There are 10 ways to get from Cairnryan to Rugby by bus, train, car, or plane
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Bus, train via Crewe
best- Take the bus from Port Rodie Ferry Terminal to Dumfries stationbus 500
- Take the train from Dumfries to Carlisletrain
- Take the train from Carlisle to Crewetrain
- Take the train from Crewe to Rugbytrain
9h 1mBus
cheapest- Take the bus from Ferry Terminal to Buchanan Bus Stationbus 923
- Take the bus from Buchanan Bus Station to Coach Parkbus Ukn31
11h 37m£56–109Bus, train
- Take the bus from Port Rodie Ferry Terminal to Dumfries stationbus 500
- Take the train from Dumfries to Carlisletrain
- Take the train from Carlisle to Nuneatontrain
10h 45mDrive 327.4 mi
- Drive from Cairnryan to Rugbycar 327.4 mi
5h 33m£80–116Bus, bus to Edinburgh Airport, fly to Birmingham Airport
- Take the bus from Ferry Terminal to Buchanan Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Buchanan Bus Station to Terminalbus
- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Birmingham Airport (BHX)plane EDI - BHX
6h 11m£57–152Train
- Take the train from Stranraer to Ayrtrain
- Take the train from Ayr to Glasgow Centraltrain
- Take the train from Glasgow Central to Crewetrain
- Take the train from Crewe to Rugbytrain
9h 22m£153–304Bus, train #2
- Take the bus from Port Rodie Ferry Terminal to Dumfries stationbus 500
- Take the train from Dumfries to Carlisletrain
- Take the train from Carlisle to Rugbytrain
9h 46mBus, train to Glasgow Airport, fly to Birmingham Airport
- Take the bus from Old Pier to Henrietta Streetbus
- Take the train from Ayr to Paisley Gilmour Streettrain
- Fly from Glasgow Airport (GLA) to Birmingham Airport (BHX)plane GLA - BHX
6h 44m£73–174Bus, train to Glasgow Airport, fly to London City Airport, train
- Take the bus from Old Pier to Henrietta Streetbus
- Take the train from Ayr to Paisley Gilmour Streettrain
- Fly from Glasgow Airport (GLA) to London City Airport (LCY)plane GLA - LCY
- Take the train from London Euston to Rugbytrain
7h 54m£147–460Bus, train to Glasgow Airport, fly to London Heathrow Airport, train
- Take the bus from Old Pier to Henrietta Streetbus
- Take the train from Ayr to Paisley Gilmour Streettrain
- Fly from Glasgow Airport (GLA) to London Heathrow Airport (LHR)plane GLA - LHR
- Take the train from London Euston to Rugbytrain
8h 5m£140–453
Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Birmingham Airport (BHX) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Cairnryan to Rugby is to bus which costs £55 - £110 and takes 11h 37m.
The fastest way to get from Cairnryan to Rugby is to drive which takes 5h 33m and costs £75 - £120.
No, there is no direct bus from Cairnryan to Rugby. However, there are services departing from Ferry Terminal and arriving at Coach Park via Buchanan Bus Station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 11h 37m.
No, there is no direct train from Cairnryan to Rugby. However, there are services departing from Stranraer and arriving at Rugby via Ayr, Glasgow Central and Crewe. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 9h 22m.
The distance between Cairnryan and Rugby is 333 miles. The road distance is 329.3 miles.
The best way to get from Cairnryan to Rugby without a car is to bus and train via Crewe which takes 9h 1m and costs .
It takes approximately 9h 1m to get from Cairnryan to Rugby, including transfers.
Cairnryan to Rugby bus services, operated by Scottish Citylink Coaches Ltd, depart from Ferry Terminal station.
Cairnryan to Rugby train services, operated by ScotRail, depart from Stranraer station.
The best way to get from Cairnryan to Rugby is to train which takes 9h 22m and costs £150 - £310. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs £55 - £110 and takes 11h 37m.
What companies run services between Cairnryan, Scotland and Rugby, England?
You can take a bus from Old Pier to Rugby via Port Rodie, Stranraer, Ayr, Glasgow Central, and Crewe in around 9h 22m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Ferry Terminal to Rugby via Buchanan Bus Station, Coach Park, and Northampton in around 11h 37m.
