There are 9 ways to get from Glasgow to Brest by train (Eurostar, TGV), train, car ferry, bus, car, car train, or plane
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Train
best- Take the train from Glasgow Central to London Eustontrain
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Paris Nordtrain Eil
- Take the train from Paris Montparnasse 1 Et 2 to Bresttrain Tgv
12h 25m€373–716Fly Glasgow Airport to Brest Bretagne Airport
cheapest- Fly from Glasgow Airport (GLA) to Brest Bretagne Airport (BES)plane GLA - BES
7h 58m€128–279Train, car ferry, bus
- Take the train from Glasgow Central to Plymouthtrain
- Take the car ferry from Plymouth to Port de Roscoffcarferry
- Take the bus from Ferry to Carmarthenbus 925
24h 24mBus
- Take the bus from Buchanan Bus Station to London Victoria Coach Station Arrivalsbus 594 / ...
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station to Brest - SNCF Train Stationbus
29h 30m€187–391Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Glasgow to Poolecar
- Take the car ferry from Poole to Port of Cherbourgcarferry
- Drive from Port of Cherbourg to Brestcar
17h 19m€208–647Drive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Glasgow to Folkestonecar
- Take the car train from Folkestone to Calais-Fréthuncartrain
- Drive from Calais-Fréthun to Brestcar
15h 11m€367–485Bus to Edinburgh Airport, fly to Brest Bretagne Airport
- Take the bus from Buchanan Bus Station to Terminalbus
- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Brest Bretagne Airport (BES)plane EDI - BES
8h 41m€133–341Fly Glasgow Airport to Rennes-Saint-Jacques Airport, train
- Fly from Glasgow Airport (GLA) to Rennes-Saint-Jacques Airport (RNS)plane GLA - RNS
- Take the train from Rennes to Bresttrain
10h 35m€168–414Train, train to Newcastle, fly to Brest Bretagne Airport
- Take the train from Glasgow Queen Street to Edinburgh Waverleytrain
- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to Newcastletrain
- Fly from Newcastle (NCL) to Brest Bretagne Airport (BES)plane NCL - BES
9h 47m€147–562
Glasgow to Brest by train, foot, and subway
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Glasgow to Brest is to bus and fly which costs €130 - €350 and takes 8h 41m.
The fastest way to get from Glasgow to Brest is to fly which takes 7h 58m and costs €120 - €280.
No, there is no direct bus from Glasgow station to Brest station. However, there are services departing from Buchanan Bus Station and arriving at Brest - SNCF Train Station via London Victoria and Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 29h 30m.
No, there is no direct train from Glasgow to Brest. However, there are services departing from Glasgow Central and arriving at Brest via London St Pancras Intl, Gare du Nord and Paris Montparnasse 1 Et 2. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 12h 25m.
The distance between Glasgow and Brest is 1702 km.
The best way to get from Glasgow to Brest without a car is to train which takes 12h 25m and costs €370 - €750.
It takes approximately 12h 25m to get from Glasgow to Brest, including transfers.
Glasgow to Brest bus services, operated by National Express, depart from Buchanan Bus Station.
Glasgow to Brest train services, operated by Avanti West Coast, depart from Glasgow Central station.
The best way to get from Glasgow to Brest is to train which takes 12h 25m and costs €370 - €750. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs €180 - €400 and takes 29h 30m, you could also fly, which costs €120 - €280 and takes 7h 58m.
What companies run services between Glasgow, Scotland and Brest, France?
You can take a train from Glasgow Central to Brest via London Euston, London St Pancras Intl, Paris Nord, Gare du Nord, Montparnasse Bienvenue, and Paris Montparnasse 1 Et 2 in around 12h 25m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Buchanan Bus Station to Brest - SNCF Train Station via London Victoria Coach Station Arrivals, London Victoria, and Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station in around 29h 30m.
