Glasgow to Nottingham bus

Buses from Glasgow to Nottingham start at €26.03 and take 6h 49m at their fastest.

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The Buses from Glasgow to Nottingham starts at €26.03 and takes 6h 49m door to door, run by 1 operator over 438 km, with around 2 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 30 days before departure.

Checked September 9, 2026Priced for September 30, 2026One passenger, all fees included

  • 6h 49mDoor to door
  • 6h 5mMoving
  • €26.03From
  • 11.8 kgCO2
Real services

The cheapest and the fastest on September 30, 2026

Two journeys we can sell today, with the service number each operator files them under.

Cheapest€22.18
  1. FlixBus FB655814:186h 12m20:30Glasgow Buchanan Bus StationNottingham Broadmarsh

Door to door 6h 56mCO2 11.8 kgChanges 0Changeable for a fee

Carriers

Bus operators

Speed, flexibility and what is on board. Nothing here is a rating, because we have not earned one.

Every operator we sell on this corridor. Speed is the carrier's own typical cruising speed, not the average over this route.
OperatorFromFastestTypical speedFlexibilityOn board
FlixBus€22.186h 28m72 km/hChangeablePower outlets, Restrooms, Wi-Fi
  • FlixBus

That is the traveling done. What happens after you walk out into Nottingham is not something we sell.

A hotel room

A room in Nottingham for the night the bus gets in

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

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Booking window

When to book Glasgow to Nottingham

The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.

  1. €24.3890 days
  2. €22.7360 days
  3. €22.7345 days
  4. €22.1830 days
  5. €22.1821 days
  6. €26.0314 days
  7. €39.787 days
  8. €54.633 days
  9. €74.431 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €22.18.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 236 percent. The most expensive point is €74.43, 1 days out.
What that means
Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 30 days before departure. Waiting from here has usually cost money on this corridor rather than saved it.
Day of the week

Which departure day costs least

Median cheapest fare for each weekday, taken across the next three weeks of real prices.

  1. €30.98Sun
  2. €27.13Mon
  3. €28.23Tue
  4. €26.03Wed
  5. €33.73Thu
  6. €31.53Fri
  7. €39.78Sat
Terminals

Where you leave from and where you arrive

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

Glasgow

Bus
  • Glasgow Buchanan Bus Station
  • Govan Bus Station

Nottingham

Bus
  • Nottingham Broadmarsh
  • Bulwell Bus Station
The journey

What the journey actually looks like

Direct or connecting, how far the route really runs, and what happens when a connection is missed.

Direct or connecting
67% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 33% involve one connection.
How far it really runs
The route covers 438 km against 381 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 Bradford, Sheffield, Leeds, Manchester. The gap between arriving and leaving is 57 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.
First and last departure
The first service of the day leaves Glasgow at 06:31 and the last at 14:18, across 2 departures. The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.
The alternatives

Buses against the other ways to make this journey

The same corridor, door to door, with every mode that runs it.

Door to door means the whole journey, including reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end. Fares are the cheapest sold on each mode.
ModeDoor to doorMovingAt the endsFromCO2Per day
Train3h 49m3h 5m44m€56.9914.5 kg10
Coach6h 49m6h 5m44m€26.0311.8 kg2

Questions about Glasgow to Nottingham

The questions people actually ask about this trip, 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 the Coach from Glasgow to Nottingham take?

The Coach from Glasgow to Nottingham takes 6h 49m door to door, of which 6h 5m is spent moving. The route runs 438 km. The difference between the two times is reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end, which every time on this page includes.

How much does the Coach from Glasgow to Nottingham cost?

The Coach from Glasgow to Nottingham starts at €26.03 for one passenger, checked on September 30, 2026. A typical fare is €26.58. Both are the total including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so the price here is the price at checkout.

Who runs the Coach from Glasgow to Nottingham?

1 operators run the Coach from Glasgow to Nottingham: FlixBus. Between them they file around 2 departures a day. The operator table on this page compares them on fare, journey time, cruising speed, fare conditions and what is provided on board.

Which terminal does the Coach from Glasgow to Nottingham use?

The Coach from Glasgow to Nottingham leaves from Glasgow Buchanan Bus Station and arrives at Nottingham Broadmarsh. Allow about 44m for reaching the departure terminal and leaving the arrival one. That time is already inside every door to door figure quoted on this page.

Is the Coach the best way from Glasgow to Nottingham?

Traveling from Glasgow to Nottingham by Train costs €56.99 and takes 3h 49m door to door, against 6h 49m by Coach. Which is better depends on whether the money or the hours matter more on this trip. The comparison table on this page shows every mode side by side.

When should I book the Coach from Glasgow to Nottingham?

Fares for the Coach from Glasgow to Nottingham bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €22.18. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 236 percent, measured on September 30, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.

How much CO2 does the Coach from Glasgow to Nottingham produce?

The Coach from Glasgow to Nottingham produces about 11.8 kg of CO2 per passenger over 438 km, which works out at roughly 27 grams per passenger kilometer. That figure is for the whole journey and for one traveler, not for the vehicle.

What is provided on board the Coach from Glasgow to Nottingham?

Operators on the Coach from Glasgow to Nottingham publish Power outlets, Restrooms, Wi-Fi. That is what 1 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 6h 49m door to door. Where a carrier publishes nothing, this page lists nothing for it.

Where these numbers come from

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.

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 modeled number pass for a filed one.

Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon

On this page
Every figure above was computed for Glasgow to Nottingham on September 9, 2026: 438 km of route against 381 km in a straight line, 2 services a day, 1 operators, a cheapest fare of €26.03, and 6h 49m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

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