There are 10 ways to get from Kirkcaldy to Heathrow by train, plane, bus, or car
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Train to Edinburgh Airport, fly to London Heathrow Airport
best- Take the train from Kirkcaldy to Edinburgh Gatewaytrain
- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to London Heathrow Airport (LHR)plane EDI - LHR
3h 15m£78–263Train to Edinburgh Airport, fly to Luton Airport, bus
cheapest- Take the train from Kirkcaldy to Edinburgh Gatewaytrain
- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Luton Airport (LTN)plane EDI - LTN
- Take the bus from Airport Bus Station to Heathrow Central Bus Stationbus
4h 35m£44–153Train
- Take the train from Kirkcaldy to Edinburgh Waverleytrain Leven - Edinburgh / ...
- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to King's Crosstrain Edinburgh - London Kings Cross / ...
6h 27m£146–206Bus
- Take the bus from Bus Station to Bus Stationbus X61 / ...
- Take the bus from Edinburgh, Bus Station to Heathrow Central Bus Stationbus Ukxn10
11h 13m£52–119Drive 408.7 mi
- Drive from Kirkcaldy to Heathrowcar 408.7 mi
7h 19m£103–149Fly Edinburgh Airport to London City Airport, train
- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to London City Airport (LCY)plane EDI - LCY
- Take the train from Custom House to Heathrow Terminals 2 & 3train
4h 31m£112–352Train, train to Glasgow Airport, fly to London Heathrow Airport
- Take the train from Kirkcaldy to Haymarkettrain
- Take the train from Haymarket to Glasgow Queen Streettrain
- Fly from Glasgow Airport (GLA) to London Heathrow Airport (LHR)plane GLA - LHR
4h 33m£78–349Train to Edinburgh Airport, fly to London Gatwick Airport, train
- Take the train from Kirkcaldy to Edinburgh Gatewaytrain
- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to London Gatwick Airport (LGW)plane EDI - LGW
- Take the train from Gatwick Airport to Farringdontrain
- Take the train from Farringdon Without to Heathrow Terminals 2 & 3train
4h 48m£82–190Train to Edinburgh Airport, fly to London Stansted Airport, train
- Take the train from Kirkcaldy to Edinburgh Gatewaytrain
- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to London Stansted Airport (STN)plane EDI - STN
- Take the train from Liverpool Street Station to Heathrow Terminals 2 & 3train
5h 1m£69–188Bus via Glebe Park
- Take the bus from Glebe Park to Bus Stationbus X58
- Take the bus from Edinburgh, Bus Station to London Heathrow Airportbus Ukxn10
11h 28m£52–79
Kirkcaldy to Heathrow by train and subway
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Kirkcaldy to Heathrow is to bus via Glebe Park which costs £50 - £80 and takes 11h 28m.
The fastest way to get from Kirkcaldy to Heathrow is to train and fly which takes 3h 15m and costs £75 - £270.
No, there is no direct bus from Kirkcaldy station to Heathrow station. However, there are services departing from Bus Station and arriving at Heathrow Central Bus Station via Edinburgh, Bus Station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 11h 13m.
No, there is no direct train from Kirkcaldy to Heathrow station. However, there are services departing from Kirkcaldy and arriving at Heathrow Terminals 1-2-3 station via Edinburgh Waverley and King's Cross St. Pancras station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 6h 27m.
The distance between Kirkcaldy and Heathrow is 355 miles. The road distance is 411.1 miles.
The best way to get from Kirkcaldy to Heathrow without a car is to train which takes 6h 27m and costs £140 - £210.
It takes approximately 3h 15m to get from Kirkcaldy to Heathrow, including transfers.
Kirkcaldy to Heathrow bus services, operated by Stagecoach East Scotland, depart from Bus Station.
Kirkcaldy to Heathrow train services, operated by ScotRail, depart from Kirkcaldy station.
The best way to get from Kirkcaldy to Heathrow is to train which takes 6h 27m and costs £140 - £210. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs £50 - £120 and takes 11h 13m.
What companies run services between Kirkcaldy, Scotland and Heathrow, England?
You can take a train from Kirkcaldy to Heathrow Terminals 1-2-3 station via Edinburgh Waverley, London Kings Cross, and King's Cross St. Pancras station in around 6h 27m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Bus Station to Heathrow Central Bus Station via Bus Station and Edinburgh, Bus Station in around 11h 13m.