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Brest Bretagne Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 22m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Sunday, Monday, and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €80–340
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Brest Bretagne Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 58m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €95–480
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Rennes-Saint-Jacques Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–550
Flights from Newcastle to Brest Bretagne Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 52m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–550
- Website
- aerlingus.com
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Brest Bretagne Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 56m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €80–370
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Brest Bretagne Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €85–400
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Rennes-Saint-Jacques Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 35m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €95–430
Flights from Newcastle to Brest Bretagne Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 15m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €95–440
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Brest Bretagne Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 22m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Sunday, Monday, and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €80–340
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Brest Bretagne Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- When
- Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €110–480
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Rennes-Saint-Jacques Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–550
Flights from Newcastle to Brest Bretagne Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €90–400
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Rennes-Saint-Jacques Airport via London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €110–500
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Rennes-Saint-Jacques Airport via Belfast City, London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 45m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €120–300
- Website
- transavia.com
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Brest Bretagne Airport via Porto
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €100–360
Flights from Newcastle to Brest Bretagne Airport via Porto
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €120–420
- Website
- finistair.fr
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Brest Bretagne Airport via Jersey
- Ave. Duration
- 9h
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €75–340
- Website
- volotea.com
Flights from Newcastle to Brest Bretagne Airport via Nice
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 55m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €110–410
- Phone
- +44 (0)345 528 0253
- Website
- avantiwestcoast.co.uk
Train from Glasgow Central to London Euston
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 38m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €160–280
- Website
- https://www.avantiwestcoast.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 330 060 0500
- [email protected]
- Website
- sleeper.scot
Train from Glasgow Central to London Euston
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 20m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- €140–230
- Website
- https://www.sleeper.scot/
Train from Glasgow Queen Street to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 59 min
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €16–27
- Website
- https://www.sleeper.scot/
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Newcastle
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €40–70
- Website
- https://www.sleeper.scot/
- Phone
- +44 (0)3432 186 186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Paris Nord
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 28m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €130–240
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- sncf-connect.com
Train from Paris Montparnasse 1 Et 2 to Brest
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 44m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €120–200
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Rennes to Brest
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 8m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €50–85
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Rome2Rio's guide to Société Nationale des Chemins de fer Français (SNCF)
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- track.effiliation.com
Train from Paris Montparnasse 1 Et 2 to Brest
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 44m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €100–200
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
Train from Rennes to Brest
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €40–85
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
- Phone
- +44 3447 369 123
- [email protected]
- Website
- crosscountrytrains.co.uk
Train from Glasgow Central to Plymouth
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 1m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €390–550
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Newcastle
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 27m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €75–110
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 (0) 8443 35 35 35
- Website
- leshuttle.com
Car train from Folkestone to Calais-Fréthun
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €137
- Website
- https://www.leshuttle.com/uk-en
- Standard fare
- €137
- Phone
- +44 (0)344 811 0141
- Website
- scotrail.co.uk
Train from Glasgow Queen Street to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- €24–45
- Website
- https://www.scotrail.co.uk/
- Phone
- 0800 031 8542
- [email protected].
- Website
- lumo.co.uk
Train from Glasgow Queen Street to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 49 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- €10–19
- Website
- https://www.lumo.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 (0)3457 225 333
- [email protected]
- Website
- lner.co.uk
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Newcastle
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 21m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €50–70
- Website
- https://www.lner.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 345 600 1671
- [email protected]
- Website
- tpexpress.co.uk
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Newcastle
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 44m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €50–90
- Website
- https://www.tpexpress.co.uk/
- Phone
- 02 99 300 300
- [email protected]
- Website
- breizhgo.bzh
Bus from Ferry to Carmarthen
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 9m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Schedules at
- breizhgo.bzh
- Phone
- +44 (0)3717 81 81 81
- Website
- nationalexpress.com
Bus from Buchanan Bus Station to London Victoria Coach Station Arrivals
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 35m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €90–220
- Website
- https://www.nationalexpress.com/en
- Phone
- +3 318 576 2228
- Website
- blablacar.co.uk
Bus from London Victoria to Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 5m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €40–75
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
Bus from Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station to Brest - SNCF Train Station
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 50m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €55–100
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
- Phone
- 0141 352 4444
- [email protected]
- Website
- citylink.co.uk
Bus from Buchanan Bus Station to Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 1m
- Frequency
- Every 10 minutes
- Estimated price
- €8–17
- Website
- https://www.citylink.co.uk/
- Single
- €8–17
- Phone
- 0330 159 7000
- [email protected]
- Website
- brittany-ferries.co.uk
Car ferry from Plymouth to Port de Roscoff
- Ave. Duration
- 9h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €35–390
- Schedules at
- brittany-ferries.co.uk
- Book at
- brittany-ferries.co.uk
- Single Ticket
- €45–90
- Single Ticket Car
- €100–390
Car ferry from Poole to Port of Cherbourg
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €26–380
- Schedules at
- brittany-ferries.co.uk
- Book at
- brittany-ferries.co.uk
- Single Ticket
- €55–95
- Car Single Ticket
- €140–380
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More Questions & Answers
Glasgow to Brest bus services, operated by National Express, arrive at London Victoria Coach Station Arrivals.
Brest is 1h ahead of Glasgow. It is currently 9:06 PM in Glasgow and 10:06 PM in Brest.
Glasgow to Brest train services, operated by Avanti West Coast, arrive at London Euston station.
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