Glasgow to Oldham

Compare trains, buses, flights and ferries from Glasgow to Oldham. From €36.09, fastest 3h 6m, with the total price and every fee shown up front.

Traveling from Glasgow to Oldham costs €36.09 at the cheapest and takes 3h 6m door to door at the fastest, across 1 mode and 1 operator. The route covers 337 km. Cheapest is by Train, fastest is by Train.

Checked September 9, 2026Priced for September 29, 2026One passenger, all fees included

At a glance

Distance
337 km
Fastest
3h 6m
Average
3h 16m
Services per day
5
Cheapest
€36.09
CO2 per passenger
11.1 kg
Door to door

Every way to make this journey

Journey times below are door to door, so they include getting to the terminal and away from it at the other end. Fares are the cheapest we currently sell on September 29, 2026.

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 15m2h 31m44m€48.1811.1 kg5
  • 3h 15mFastest, by Train
  • €48.18Cheapest, by Train
  • 11.1 kgLowest CO2, by Train
  • 337 kmDistance traveled
Real services

The cheapest and the fastest on September 29, 2026

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

Cheapest€36.09
  1. TransPennine Express TP146606:352h 31m09:06Glasgow CentralOldham Mumps railway station

Door to door 3h 15mCO2 11.1 kgChanges 0Refundable

Today's real departures

Live from the operators' own published timetables, through the open transit feeds they publish. Times and services are real. Fares are modeled until our booking connectors are live.

Today's real departures
OperatorServiceDepartsArrivesTakes
Avanti West Coast2 changesAvanti08:3612:474h 26m
Avanti West Coast2 changesAvanti08:3612:474h 23m
Avanti West Coast2 changesAvanti08:4012:574h 32m
Avanti West Coast2 changesAvanti08:4012:574h 29m
Avanti West Coast2 changesAvanti09:3813:494h 26m
Avanti West Coast2 changesAvanti09:3813:484h 25m

Prices over the next three weeks

Live from our own engine, refreshed on every request. The cheapest days for each way of traveling are marked.

Cheapest fare by mode and day for Glasgow to Oldham
Cheapest fare by mode and day for Glasgow to OldhamThuSep 10FriSep 11SatSep 12SunSep 13MonSep 14TueSep 15WedSep 16ThuSep 17FriSep 18SatSep 19SunSep 20MonSep 21TueSep 22WedSep 23
Train€116.94€94.94€105.39€62.49€77.34€61.94€63.04€74.04€60.84€68.54€64.69€48.18€48.19€64.69

Cheapest day: 2026-09-29 · €36.09

The trip ends at Oldham Mumps railway station. Everything past the gates belongs to somebody else, the rooms included.

A hotel room

A room in Oldham for the night the train gets in

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Booking window

When to book Glasgow to Oldham

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

  1. €40.4990 days
  2. €36.6460 days
  3. €53.6945 days
  4. €42.1330 days
  5. €45.4421 days
  6. €64.6914 days
  7. €63.047 days
  8. €105.393 days
  9. €116.941 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €36.64.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 219 percent. The most expensive point is €116.94, 1 days out.
What that means
Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 60 days before departure. Waiting from here has usually cost money on this corridor rather than saved it.
€116.94€36.641371421304560

Book now Fares on this route are lowest around 60 days ahead. You are inside that window.

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. €62.49Sun
  2. €48.18Mon
  3. €48.19Tue
  4. €63.04Wed
  5. €74.04Thu
  6. €60.84Fri
  7. €68.54Sat
Across the year

How the fare moves month by month

The same journey priced on the fifteenth of each of the next six months.

  1. €61.94Sep
  2. €47.63Oct
  3. €41.58Nov
  4. €41.58Dec
  5. €47.64Jan
  6. €36.09Feb

The route

GlasgowGlasgowOldhamOldham
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
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 337 km against 293 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 Blackpool, Southport, Preston, Fylde. The gap between arriving and leaving is 50 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
If the connection is missed
The tightest connection we sell here has a 19 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 06:35 and the last at 07:30, across 5 departures. The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.
Terminals

Where you leave from and where you arrive

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

Glasgow

Rail
  • Glasgow Central
  • Paisley Gilmour Street
  • Pollokshaws East
Bus
  • Glasgow Buchanan Bus Station
  • Govan Bus Station
Air
  • GLA
Ferry
  • Yoker Slipway
  • Plantation Quay

Oldham

Rail
  • Oldham Mumps railway station
  • Oldham Central railway station
  • Oldham Werneth railway station
Bus
  • Oldham Mumps Interchange
Carriers

Who runs this route

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
TransPennine Express€36.093h 6m140 km/hRefundablePower outlets, Wi-Fi
The price

What the fare is made of

Every part of the total, so the number at checkout is the number here.

The cheapest Train fare we sell on 2026-09-29, broken into its parts. Nothing is added after this.
PartAmountShare
Operator fare€31.0086%
Taxes€3.109%
Our service fee€1.996%
Total you pay€36.09100%

Check-in is at three and you will be in Oldham well before then. Lockers are not something we run.

Left luggage lockers

Where to leave your bags in Oldham

Priced by the bag and by the day, booked before you get there, and insured while it sits.

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Questions about Glasgow to Oldham

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 it take to get from Glasgow to Oldham?

The fastest journey from Glasgow to Oldham takes 3h 6m door to door, of which 2h 31m is spent moving, on the Train. Most services take around 3h 16m, 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 Oldham?

The cheapest fare from Glasgow to Oldham is €36.09, checked on September 29, 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €63.59. 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 Oldham?

The cheapest way from Glasgow to Oldham is by Train, at €48.18 for one passenger on September 29, 2026. That journey takes 3h 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 Oldham?

Fares from Glasgow to Oldham bottom out around 60 days before departure, at €36.64. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the most expensive lead time is 219 percent, measured on September 29, 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.

Which day of the week is cheapest for Glasgow to Oldham?

Monday is the cheapest day to depart from Glasgow to Oldham, at €48.18. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, checked on September 29, 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 Oldham?

February is the cheapest of the next 6 months to travel from Glasgow to Oldham, at €36.09 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 service from Glasgow to Oldham?

1 operators sell services from Glasgow to Oldham across 1 modes: TransPennine Express. Journey times, fares and fare conditions differ between them, and the operator table on this page compares all of them on speed, flexibility and what is provided on board.

Is there a direct service from Glasgow to Oldham?

20 percent of the services we sell from Glasgow to Oldham are direct. The rest connect at Blackpool, Southport, Preston, Fylde, with about 50 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 Oldham use?

Services from Glasgow to Oldham by Train leave from Glasgow Central and arrive at Oldham Mumps railway 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 Oldham?

1 of the 1 operators we sell from Glasgow to Oldham 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

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, Distances

On this page
Every figure above was computed for Glasgow to Oldham on September 9, 2026: 337 km of route against 293 km in a straight line, 5 services a day, 1 operators, a cheapest fare of €36.09, and 3h 6m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

The trip is the easy half to plan. The days in Oldham are the half people leave until last.

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Day trips out of Oldham and across United Kingdom

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