There are 9 ways to get from Swansea to Stornoway by train, plane, bus, or ferry
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Train to Manchester Airport, fly to Stornoway Airport
best- Take the train from Swansea to Wilmslowtrain
- Fly from Manchester Airport (MAN) to Stornoway Airport (SYY)plane MAN - SYY
9h 47m£282–577Train, bus to Bristol Airport, fly to Inverness Dalcross Airport, bus, ferry
cheapest- Take the train from Swansea to Newport (S Wales)train
- Take the bus from Kingsway K14 to Public Transport Interchangebus
- Fly from Bristol Airport (BRS) to Inverness Dalcross Airport (INV)plane BRS - INV
- Take the bus from Bus Station Stance 3 to Ferry Terminalbus
- Take the ferry from Ullapool Ferry Terminal to Stornoway Lewis Ferry Terminalferry
12h 49m£87–301Train, bus, ferry
- Take the train from Swansea to Crewetrain
- Take the train from Crewe to Invernesstrain
- Take the bus from Bus Station Stance 3 to Ferry Terminalbus 961
- Take the ferry from Ullapool Ferry Terminal to Stornoway Lewis Ferry Terminalferry
19h 18m£232–442Train to Cardiff Airport, fly to Stornoway Airport
- Take the train from Swansea to Bridgendtrain
- Fly from Cardiff Airport (CWL) to Stornoway Airport (SYY)plane CWL - SYY
11h 13m£102–393Train, train to Birmingham Airport, fly to Stornoway Airport
- Take the train from Swansea to Bristol Parkwaytrain
- Take the train from Bristol Parkway to Birmingham New Streettrain
- Fly from Birmingham Airport (BHX) to Stornoway Airport (SYY)plane BHX - SYY
10h 59m£283–547Train, train to Southampton Airport, fly to Stornoway Airport
- Take the train from Swansea to Readingtrain
- Take the train from Reading to Southampton Airport Parkwaytrain
- Fly from Southampton Airport (SOU) to Stornoway Airport (SYY)plane SOU - SYY
11h 2m£333–813Train, bus to Bristol Airport, fly to Stornoway Airport
- Take the train from Swansea to Newport (S Wales)train
- Take the bus from Kingsway K14 to Public Transport Interchangebus
- Fly from Bristol Airport (BRS) to Stornoway Airport (SYY)plane BRS - SYY
8h 14m£299–503Train, bus, ferry via Edinburgh
- Take the train from Swansea to Bristol Parkwaytrain
- Take the train from Bristol Parkway to Edinburgh Waverleytrain
- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to Invernesstrain
- Take the bus from Bus Station Stance 3 to Ferry Terminalbus 961
- Take the ferry from Ullapool Ferry Terminal to Stornoway Lewis Ferry Terminalferry
19h 40m£335–635Bus, train, ferry
- Take the bus from Swansea City Bus Station to Newport Train Stationbus
- Take the train from Newport (S Wales) to Doncastertrain
- Take the train from Doncaster to Invernesstrain
- Take the bus from Bus Station Stance 3 to Ferry Terminalbus 961
- Take the ferry from Ullapool Ferry Terminal to Stornoway Lewis Ferry Terminalferry
20h 13m£265–479
Swansea to Stornoway by train, bus, and ferry
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Swansea to Stornoway is to train and bus and fly and ferry which costs £85 - £310 and takes 12h 49m.
The fastest way to get from Swansea to Stornoway is to train and bus and fly which takes 8h 14m and costs £290 - £550.
The distance between Swansea and Stornoway is 586 miles.
The best way to get from Swansea to Stornoway without a car is to train and bus and ferry which takes 19h 18m and costs £230 - £450.
It takes approximately 9h 47m to get from Swansea to Stornoway, including transfers.
There are 188+ hotels available in Stornoway.
What companies run services between Swansea, Wales and Stornoway, Scotland?