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to London Heathrow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £55–220
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £100–230
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to London City Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 31m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £75–230
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to London City Airport via Belfast City
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 42m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £75–230
Flights from Glasgow Airport to London Heathrow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £55–330
Flights from Glasgow Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Derry
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £150–480
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to London Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 33m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £35–120
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to London Gatwick Airport via Belfast (Aldergrove)
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Thursday, Friday, Sunday, and Monday
- Estimated price
- £35–120
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Luton Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £20–120
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Luton Airport via Belfast (Aldergrove)
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 3m
- When
- Sunday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- £20–120
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to London Stansted Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £19–120
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to London Stansted Airport via Belfast (Aldergrove)
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £19–120
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to London Stansted Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 24m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £20–95
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to London Stansted Airport via Belfast (Aldergrove)
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £20–95
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to London Gatwick Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 28m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £45–240
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Luton Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £50–75
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to London Stansted Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £50–190
- Website
- aerlingus.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £100–230
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to London City Airport via Belfast City
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 42m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £75–230
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to London City Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 47m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £65–360
- Website
- loganair.co.uk
Flights from Glasgow Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Derry
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £150–480
- Phone
- +44 (0)344 811 0141
- Website
- ScotRail
Train from Kirkcaldy to Edinburgh Gateway
- Ave. Duration
- 37 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £7–13
- Website
- ScotRail
Train from Kirkcaldy to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 49 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £9–16
- Website
- ScotRail
Train from Kirkcaldy to Haymarket
- Ave. Duration
- 44 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £9–16
- Website
- ScotRail
Train from Haymarket to Glasgow Queen Street
- Ave. Duration
- 46 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £17–29
- Website
- ScotRail
Train from Kirkcaldy to Edinburgh Gateway
- Ave. Duration
- 37 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £7–13
- Website
- ScotRail
Train from Kirkcaldy to Edinburgh Gateway
- Ave. Duration
- 37 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £7–13
- Website
- ScotRail
Train from Kirkcaldy to Edinburgh Gateway
- Ave. Duration
- 37 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £7–13
- Website
- ScotRail
Train from Kirkcaldy to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 37 min
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- £8–12
- Website
- London North Eastern Railway Limited (LNER)
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to King's Cross
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 8m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £130–180
- Website
- London North Eastern Railway Limited (LNER)
Train from Kirkcaldy to Haymarket
- Ave. Duration
- 31 min
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- £8–12
- Website
- London North Eastern Railway Limited (LNER)
- Phone
- +44 3447 369 123
- [email protected]
- Website
- Cross Country
Train from Kirkcaldy to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 38 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £11–17
- Website
- Cross Country
Train from Kirkcaldy to Haymarket
- Ave. Duration
- 29 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £10–16
- Website
- Cross Country
- Phone
- +44 330 060 0500
- Website
- Caledonian Sleeper
Train from Kirkcaldy to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 39 min
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- £5–8
- Website
- Caledonian Sleeper
- Phone
- 0343 222 1234
- Website
- Elizabeth Line (TfL)
Train from Custom House to Heathrow Terminals 2 & 3
- Ave. Duration
- 51 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- £18–40
- Website
- Elizabeth Line (TfL)
Train from Farringdon Without to Heathrow Terminals 2 & 3
- Ave. Duration
- 38 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- £13–27
- Website
- Elizabeth Line (TfL)
Train from Liverpool Street Station to Heathrow Terminals 2 & 3
- Ave. Duration
- 40 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- £14–28
- Website
- Elizabeth Line (TfL)
- Phone
- 0345 528 0409
- [email protected]
- Website
- Lumo
Train from Haymarket to Glasgow Queen Street
- Ave. Duration
- 48 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £7–13
- Website
- Lumo
- Phone
- +44 (0)345 026 4700
- Website
- Thameslink
Train from Gatwick Airport to Farringdon
- Ave. Duration
- 39 min
- Frequency
- Every 10 minutes
- Estimated price
- £16–20
- Website
- Thameslink
- Phone
- 0345 241 8000
- [email protected]
- Website
- Stagecoach East Scotland
Bus from Bus Station to Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £6–10
- Website
- Stagecoach East Scotland
Bus from Glebe Park to Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 28m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £6–10
- Website
- Stagecoach East Scotland
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- [email protected]
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Edinburgh, Bus Station to Heathrow Central Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 9h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £45–70
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Edinburgh, Bus Station to London Heathrow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 9h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £45–70
- Website
- Flixbus
- Phone
- +44 (0)3717 81 81 81
- Website
- National Express
Bus from Edinburgh, Bus Station to Heathrow Central Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 9h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £60–110
- Website
- National Express
Bus from Airport Bus Station to Heathrow Central Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £5–10
- Website
- National Express
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Booking & Getting There
Kirkcaldy to Heathrow bus services, operated by Stagecoach East Scotland, arrive at Bus Station.
Kirkcaldy to Heathrow train services, operated by ScotRail, arrive at Edinburgh Waverley station.
Yes, the driving distance between Kirkcaldy to Heathrow is 411 miles. It takes approximately 7h 19m to drive from Kirkcaldy to Heathrow.
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