There are 10 ways to get from Barford to Edinburgh by train, bus, car or plane
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Recommended option
Train • 6h 48m
Cheapest option
Bus • 11h 17m
8 alternative options
Train via Manchester • 7h 58m
Drive • 5h 25m
Bus to Birmingham, fly to Edinburgh • 4h 31m
Barford to Edinburgh by bus and train
The journey time between Barford and Edinburgh is around 6h 48m and covers a distance of around 331 miles. This includes an average layover time of around 1h 30m. Operated by Stagecoach Midlands, CrossCountry and Avanti West Coast, the Barford to Edinburgh service departs from Barford, Joseph Arch and arrives in Edinburgh. Typically 105 services run weekly, although weekend and holiday schedules can vary so check in advance.
Questions & Answers
The most affordable way to get from Barford to Edinburgh is to bus, which costs £28 - £50 and takes 11h 17m.
The quickest way to get from Barford to Edinburgh is to bus and fly which costs £45 - £200 and takes 4h 31m.
No, there is no direct bus from Barford to Edinburgh station. However, there are services departing from Warwick, Hilton National and arriving at Edinburgh Bus Station via Pool Meadow Bus Station and Leicester Fosse Park. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 11h 17m.
The distance between Barford and Edinburgh is 266 miles. The road distance is 316.2 miles.
The best way to get from Barford to Edinburgh without a car is to train which takes 6h 48m and costs £130 - £500.
It takes approximately 6h 48m to get from Barford to Edinburgh, including transfers.
Barford to Edinburgh bus services, operated by Megabus UK, depart from Leicester Fosse Park station.
The best way to get from Barford to Edinburgh is to train which takes 6h 48m and costs £130 - £500. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs £28 - £50 and takes 11h 17m.
The quickest flight from Birmingham Airport to Edinburgh Airport is the direct flight which takes 1h 15m.
Barford to Edinburgh bus services, operated by Megabus UK, arrive at Edinburgh Bus Station.
- Distance: 265.6 miles
- Duration: 6h 48m
What companies run services between Barford, Warwickshire, England and Edinburgh, Scotland?
You can take a train from Barford to Edinburgh via Warwick, Bus Station, Leamington Spa, station, Leamington Spa, and Birmingham New Street in around 6h 48m. Alternatively, Megabus UK operates a bus from Leicester Fosse Park to Edinburgh Bus Station 4 times a week. Tickets cost £18 - £35 and the journey takes 7h 10m.
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Birmingham to Edinburgh
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £28 - £150
Flights from Birmingham to Edinburgh via Belfast (Aldergrove)
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £28 - £150
Flights from Birmingham to Glasgow
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £25 - £140
Flights from Birmingham to Glasgow via Belfast (Aldergrove)
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Tuesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- £25 - £140
Flights from London Luton to Edinburgh
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 19m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £35 - £250
Flights from London Luton to Edinburgh via Belfast (Aldergrove)
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £35 - £250
Flights from London Stansted to Edinburgh
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 16m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £30 - £220
Flights from London Stansted to Edinburgh via Belfast (Aldergrove)
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £30 - £220
Flights from Bristol to Edinburgh
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £35 - £190
Flights from Bristol to Edinburgh via Belfast (Aldergrove)
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- £35 - £190
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Birmingham to Edinburgh via Isle Of Man
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £200 - £850
Flights from Birmingham to Edinburgh via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £160 - £420
Flights from Birmingham to Edinburgh via Belfast City
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £160 - £420
Flights from London Heathrow to Edinburgh
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 26m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £45 - £400
Flights from Birmingham to Glasgow via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- £150 - £400
- Website
- aerlingus.com
Flights from Birmingham to Edinburgh via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £160 - £420
Flights from Birmingham to Edinburgh via Belfast City