There is no direct connection from Swansea to Stornoway. However, you can take the train to Wilmslow, take the train to Manchester Airport, walk to Manchester Airport (MAN) airport, fly to Stornoway Airport (SYY), walk to Airport Terminal, then take the bus to Bus Station. Alternatively, you can take a train from Swansea to Stornoway Lewis Ferry Terminal via Crewe, Inverness, Bus Station Stance 3, Ferry Terminal, and Ullapool Ferry Terminal in around 19h 18m.
- Website
- loganair.co.uk
Flights from Manchester Airport to Stornoway Airport via Inverness Dalcross Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- £200–430
Flights from Cardiff Airport to Stornoway Airport via Dublin, Glasgow
- Ave. Duration
- 9h
- When
- Saturday, Tuesday, and Thursday
- Estimated price
- £75–350
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Stornoway Airport via Inverness Dalcross Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 25m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £200–400
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Stornoway Airport via Glasgow
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 27m
- When
- Saturday, Sunday, Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- £200–400
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Stornoway Airport via Belfast (Aldergrove), Glasgow
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 13m
- When
- Sunday, Friday, and Thursday
- Estimated price
- £200–400
Flights from Southampton Airport to Stornoway Airport via Glasgow
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 20m
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £230–700
Flights from Southampton Airport to Stornoway Airport via Manchester Airport, Inverness Dalcross Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- £240–600
Flights from Southampton Airport to Stornoway Airport via Belfast (Aldergrove), Glasgow
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 35m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £230–700
Flights from Bristol Airport to Stornoway Airport via Glasgow
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 13m
- When
- Friday, Sunday, Wednesday, and Thursday
- Estimated price
- £65–320
Flights from Bristol Airport to Stornoway Airport via Inverness Dalcross Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £65–320
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Cardiff Airport to Stornoway Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Glasgow
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 5m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- £120–600
Flights from Cardiff Airport to Stornoway Airport via Dublin, Glasgow
- Ave. Duration
- 9h
- When
- Saturday, Tuesday, and Thursday
- Estimated price
- £75–350
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Stornoway Airport via Inverness Dalcross Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 25m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £200–400
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Stornoway Airport via Glasgow
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 25m
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £200–400
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Stornoway Airport via Belfast (Aldergrove), Glasgow
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 13m
- When
- Sunday, Friday, and Thursday
- Estimated price
- £200–400
Flights from Southampton Airport to Stornoway Airport via Glasgow
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 20m
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £230–700
Flights from Southampton Airport to Stornoway Airport via Belfast (Aldergrove), Glasgow
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 35m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £230–700
Flights from Bristol Airport to Stornoway Airport via Glasgow
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 13m
- When
- Friday, Sunday, Wednesday, and Thursday
- Estimated price
- £65–320
Flights from Bristol Airport to Stornoway Airport via Inverness Dalcross Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £65–320
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Bristol Airport to Inverness Dalcross Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £35–130
- Phone
- 03333 211 202
- Website
- Transport for Wales
Train from Swansea to Wilmslow
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 54m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £80–140
- Website
- Transport for Wales
Train from Swansea to Crewe
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 33m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £70–130
- Website
- Transport for Wales
Train from Swansea to Bridgend
- Ave. Duration
- 42 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £10–17
- Website
- Transport for Wales
Train from Swansea to Newport (S Wales)
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 11m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £22–40
- Website
- Transport for Wales
Train from Swansea to Newport (S Wales)
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 11m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £22–40
- Website
- Transport for Wales
- Phone
- +44 330 060 0500
- [email protected]
- Website
- Caledonian Sleeper
Train from Crewe to Inverness
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 45m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- £140–220
- Website
- Caledonian Sleeper
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Inverness
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- £60–95
- Website
