There are 11 ways to get from Thurso to Paris by train, bus, night train, car, car train, car ferry or plane
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Recommended option
Train • 16h
Cheapest option
Bus • 29h 4m
9 alternative options
Bus, night train, train • 19h 9m
Drive, Eurotunnel • 15h 58m
Drive, car ferry • 17h 7m
Thurso to Paris by train
The train journey time between Thurso and Paris is around 16h and covers a distance of around 1617 km. This includes an average layover time of around 1h 55m. Operated by First ScotRail Service, LNER and Eurostar, the Thurso to Paris train service departs from Thurso and arrives in Paris Nord. Typically seven trains run weekly, although weekend and holiday schedules can vary so check in advance.
Questions & Answers
The most affordable way to get from Thurso to Paris is to bus, which costs £110 - £190 and takes 29h 4m.
The quickest way to get from Thurso to Paris is to train and fly which costs £120 - £350 and takes 11h 44m.
No, there is no direct bus from Thurso to Paris. However, there are services departing from Thurso, Sir Georges Street Church and arriving at Paris via Inverness Bus Station, Buchanan Bus Station and Manchester. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 29h 4m.
No, there is no direct train from Thurso to Paris. However, there are services departing from Thurso and arriving at Paris Nord via Inverness and London St Pancras Intl. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 16h.
The distance between Thurso and Paris is 1149 km.
The best way to get from Thurso to Paris without a car is to train which takes 16h and costs £350 - £650.
It takes approximately 16h to get from Thurso to Paris, including transfers.
Thurso to Paris bus services, operated by Stagecoach Highlands, depart from Thurso, Sir Georges Street Church station.
Thurso to Paris train services, operated by First ScotRail Service, depart from Thurso station.
The best way to get from Thurso to Paris is to train which takes 16h and costs £350 - £650. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs £110 - £190 and takes 29h 4m.
- Distance: 1148.7 km
- Duration: 16h
What companies run services between Thurso, Scotland and Paris, France?
You can take a train from Thurso to Magenta via Inverness, London Kings Cross, and London St Pancras Intl in around 16h. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Thurso to Paris Bercy via Inverness Bus Station, Glasgow Buchanan Bus Station, Buchanan Bus Station, and Manchester in around 29h 4m.
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Inverness to Paris Charles de Gaulle via London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 17m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €90 - €380
Flights from Inverness to Paris Charles de Gaulle via London Luton
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €90 - €380
Flights from Inverness to Paris Orly via Bristol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €180 - €500
Flights from Aberdeen to Paris Charles de Gaulle via London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €110 - €460
Flights from Aberdeen to Paris Charles de Gaulle via London Luton
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 22m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €110 - €460
Flights from Aberdeen to Paris Orly via Manchester
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €65 - €320
Flights from Glasgow to Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65 - €380
Flights from Glasgow to Paris Charles de Gaulle via Bristol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €65 - €380
Flights from Glasgow to Paris Charles de Gaulle via London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €65 - €380
Flights from Glasgow to Paris Charles de Gaulle via London Luton
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Thursday, Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €65 - €380
Flights from Glasgow to Paris Charles de Gaulle via Belfast (Aldergrove)
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €65 - €380
Flights from Edinburgh to Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60 - €310
Flights from Edinburgh to Paris Charles de Gaulle via London Luton
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 37m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €60 - €310
Flights from Edinburgh to Paris Charles de Gaulle via London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €60 - €310
Flights from Edinburgh to Paris Charles de Gaulle via Belfast (Aldergrove)
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €60 - €310
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Inverness to Paris Charles de Gaulle via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 48m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €190 - €800
Flights from Inverness to Paris Orly via London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 53m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €180 - €500
Flights from Aberdeen to Paris Charles de Gaulle via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 57m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €190 - €1300
Flights from Aberdeen to Paris Orly via Birmingham
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 50m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €330 - €850
Flights from Aberdeen to Paris Orly via London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €65 - €320
Flights from Glasgow to Paris Charles de Gaulle via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 17m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €160 - €900
Flights from Edinburgh to Paris Charles de Gaulle via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 48m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €160 - €750
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Inverness to Paris Charles de Gaulle via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €170 - €1300
Flights from Aberdeen to Paris Charles de Gaulle via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- €170 - €850
Flights from Aberdeen to Paris Charles de Gaulle via Bergen
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €190 - €950
Flights from Glasgow to Paris Charles de Gaulle via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €160 - €900
Flights from Edinburgh to Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €120 - €800
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Inverness to Paris Charles de Gaulle via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 36m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €170 - €1300
