There are 12 ways to get from Edinburgh to Alton Towers Station by train, bus, car or plane
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Recommended option
Train • 4h 49m
11 alternative options
Train, bus • 6h 25m
Train, bus via Manchester • 6h 39m
Bus • 8h 54m
Drive • 4h 40m
Fly Edinburgh to Bristol, train, bus • 8h 40m
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Edinburgh to Alton Towers Station is to drive which costs £65 - £100 and takes 4h 40m.
The fastest way to get from Edinburgh to Alton Towers Station is to drive which takes 4h 40m and costs £65 - £100.
No, there is no direct bus from Edinburgh station to Alton Towers Station. However, there are services departing from Bus Station and arriving at Alton Towers via Leeds Cultural B. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 8h 54m.
The distance between Edinburgh and Alton Towers Station is 273 miles. The road distance is 260.6 miles.
The best way to get from Edinburgh to Alton Towers Station without a car is to train which takes 4h 49m and costs £120 - £270.
It takes approximately 4h 49m to get from Edinburgh to Alton Towers Station, including transfers.
Edinburgh to Alton Towers Station bus services, operated by Megabus UK, depart from Bus Station.
The best way to get from Edinburgh to Alton Towers Station is to train which takes 4h 49m and costs £120 - £270. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs and takes 8h 54m.
Edinburgh to Alton Towers Station bus services, operated by The Coach Company UK, arrive at Alton Towers station.
Yes, the driving distance between Edinburgh to Alton Towers Station is 261 miles. It takes approximately 4h 40m to drive from Edinburgh to Alton Towers Station.
- Distance: 272.8 miles
- Duration: 4h 49m
What companies run services between Edinburgh, Scotland and Alton Towers Station, England?
Avanti West Coast operates a train from Edinburgh to Crewe every 4 hours. Tickets cost £90 - £220 and the journey takes 3h 9m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Edinburgh to Alton Towers Station via Bus Stn, Leeds Cultural B, and Alton Towers in around 8h 54m.
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Edinburgh to Birmingham
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £30 - £170
Flights from Edinburgh to Birmingham via Belfast (Aldergrove)
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £30 - £170
Flights from Edinburgh to Manchester via Belfast (Aldergrove)
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £55 - £220
Flights from Glasgow to Birmingham
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £30 - £170
Flights from Glasgow to Birmingham via Belfast (Aldergrove)
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 46m
- When
- Monday, Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £30 - £170
Flights from Edinburgh to London Luton
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £35 - £190
Flights from Edinburgh to London Luton via Belfast (Aldergrove)
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 17m
- When
- Monday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £35 - £190
Flights from Edinburgh to London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £27 - £180
Flights from Edinburgh to London Stansted via Belfast (Aldergrove)
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 2m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £27 - £180
Flights from Edinburgh to Bristol
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £30 - £170
Flights from Edinburgh to Bristol via Belfast (Aldergrove)
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 4m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £30 - £170
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Edinburgh to Birmingham via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £130 - £470
Flights from Edinburgh to Manchester via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 33m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £110 - £460
Flights from Edinburgh to Manchester via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 18m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £140 - £410
Flights from Edinburgh to Manchester via Belfast City
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £140 - £410
Flights from Glasgow to Birmingham via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £130 - £410
Flights from Edinburgh to London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 26m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £50 - £280
Flights from Edinburgh to Bristol via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- £180 - £550
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Edinburgh to Birmingham via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 12m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- £29 - £230
Flights from Edinburgh to Manchester via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £28 - £190
Flights from Glasgow to Birmingham via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £29 - £210
Flights from Edinburgh to London Luton via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- £30 - £300
Flights from Edinburgh to London Stansted via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Friday, Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £15 - £160
Flights from Edinburgh to Bristol via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Wednesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £30 - £250
- Website
- aerlingus.com
Flights from Edinburgh to Birmingham via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £130 - £470
Flights from Edinburgh to Manchester via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 18m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £140 - £410
Flights from Edinburgh to Manchester via Belfast City
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £140 - £410
Flights from Glasgow to Birmingham via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £130 - £410
Flights from Edinburgh to Bristol via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- £180 - £550
