There are 10 ways to get from Stoke-on-Trent to Ardrossan by train, bus, car, or plane
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Train via Crewe
best- Take the train from Crewe to Glasgow Centraltrain London Euston - Glasgow Central / ...
- Take the train from Glasgow Central to Ardrossan Towntrain Glasgow Central - Ardrossan Harbour / ...
6h 6m£102–187Bus
cheapest- Take the bus from Stoke-on-Trent to Manchester, Shudehill Interchangebus Uk980 / ...
- Take the bus from Shudehill Interchange to Buchanan Bus Stationbus Ukn30 / ...
8h 15m£43–71Drive 257.1 mi
- Drive from Stoke-on-Trent to Ardrossancar 257.1 mi
4h 33m£63–91Train to Birmingham Airport, fly to Glasgow Airport
- Take the train from Stoke-on-Trent to Birmingham Internationaltrain
- Fly from Birmingham Airport (BHX) to Glasgow Airport (GLA)plane BHX - GLA
5h 11m£59–159Train
- Take the train from Stoke-on-Trent to Glasgow Centraltrain London Euston - Glasgow Central
- Take the train from Glasgow Central to Ardrossan Towntrain Glasgow Central - Ardrossan Harbour / ...
6h 49m£90–149Train, line 11 bus
- Take the train from Stoke-on-Trent to Manchester Piccadillytrain
- Take the train from Manchester Piccadilly to Carlisletrain
- Take the train from Carlisle to Kilmarnocktrain
- Take the bus from Kilmarnock Bus Station to Hill Streetbus 11
7h 22m£100–187Train to Manchester Airport, fly to Glasgow Airport
- Take the train from Stoke-on-Trent to Manchester Piccadillytrain
- Fly from Manchester Airport (MAN) to Glasgow Airport (GLA)plane MAN - GLA
6h 42m£78–193Train to Birmingham Airport, fly to Edinburgh Airport, bus, train
- Take the train from Stoke-on-Trent 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 train from Glasgow Central to Ardrossan Towntrain
6h 11m£66–179Train to Bristol Airport, fly to Glasgow Airport
- Take the train from Stoke-on-Trent to Bristol Temple Meadstrain
- Fly from Bristol Airport (BRS) to Glasgow Airport (GLA)plane BRS - GLA
7h 7m£121–231Train to London Stansted Airport, fly to Glasgow Airport
- Take the train from Stoke-on-Trent to London Eustontrain
- Fly from London Stansted Airport (STN) to Glasgow Airport (GLA)plane STN - GLA
6h 38m£100–279
Stoke-on-Trent to Ardrossan by train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Stoke-on-Trent to Ardrossan is to bus which costs £40 - £75 and takes 8h 15m.
The fastest way to get from Stoke-on-Trent to Ardrossan is to drive which takes 4h 33m and costs £60 - £90.
No, there is no direct bus from Stoke-on-Trent to Ardrossan. However, there are services departing from Stoke-on-Trent and arriving at Hill Street via Shudehill Interchange, Buchanan Bus Station and Kilmarnock Bus Station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 8h 15m.
No, there is no direct train from Stoke-on-Trent to Ardrossan. However, there are services departing from Stoke-on-Trent and arriving at Ardrossan Town via Crewe and Glasgow Central. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 6h 6m.
The distance between Stoke-on-Trent and Ardrossan is 289 miles. The road distance is 258.6 miles.
The best way to get from Stoke-on-Trent to Ardrossan without a car is to train via Crewe which takes 6h 6m and costs £100 - £190.
It takes approximately 6h 6m to get from Stoke-on-Trent to Ardrossan, including transfers.
Stoke-on-Trent to Ardrossan bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Stoke-on-Trent station.
Stoke-on-Trent to Ardrossan train services, operated by Avanti West Coast, depart from Crewe station.
The best way to get from Stoke-on-Trent to Ardrossan is to train via Crewe which takes 6h 6m and costs £100 - £190. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs £40 - £75 and takes 8h 15m.
What companies run services between Stoke-on-Trent, England and Ardrossan, Scotland?
You can take a train from Stoke-on-Trent to Ardrossan Town via Crewe and Glasgow Central in around 6h 6m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Stoke-on-Trent to Hill Street via Shudehill Interchange, Buchanan Bus Station, and Kilmarnock Bus Station in around 8h 15m.