Flights from Aberdeen to Paris Charles de Gaulle via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 52m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €170 - €850
Flights from Glasgow to Paris Charles de Gaulle via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €160 - €900
Flights from Edinburgh to Paris Charles de Gaulle via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €160 - €750
- Website
- vueling.com
Flights from Inverness to Paris Orly via London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 53m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €180 - €500
Flights from Aberdeen to Paris Orly via London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €65 - €320
Flights from Aberdeen to Paris Orly via Malaga
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 45m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €100 - €480
- Website
- transavia.com
Flights from Inverness to Paris Orly via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €160 - €490
Flights from Aberdeen to Paris Orly via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €170 - €550
- Website
- transavia.com
Flights from Aberdeen to Paris Orly via Faro
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 10m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €100 - €490
Flights from Aberdeen to Paris Orly via Oslo
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 45m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €110 - €600
- Phone
- +44 344 811 0141
- customer.relations@scotrail.co.uk
- Website
- scotrail.co.uk
Train from Thurso to Inverness
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 53m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €40 - €60
- Website
- https://www.scotrail.co.uk/
- Standard
- €40 - €60
Train from Inverness to Dyce
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 6m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €28 - €45
- Website
- https://www.scotrail.co.uk/
- Standard
- €28 - €45
Train from Inverness to Stirling
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 52m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €40 - €60
- Website
- https://www.scotrail.co.uk/
- Standard
- €40 - €60
Train from Stirling to Glasgow Queen Street
- Ave. Duration
- 36 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- €8 - €12
- Website
- https://www.scotrail.co.uk/
- Standard
- €8 - €12
Train from Stirling to Edinburgh Park
- Ave. Duration
- 38 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €8 - €13
- Website
- https://www.scotrail.co.uk/
- Standard
- €8 - €13
- Phone
- +44 345 722 5333
- customers@lner.co.uk
- Website
- lner.co.uk
Train from Inverness to London Kings Cross
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 53m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €240 - €340
- Website
- https://www.lner.co.uk/
- Anytime Day Single
- €240 - €340
Train from Inverness to Stirling
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 36m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €50 - €75
- Website
- https://www.lner.co.uk/
- Anytime Day Single
- €50 - €75
Rome2Rio's guide to Eurostar
Contact Details
- Phone
- +44 343 218 6186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Paris Nord
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 19m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €120 - €350
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Business Premier
- €320 - €350
- Standard
- €120 - €150
- Standard Premier
- €160 - €210
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- Website
- sleeper.scot
Night train from Inverness to London Euston
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 2m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- €55 - €61
- Website
- sleeper.scot
- Sleeper Seat
- €55 - €61
- Sleeper Berth Club Solo
- €270 - €310
- Sleeper Berth Classic
- €220 - €290
- Phone
- +44 (0) 8443 35 35 35
- Website
- eurotunnel.com
Car train from Folkestone to Calais-Fréthun
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- https://www.eurotunnel.com/uk/
- Phone
- 0345 241 8000
- Website
- stagecoachbus.com
Bus from Thurso, Sir Georges Street Church to Inverness, Bus Station Stance 3
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 33m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €18 - €25
- Website
- https://www.stagecoachbus.com
Bus from Thurso, Bank of Scotland to Inverness, Marks and Spencer
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 41m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €18 - €25
- Website
- https://www.stagecoachbus.com
- enquiries@megabus.com
- Website
- uk.megabus.com
Bus from Inverness Bus Station to Glasgow Buchanan Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €21 - €30
- Website
- https://uk.megabus.com
- Schedules at
- https://uk.megabus.com/timetables
Bus from Buchanan Bus Station to Shudehill Interchange
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €25 - €35
- Website
- https://uk.megabus.com
- Schedules at
- https://uk.megabus.com/timetables
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- Phone
- 0141 352 4444
- info@citylink.co.uk
- Website
- citylink.co.uk
Bus from Bus Station Stance 3 to Buchanan Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €40 - €60
- Website
- https://www.citylink.co.uk/
- Schedules at
- https://www.citylink.co.uk/timetables-service-updates/
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.de
Bus from Glasgow to Manchester
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €29 - €40
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Book at
- https://shop.global.flixbus.com/
Bus from Manchester to Paris
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 5m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €60 - €90
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Book at
- https://shop.global.flixbus.com/
Frequently asked questions
- Phone
- +353 818 300 400
- info@irishferries.com
- Website
- irishferries.com
Car ferry from Dover to Calais
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €29 - €33
- Website
- Irish Ferries
- Car
- €120 - €140
- On Foot
- €29 - €33
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There is no direct flight from Inverness Airport to Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport. The quickest flight takes 3h 55m and has one stopover.
Thurso to Paris bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Paris station.
Paris is 1h ahead of Thurso. It is currently 1:33 PM in Thurso and 2:33 PM in Paris.
Thurso to Paris train services, operated by Eurostar, arrive at Paris Nord station.
British Airways, KLM and easyJet offer flights from Inverness Airport to Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport.
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