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Edinburgh to London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £23 - £200
- Phone
- 00 44 345 528 0253
- Website
- avantiwestcoast.co.uk
Train from Edinburgh to Crewe
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 9m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £90 - £220
- Website
- https://www.avantiwestcoast.co.uk/
- Anytime Single
- £90 - £130
- Anytime Single 1st Class
- £150 - £220
Train from Birmingham International to Stafford
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 7m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £13 - £65
- Website
- https://www.avantiwestcoast.co.uk/
- Anytime Single
- £13 - £19
- Anytime Single 1st Class
- £45 - £65
Train from Manchester Piccadilly to Macclesfield
- Ave. Duration
- 20 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £6 - £55
- Website
- https://www.avantiwestcoast.co.uk/
- Anytime Single
- £6 - £10
- Anytime Single 1st Class
- £35 - £55
Train from London Euston to Stafford
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £50 - £140
- Website
- https://www.avantiwestcoast.co.uk/
- Anytime Single
- £50 - £70
- Anytime Single 1st Class
- £95 - £140
- Phone
- 0344 736 9123
- customer.relations@crosscountrytrains.co.uk
- Website
- crosscountrytrains.co.uk
Train from Edinburgh to Sheffield
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 46m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £110 - £340
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
- Standard
- £110 - £170
- 1st Class
- £240 - £340
Train from Birmingham International to Stafford
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £26 - £50
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
- Standard
- £26 - £40
- 1st Class
- £30 - £50
Train from Manchester Piccadilly to Macclesfield
- Ave. Duration
- 20 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £16 - £28
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
- Standard
- £19 - £28
- 1st Class
- £16 - £23
Train from Bristol Temple Meads to Stafford
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 1m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £55 - £150
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
- Standard
- £55 - £85
- 1st Class
- £110 - £150
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- Phone
- +44 345 600 1671
- Website
- tpexpress.co.uk
Train from Edinburgh to Manchester Piccadilly
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £35 - £95
- Website
- https://www.tpexpress.co.uk/
- Standard
- £35 - £60
- 1st Class
- £75 - £95
- Phone
- +44 800 200 6060
- enquiries@northernrailway.co.uk
- Website
- northernrailway.co.uk
Train from Manchester Piccadilly to Macclesfield
- Ave. Duration
- 31 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £5 - £7
- Website
- https://www.northernrailway.co.uk/
- Standard
- £5 - £7
- Phone
- +44 344 811 0141
- customer.relations@scotrail.co.uk
- Website
- scotrail.co.uk
Train from Edinburgh to Glasgow Queen Street
- Ave. Duration
- 51 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- £13 - £29
- Website
- https://www.scotrail.co.uk/
- Standard
- £13 - £18
- 1st Class
- £20 - £29
- Phone
- 03457 125 678
- Website
- eastmidlandsrailway.co.uk
Train from Luton to Kettering
- Ave. Duration
- 33 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £13 - £26
- Website
- https://www.eastmidlandsrailway.co.uk/
- Schedules at
- https://www.eastmidlandsrailway.co.uk/timetables
- 1st Class
- £18 - £26
- Standard
- £13 - £20
Train from Kettering to Nottingham
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £17 - £30
- Website
- https://www.eastmidlandsrailway.co.uk/
- Schedules at
- https://www.eastmidlandsrailway.co.uk/timetables
- 1st Class
- £22 - £30
- Standard
- £17 - £26
- Phone
- +44 333 311 0039
- contact.wmr@wmtrains.co.uk
- Website
- londonmidland.com
Train from London Euston to Stafford
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 48m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- https://www.westmidlandsrailway.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 330 174 0598
- sales@thecoachcompany.co.uk
- Website
- thecoachcompany.co.uk
Bus from Sheffield Suffolk Rd/Turner Str to Alton Towers
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Website
- https://thecoachcompany.co.uk/
- Website
- https://altontowers.thecoachcompany.co.uk/coachtrip/?page=trips&trip_group_id=1
Bus from Manchester Piccadilly Fairfield St to Alton Towers
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Website
- https://thecoachcompany.co.uk/
- Website
- https://altontowers.thecoachcompany.co.uk/coachtrip/?page=trips&trip_group_id=1
Bus from Leeds Cultural B to Alton Towers
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Website
- https://thecoachcompany.co.uk/
- Website
- https://altontowers.thecoachcompany.co.uk/coachtrip/?page=trips&trip_group_id=1
Bus from Macclesfield Queen Victoria St to Alton Towers
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Website
- https://thecoachcompany.co.uk/
- Website
- https://altontowers.thecoachcompany.co.uk/coachtrip/?page=trips&trip_group_id=1
Bus from Nottingham Mount St to Alton Towers
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Website
- https://thecoachcompany.co.uk/
- Website
- https://altontowers.thecoachcompany.co.uk/coachtrip/?page=trips&trip_group_id=1
- enquiries@megabus.com
- Website
- uk.megabus.com
Bus from Bus Station to Bus Stn
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- £17 - £24
- Website
- https://uk.megabus.com
- Schedules at
- https://uk.megabus.com/timetables
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Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.de
Bus from Edinburgh Bus Station to Leeds
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- £24 - £35
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Frequently asked questions
- Phone
- 01782 332337
- info@dgbus.co.uk
- Website
- dgbus.co.uk
Bus from Railway Station to Knight Lane
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 4m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Website
- D&G Bus
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