There are 11 ways to get from Motherwell to Bedford by train, bus, car, plane, or subway
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Train, bus
best- Take the train from Motherwell to Milton Keynes Centraltrain Glasgow Central - London Euston
- Take the bus from Central station to St Paul's Squarebus C1 / ...
5h 34m£68–199Bus to Edinburgh Airport, fly to Luton Airport
cheapest- Take the bus from Maxim Business Park to Terminalbus
- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Luton Airport (LTN)plane EDI - LTN
4h 4m£47–161Bus
- Take the bus from Buchanan Bus Station to Milton Keynes Coachwaybus 595 / ...
8h 57m£68–160Drive 338.7 mi
- Drive from Motherwell to Bedfordcar 338.7 mi
5h 42m£83–119Train to Glasgow Airport, fly to Luton Airport, train
- Take the train from Motherwell to Glasgow Centraltrain
- Fly from Glasgow Airport (GLA) to Luton Airport (LTN)plane GLA - LTN
- Take the train from Luton Airport Parkway to Bedfordtrain
3h 32m£57–172Train
- Take the train from Motherwell to Prestontrain Glasgow Central - London Euston / ...
- Take the train from Preston to Milton Keynes Centraltrain Glasgow Central - London Euston / ...
6h 27m£70–221Train via Chesterfield
- Take the train from Motherwell to Chesterfieldtrain Glasgow Central - Plymouth / ...
- Take the train from Chesterfield to Bedfordtrain Sheffield - London St Pancras International / ...
7h 32m£222–318Fly Glasgow Airport to London City Airport, train
- Fly from Glasgow Airport (GLA) to London City Airport (LCY)plane GLA - LCY
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Bedfordtrain
4h 38m£112–390Fly Glasgow Airport to London Heathrow Airport, train
- Fly from Glasgow Airport (GLA) to London Heathrow Airport (LHR)plane GLA - LHR
- Take the train from Farringdon to Bedfordtrain
5h 14m£105–387Train to Glasgow Airport, fly to London Stansted Airport, subway, train
- Take the train from Motherwell to Glasgow Centraltrain
- Fly from Glasgow Airport (GLA) to London Stansted Airport (STN)plane GLA - STN
- Take the subway from Tottenham Hale Station to King's Cross St. Pancras stationsubway
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Bedfordtrain
5h 2m£72–238Bus to Edinburgh Airport, fly to London Stansted Airport, train
- Take the bus from Maxim Business Park to Terminalbus
- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to London Stansted Airport (STN)plane EDI - STN
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Bedfordtrain
5h 28m£75–227
Motherwell to Bedford by train and bus
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Motherwell to Bedford is to bus which costs £65 - £160 and takes 8h 57m.
The fastest way to get from Motherwell to Bedford is to train and fly which takes 3h 32m and costs £55 - £180.
No, there is no direct bus from Motherwell to Bedford station. However, there are services departing from Motherwell Library and arriving at Bus Station via Buchanan Bus Station and Milton Keynes Coachway. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 8h 57m.
No, there is no direct train from Motherwell to Bedford. However, there are services departing from Motherwell and arriving at Bedford St Johns via Preston, Milton Keynes Central and Bletchley. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 6h 27m.
The distance between Motherwell and Bedford is 364 miles. The road distance is 340.7 miles.
The best way to get from Motherwell to Bedford without a car is to train and bus which takes 5h 34m and costs £65 - £200.
It takes approximately 5h 34m to get from Motherwell to Bedford, including transfers.
Motherwell to Bedford bus services, operated by National Express, depart from Buchanan Bus Station.
Motherwell to Bedford train services, operated by Avanti West Coast, depart from Motherwell station.
The best way to get from Motherwell to Bedford is to bus which takes 8h 57m and costs £65 - £160. Alternatively, you can train, which costs £70 - £230 and takes 6h 27m.
What companies run services between Motherwell, Scotland and Bedford, England?
National Express operates a bus from Buchanan Bus Station to Milton Keynes Coachway every 4 hours. Tickets cost £65–160 and the journey takes 6h 50m. Alternatively, you can take a train from Motherwell to Bedford St Johns via Preston, Milton Keynes Central, and Bletchley in around 6h 27m.
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Luton Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £35–120
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Luton Airport via Belfast (Aldergrove)
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 2m
- When
- Friday, Thursday, Tuesday, and Monday
- Estimated price
- £35–120
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Luton Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £24–120
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Luton Airport via Belfast (Aldergrove)
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Sunday, Tuesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £24–120
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Luton Airport via Belfast City
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- £24–120
Flights from Glasgow Airport to London Stansted Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £30–130
Flights from Glasgow Airport to London Stansted Airport via Belfast (Aldergrove)
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- £30–130
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to London Stansted Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 24m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £24–110
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Glasgow Airport to London City Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 29m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £75–230
Flights from Glasgow Airport to London Heathrow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 28m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £55–270
Flights from Glasgow Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Derry
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £230–430
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Luton Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £50–75
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Luton Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 23m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Sunday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £45–120
Flights from Glasgow Airport to London Stansted Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- £60–120
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to London Stansted Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 24m
- When
- Wednesday and Tuesday
- Estimated price
- £45–100
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Glasgow Airport to London Stansted Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £19–75
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to London Stansted Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £20–90
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Glasgow Airport to London City Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- £60–320
- 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
- £230–430
- Phone
- +44 (0)345 528 0253
- Website
- avantiwestcoast.co.uk
Train from Motherwell to Milton Keynes Central
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £110–200
- Website
- https://www.avantiwestcoast.co.uk/
Train from Motherwell to Glasgow Central
- Ave. Duration
- 17 min
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £4–8
- Website
- https://www.avantiwestcoast.co.uk/
Train from Motherwell to Preston
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 7m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- £60–110
- Website
- https://www.avantiwestcoast.co.uk/
Train from Preston to Milton Keynes Central
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 38m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £55–95
- Website
- https://www.avantiwestcoast.co.uk/
Train from Motherwell to Glasgow Central
- Ave. Duration
- 17 min
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £4–8
- Website
- https://www.avantiwestcoast.co.uk/
- Phone
- 0800 031 8542
- [email protected].
