from Swindon to Stranraer is to bus which takes 13h 45m and costs £55 - £130. Alternatively, you can train, which costs £110 - £360 and takes 11h 9m.
What companies run services between Swindon, England and Stranraer, Scotland?
You can take a bus from Regent Circus to Port Rodie via Heathrow Central Bus Station and Buchanan Bus Station in around 13h 45m. Alternatively, you can take a train from Swindon to Stranraer via Bristol Parkway, Birmingham New Street, Carlisle, Glasgow Central, and Ayr in around 11h 9m.
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Bristol Airport to Glasgow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 16m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £23–75
Flights from Bristol Airport to Glasgow Airport via Belfast (Aldergrove)
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £23–75
Flights from Bristol Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £24–90
Flights from Bristol Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Belfast (Aldergrove)
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £24–90
Flights from Luton Airport to Glasgow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £24–100
Flights from Luton Airport to Glasgow Airport via Belfast (Aldergrove)
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- £24–100
Flights from Southampton Airport to Glasgow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £35–170
Flights from Southampton Airport to Glasgow Airport via Belfast (Aldergrove)
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £35–170
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Glasgow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £22–75
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Glasgow Airport via Belfast (Aldergrove)
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 47m
- When
- Tuesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £22–75
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Glasgow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 28m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £55–220
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Glasgow Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £110–230
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Bristol Airport to Glasgow Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £50–90
Flights from Bristol Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 22m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £50–110
Flights from Luton Airport to Glasgow Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- £55–120
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Glasgow Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 8m
- When
- Monday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £55–95
- Website
- aerlingus.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Glasgow Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £110–230
- Website
- loganair.co.uk
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Glasgow Airport via Derry
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £140–270
- Phone
- +44 3457 000 125
- gwr.feedback@gwr.com
- Website
- gwr.com
Train from Swindon to Cheltenham Spa
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 1m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £13–29
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
Train from Swindon to Bristol Temple Meads
- Ave. Duration
- 37 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £20–35
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
Train from Swindon to Bristol Parkway
- Ave. Duration
- 22 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £14–30
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
Train from Swindon to London Paddington
- Ave. Duration
- 58 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- £35–130
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
Train from Swindon to Reading
- Ave. Duration
- 29 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- £20–55
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
Train from Cheltenham Spa to Birmingham New Street
- Ave. Duration
- 39 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £11–40
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
Train from Bristol Parkway to Birmingham New Street
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 9m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £21–80
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
Train from Cheltenham Spa to Manchester Piccadilly
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £24–120
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
Train from Reading to Southampton Airport Parkway
- Ave. Duration
- 44 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £18–29
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
Train from Reading to Birmingham International
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 24m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £25–85
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 345 528 0253
- Website
- avantiwestcoast.co.uk
Train from Birmingham New Street to Carlisle
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 58m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £40–130
- Website
- https://www.avantiwestcoast.co.uk/
Train from Carlisle to Glasgow Central
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 12m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £11–40
- Website
- https://www.avantiwestcoast.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 344 811 0141
- Website
- scotrail.co.uk
Train from Carlisle to Dumfries
- Ave. Duration
- 37 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £8–9
- Website
- https://www.scotrail.co.uk/
Train from Paisley Gilmour Street to Ayr
- Ave. Duration
- 43 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £11–12
- Website
- https://www.scotrail.co.uk/
Train from Ayr to Stranraer
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 21m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- £16–25
- Website
- https://www.scotrail.co.uk/
Train from Carlisle to Glasgow Central
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 32m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- £18–29
- Website
- https://www.scotrail.co.uk/
Train from Glasgow Central to Ayr
- Ave. Duration
- 53 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £8–13
- Website
- https://www.scotrail.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 345 600 1671
- tpecustomer.relations@tpexpress.co.uk
- Website
- tpexpress.co.uk
Train from Carlisle to Glasgow Central
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £15–30
- Website
- https://www.tpexpress.co.uk/
Train from Manchester Piccadilly to Lockerbie
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £30–60
- Website
- https://www.tpexpress.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 330 060 0500
- enquiry@sleeper.scot
- Website
- sleeper.scot
Train from Carlisle to Glasgow Central
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 8m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- 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
- 0345 026 4700
- Website
- thameslinkrailway.com
Train from Farringdon to Luton Airport Parkway
- Ave. Duration
- 36 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- £9–40
- Website
- https://www.thameslinkrailway.com/
- Phone
- +44 1576 203874
- info@houstoncoaches.co.uk
- Website
- houstonscoaches.co.uk
Bus from Dumfries station to Port Rodie
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 31m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- https://www.houstonscoaches.co.uk/
Bus from Whitesands to Port Rodie
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 26m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- https://www.houstonscoaches.co.uk/
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Regent Circus to Heathrow Central Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £10–21
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Heathrow Central Bus Station to Buchanan Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 25m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £35–80
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- 08717 81 81 81
- Website
- nationalexpress.com
Bus from Heathrow Central Bus Station to Buchanan Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 8h
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- £45–80
- Website
- https://www.nationalexpress.com/en
- Phone
- 0141 352 4444
- info@citylink.co.uk
- Website
- citylink.co.uk
Bus from Buchanan Bus Station to Port Rodie
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £14–21
- Website
- https://www.citylink.co.uk/
Bus from Airport to Buchanan Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 58 min
- Frequency
- Every 10 minutes
- Estimated price
- £9–13
- Website
- https://www.citylink.co.uk/
- Phone
- 0141 352 4444
- enquiries@megabus.com
- Website
- uk.megabus.com
Bus from Airport to Buchanan Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 2m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £9–13
- Website
- https://uk.megabus.com
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More Questions & Answers
Swindon to Stranraer bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Heathrow Central Bus Station.
Swindon to Stranraer train services, operated by Great Western Railway (GWR), arrive at Bristol Parkway station.
Yes, the driving distance between Swindon to Stranraer is 372 miles. It takes approximately 6h 17m to drive from Swindon to Stranraer.
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