There are 12 ways to get from Carlisle to Hitchin by train, bus, car, or plane
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Train, bus
best- Take the train from Carlisle to Milton Keynes Centraltrain Glasgow Central - London Euston / ...
- Take the bus from Central station to Luton Station Interchangebus Mk1
4h 47m£44–139Bus
- Take the bus from Bus Station to Milton Keynes Coachwaybus 595 / ...
6h 30m£44–75Drive 267.1 mi
- Drive from Carlisle to Hitchincar 267.1 mi
4h 37m£67–96Train to Edinburgh Airport, fly to Luton Airport
- Take the train from Carlisle to Haymarkettrain
- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Luton Airport (LTN)plane EDI - LTN
4h 41m£63–197Train
- Take the train from Carlisle to Newcastletrain Carlisle - Middlesbrough / ...
- Take the train from Newcastle to Stevenagetrain Newcastle - London Kings Cross / ...
5h 8m£102–160Train via Manchester
- Take the train from Carlisle to Manchester Piccadillytrain
- Take the train from Manchester Piccadilly to Peterboroughtrain
- Take the train from Peterborough to Hitchintrain
6h 58m£119–178Train to Glasgow Airport, fly to Luton Airport
- Take the train from Carlisle to Glasgow Centraltrain
- Fly from Glasgow Airport (GLA) to Luton Airport (LTN)plane GLA - LTN
4h 31m£57–193Train to Newcastle, fly to London Heathrow Airport, train
- Take the train from Carlisle to Newcastletrain
- Fly from Newcastle (NCL) to London Heathrow Airport (LHR)plane NCL - LHR
- Take the train from Farringdon to Hitchintrain
5h 49m£100–321Train to Edinburgh Airport, fly to London Heathrow Airport, train
- Take the train from Carlisle to Haymarkettrain
- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to London Heathrow Airport (LHR)plane EDI - LHR
- Take the train from Farringdon to Hitchintrain
5h 33m£131–343Train to Edinburgh Airport, fly to London Stansted Airport
- Take the train from Carlisle to Haymarkettrain
- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to London Stansted Airport (STN)plane EDI - STN
5h 18m£82–212Train to Manchester Airport, fly to London Heathrow Airport, train
- Take the train from Carlisle to Manchester Airporttrain
- Fly from Manchester Airport (MAN) to London Heathrow Airport (LHR)plane MAN - LHR
- Take the train from Farringdon to Hitchintrain
5h 45m£125–323Train to Glasgow Airport, fly to London Stansted Airport
- Take the train from Carlisle to Glasgow Centraltrain
- Fly from Glasgow Airport (GLA) to London Stansted Airport (STN)plane GLA - STN
5h 23m£68–218
Carlisle to Hitchin by train and bus
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Carlisle to Hitchin is to bus which costs £40 - £75 and takes 6h 30m.
The fastest way to get from Carlisle to Hitchin is to train and fly which takes 4h 31m and costs £55 - £200.
No, there is no direct bus from Carlisle station to Hitchin. However, there are services departing from Bus Station and arriving at West Hill via Milton Keynes Coachway and Luton Station Interchange. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 6h 30m.
No, there is no direct train from Carlisle to Hitchin. However, there are services departing from Carlisle and arriving at Hitchin via Newcastle and Stevenage. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 5h 8m.
The distance between Carlisle and Hitchin is 284 miles. The road distance is 268.6 miles.
The best way to get from Carlisle to Hitchin without a car is to train and bus which takes 4h 47m and costs £40 - £140.
It takes approximately 4h 47m to get from Carlisle to Hitchin, including transfers.
Carlisle to Hitchin bus services, operated by National Express, depart from Bus Station.
Carlisle to Hitchin train services, operated by Northern Trains Limited, depart from Carlisle station.
The best way to get from Carlisle to Hitchin is to bus which takes 6h 30m and costs £40 - £75. Alternatively, you can train, which costs £100 - £160 and takes 5h 8m.
What companies run services between Carlisle, England and Hitchin, England?
National Express operates a bus from Bus Station to Milton Keynes Coachway twice daily. Tickets cost £40–70 and the journey takes 5h. Alternatively, you can take a train from Carlisle to Hitchin via Newcastle and Stevenage in around 5h 8m.
