Cheapest€16.29
- ScotRail SR118814:521h 8m16:00Aberdeen railway stationInverness railway station
Door to door 1h 52mCO2 4.4 kgChanges 0Refundable
Aberdeen to Inverness train
Trains from Aberdeen to Inverness start at €18.49 and take 1h 45m at their fastest.
The Trains from Aberdeen to Inverness starts at €18.49 and takes 1h 45m door to door, run by 1 operator over 133 km, with around 6 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 30 days before departure.
- 1h 45mDoor to door
- 1h 1mMoving
- €18.49From
- 4.4 kgCO2
The cheapest and the fastest on September 29, 2026
Two journeys we can sell today, with the service number each operator files them under.
Fastest€17.39
- ScotRail SR467106:111h 1m07:12Aberdeen railway stationInverness railway station
Door to door 1h 45mCO2 4.4 kgChanges 0Refundable
Rail operators
Speed, flexibility and what is on board. Nothing here is a rating, because we have not earned one.
| Operator | From | Fastest | Typical speed | Flexibility | On board |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 ScotRail | €16.29 | 1h 43m | 140 km/h | Refundable | Power outlets, Wi-Fi |
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Where to stay in Inverness
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When to book Aberdeen to Inverness
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €18.4990 days
- €16.2960 days
- €16.2945 days
- €15.1930 days
- €21.7921 days
- €25.6414 days
- €21.247 days
- €25.643 days
- €32.001 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €15.19.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 111 percent. The most expensive point is €32.00, 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.
Which departure day costs least
Median cheapest fare for each weekday, taken across the next three weeks of real prices.
- €21.79Sun
- €22.34Mon
- €18.49Tue
- €25.64Wed
- €27.84Thu
- €25.09Fri
- €28.39Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
The stations, airports and ports each mode on this corridor actually uses.
Aberdeen
Rail
- Aberdeen railway station
- Aberdeen Waterloo railway station
- Aberdeen Ferryhill railway station
Inverness
Rail
- Inverness railway station
- Inverness Airport railway station
- Moy railway station
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
- 43% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 57% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 133 km against 133 km in a straight line, a detour of 1 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
- Where the change is
- Connections are made at Perth, Dunfermline, Edinburgh, Kirkcaldy. The gap between arriving and leaving is 72 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 13 percent chance of not being made on the timetable alone. Both legs are sold on one booking, so a missed connection is ours to fix and you are rebooked at no charge.
- First and last departure
- The first service of the day leaves Aberdeen at 06:11 and the last at 14:52, across 6 departures. The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.
Trains against the other ways to make this journey
The same corridor, door to door, with every mode that runs it.
| Mode | Door to door | Moving | At the ends | From | CO2 | Per day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Train | 1h 45m | 1h 1m | 44m | €18.49 | 4.4 kg | 6 |
| Flight | 3h 47m | 37m | 3h 10m | €31.41 | 33.7 kg | 1 |
Questions about Aberdeen to Inverness
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 Train from Aberdeen to Inverness take?
The Train from Aberdeen to Inverness takes 1h 45m door to door, of which 1h 1m is spent moving. The route runs 133 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 Train from Aberdeen to Inverness cost?
The Train from Aberdeen to Inverness starts at €18.49 for one passenger, checked on September 13, 2026. A typical fare is €42.97. Both are the total including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so the price here is the price at checkout.
Who runs the Train from Aberdeen to Inverness?
1 operators run the Train from Aberdeen to Inverness: ScotRail. Between them they file around 6 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 Train from Aberdeen to Inverness use?
The Train from Aberdeen to Inverness leaves from Aberdeen railway station and arrives at Inverness railway station. 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 Train the best way from Aberdeen to Inverness?
The Train is both the cheapest and the fastest way from Aberdeen to Inverness, at €18.49 and 1h 45m door to door, against 1 other modes that also run the corridor. On this route there is no trade to make between the money and the hours.
When should I book the Train from Aberdeen to Inverness?
Fares for the Train from Aberdeen to Inverness bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €15.19. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 111 percent, measured on September 13, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Train from Aberdeen to Inverness produce?
The Train from Aberdeen to Inverness produces about 4.4 kg of CO2 per passenger over 133 km, which works out at roughly 33 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 Train from Aberdeen to Inverness?
Operators on the Train from Aberdeen to Inverness publish Power outlets, Wi-Fi. That is what 1 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 1h 45m door to door. Where a carrier publishes nothing, this page lists nothing for it.
Where these numbers come from
Observed service A carrier record shows this named operator serving this named pair, and we carry that through unchanged.
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 Aberdeen to Inverness on September 13, 2026: 133 km of route against 133 km in a straight line, 6 services a day, 1 operators, a cheapest fare of €18.49, and 1h 45m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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Things to do in Inverness
The tickets worth having in advance, because the line at the door is usually the whole morning.
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