Travel to Inverness

Every way to reach Inverness: 2 modes compared, with fares.

Inverness is reachable from 17 places across 3 countries by 2 modes, on services run by 6 operators. The cheapest arrival costs €21.79 and the fastest takes 1h 49m door to door. The nearest origin is 130 km away.

Checked 4 October 2026Priced for 4 October 2026One passenger, all fees included

Arriving

How people reach Inverness

Every mode that actually calls at Inverness, with the cheapest fare and the fastest journey on each.

One row per mode that actually calls here. Reach is the furthest origin that mode serves in a straight line.
ModeOriginsFromFastestReachOperators
Train18€21.791h 49m181 km1
Flight20€31.413h 46m812 km5
  • 17Places you can arrive from
  • 17Places you can leave for
  • 3Countries
  • 6Operators

Inverness is small enough to walk across, so almost anywhere central works. We still do not sell the room.

A hotel room

Where to sleep in Inverness

Sort by distance from Inverness railway station and you can see which places are ten minutes on foot and which are not.

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Catchment

How far people travel to get here

Every origin we sell, grouped by how far it is in a straight line.

Straight line distance from each origin we sell, not the distance the route runs.
DistanceRoutesShareNearest of them
Under 200 km2463%Perth, 130 km
200 to 600 km821%Belfast, 337 km
600 to 1,500 km616%Bristol, 678 km
Origins

Which countries you can arrive from

Countries with at least one route into Inverness that we sell.

Counted by route, so a country with several cities on the corridor counts once per route rather than once per city.
CountryRoutesShare
United Kingdom3489%
Ireland25%
Netherlands25%
Terminals

Stations, airports and ports in Inverness

The stations, airports and ports each mode on this corridor actually uses.

Inverness

Rail
  • Inverness railway station
  • Inverness Airport railway station
  • Moy railway station
Coach
  • Inverness Bus Station
Air
  • INV
Ferry
  • Dochgarroch Lock

INV is not in Inverness, and the road in from it is the part of the trip nobody plans. We sell the flight and stop at the terminal door.

A taxi rank outside an airport terminal

Getting from INV into Inverness?

A price agreed before you fly, a driver at arrivals, and a car big enough for the bags.

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Fares

The cheapest journeys into Inverness

Priced from the same engine that answers the search box, on the next three weeks of departures.

Cheapest fare and fastest journey into Inverness, over the next three weeks.
RouteFromFastestDistance
Aberdeen to Inverness train€21.791h 49m133 km
Perth to Inverness train€25.641h 56m130 km
Edinburgh to Inverness train€30.592h 5m181 km
Aberdeen to Inverness flight€31.413h 46m133 km
Isle of Lewis to Inverness flight€31.413h 47m152 km
Edinburgh to Inverness flight€31.413h 49m181 km
Dunfermline to Inverness train€32.242h 11m163 km
Kirkcaldy to Inverness train€32.242h 11m165 km
Cumbernauld to Inverness train€33.342h 20m171 km
Glasgow to Inverness train€34.992h 16m179 km
Livingston to Inverness train€34.992h 22m180 km
Coatbridge to Inverness train€34.992h 15m180 km
Belfast to Inverness flight€49.704h 1m337 km
Manchester to Inverness flight€64.454h 14m462 km
Dublin to Inverness flight€66.224h 12m478 km
London to Inverness flight€70.944h 30m714 km

Inverness is small enough to see in an afternoon, which is easier without the luggage. Storing it is not our business.

Left luggage lockers

Where to leave your bags in Inverness

Most of the points near Inverness railway station open before the first train and shut after the last one.

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Popular journeys to Inverness

Common questions about Travel to Inverness

How can I get to Inverness?

Inverness is reachable by 2 modes on our network, from 17 places, across 3 countries, on services run by 6 operators. The table on this page compares those modes on the cheapest fare, the fastest journey, how far each reaches and how many carriers run it.

What is the cheapest way to get to Inverness?

The cheapest way into Inverness is by train, from €21.79 for one passenger. That is the lowest fare across all 17 origins we sell into Inverness over the next three weeks, including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee.

What is the fastest way to get to Inverness?

The fastest journey into Inverness is by train, at 1h 49m door to door. The nearest origin we sell is 130 km away in a straight line, which is why a short fast journey exists at all on this list.

Which stations and airports does Inverness have?

Inverness has 6 named terminals on our network, including 3 rail stations and 1 airports. Among them are Inverness railway station, Inverness Airport railway station, Moy railway station. Every journey time on this page allows for reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end.

Where can I travel to Inverness from within 200 km?

24 of the routes we sell into Inverness start within 200 km. The nearest is Perth, 130 km away in a straight line. Short corridors like these are usually the ones where a train or coach beats a flight door to door.

Where else can I go from Inverness in United Kingdom?

Inverness connects to 17 places on our network across 3 countries, the furthest of them 812 km away in a straight line. United Kingdom routes are listed on this page, and the country pages carry the rest of the network around it.

Where these numbers come from

Schedules, seat counts and fares are generated by our own model until the supplier contracts are signed. Places, coordinates, operators, which operator serves which pair, and every distance are real. We would rather say that on every page than let a modelled number pass for a filed one.

Defined in full at Catchment, Fares, Door to door, Distances

Elsewhere in United Kingdom

The wider region

The journey is the easy half to plan. The days in Inverness are the half people leave until last.

A guided tour group

Things to do in Inverness

The tickets worth having in advance, because the queue at the door is usually the whole morning.

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