There are 9 ways to get from Manchester to Lochgilphead by train, car, bus, or plane
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Train, drive
best- Take the train from Manchester Oxford Road to Lancastertrain
- Take the train from Lancaster to Glasgow Centraltrain
- Take the train from Glasgow Central to Gourocktrain
- Drive from Gourock to Lochgilpheadcar
6h 8m£110–203Bus
cheapest- Take the bus from Shudehill Interchange to Buchanan Bus Stationbus Ukn30 / ...
- Take the bus from Buchanan Bus Station to Lochnell Streetbus 926
7h 41m£38–66Drive 295.5 mi
- Drive from Manchester to Lochgilpheadcar 295.5 mi
5h 18m£72–104Fly Manchester Airport to Glasgow Airport, bus
- Fly from Manchester Airport (MAN) to Glasgow Airport (GLA)plane MAN - GLA
- Take the bus from Terminal Building to Lochnell Streetbus
7h 11m£73–172Train, bus
- Take the train from Manchester Piccadilly to Prestontrain
- Take the train from Preston to Glasgow Centraltrain
- Take the bus from Buchanan Bus Station to Lochnell Streetbus 926
7h 19m£87–177Bus via Manchester Central Coach Station
- Take the bus from Manchester Central Coach Station to Buchanan Bus Stationbus 590 / ...
- Take the bus from Buchanan Bus Station to Lochnell Streetbus 926
8h 41m£57–128Train to Liverpool, fly to Glasgow Airport, bus
- Take the train from Manchester Piccadilly to Liverpool South Parkwaytrain
- Fly from Liverpool (LPL) to Glasgow Airport (GLA)plane LPL - GLA
- Take the bus from Terminal Building to Lochnell Streetbus
7h 39m£85–210Train to Birmingham Airport, fly to Glasgow Airport, bus
- Take the train from Manchester Piccadilly to Birmingham Internationaltrain
- Fly from Birmingham Airport (BHX) to Glasgow Airport (GLA)plane BHX - GLA
- Take the bus from Terminal Building to Lochnell Streetbus
7h 15m£82–183Train to Birmingham Airport, fly to Edinburgh Airport, bus
- Take the train from Manchester Piccadilly to Birmingham Internationaltrain
- Fly from Birmingham Airport (BHX) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane BHX - EDI
- Take the bus from Terminal to Buchanan Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Buchanan Bus Station to Lochnell Streetbus
8h 41m£82–202
Manchester to Lochgilphead by bus
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Manchester to Lochgilphead is to bus which costs £35 - £70 and takes 7h 41m.
The fastest way to get from Manchester to Lochgilphead is to drive which takes 5h 18m and costs £70 - £110.
No, there is no direct bus from Manchester to Lochgilphead. However, there are services departing from Shudehill Interchange and arriving at Lochnell Street via Buchanan Bus Station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 7h 41m.
The distance between Manchester and Lochgilphead is 338 miles. The road distance is 297.2 miles.
The best way to get from Manchester to Lochgilphead without a car is to bus which takes 7h 41m and costs £35 - £70.
It takes approximately 6h 8m to get from Manchester to Lochgilphead, including transfers.
Manchester to Lochgilphead bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Shudehill Interchange station.
Manchester to Lochgilphead bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Buchanan Bus Station.
Yes, the driving distance between Manchester to Lochgilphead is 297 miles. It takes approximately 5h 18m to drive from Manchester to Lochgilphead.
There are 204+ hotels available in Lochgilphead.
What companies run services between Manchester, England and Lochgilphead, Scotland?
You can take a bus from Shudehill Interchange to Lochnell Street via Buchanan Bus Station in around 7h 41m.