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £160 - £420
Flights from Birmingham to Glasgow via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- £150 - £400
- Website
- loganair.co.uk
Flights from Birmingham to Edinburgh via Isle Of Man
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £200 - £850
Flights from London Stansted to Edinburgh via Derry
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £130 - £440
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Birmingham to Glasgow via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £24 - £210
Flights from London Luton to Edinburgh via Cork
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £24 - £210
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from London Heathrow to Edinburgh via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- £120 - £850
- Phone
- 0344 736 9123
- customer.relations@crosscountrytrains.co.uk
- Website
- crosscountrytrains.co.uk
Train from Leamington Spa to Birmingham New Street
- Ave. Duration
- 34 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £25 - £110
- Website
- crosscountrytrains.co.uk
- Anytime Day
- £25 - £31
- Anytime Day 1st Class
- £70 - £110
Train from Birmingham New Street to Edinburgh
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- £120 - £320
- Website
- crosscountrytrains.co.uk
- Anytime Day
- £120 - £160
- Anytime Day 1st Class
- £220 - £320
Train from Leamington Spa to Manchester Piccadilly
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 8m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £55 - £170
- Website
- crosscountrytrains.co.uk
- Anytime Day
- £55 - £70
- Anytime Day 1st Class
- £120 - £170
Train from Birmingham New Street to Bristol Temple Meads
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £45 - £150
- Website
- crosscountrytrains.co.uk
- Anytime Day
- £45 - £60
- Anytime Day 1st Class
- £100 - £150
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- Phone
- 0344 556 5650
- Website
- avantiwestcoast.co.uk
Train from Birmingham New Street to Edinburgh
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 6m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £110 - £380
- Website
- avantiwestcoast.co.uk
- Anytime Day Single
- £110 - £150
- Anytime Day Single 1st Class
- £280 - £380
- Phone
- +44 345 600 1671
- tpecustomer.relations@firstgroup.com
- Website
- tpexpress.co.uk
Train from Manchester Piccadilly to Edinburgh
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 14m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £65 - £100
- Website
- TransPennine Express Service
- Advance Single
- £25 - £35
- Off-Peak Day Single
- £50 - £75
- Anytime Day Single
- £65 - £100
- Phone
- +44 345 600 5165
- Website
- chilternrailways.co.uk
Train from Leamington Spa to London Marylebone
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £40 - £60
- Website
- Chiltern Railways
- Advance Single
- £22 - £35
- Anytime Day Single
- £40 - £60
- Phone
- +44 344 811 0141
- customer.relations@scotrail.co.uk
- Website
- scotrail.co.uk
Train from Glasgow Queen Street to Edinburgh
- Ave. Duration
- 49 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- £10 - £30
- Website
- First ScotRail Service
- Anytime Day Single
- £10 - £15
- Anytime Day Single 1st Class
- £23 - £30
- Website
- sleeper.scot
Train from Glasgow Queen Street Low Level to Edinburgh
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- £38 - £42
- Website
- sleeper.scot
- Sleeper Seat
- £38 - £42
- Sleeper Berth Club Solo
- £170 - £200
- Sleeper Berth Classic
- £55 - £75
- Phone
- 0345 026 4700
- Website
- thameslinkrailway.com
Train from West Hampstead Thameslink to Luton Airport Parkway
- Ave. Duration
- 23 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- £12 - £15
- Website
- Thameslink
- Anytime
- £12 - £15
- Phone
- 0871 266 3333
- enquiries@megabus.com
- Website
- uk.megabus.com
Bus from Leicester Fosse Park to Edinburgh Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 10m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- £18 - £35
- Website
- Megabus UK
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- Phone
- 01604 67 60 60
- midlands.enquiries@stagecoachbus.com
- Website
- stagecoachbus.com
Bus from Warwick, Hilton National to Leamington Spa, station
- Ave. Duration
- 22 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £2 - £4
- Website
- Stagecoach Midlands
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Yes, the driving distance between Barford to Edinburgh is 316 miles. It takes approximately 5h 25m to drive from Barford to Edinburgh.
Loganair, Aer Lingus and easyJet offer flights from Birmingham Airport to Edinburgh Airport.
There are 2040+ hotels available in Edinburgh. Prices start at £75 per night.