There are 7 ways to get from Glasgow to Umeå by bus, plane, train, car, or car train
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Bus to Edinburgh Airport, fly to Umeå Airport
best- Take the bus from Buchanan Bus Station to Terminalbus
- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Umeå Airport (UME)plane EDI - UME
7h 50mkr 895–3,832Train
- Take the train from Glasgow Central to London Eustontrain
- Take the train from London St Pancras to Bruxelles-Miditrain Trn
- Take the train from Bruxelles-Midi to Hamburg-Harburgtrain Trn
- Take the train from Hamburg-Harburg to Stockholm Centralstationtrain 344
- Take the train from Stockholm Centralstation to Umeå Centralstationtrain 94 / ...
42h 26mkr 5,298–9,190Bus, train
- Take the bus from Buchanan Bus Station to London Victoria Coach Station Arrivalsbus 594 / ...
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhofbus
- Take the train from Hamburg Hbf to Stockholm Centralstationtrain Ic / ...
- Take the bus from Stockholm, Cityterminalen to Umeå Busstationbus
2d 2hkr 3,959–7,011Drive, Eurotunnel, train, bus
- Drive from Glasgow to Folkestonecar
- Take the cartrain from Folkestone to Calais-Fréthuncartrain
- Take the train from Calais Frethun to Lille Europetrain Ter
- Take the bus from Lille to Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhofbus
- Drive from Hamburg Hbf to Umeåcar
41h 55mkr 7,057–9,691Fly Glasgow Airport to Umeå Airport
- Fly from Glasgow Airport (GLA) to Umeå Airport (UME)plane GLA - UME
10h 6mkr 996–3,360Bus to Edinburgh Airport, fly to Skellefteå Airport, drive
- Take the bus from Buchanan Bus Station to Terminalbus
- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Skellefteå Airport (SFT)plane EDI - SFT
- Drive from Skelleftea-Airport-SFT to Umeåcar
9h 17mkr 1,395–4,542Bus
- Take the bus from Buchanan Bus Station to London Victoriabus
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhofbus
- Take the bus from Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhof to Stockholm, Cityterminalenbus
- Take the bus from Stockholm, Cityterminalen to Umeå Shell Tegbus
2d 6hkr 3,563–5,497
Glasgow to Umeå by train and foot
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Glasgow to Umeå is to fly which costs 950 kr - 3400 kr and takes 10h 6m.
The fastest way to get from Glasgow to Umeå is to bus and fly which takes 7h 50m and costs 850 kr - 3900 kr.
No, there is no direct bus from Glasgow station to Umeå. However, there are services departing from Buchanan Bus Station and arriving at Umeå Shell Teg via London Victoria, Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhof and Stockholm, Cityterminalen. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 2 days 6h.
No, there is no direct train from Glasgow to Umeå station. However, there are services departing from Glasgow Central and arriving at Umeå Centralstation via London St Pancras, Bruxelles-Midi, Hamburg-Harburg and Stockholm Centralstation. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 42h 26m.
The distance between Glasgow and Umeå is 1639 km.
The best way to get from Glasgow to Umeå without a car is to train which takes 42h 26m and costs 5000 kr - 9500 kr.
It takes approximately 7h 50m to get from Glasgow to Umeå, including transfers.
Glasgow to Umeå bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Buchanan Bus Station.
Glasgow to Umeå train services, operated by Avanti West Coast, depart from Glasgow Central station.
The best way to get from Glasgow to Umeå is to train which takes 42h 26m and costs 5000 kr - 9500 kr. Alternatively, you can fly, which costs 950 kr - 3400 kr and takes 10h 6m, you could also bus, which costs 3500 kr - 5500 kr and takes 2 days 6h.
What companies run services between Glasgow, Scotland and Umeå, Sweden?
You can take a train from Glasgow Central to Umeå Centralstation via London Euston, London St Pancras, Bruxelles-Midi, Hamburg-Harburg, and Stockholm Centralstation in around 42h 26m. Alternatively, KLM, Scandinavian Airlines, and three other airlines fly from Glasgow Airport (GLA) to Umeå Airport (UME) twice daily.
