There are 10 ways to get from Arbroath to Southampton by train, bus, car, or plane
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Train
best- Take the train from Arbroath to Edinburgh Waverleytrain
- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to King's Crosstrain
- Take the train from London Waterloo to Southampton Centraltrain
8h 9m£183–332Bus
cheapest- Take the bus from Overgate to Edinburgh, Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Edinburgh, Bus Station to Heathrow Central Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Heathrow Central Bus Station to Coach Stationbus 032
15h 43m£75–243Drive 486.3 mi
- Drive from Arbroath to Southamptoncar 486.3 mi
8h 38m£119–171Train to Edinburgh Airport, fly to Southampton Airport
- Take the train from Arbroath to Haymarkettrain
- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Southampton Airport (SOU)plane EDI - SOU
5h 7m£111–264Train via Birmingham
- Take the train from Arbroath to Birmingham New Streettrain Aberdeen - Plymouth / ...
- Take the train from Birmingham New Street to Southampton Centraltrain Manchester Piccadilly - Bournemouth / ...
10h 16m£303–426Train via Birmingham Airport (BHX)
- Take the train from Dundee to Birmingham Internationaltrain Inverness - London Euston
- Take the train from Birmingham International to Southampton Centraltrain Manchester Piccadilly - Bournemouth / ...
11h 52m£180–297Train to Glasgow Airport, fly to Southampton Airport
- Take the train from Arbroath to Glasgow Queen Streettrain
- Fly from Glasgow Airport (GLA) to Southampton Airport (SOU)plane GLA - SOU
4h 59m£88–250Train to Edinburgh Airport, fly to Bristol Airport, train
- Take the train from Arbroath to Haymarkettrain
- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Bristol Airport (BRS)plane EDI - BRS
- Take the train from Bristol Temple Meads to Southampton Centraltrain
7h 6m£102–252Train to Edinburgh Airport, fly to London Heathrow Airport, train
- Take the train from Arbroath to Haymarkettrain
- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to London Heathrow Airport (LHR)plane EDI - LHR
- Take the train from Hayes And Harlington Station to Readingtrain
- Take the train from Reading to Southampton Centraltrain
7h 4m£133–390Fly Dundee Riverside Airport to London Heathrow Airport, train
- Fly from Dundee Riverside Airport (DND) to London Heathrow Airport (LHR)plane DND - LHR
- Take the train from Hayes And Harlington Station to Readingtrain
- Take the train from Reading to Southampton Centraltrain
6h 21m£145–347
Arbroath to Southampton by train, foot, and subway
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Arbroath to Southampton is to bus which costs £75 - £250 and takes 15h 43m.
The fastest way to get from Arbroath to Southampton is to train and fly which takes 4h 59m and costs £85 - £250.
No, there is no direct bus from Arbroath station to Southampton station. However, there are services departing from Bus Station and arriving at Coach Station via Overgate, Edinburgh, Bus Station and Heathrow Central Bus Station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 15h 43m.
No, there is no direct train from Arbroath to Southampton. However, there are services departing from Arbroath and arriving at Southampton Central via Edinburgh Waverley, Euston station and London Waterloo. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 8h 9m.
The distance between Arbroath and Southampton is 550 miles. The road distance is 489.1 miles.
The best way to get from Arbroath to Southampton without a car is to train which takes 8h 9m and costs £180 - £340.
It takes approximately 8h 9m to get from Arbroath to Southampton, including transfers.
Arbroath to Southampton bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Overgate station.
Arbroath to Southampton train services, operated by ScotRail, depart from Arbroath station.
The best way to get from Arbroath to Southampton is to train which takes 8h 9m and costs £180 - £340. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs £75 - £250 and takes 15h 43m.
What companies run services between Arbroath, Scotland and Southampton, England?
You can take a train from Arbroath to Southampton Central via Edinburgh Waverley, London Kings Cross, Euston station, Waterloo Station, and London Waterloo in around 8h 9m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Bus Station to Coach Station via Nethergate, Overgate, Edinburgh, Bus Station, and Heathrow Central Bus Station in around 15h 43m.
