Glasgow to Swansea runs about 1 times a day, with the first departure around 06:50 and the last around 06:50. One passenger pays €23.28, every fee included. The fastest door to door is 7h 49m over 543 km, on services run by 1 operator across 1 mode.
What one seat costs
Every operator we hold on this corridor starts at €23.28, so there is no spread to show.
Typical fares · Priced for 6 October 2026
€23.28
- 236%Moves across the booking window
When it runs, leaving Glasgow
No operator has filed a timetable for this direction yet, so the first and last departure below follow the pattern of the corridor. Read them as the shape of the service day rather than as times to turn up for.
- 06:50First departure
- 06:50Last departure
- 1Services per day
- 100%Run direct
FlixBus runs this service and does not sell it here. Bookaway takes the payment.
Buying this journey
Bookaway lists departures for Glasgow to Swansea on your date, and you pay on their side.
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Fares by date
What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.
Typical fares
- about €83.78Fri18
- about €55.18Sat19
- about €59.03Sun20
- about €42.53Mon21
- about €40.88Tue22
- about €47.48Wed23
- about €46.38Thu24
- about €44.18Fri25
- about €47.48Sat26
- about €42.53Sun27
- about €32.08Mon28
- about €32.08Tue29
- about €30.98Wed30
- about €38.68Thu1
- about €35.38Fri2
- about €31.53Sat3
- about €30.43Sun4
- about €23.83Mon5
- about €23.28Tue6
- about €26.58Wed7
- about €38.68Thu8
Based on what this route has cost recently. The operator sets the price on the day, and the live fare is confirmed when you book.
The coach gets you into Swansea. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
A room in Swansea for the night the coach gets in
Sort by distance from Swansea railway station and you can see which places are ten minutes on foot and which are not.
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When to book Glasgow to Swansea
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €30.4390 days
- €26.5860 days
- €24.9345 days
- €34.2830 days
- €38.6821 days
- €38.6814 days
- €46.387 days
- €59.033 days
- €83.781 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 45 days ahead, at €24.93.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 236 percent. The dearest point is €83.78, 1 days out.
- What that means
- Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 45 days before departure. Waiting from here has usually cost money on this corridor rather than saved it.
Book now Fares on this route are lowest around 45 days ahead. You are inside that window.
This corridor, specifically
Facts that apply to Glasgow to Swansea and to no other route on the site.
Clocks
Both ends keep the same time, so the arrival is the departure plus the journey.
The shape of it
543 km
472 km as the crow flies, 15% further by the route services take. The bearing runs south.
Who lives at each end
626,410 → 300,352
Population at the departure city and at the arrival city, which is usually what decides how often anything runs.
How we know
0/2
2 of these connections were inferred from service-area overlap rather than observed in a timetable. We would rather say so.
The route
What the journey looks like
Direct or connecting, how far the route really runs, and what happens when a connection is missed.
- Direct or connecting
- 20% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 80% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 543 km against 472 km in a straight line, a detour of 15 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
- Where the change is
- Connections are made at Preston, Birkenhead, Liverpool, Widnes. The gap between arriving and leaving is 55 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 17 percent chance of not being made on the timetable alone. Part of this journey is a self transfer between separate tickets, so leave more time than the minimum and expect to check in again.
Who runs this route
The coach gets in hours before any room is ready. Holding a bag is not what we sell.
Left luggage near Swansea railway station
Most of the points near Swansea railway station open before the first train and shut after the last one.
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Questions about Glasgow to Swansea
The questions people actually ask about this journey, answered from the same prices and times the page above is built on rather than written once and left to go stale.
How long does it take to get from Glasgow to Swansea?
The fastest journey from Glasgow to Swansea takes 7h 49m door to door, of which 7h 31m is spent moving, on the coach. Most services take around 8h 27m, because that average includes slower stopping services and journeys with a connection. Times include reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end.
How much does it cost to travel from Glasgow to Swansea?
The cheapest fare from Glasgow to Swansea is €23.28, as of 17 September 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €38.68. Both figures are the total for one passenger, including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so nothing is added at checkout.
What is the cheapest way to get from Glasgow to Swansea?
The cheapest way from Glasgow to Swansea is by coach, at €23.28 for one passenger on 6 October 2026. That journey takes 8h 15m door to door. Cheaper is rarely faster on this corridor, and the comparison table on this page shows what each mode costs against what it saves.
When should I book Glasgow to Swansea?
Fares from Glasgow to Swansea bottom out around 45 days before departure, at €24.93. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the dearest lead time is 236 percent, measured on 17 September 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.
Which day of the week is cheapest for Glasgow to Swansea?
Wednesday is the cheapest day to depart from Glasgow to Swansea, at €30.98. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of 17 September 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.
Which month is cheapest for Glasgow to Swansea?
February is the cheapest of the next 5 months to travel from Glasgow to Swansea, at €20.53 for one passenger. Each month is priced on its fifteenth, so the comparison is like for like rather than a mix of weekends and midweek departures.
Who runs services from Glasgow to Swansea?
No operator record names Glasgow to Swansea directly. FlixBus publish service areas covering both ends and may serve it, so we list them as possible operators rather than confirmed ones.
Is there a direct service from Glasgow to Swansea?
20 percent of the services we sell from Glasgow to Swansea are direct. The rest connect at Preston, Birkenhead, Liverpool, Widnes, with about 55 minutes between the two services. Both legs are sold on one booking, so a missed connection is rebooked at no charge.
Which station or terminal do services from Glasgow to Swansea use?
Services from Glasgow to Swansea by coach leave from Glasgow Buchanan Bus Station and arrive at Swansea City Bus Station. Allow about 44m in total for reaching the departure terminal and leaving the arrival one, which is already included in every door to door time on this page.
Can I change or refund a ticket from Glasgow to Swansea?
1 of the 1 operators we sell from Glasgow to Swansea allow a change or a refund. A change on a changeable fare costs €5.00. The operator table on this page names which is which, and the condition is shown again before you pay.
Where these numbers come from
Places, coordinates, operators, which operator serves which pair, and every distance on this page are real and come from open data. Where a corridor has a filed timetable the departure times are real too, and ferry fares are the prices the operators publish themselves.
Derived from service area No carrier record names this exact pair. The operators listed publish a service area covering both places at a distance their mode plausibly carries people, which is evidence that the corridor is served and not evidence of a specific service. Pages state which, because presenting the two as the same thing would be dishonest.
Where no operator publishes a fare for a corridor, the price here is our own estimate, worked out from the real distance and the real operator through a fare curve that follows lead time, day of the week and season. It tells you roughly what the journey costs. It is not a seat anyone has agreed to sell, and the payment step will not take it.
Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon, Distances
- On this page
- Every figure above was computed for Glasgow to Swansea on 17 September 2026: 543 km of route against 472 km in a straight line, 5 services a day, 1 operator a cheapest fare of €23.28, and 7h 49m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
Being on the water gives Swansea a set of days out that do not start at a station. We do not sell those either.
Day trips out of Swansea and across United Kingdom
Day trips that leave Swansea in the morning and cover a good part of United Kingdom by evening.
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The two ends, compared
Glasgow reaches 142 places in 36 countries on services we hold, over distances from 46 to 7,617 km. Swansea reaches 85 places in 2 countries, from 41 to 484 km.
Other ways to make this journey
Leaving Glasgow
- 142Places you can leave for
- 36Countries
- 47Operators
Arriving in Swansea
Leaving Swansea
- 85Places you can leave for
- 2Countries
- 6Operators