There are 9 ways to get from Glasgow to Messina by train, plane, ferry, or bus
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Train to Edinburgh Airport, fly to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport, train
best- Take the train from Glasgow Queen Street to Haymarkettrain
- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA)plane EDI - CTA
- Take the train from Catania Centrale to Messina Centraletrain
9h 58m€103–235Fly Glasgow Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport, train
cheapest- Fly from Glasgow Airport (GLA) to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA)plane GLA - CTA
- Take the train from Catania Centrale to Messina Centraletrain
10h 34m€91–244Train, ferry
- Take the train from Glasgow Central to London Eustontrain
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Lille Europetrain Eil
- Take the train from Lille Europe to Chambery Challes Les Eauxtrain
- Take the train from Chambery Challes Les Eaux to Torino Porta Susatrain Tgv
- Take the train from Torino Porta Susa to Villa S.Giovannitrain Fr
- Take the ferry from Villa S.Giovanni to Messina Marittimaferry V1 / ...
27h 38mTrain, bus, ferry
- Take the train from Glasgow Central to London Eustontrain
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Paris Bercy Seine Bus Station to Torino - Corso Vittorio Emanuele Ii - Capolineabus
- Take the train from Torino Porta Nuova to Villa S.Giovannitrain Fr
- Take the ferry from Villa S.Giovanni to Messina Marittimaferry V1 / ...
38h 45mFly Glasgow Airport to Palermo Airport, train
- Fly from Glasgow Airport (GLA) to Palermo Airport (PMO)plane GLA - PMO
- Take the train from Palermo Centrale to Messina Centraletrain
12h 7m€107–297Fly Glasgow Airport to Reggio Calabria Airport, ferry
- Fly from Glasgow Airport (GLA) to Reggio Calabria Airport (REG)plane GLA - REG
- Take the ferry from Villa S.Giovanni to Messina Marittimaferry
9h 27mTrain, train to Manchester Airport, fly to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport
- Take the train from Glasgow Central to Lancastertrain
- Take the train from Lancaster to Manchester Airporttrain
- Fly from Manchester Airport (MAN) to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA)plane MAN - CTA
- Take the train from Catania Centrale to Messina Centraletrain
12h 12m€148–351Bus
- Take the bus from Buchanan Bus Station to London Victoriabus
- Take the bus from London Victoria Green Line Station to Luxembourg P+R Bouillonbus
- Take the bus from Luxembourg Park&Drive to Messina - Piazza della Repubblicabus
2d 1h€335–536Bus via Naples
- 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 Naples - Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Naples Metropark Central Parking to Messina Main Train Stationbus
2d 3h€272–463
Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA) flights
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Glasgow to Messina is to fly and train which costs €90 - €250 and takes 10h 34m.
The fastest way to get from Glasgow to Messina is to train and fly which takes 9h 58m and costs €100 - €240.
No, there is no direct bus from Glasgow station to Messina. However, there are services departing from Buchanan Bus Station and arriving at Messina - Piazza della Repubblica via London Victoria Green Line Station and Luxembourg Park&Drive. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 2 days 1h.
The distance between Glasgow and Messina is 2655 km.
The best way to get from Glasgow to Messina without a car is to train and ferry which takes 27h 38m and costs .
It takes approximately 9h 58m to get from Glasgow to Messina, including transfers.
Glasgow to Messina bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Buchanan Bus Station.
Glasgow to Messina bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at London Victoria station.
Messina is 1h ahead of Glasgow. It is currently 3:08 AM in Glasgow and 4:08 AM in Messina.
Book your Glasgow to Messina bus tickets online with Omio.
What companies run services between Glasgow, Scotland and Messina, Italy?
You can take a bus from Buchanan Bus Station to Messina - Piazza della Repubblica via London Victoria, London Victoria Green Line Station, and Luxembourg Park&Drive in around 2d 1h.