- Website
- norwegian.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Umeå Airport via Stockholm
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 7m
- When
- Thursday, Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 800–3,700
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Umeå Airport via Copenhagen, Stockholm
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 5m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- kr 850–3,900
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Umeå Airport via Berlin Brandenburg, Stockholm
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 40m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- kr 950–3,300
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Umeå Airport via London Gatwick, Stockholm
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 15m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- kr 900–4,200
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Skellefteå Airport via Stockholm
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 12m
- When
- Sunday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,000–4,700
- Website
- flysas.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Umeå Airport via Stockholm
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,100–4,600
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Umeå Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Stockholm
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 10m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,100–5,500
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Umeå Airport via Dublin, Stockholm
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 35m
- When
- Wednesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,100–4,900
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Skellefteå Airport via Stockholm
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 25m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,000–6,000
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Umeå Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Stockholm
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 46m
- When
- Saturday, Monday, Thursday, Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,100–5,500
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Skellefteå Airport via Stockholm
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 5m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,000–4,700
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Skellefteå Airport via Gdansk
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 15m
- When
- Monday and Tuesday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,100–4,100
- 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
- kr 1,800–2,800
- Website
- Avanti West Coast
- Phone
- +44 330 060 0500
- Website
- Caledonian Sleeper
Train from Glasgow Central to London Euston
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 46m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- kr 1,200–1,700
- Website
- Caledonian Sleeper
- Phone
- +32 70 79 79 79
- Website
- Belgian Railways
Train from London St Pancras to Bruxelles-Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- kr 700–1,100
- Website
- Belgian Railways
Train from Bruxelles-Midi to Hamburg-Harburg
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 13m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- kr 1,100–1,800
- Website
- Belgian Railways
- Phone
- +46 77 175 75 75
- [email protected]
- Website
- Swedish Railways (SJ)
Train from Hamburg-Harburg to Stockholm Centralstation
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 59m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- kr 1,400–2,100
- Website
- Swedish Railways (SJ)
Train from Stockholm Centralstation to Umeå Centralstation
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 56m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- kr 900–1,400
- Website
- Swedish Railways (SJ)
- Phone
- +46 40 669 62 00
- [email protected]
- Website
- Snälltåget
Train from Hamburg Hbf to Stockholm Centralstation
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 26m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- kr 1,200–2,900
- Website
- Snälltåget
- Phone
- +44 (0) 8443 35 35 35
- [email protected]
- Website
- LeShuttle
Car train from Folkestone to Calais-Fréthun
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- kr 1,541
- Website
- LeShuttle
- Standard fare
- kr 1,541
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Calais Frethun to Lille Europe
- Ave. Duration
- 29 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- kr 190–330
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
- Phone
- 0141 352 4444
- [email protected]
- Website
- Scottish Citylink Coaches Ltd
Bus from Buchanan Bus Station to Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 1m
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- kr 100–190
- Website
- Scottish Citylink Coaches Ltd
- Single
- kr 100–190
Bus from Buchanan Bus Station to Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 1m
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- kr 100–190
- Website
- Scottish Citylink Coaches Ltd
- Single
- kr 100–190
- Phone
- +44 (0)131 510 4007
- [email protected]
- Website
- Ember
Bus from Buchanan Bus Station to Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 7m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- kr 95–140
- Website
- Ember
Bus from Buchanan Bus Station to Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 7m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- kr 95–140
- Website
- Ember
- Phone
- +44 (0)3717 81 81 81
- Website
- National Express
Bus from Buchanan Bus Station to London Victoria Coach Station Arrivals
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 35m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- kr 850–1,500
- Website
- National Express
Bus from Buchanan Bus Station to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 10h
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- kr 850–1,500
- Website
- National Express
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- [email protected]
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from London Victoria to Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 5m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- kr 950–1,500
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Lille to Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 15m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- kr 700–1,100
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Buchanan Bus Station to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 20m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- kr 600–950
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from London Victoria to Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 5m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- kr 950–1,500
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhof to Stockholm, Cityterminalen
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 35m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- kr 950–1,500
- Website
- Flixbus
- Phone
- +46 77 133 44 44
- Website
- ybuss.se
Bus from Stockholm, Cityterminalen to Umeå Busstation
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 25m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- kr 950–1,200
- Website
- https://www.ybuss.se/
- Phone
- +46 922-129 55
- [email protected]
- Website
- Tapanis Buss
Bus from Stockholm, Cityterminalen to Umeå Shell Teg
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 35m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- kr 1,020–1,060
- Website
- Tapanis Buss
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Booking & Getting There
Glasgow to Umeå bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at London Victoria station.
Umeå is 1h ahead of Glasgow. It is currently 6:51 PM in Glasgow and 7:51 PM in Umeå.
Glasgow to Umeå train services, operated by Avanti West Coast, arrive at London Euston station.
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