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Newcastle to London Heathrow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 16m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £45–230
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to London Heathrow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £55–220
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £100–220
Flights from Manchester Airport to London Heathrow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £50–210
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Luton Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 16m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £20–120
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Luton Airport via Belfast (Aldergrove)
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Thursday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- £20–120
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Luton Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £28–110
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Luton Airport via Belfast (Aldergrove)
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 46m
- When
- Friday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- £28–110
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to London Stansted Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 24m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £19–110
Flights from Glasgow Airport to London Stansted Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £18–120
Flights from Glasgow Airport to London Stansted Airport via Belfast (Aldergrove)
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 3m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, Monday, and Thursday
- Estimated price
- £18–120
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to London Stansted Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 23m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £21–110
Flights from Glasgow Airport to London Stansted Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £20–75
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Luton Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £50–120
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Luton Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £50–110
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to London Stansted Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 17m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- £50–140
Flights from Glasgow Airport to London Stansted Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- £60–110
- Website
- aerlingus.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £100–220
- Phone
- +44 (0)345 528 0253
- Website
- Avanti West Coast
Train from Carlisle to Milton Keynes Central
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 54m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £85–140
- Website
- Avanti West Coast
Train from Carlisle to Haymarket
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 9m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £30–55
- Website
- Avanti West Coast
Train from Carlisle to Glasgow Central
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 12m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £30–55
- Website
- Avanti West Coast
Train from Carlisle to Haymarket
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 9m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £30–55
- Website
- Avanti West Coast
Train from Carlisle to Haymarket
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 9m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £30–55
- Website
- Avanti West Coast
Train from Carlisle to Glasgow Central
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 12m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £30–55
- Website
- Avanti West Coast
- Phone
- 0345 528 0409
- [email protected]
- Website
- Lumo
Train from Carlisle to Milton Keynes Central
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 4m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- £40–75
- Website
- Lumo
- Phone
- +44 330 060 0500
- Website
- Caledonian Sleeper
Train from Carlisle to Milton Keynes Central
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 16m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- £55–80
- Website
- Caledonian Sleeper
Train from Carlisle to Glasgow Central
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 8m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- £23–35
- Website
- Caledonian Sleeper
Train from Carlisle to Glasgow Central
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 8m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- £23–35
- Website
- Caledonian Sleeper
- Phone
- +44 345 600 1671
- [email protected]
- Website
- TransPennine Express
Train from Carlisle to Haymarket
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £29–50
- Website
- TransPennine Express
Train from Carlisle to Manchester Piccadilly
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 53m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £35–60
- Website
- TransPennine Express
Train from Carlisle to Glasgow Central
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 23m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £30–50
- Website
- TransPennine Express
Train from Carlisle to Haymarket
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £29–50
- Website
- TransPennine Express
Train from Carlisle to Haymarket
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £29–50
- Website
- TransPennine Express
Train from Carlisle to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 9m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £35–65
- Website
- TransPennine Express
Train from Carlisle to Glasgow Central
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 23m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £30–50
- Website
- TransPennine Express
- Phone
- +44 800 200 6060
- [email protected]
- Website
- Northern Trains Limited
Train from Carlisle to Newcastle
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 31m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £20–40
- Website
- Northern Trains Limited
Train from Carlisle to Newcastle
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 31m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £20–40
- Website
- Northern Trains Limited
Train from Newcastle to Stevenage
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 36m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £80–120
- Website
- London North Eastern Railway Limited (LNER)
- Phone
- 03457 125 678
- Website
- East Midlands Railways
Train from Manchester Piccadilly to Peterborough
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 59m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £60–90
- Website
- East Midlands Railways
- Phone
- +44 (0)345 026 4700
- Website
- Thameslink
Train from Peterborough to Hitchin
- Ave. Duration
- 47 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £23–30
- Website
- Thameslink
Train from Farringdon to Hitchin
- Ave. Duration
- 38 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- £17–23
- Website
- Thameslink
Train from Farringdon to Hitchin
- Ave. Duration
- 38 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- £17–23
- Website
- Thameslink
Train from Farringdon to Hitchin
- Ave. Duration
- 38 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- £17–23
- Website
- Thameslink
- Phone
- +44 (0)344 811 0141
- Website
- ScotRail
Train from Carlisle to Glasgow Central
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 32m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- £40–65
- Website
- ScotRail
Train from Carlisle to Glasgow Central
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 32m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- £40–65
- Website
- ScotRail
- Phone
- 01733207860
- [email protected]
- Website
- Stagecoach East
Bus from Central station to Luton Station Interchange
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 2m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £2–4
- Website
- Stagecoach East
- Phone
- +44 344 800 44 11
- [email protected]
- Website
- Arriva UK
Bus from Central station to Luton Station Interchange
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £1–3
- Website
- Arriva UK
- Adult Single All Zone
- £1–3
- Phone
- +44 (0)3717 81 81 81
- Website
- National Express
Bus from Bus Station to Milton Keynes Coachway
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £40–70
- Website
- National Express
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Booking & Getting There
Carlisle to Hitchin bus services, operated by National Express, arrive at Milton Keynes Coachway station.
Carlisle to Hitchin train services, operated by Northern Trains Limited, arrive at Newcastle station.
Yes, the driving distance between Carlisle to Hitchin is 269 miles. It takes approximately 4h 37m to drive from Carlisle to Hitchin.
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