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 37m
- When
- Monday, Saturday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €75–160
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Palermo Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €55–210
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Palermo Airport via Pisa
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 55m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €55–210
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Reggio Calabria Airport via London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €75–280
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Pisa
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €130–220
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 35m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €130–220
Flights from Manchester Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 25m
- When
- Thursday and Monday
- Estimated price
- €70–200
Flights from Manchester Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Bologna
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 10m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €70–200
- Website
- ita-airways.com
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Palermo Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 17m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €55–210
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Reggio Calabria Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 50m
- When
- Thursday, Sunday, Monday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €80–300
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 40m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €55–190
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €70–170
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Palermo Airport via London Luton
- Ave. Duration
- 9h
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €55–210
Flights from Manchester Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €50–200
- Website
- jet2.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €45–170
- Phone
- +44 (0)344 811 0141
- Website
- ScotRail
Train from Glasgow Queen Street to Haymarket
- Ave. Duration
- 45 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €21–35
- Website
- ScotRail
- Phone
- 0345 528 0409
- [email protected]
- Website
- Lumo
Train from Glasgow Queen Street to Haymarket
- Ave. Duration
- 45 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- €9–16
- Website
- Lumo
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- Trenitalia
Train from Catania Centrale to Messina Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 12m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €11–16
- Website
- Trenitalia
Train from Chambery Challes Les Eaux to Torino Porta Susa
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 34m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €23–35
- Website
- Trenitalia
Train from Palermo Centrale to Messina Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 44m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €26–40
- Website
- Trenitalia
Train from Catania Centrale to Messina Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 12m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €11–16
- Website
- Trenitalia
Train from Catania Centrale to Messina Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 12m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €11–16
- Website
- Trenitalia
- Phone
- +44 (0)345 528 0253
- Website
- Avanti West Coast
Train from Glasgow Central to London Euston
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 38m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €160–260
- Website
- Avanti West Coast
Train from Glasgow Central to London Euston
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 38m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €160–260
- Website
- Avanti West Coast
Train from Glasgow Central to Lancaster
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 3m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €65–110
- Website
- Avanti West Coast
- Phone
- +44 330 060 0500
- Website
- Caledonian Sleeper
Train from Glasgow Central to London Euston
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 20m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €100–150
- Website
- Caledonian Sleeper
Train from Glasgow Central to London Euston
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 20m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €100–150
- Website
- Caledonian Sleeper
- Phone
- +44 (0)3432 186 186
- Website
- Eurostar
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Lille Europe
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €100–170
- Website
- Eurostar
Train from Lille Europe to Chambery Challes Les Eaux
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 56m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €290–470
- Website
- Eurostar
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Chambery Challes Les Eaux to Torino Porta Susa
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 34m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €35–60
- Website
- TGV inOui
- Phone
- +39 06 5210550
- Website
- Trenitalia Frecce
Train from Torino Porta Susa to Villa S.Giovanni
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 30m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €180–320
- Website
- Trenitalia Frecce
Train from Torino Porta Nuova to Villa S.Giovanni
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 40m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €180–320
- Website
- Trenitalia Frecce
- Phone
- +39 06 8937 1892
- Website
- Italo Treno
Train from Torino Porta Susa to Villa S.Giovanni
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 37m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €150–260
- Website
- Italo Treno
Train from Torino Porta Nuova to Villa S.Giovanni
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 47m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €150–260
- Website
- Italo Treno
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- Trenitalia Intercity
Train from Palermo Centrale to Messina Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €24–45
- Website
- Trenitalia Intercity
- Phone
- +44 345 600 1671
- [email protected]
- Website
- TransPennine Express
Train from Glasgow Central to Lancaster
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €55–100
- Website
- TransPennine Express
Train from Lancaster to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €21–35
- Website
- TransPennine Express
- Phone
- +44 800 200 6060
- [email protected]
- Website
- Northern Trains Limited
Train from Lancaster to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 24m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €24–45
- Website
- Northern Trains Limited
- Phone
- +3 318 576 2228
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
Bus from London Victoria to Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 9h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €35–60
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
Bus from London Victoria to Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 9h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €35–60
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
Bus from Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station to Naples - Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 15m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €130–230
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
- Phone
- +39 06 88 93 82 32
- Website
- Itabus S.p.A.
Bus from Paris Bercy Seine Bus Station to Torino - Corso Vittorio Emanuele Ii - Capolinea
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 15m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €35–70
- Website
- Itabus S.p.A.
Bus from Naples Metropark Central Parking to Messina Main Train Station
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 10m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €26–45
- Website
- Itabus S.p.A.
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- [email protected]
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Buchanan Bus Station to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 20m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €60–90
- Website
- Flixbus
- Phone
- +44 (0)3717 81 81 81
- Website
- National Express
Bus from Buchanan Bus Station to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 10h
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €80–140
- Website
- National Express
Bus from Buchanan Bus Station to London Victoria Coach Station Arrivals
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 35m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €80–130
- Website
- National Express
- Phone
- +420 222 222 221
- [email protected]
- Website
- RegioJet
Bus from London Victoria Green Line Station to Luxembourg P+R Bouillon
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 30m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €35–65
- Website
- RegioJet
- Phone
- +39 0362 185 0590
- [email protected]
- Website
- Onebus
Bus from Luxembourg Park&Drive to Messina - Piazza della Repubblica
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 21m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €240–340
- Website
- Onebus
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- Trenitalia
Ferry from Villa S.Giovanni to Messina Marittima
- Ave. Duration
- 20 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- Trenitalia
Ferry from Villa S.Giovanni to Messina Marittima
- Ave. Duration
- 20 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- Trenitalia
Ferry from Villa S.Giovanni to Messina Marittima
- Ave. Duration
- 20 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- Trenitalia
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