- Website
- lumo.co.uk
Train from Motherwell to Milton Keynes Central
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 12m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- £60–130
- Website
- https://www.lumo.co.uk/
Train from Motherwell to Preston
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 14m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- £30–70
- Website
- https://www.lumo.co.uk/
Train from Preston to Milton Keynes Central
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 57m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- £30–60
- Website
- https://www.lumo.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 (0)344 811 0141
- Website
- scotrail.co.uk
Train from Motherwell to Glasgow Central
- Ave. Duration
- 27 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- £5–11
- Website
- https://www.scotrail.co.uk/
Train from Motherwell to Glasgow Central
- Ave. Duration
- 27 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- £5–11
- Website
- https://www.scotrail.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 3447 369 123
- [email protected]
- Website
- crosscountrytrains.co.uk
Train from Motherwell to Glasgow Central
- Ave. Duration
- 20 min
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- £7–10
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
Train from Motherwell to Chesterfield
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 57m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- £170–240
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
Train from Motherwell to Glasgow Central
- Ave. Duration
- 20 min
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- £7–10
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 345 600 1671
- [email protected]
- Website
- tpexpress.co.uk
Train from Motherwell to Glasgow Central
- Ave. Duration
- 18 min
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £4–8
- Website
- https://www.tpexpress.co.uk/
Train from Motherwell to Preston
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 22m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £60–110
- Website
- https://www.tpexpress.co.uk/
Train from Motherwell to Glasgow Central
- Ave. Duration
- 18 min
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £4–8
- Website
- https://www.tpexpress.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 330 060 0500
- [email protected]
- Website
- sleeper.scot
Train from Motherwell to Glasgow Central
- Ave. Duration
- 18 min
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- £3–7
- Website
- https://www.sleeper.scot/
Train from Motherwell to Preston
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 8m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- £50–90
- Website
- https://www.sleeper.scot/
Train from Motherwell to Glasgow Central
- Ave. Duration
- 18 min
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- £3–7
- Website
- https://www.sleeper.scot/
- Phone
- 03457 125 678
- Website
- eastmidlandsrailway.co.uk
Train from Luton Airport Parkway to Bedford
- Ave. Duration
- 18 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £10–16
- Website
- https://www.eastmidlandsrailway.co.uk/
Train from Chesterfield to Bedford
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- £50–80
- Website
- https://www.eastmidlandsrailway.co.uk/
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Bedford
- Ave. Duration
- 40 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £25–40
- Website
- https://www.eastmidlandsrailway.co.uk/
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Bedford
- Ave. Duration
- 40 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £25–40
- Website
- https://www.eastmidlandsrailway.co.uk/
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Bedford
- Ave. Duration
- 40 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £25–40
- Website
- https://www.eastmidlandsrailway.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 (0)345 026 4700
- Website
- thameslinkrailway.com
Train from Luton Airport Parkway to Bedford
- Ave. Duration
- 29 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- £10–21
- Website
- https://www.thameslinkrailway.com/
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Bedford
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 3m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £26–55
- Website
- https://www.thameslinkrailway.com/
Train from Farringdon to Bedford
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- £26–55
- Website
- https://www.thameslinkrailway.com/
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Bedford
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 3m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £26–55
- Website
- https://www.thameslinkrailway.com/
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Bedford
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 3m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £26–55
- Website
- https://www.thameslinkrailway.com/
- Phone
- +44 343 222 1234
- Website
- tfl.gov.uk
Subway from Tottenham Hale Station to King's Cross St. Pancras station
- Ave. Duration
- 12 min
- Frequency
- Every 5 minutes
- Estimated price
- £5–19
- Schedules at
- https://tfl.gov.uk/modes/tube/?cid=tube
- Phone
- 01707 255764
- [email protected]
- Website
- unobus.info
Bus from Central station to St Paul's Square
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 29m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £4
- Website
- http://www.unobus.info/
- Phone
- +44 (0)3717 81 81 81
- Website
- nationalexpress.com
Bus from Buchanan Bus Station to Milton Keynes Coachway
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 50m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £65–160
- Website
- https://www.nationalexpress.com/en
- Phone
- 0141 352 4444
- [email protected]
- Website
- citylink.co.uk
Bus from Maxim Business Park to Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 41 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- £5–11
- Website
- https://www.citylink.co.uk/
- Single
- £5–11
Bus from Maxim Business Park to Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 41 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- £5–11
- Website
- https://www.citylink.co.uk/
- Single
- £5–11
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More Questions & Answers
Motherwell to Bedford bus services, operated by National Express, arrive at Milton Keynes Coachway station.
Motherwell to Bedford train services, operated by Avanti West Coast, arrive at Preston station.
Yes, the driving distance between Motherwell to Bedford is 341 miles. It takes approximately 5h 42m to drive from Motherwell to Bedford.
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