Inverness to Isle of Lewis

Compare trains, buses, flights and ferries from Inverness to Isle of Lewis. From €31.41, fastest 3h 47m, with the total price and every fee shown up front.

Inverness to Isle of Lewis runs about 2 times a day, with the first departure around 06:04 and the last around 14:17. One passenger pays €31.41, every fee included. The fastest door to door is 3h 47m over 157 km, on services run by 1 operator across 1 mode.

Checked September 20, 2026Priced for September 27, 2026One passenger, all fees included

What one seat costs

Every operator we hold on this corridor starts at €31.41, so there is no spread to show.

Typical fares · Priced for September 27, 2026

€31.41

  • 11%Moves across the booking window

When it runs, leaving Inverness

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.

  • 06:04First departure
  • 14:17Last departure
  • 2Services per day
  • 100%Run direct

Fares by date

What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.

Typical fares

  1. about €34.95Mon21
  2. about €37.90Tue22
  3. about €33.18Wed23
  4. about €36.13Thu24
  5. about €36.72Fri25
  6. about €34.95Sat26
  7. about €31.41Sun27
  8. about €31.41Mon28
  9. about €31.41Tue29
  10. about €31.41Wed30
  11. about €31.41Thu1
  12. about €31.41Fri2
  13. about €31.41Sat3
  14. about €31.41Sun4
  15. about €31.41Mon5
  16. about €31.41Tue6
  17. about €31.41Wed7
  18. about €31.41Thu8
  19. about €31.41Fri9
  20. about €31.41Sat10
  21. about €31.41Sun11

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 flight gets you into Isle of Lewis. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.

A hotel room

A room in Isle of Lewis for the night the flight gets in

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

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Booking window

When to book Inverness to Isle of Lewis

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

  1. €31.4190 days
  2. €31.4160 days
  3. €31.4145 days
  4. €31.4130 days
  5. €31.4121 days
  6. €31.4114 days
  7. €31.417 days
  8. €33.183 days
  9. €34.951 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 90 days ahead, at €31.41.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 11 percent. The most expensive point is €34.95, 1 days out.
What that means
Today sits outside the cheap window, which opens around 90 days before departure. There is no advantage to booking this minute.
€34.95€31.41137142130456090

Book now Fares on this route are lowest around 7 days ahead, so there is no rush yet.

This corridor, specifically

Facts that apply to Inverness to Isle of Lewis 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

157 km

152 km as the crow flies, 3% further by the route services take. The bearing runs north-west.

Who lives at each end

47,79018,500

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

InvernessInvernessIsle of LewisIsle of Lewis
The journey

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
40% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 60% involve one connection.
How far it really runs
The route covers 157 km against 152 km in a straight line, a detour of 3 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
Where the change is
Connections are made at Edinburgh, Glasgow, Aberdeen. The gap between arriving and leaving is 47 minutes, of which about 14 is walking.
If the connection is missed
The tightest connection we sell here has a 20 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.

The fare from SYY into Isle of Lewis is the one price on this trip we cannot show you, because it is not ours.

A taxi stand outside an airport terminal

A car waiting when you land in Isle of Lewis

Settled in advance, so the ride into Isle of Lewis costs what it said it would rather than what the cab stand says.

Partner links. We do not operate transfers. We earn a commission on a booking, and the fare is the same as going direct.

Who runs this route

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

Left luggage lockers

Baggage storage near Stornoway Bus Station

Most of the points near Stornoway Bus Station open before the first train and close after the last one.

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Questions about Inverness to Isle of Lewis

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 Inverness to Isle of Lewis?

The fastest journey from Inverness to Isle of Lewis takes 3h 47m door to door, of which 37m is spent moving, on the flight. Most services take around 3h 48m, 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 Inverness to Isle of Lewis?

The cheapest fare from Inverness to Isle of Lewis is €31.41, as of September 20, 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €31.41. 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 Inverness to Isle of Lewis?

The cheapest way from Inverness to Isle of Lewis is by flight, at €31.41 for one passenger on September 27, 2026. That journey takes 3h 47m 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 Inverness to Isle of Lewis?

Fares from Inverness to Isle of Lewis bottom out around 90 days before departure, at €31.41. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the most expensive lead time is 11 percent, measured on September 20, 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.

Which day of the week is cheapest for Inverness to Isle of Lewis?

Sunday is the cheapest day to depart from Inverness to Isle of Lewis, at €31.41. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of September 20, 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.

Which month is cheapest for Inverness to Isle of Lewis?

October is the cheapest of the next 5 months to travel from Inverness to Isle of Lewis, at €31.41 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 Inverness to Isle of Lewis?

No operator record names Inverness to Isle of Lewis directly. Loganair 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 Inverness to Isle of Lewis?

40 percent of the services we sell from Inverness to Isle of Lewis are direct. The rest connect at Edinburgh, Glasgow, Aberdeen, with about 47 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 Inverness to Isle of Lewis use?

Services from Inverness to Isle of Lewis by flight leave from Inverness INV and arrive at Isle of Lewis SYY. Allow about 3h 10m 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 Inverness to Isle of Lewis?

0 of the 1 operators we sell from Inverness to Isle of Lewis 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 Inverness to Isle of Lewis on September 20, 2026: 157 km of route against 152 km in a straight line, 5 services a day, 1 operator a cheapest fare of €31.41, and 3h 47m 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 Isle of Lewis a set of days out that do not start at a station. We do not sell those either.

A guided tour group

Day trips out of Isle of Lewis and across United Kingdom

Day trips that leave Isle of Lewis in the morning and cover a good part of United Kingdom by evening.

Partner links. We do not sell tours or tickets. We earn a commission on a booking, and it never changes the price.

The two ends, compared

Inverness reaches 17 places in 3 countries on services we hold, over distances from 130 to 812 km. Isle of Lewis reaches 7 places in 2 countries, from 152 to 894 km.

Other ways to make this journey

Leaving Inverness

  • 17Places you can leave for
  • 3Countries
  • 6Operators

Arriving in Isle of Lewis

Leaving Isle of Lewis

  • 7Places you can leave for
  • 2Countries
  • 3Operators

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