- Caledonian Sleeper
Train from Doncaster to Inverness
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 36m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- £140–220
- Website
- Caledonian Sleeper
- Phone
- +44 (0)345 7000 125
- [email protected]
- Website
- Great Western Railway (GWR)
Train from Swansea to Bridgend
- Ave. Duration
- 30 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £11–21
- Website
- Great Western Railway (GWR)
Train from Swansea to Bristol Parkway
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 29m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £35–70
- Website
- Great Western Railway (GWR)
Train from Swansea to Reading
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £70–130
- Website
- Great Western Railway (GWR)
Train from Swansea to Newport (S Wales)
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 6m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £25–50
- Website
- Great Western Railway (GWR)
Train from Swansea to Newport (S Wales)
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 6m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £25–50
- Website
- Great Western Railway (GWR)
Train from Swansea to Bristol Parkway
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 29m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £35–70
- Website
- Great Western Railway (GWR)
- Phone
- +44 3447 369 123
- [email protected]
- Website
- Cross Country
Train from Bristol Parkway to Birmingham New Street
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 9m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £45–65
- Website
- Cross Country
Train from Reading to Southampton Airport Parkway
- Ave. Duration
- 43 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £23–35
- Website
- Cross Country
Train from Bristol Parkway to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 28m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- £220–320
- Website
- Cross Country
Train from Newport (S Wales) to Doncaster
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 56m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- £100–150
- Website
- Cross Country
- Phone
- +44 (0)344 811 0141
- Website
- ScotRail
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Inverness
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 43m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- £75–150
- Website
- ScotRail
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Inverness
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 32m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £60–90
- Website
- London North Eastern Railway Limited (LNER)
Train from Doncaster to Inverness
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 22m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £140–210
- Website
- London North Eastern Railway Limited (LNER)
- Phone
- 0141 352 4444
- [email protected]
- Website
- Scottish Citylink Coaches Ltd
Bus from Bus Station Stance 3 to Ferry Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- £10–20
- Website
- Scottish Citylink Coaches Ltd
- Single
- £10–20
Bus from Bus Station Stance 3 to Ferry Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- £10–20
- Website
- Scottish Citylink Coaches Ltd
- Single
- £10–20
Bus from Bus Station Stance 3 to Ferry Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- £10–20
- Website
- Scottish Citylink Coaches Ltd
- Single
- £10–20
Bus from Bus Station Stance 3 to Ferry Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- £10–20
- Website
- Scottish Citylink Coaches Ltd
- Single
- £10–20
- Phone
- 01463 222 444
- [email protected]
- Website
- D + E Coaches
Bus from Bus Station Stance 3 to Ferry Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Website
- D + E Coaches
Bus from Bus Station Stance 3 to Ferry Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Website
- D + E Coaches
Bus from Bus Station Stance 3 to Ferry Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Website
- D + E Coaches
Bus from Bus Station Stance 3 to Ferry Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Website
- D + E Coaches
- Phone
- +44 (0)3717 81 81 81
- Website
- National Express
Bus from Kingsway K14 to Public Transport Interchange
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £6–16
- Website
- National Express
Bus from Kingsway K14 to Public Transport Interchange
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £6–16
- Website
- National Express
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- [email protected]
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Swansea City Bus Station to Newport Train Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £5–10
- Website
- Flixbus
- Phone
- +44 (0)1475 650 397
- [email protected]
- Website
- Caledonian MacBrayne
Ferry from Ullapool Ferry Terminal to Stornoway Lewis Ferry Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- £9–80
- Website
- Caledonian MacBrayne
- Passenger Fare
- £9–14
- Car Fare
- £65–80
Ferry from Ullapool Ferry Terminal to Stornoway Lewis Ferry Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- £9–80
- Website
- Caledonian MacBrayne
- Passenger Fare
- £9–14
- Car Fare
- £65–80
Ferry from Ullapool Ferry Terminal to Stornoway Lewis Ferry Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- £9–80
- Website
- Caledonian MacBrayne
- Passenger Fare
- £9–14
- Car Fare
- £65–80
Ferry from Ullapool Ferry Terminal to Stornoway Lewis Ferry Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- £9–80
- Website
- Caledonian MacBrayne
- Passenger Fare
- £9–14
- Car Fare
- £65–80
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