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Glasgow Airport via Belfast (Aldergrove)
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £55–160
Flights from Liverpool to Glasgow Airport via Belfast (Aldergrove)
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 3m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- £70–160
Flights from Liverpool to Glasgow Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- £70–160
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Glasgow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £25–80
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Glasgow Airport via Belfast (Aldergrove)
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £25–80
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 6m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £27–85
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Belfast (Aldergrove)
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £27–85
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Glasgow Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 59m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £45–210
Flights from Manchester Airport to Glasgow Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £55–120
Flights from Manchester Airport to Glasgow Airport via Newquay
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- £130–420
Flights from Manchester Airport to Glasgow Airport via Belfast City
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £55–120
Flights from Liverpool to Glasgow Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £55–140
- Website
- aerlingus.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Glasgow Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £55–120
Flights from Manchester Airport to Glasgow Airport via Belfast City
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £55–120
Flights from Liverpool to Glasgow Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £55–140
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Glasgow Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £40–110
Flights from Liverpool to Glasgow Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Saturday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £45–120
- Website
- loganair.co.uk
Flights from Manchester Airport to Glasgow Airport via Newquay
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- £130–420
- Phone
- +44 345 600 1671
- [email protected]
- Website
- TransPennine Express
Train from Manchester Oxford Road to Lancaster
- Ave. Duration
- 49 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £18–35
- Website
- TransPennine Express
Train from Lancaster to Glasgow Central
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £60–110
- Website
- TransPennine Express
Train from Manchester Piccadilly to Preston
- Ave. Duration
- 36 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £11–19
- Website
- TransPennine Express
Train from Preston to Glasgow Central
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 36m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £65–120
- Website
- TransPennine Express
Train from Manchester Piccadilly to Liverpool South Parkway
- Ave. Duration
- 42 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £10–18
- Website
- TransPennine Express
- Phone
- +44 800 200 6060
- [email protected]
- Website
- Northern Trains Limited
Train from Manchester Oxford Road to Lancaster
- Ave. Duration
- 57 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £20–40
- Website
- Northern Trains Limited
Train from Manchester Piccadilly to Preston
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £12–23
- Website
- Northern Trains Limited
- Phone
- +44 (0)345 528 0253
- Website
- Avanti West Coast
Train from Lancaster to Glasgow Central
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 3m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £60–100
- Website
- Avanti West Coast
Train from Preston to Glasgow Central
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 19m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £65–120
- Website
- Avanti West Coast
Train from Manchester Piccadilly to Birmingham International
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 53m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £30–55
- Website
- Avanti West Coast
Train from Manchester Piccadilly to Birmingham International
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 53m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £30–55
- Website
- Avanti West Coast
- Phone
- +44 (0)344 811 0141
- Website
- ScotRail
Train from Glasgow Central to Gourock
- Ave. Duration
- 40 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £11–21
- Website
- ScotRail
- Phone
- +44 330 060 0500
- [email protected]
- Website
- Caledonian Sleeper
Train from Preston to Glasgow Central
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 28m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- £60–100
- Website
- Caledonian Sleeper
- Phone
- 03457 125 678
- Website
- East Midlands Railways
Train from Manchester Piccadilly to Liverpool South Parkway
- Ave. Duration
- 40 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £15–22
- Website
- East Midlands Railways
- Phone
- +44 3447 369 123
- [email protected]
- Website
- Cross Country
Train from Manchester Piccadilly to Birmingham International
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 47m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £45–70
- Website
- Cross Country
Train from Manchester Piccadilly to Birmingham International
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 47m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £45–70
- Website
- Cross Country
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- [email protected]
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Shudehill Interchange to Buchanan Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £23–40
- Website
- Flixbus
- Phone
- 0141 352 4444
- [email protected]
- Website
- Scottish Citylink Coaches Ltd
Bus from Buchanan Bus Station to Lochnell Street
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 36m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- £15–29
- Website
- Scottish Citylink Coaches Ltd
- Single
- £15–29
Bus from Terminal Building to Lochnell Street
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 19m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £24–35
- Website
- Scottish Citylink Coaches Ltd
Bus from Buchanan Bus Station to Lochnell Street
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 36m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- £15–29
- Website
- Scottish Citylink Coaches Ltd
- Single
- £15–29
Bus from Buchanan Bus Station to Lochnell Street
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 36m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- £15–29
- Website
- Scottish Citylink Coaches Ltd
- Single
- £15–29
Bus from Terminal Building to Lochnell Street
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 19m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £24–35
- Website
- Scottish Citylink Coaches Ltd
Bus from Terminal Building to Lochnell Street
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 19m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £24–35
- Website
- Scottish Citylink Coaches Ltd
Bus from Terminal to Buchanan Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 2m
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- £7–15
- Website
- Scottish Citylink Coaches Ltd
- Single
- £7–15
Bus from Buchanan Bus Station to Lochnell Street
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 36m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- £15–29
- Website
- Scottish Citylink Coaches Ltd
- Single
- £15–29
- Phone
- +44 (0)3717 81 81 81
- Website
- National Express
Bus from Manchester Central Coach Station to Buchanan Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- £40–100
- Website
- National Express
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