There are 7 ways to get from Douglas to Inverness by plane, car ferry, train, bus, car, or busferry
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Fly to Inverness Dalcross Airport
best- Fly from Isle Of Man Airport (IOM) to Inverness Dalcross Airport (INV)plane IOM - INV
6h 15m£146–291Car ferry, bus
cheapest- Take the carferry from Isle of Man Douglas to Liverpoolcarferry
- Take the bus from Bus Station to Buchanan Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Buchanan Bus Station to Bus Station Stance 3bus
14h 38m£68–167Car ferry, train via Edinburgh
- Take the carferry from Isle of Man Douglas to Liverpoolcarferry
- Take the train from Liverpool Lime Street to Prestontrain
- Take the train from Preston to Haymarkettrain
- Take the train from Haymarket to Invernesstrain
12h 25m£151–313Car ferry, drive
- Take the carferry from Isle of Man Douglas to Heyshamcarferry
- Drive from Heysham to Invernesscar
9h 20m£86–176Fly to Aberdeen Airport, train
- Fly from Isle Of Man Airport (IOM) to Aberdeen Airport (ABZ)plane IOM - ABZ
- Take the train from Aberdeen to Invernesstrain
9h 3m£166–415Car ferry, train
- Take the carferry from Isle of Man Douglas to Liverpoolcarferry
- Take the train from Liverpool Lime Street to Prestontrain
- Take the train from Preston to Invernesstrain
13h 38m£145–231Car ferry, train, bus and ferry, bus
- Take the carferry from Isle of Man Douglas to Port of Larnecarferry
- Take the train from Larne Harbour to Belfast Grand Centraltrain Re
- Take the busferry from Belfast, Europa Buscentre to Glasgow Buchananbusferry 923
- Take the bus from Buchanan Bus Stn to Inverness Union Streetbus
17h 59m
Isle Of Man Airport (IOM) to Inverness Dalcross Airport (INV) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Douglas to Inverness is to car ferry and bus which costs £65 - £170 and takes 14h 38m.
The fastest way to get from Douglas to Inverness is to fly which takes 6h 15m and costs £140 - £300.
The distance between Douglas and Inverness is 259 miles.
The best way to get from Douglas to Inverness without a car is to car ferry and train via Edinburgh which takes 12h 25m and costs £150 - £320.
It takes approximately 6h 15m to get from Douglas to Inverness, including transfers.
There are 1419+ hotels available in Inverness.
What companies run services between Douglas, Isle of Man and Inverness, Scotland?
Loganair and easyJet fly from Isle Of Man Airport (IOM) to Inverness Dalcross Airport (INV) twice daily.
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Isle Of Man Airport to Inverness Dalcross Airport via Manchester
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £200–650
Flights from Isle Of Man Airport to Aberdeen Airport via Manchester
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £200–650
Flights from Isle Of Man Airport to Aberdeen Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Tuesday to Friday
- Estimated price
- £90–420
Flights from Isle Of Man Airport to Aberdeen Airport via Birmingham
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £230–750
- Website
- loganair.co.uk
Flights from Isle Of Man Airport to Inverness Dalcross Airport via Manchester
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £200–650
Flights from Isle Of Man Airport to Aberdeen Airport via Manchester
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £200–650
Flights from Isle Of Man Airport to Aberdeen Airport via Birmingham
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £230–750
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Isle Of Man Airport to Inverness Dalcross Airport via London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- £140–310
Flights from Isle Of Man Airport to Inverness Dalcross Airport via Birmingham
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £140–310
Flights from Isle Of Man Airport to Aberdeen Airport via London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £150–290
- Phone
- +44 800 200 6060
- [email protected]
- Website
- Northern Trains Limited
Train from Liverpool Lime Street to Preston
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £14–25
- Website
- Northern Trains Limited
Train from Liverpool Lime Street to Preston
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £14–25
- Website
- Northern Trains Limited
- Phone
- +44 345 600 1671
- [email protected]
- Website
- TransPennine Express
Train from Liverpool Lime Street to Preston
- Ave. Duration
- 45 min
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- £12–21
- Website
- TransPennine Express
Train from Preston to Haymarket
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 29m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £65–120
- Website
- TransPennine Express
Train from Liverpool Lime Street to Preston
- Ave. Duration
- 45 min
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- £12–21
- Website
- TransPennine Express
- Phone
- +44 (0)345 528 0253
- Website
- Avanti West Coast
Train from Preston to Haymarket
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 23m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £65–120
- Website
- Avanti West Coast
- Phone
- +44 (0)344 811 0141
- Website
- ScotRail
Train from Haymarket to Inverness
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 38m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- £80–150
- Website
- ScotRail
Train from Aberdeen to Inverness
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £45–85
- Website
- ScotRail
Train from Haymarket to Inverness
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 26m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £60–90
- Website
- London North Eastern Railway Limited (LNER)
- Phone
- +44 330 060 0500
- [email protected]
- Website
- Caledonian Sleeper
Train from Aberdeen to Inverness
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 23m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- £30–55
- Website
- Caledonian Sleeper
Train from Preston to Inverness
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 37m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- £120–190
- Website
- Caledonian Sleeper
- Phone
- +44 28 9066 6630
- Website
- Translink
Train from Larne Harbour to Belfast Grand Central
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £7–11
- Website
- Translink
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- [email protected]
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Bus Station to Buchanan Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £21–35
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Buchanan Bus Station to Bus Station Stance 3
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £19–35
- Website
- Flixbus
- Phone
- +44 (0)3717 81 81 81
- Website
- National Express
Bus from Bus Station to Buchanan Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £35–85
- Website
- National Express
- Phone
- 0141 352 4444
- [email protected]
- Website
- Scottish Citylink Coaches Ltd
Bus from Buchanan Bus Station to Bus Station Stance 3
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £30–60
- Website
- Scottish Citylink Coaches Ltd
- Single
- £30–60
- Phone
- +44 28 9066 6630
- Website
- Translink
Busferry from Belfast, Europa Buscentre to Glasgow Buchanan
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 5m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Website
- Translink
- Phone
- +44 (0)131 510 4007
- [email protected]
- Website
- Ember
Bus from Buchanan Bus Stn to Inverness Union Street
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 36m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £16–24
- Website
- Ember
- Phone
- +44 8722 992 992
- [email protected]
- Website
- steam-packet.com
Car ferry from Isle of Man Douglas to Liverpool
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £13–17
- Schedules at
- steam-packet.com
Car ferry from Isle of Man Douglas to Liverpool
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £13–17
- Schedules at
- steam-packet.com
Car ferry from Isle of Man Douglas to Heysham
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £11–66
- Schedules at
- steam-packet.com
- Standard fare
- £66
- Foot Passenger
- £33
Car ferry from Isle of Man Douglas to Liverpool
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £13–17
- Schedules at
- steam-packet.com
Car ferry from Isle of Man Douglas to Port of Larne
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £11–15
- Schedules at
- steam-packet.com
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