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Southampton Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £100–220
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Southampton Airport via Belfast City
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £75–190
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Southampton Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £75–190
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to London Heathrow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £55–230
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £100–230
Flights from Dundee Riverside Airport to London Heathrow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £100–250
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Southampton Airport via Belfast (Aldergrove)
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £70–180
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Southampton Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £70–180
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Southampton Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £35–150
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Bristol Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 16m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £30–110
- Website
- loganair.co.uk
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Southampton Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £100–220
Flights from Dundee Riverside Airport to London Heathrow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £100–250
- Website
- aerlingus.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Southampton Airport via Belfast City
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £75–190
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Southampton Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £75–190
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £100–230
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Southampton Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £60–310
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Bristol Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- £40–90
- Phone
- +44 (0)344 811 0141
- Website
- scotrail.co.uk
Train from Arbroath to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 39m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- £30–60
- Website
- https://www.scotrail.co.uk/
Train from Arbroath to Haymarket
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 33m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- £30–60
- Website
- https://www.scotrail.co.uk/
Train from Arbroath to Glasgow Queen Street
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £40–80
- Website
- https://www.scotrail.co.uk/
Train from Arbroath to Haymarket
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 33m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- £30–60
- Website
- https://www.scotrail.co.uk/
Train from Arbroath to Haymarket
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 33m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- £30–60
- Website
- https://www.scotrail.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 (0)3457 225 333
- [email protected]
- Website
- lner.co.uk
Train from Arbroath to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- £25–40
- Website
- https://www.lner.co.uk/
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to King's Cross
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 8m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £130–190
- Website
- https://www.lner.co.uk/
Train from Arbroath to Haymarket
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 29m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- £25–35
- Website
- https://www.lner.co.uk/
Train from Arbroath to Haymarket
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 29m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- £25–35
- Website
- https://www.lner.co.uk/
Train from Arbroath to Haymarket
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 29m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- £25–35
- Website
- https://www.lner.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 3447 369 123
- [email protected]
- Website
- crosscountrytrains.co.uk
Train from Arbroath to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 31m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £40–60
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
Train from Arbroath to Haymarket
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 24m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £40–60
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
Train from Arbroath to Birmingham New Street
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 50m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- £220–320
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
Train from Birmingham New Street to Southampton Central
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £75–110
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
Train from Birmingham International to Southampton Central
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £75–110
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
Train from Arbroath to Haymarket
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 24m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £40–60
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
Train from Arbroath to Haymarket
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 24m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £40–60
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
Train from Reading to Southampton Central
- Ave. Duration
- 51 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £25–40
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
Train from Reading to Southampton Central
- Ave. Duration
- 51 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £25–40
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 330 060 0500
- [email protected]
- Website
- sleeper.scot
Train from Arbroath to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 8m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- £22–40
- Website
- https://www.sleeper.scot/
Train from Dundee to Birmingham International
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 46m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- £100–180
- Website
- https://www.sleeper.scot/
- Phone
- 0345 6000 650
- Website
- southwesternrailway.com
Train from London Waterloo to Southampton Central
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 14m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £30–75
- Website
- https://www.southwesternrailway.com/
- Phone
- +44 (0)345 7000 125
- [email protected]
- Website
- gwr.com
Train from Bristol Temple Meads to Southampton Central
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £30–70
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
Train from Hayes And Harlington Station to Reading
- Ave. Duration
- 32 min
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- £11–22
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
Train from Hayes And Harlington Station to Reading
- Ave. Duration
- 32 min
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- £11–22
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
- Phone
- 0343 222 1234
- Website
- tfl.gov.uk
Train from Hayes And Harlington Station to Reading
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £17–35
- Website
- https://tfl.gov.uk/modes/elizabeth-line/
Train from Hayes And Harlington Station to Reading
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £17–35
- Website
- https://tfl.gov.uk/modes/elizabeth-line/
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- [email protected]
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.fr
Bus from Overgate to Edinburgh, Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- £8–14
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Edinburgh, Bus Station to Heathrow Central Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 9h
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £45–75
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- 0141 352 4444
- [email protected]
- Website
- citylink.co.uk
Bus from Overgate to Edinburgh, Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 32m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £13–26
- Website
- https://www.citylink.co.uk/
- Single
- £13–26
- Phone
- +44 (0)3717 81 81 81
- Website
- nationalexpress.com
Bus from Edinburgh, Bus Station to Heathrow Central Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 9h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £70–180
- Website
- https://www.nationalexpress.com/en
Bus from Heathrow Central Bus Station to Coach Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £12–30
- Website
- https://www.nationalexpress.com/en
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More Questions & Answers
Arbroath to Southampton bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Edinburgh, Bus Station.
Arbroath to Southampton train services, operated by ScotRail, arrive at Edinburgh Waverley station.
Yes, the driving distance between Arbroath to Southampton is 489 miles. It takes approximately 8h 38m to drive from Arbroath to Southampton.
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