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Glasgow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £25–85
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Glasgow Airport via Belfast (Aldergrove)
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £25–85
Flights from Manchester Airport to Glasgow Airport via Belfast (Aldergrove)
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 58m
- When
- Saturday, Monday, Friday, and Thursday
- Estimated price
- £55–170
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 7m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £27–85
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Belfast (Aldergrove)
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 52m
- When
- Friday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- £27–85
Flights from Bristol Airport to Glasgow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 16m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £27–95
Flights from London Stansted Airport to Glasgow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 16m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £25–130
Flights from London Stansted Airport to Glasgow Airport via Belfast (Aldergrove)
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Tuesday
- Estimated price
- £25–130
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Glasgow Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £45–220
Flights from Manchester Airport to Glasgow Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £55–130
Flights from Manchester Airport to Glasgow Airport via Newquay
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- £130–430
Flights from Manchester Airport to Glasgow Airport via Belfast City
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £55–130
- 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 Bristol Airport to Glasgow Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 57m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £45–95
Flights from London Stansted Airport to Glasgow Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 27m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £60–120
- Website
- aerlingus.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Glasgow Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £55–130
Flights from Manchester Airport to Glasgow Airport via Belfast City
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £55–130
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from London Stansted Airport to Glasgow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £20–75
- Website
- loganair.co.uk
Flights from Manchester Airport to Glasgow Airport via Newquay
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- £130–430
- Phone
- +44 (0)345 528 0253
- Website
- avantiwestcoast.co.uk
Train from Crewe to Glasgow Central
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 9m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £85–150
- Website
- https://www.avantiwestcoast.co.uk/
Train from Stoke-on-Trent to Birmingham International
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- £19–35
- Website
- https://www.avantiwestcoast.co.uk/
Train from Stoke-on-Trent to Manchester Piccadilly
- Ave. Duration
- 37 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £13–23
- Website
- https://www.avantiwestcoast.co.uk/
Train from Stoke-on-Trent to Manchester Piccadilly
- Ave. Duration
- 37 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £13–23
- Website
- https://www.avantiwestcoast.co.uk/
Train from Stoke-on-Trent to Birmingham International
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- £19–35
- Website
- https://www.avantiwestcoast.co.uk/
Train from Stoke-on-Trent to London Euston
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 31m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £50–90
- Website
- https://www.avantiwestcoast.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 (0)344 811 0141
- Website
- scotrail.co.uk
Train from Glasgow Central to Ardrossan Town
- Ave. Duration
- 47 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £13–25
- Website
- https://www.scotrail.co.uk/
Train from Glasgow Central to Ardrossan Town
- Ave. Duration
- 47 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £13–25
- Website
- https://www.scotrail.co.uk/
Train from Carlisle to Kilmarnock
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 43m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £40–75
- Website
- https://www.scotrail.co.uk/
Train from Glasgow Central to Ardrossan Town
- Ave. Duration
- 47 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £13–25
- Website
- https://www.scotrail.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 3447 369 123
- [email protected]
- Website
- crosscountrytrains.co.uk
Train from Stoke-on-Trent to Birmingham International
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £28–40
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
Train from Stoke-on-Trent to Manchester Piccadilly
- Ave. Duration
- 40 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £20–29
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
Train from Stoke-on-Trent to Manchester Piccadilly
- Ave. Duration
- 40 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £20–29
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
Train from Stoke-on-Trent to Birmingham International
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £28–40
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
Train from Stoke-on-Trent to Bristol Temple Meads
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £70–110
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 333 311 0039
- [email protected]
- Website
- westmidlandsrailway.co.uk
Train from Stoke-on-Trent to Birmingham International
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 28m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- £17–45
- Website
- https://www.westmidlandsrailway.co.uk/
Train from Stoke-on-Trent to Birmingham International
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 28m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- £17–45
- Website
- https://www.westmidlandsrailway.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 330 060 0500
- [email protected]
- Website
- sleeper.scot
Train from Stoke-on-Trent to Glasgow Central
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 16m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- £75–130
- Website
- https://www.sleeper.scot/
Train from Stoke-on-Trent to London Euston
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 38m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- £40–75
- Website
- https://www.sleeper.scot/
- Phone
- +44 800 200 6060
- [email protected]
- Website
- northernrailway.co.uk
Train from Stoke-on-Trent to Manchester Piccadilly
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £14–27
- Website
- https://www.northernrailway.co.uk/
Train from Stoke-on-Trent to Manchester Piccadilly
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £14–27
- Website
- https://www.northernrailway.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 345 600 1671
- [email protected]
- Website
- tpexpress.co.uk
Train from Manchester Piccadilly to Carlisle
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £40–75
- Website
- https://www.tpexpress.co.uk/
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- [email protected]
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.fr
Bus from Stoke-on-Trent to Manchester, Shudehill Interchange
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- £4–8
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Shudehill Interchange to Buchanan Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £25–45
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- 0345 810 1000
- [email protected]
- Website
- stagecoachbus.com
Bus from Kilmarnock Bus Station to Hill Street
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 12m
- Frequency
- Every 10 minutes
- Estimated price
- £6–8
- Website
- https://www.stagecoachbus.com/about/west-scotland
- Phone
- 0141 352 4444
- [email protected]
- Website
- citylink.co.uk
Bus from Terminal to Buchanan Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 2m
- Frequency
- Every 10 minutes
- Estimated price
- £7–15
- Website
- https://www.citylink.co.uk/
- Single
- £7–15
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More Questions & Answers
Stoke-on-Trent to Ardrossan bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Manchester, Shudehill Interchange station.
Stoke-on-Trent to Ardrossan train services, operated by Avanti West Coast, arrive at Glasgow Central station.
Yes, the driving distance between Stoke-on-Trent to Ardrossan is 259 miles. It takes approximately 4h 33m to drive from Stoke-on-Trent to Ardrossan.
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