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Birmingham Airport via Belfast City
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £60–90
Flights from Glasgow Airport to London City Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 29m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £75–230
Flights from Glasgow Airport to London Heathrow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 29m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £55–270
Flights from Glasgow Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Belfast City
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- £55–270
Flights from Glasgow Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Derry
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £230–430
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Birmingham Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £27–85
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Birmingham Airport via Belfast (Aldergrove)
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £27–85
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Birmingham Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 6m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £25–85
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Birmingham Airport via Belfast (Aldergrove)
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 41m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £25–85
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Birmingham Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Monday and Tuesday
- Estimated price
- £45–100
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Birmingham Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Monday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £50–75
- Website
- aerlingus.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Birmingham Airport via Belfast City
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £60–90
Flights from Glasgow Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Belfast City
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- £55–270
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Glasgow Airport to London City Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- £60–320
- Website
- loganair.co.uk
Flights from Glasgow Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Derry
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £230–430
- Phone
- +44 (0)344 811 0141
- Website
- scotrail.co.uk
Train from Dumfries to Carlisle
- Ave. Duration
- 38 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £14–27
- Website
- https://www.scotrail.co.uk/
Train from Dumfries to Carlisle
- Ave. Duration
- 38 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £14–27
- Website
- https://www.scotrail.co.uk/
Train from Stranraer to Ayr
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 21m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- £25–50
- Website
- https://www.scotrail.co.uk/
Train from Ayr to Glasgow Central
- Ave. Duration
- 51 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £18–35
- Website
- https://www.scotrail.co.uk/
Train from Dumfries to Carlisle
- Ave. Duration
- 38 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £14–27
- Website
- https://www.scotrail.co.uk/
Train from Ayr to Paisley Gilmour Street
- Ave. Duration
- 39 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £15–28
- Website
- https://www.scotrail.co.uk/
Train from Ayr to Paisley Gilmour Street
- Ave. Duration
- 39 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £15–28
- Website
- https://www.scotrail.co.uk/
Train from Ayr to Paisley Gilmour Street
- Ave. Duration
- 39 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £15–28
- Website
- https://www.scotrail.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 (0)345 528 0253
- Website
- avantiwestcoast.co.uk
Train from Carlisle to Crewe
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 53m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £50–85
- Website
- https://www.avantiwestcoast.co.uk/
Train from Crewe to Rugby
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £27–45
- Website
- https://www.avantiwestcoast.co.uk/
Train from Glasgow Central to Crewe
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 8m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £85–150
- Website
- https://www.avantiwestcoast.co.uk/
Train from Crewe to Rugby
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £27–45
- Website
- https://www.avantiwestcoast.co.uk/
Train from Carlisle to Rugby
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 43m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- £80–140
- Website
- https://www.avantiwestcoast.co.uk/
Train from London Euston to Rugby
- Ave. Duration
- 52 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £29–50
- Website
- https://www.avantiwestcoast.co.uk/
Train from London Euston to Rugby
- Ave. Duration
- 52 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £29–50
- Website
- https://www.avantiwestcoast.co.uk/
- Phone
- 0800 031 8542
- [email protected].
- Website
- lumo.co.uk
Train from Carlisle to Crewe
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 14m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £29–50
- Website
- https://www.lumo.co.uk/
Train from Carlisle to Nuneaton
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 31m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- £40–75
- Website
- https://www.lumo.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 330 060 0500
- [email protected]
- Website
- sleeper.scot
Train from Carlisle to Crewe
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 17m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- £40–70
- Website
- https://www.sleeper.scot/
Train from Crewe to Rugby
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 9m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- £22–40
- Website
- https://www.sleeper.scot/
Train from Crewe to Rugby
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 9m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- £22–40
- Website
- https://www.sleeper.scot/
Train from Carlisle to Rugby
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 32m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- £65–110
- Website
- https://www.sleeper.scot/
- Phone
- +44 333 311 0039
- [email protected]
- Website
- westmidlandsrailway.co.uk
Train from Crewe to Rugby
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £25–65
- Website
- https://www.westmidlandsrailway.co.uk/
Train from Crewe to Rugby
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £25–65
- Website
- https://www.westmidlandsrailway.co.uk/
Train from London Euston to Rugby
- Ave. Duration
- 56 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £28–70
- Website
- https://www.westmidlandsrailway.co.uk/
Train from London Euston to Rugby
- Ave. Duration
- 56 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £28–70
- Website
- https://www.westmidlandsrailway.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 1576 203874
- [email protected]
- Website
- houstonscoaches.co.uk
Bus from Port Rodie Ferry Terminal to Dumfries station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 28m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- https://www.houstonscoaches.co.uk/
Bus from Port Rodie Ferry Terminal to Dumfries station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 28m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- https://www.houstonscoaches.co.uk/
Bus from Port Rodie Ferry Terminal to Dumfries station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 28m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- https://www.houstonscoaches.co.uk/
- Phone
- 0141 352 4444
- [email protected]
- Website
- citylink.co.uk
Bus from Ferry Terminal to Buchanan Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £15–29
- Website
- https://www.citylink.co.uk/
- Single
- £15–29
Bus from Buchanan Bus Station to Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 1m
- Frequency
- Every 10 minutes
- Estimated price
- £7–15
- Website
- https://www.citylink.co.uk/
- Single
- £7–15
Bus from Ferry Terminal to Buchanan Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £15–29
- Website
- https://www.citylink.co.uk/
- Single
- £15–29
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- [email protected]
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.fr
Bus from Buchanan Bus Station to Coach Park
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £35–65
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- 0345 810 1000
- [email protected]
- Website
- stagecoachbus.com
Bus from Old Pier to Henrietta Street
- Ave. Duration
- 53 min
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- £8–12
- Website
- https://www.stagecoachbus.com/about/west-scotland
Bus from Old Pier to Henrietta Street
- Ave. Duration
- 53 min
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- £8–12
- Website
- https://www.stagecoachbus.com/about/west-scotland
Bus from Old Pier to Henrietta Street
- Ave. Duration
- 53 min
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- £8–12
- Website
- https://www.stagecoachbus.com/about/west-scotland
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More Questions & Answers
Cairnryan to Rugby bus services, operated by Scottish Citylink Coaches Ltd, arrive at Buchanan Bus Station.
Cairnryan to Rugby train services, operated by ScotRail, arrive at Ayr station.
Yes, the driving distance between Cairnryan to Rugby is 329 miles. It takes approximately 5h 33m to drive from Cairnryan to Rugby.
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