Cheapest€12.44
- ScotRail SR362506:1146m06:57Dumfries railway stationKilmarnock railway station
Door to door 1h 30mCO2 3.1 kgChanges 0Refundable
Dumfries to Kilmarnock train
Trains from Dumfries to Kilmarnock start at €13.54 and take 1h 30m at their fastest.
The Trains from Dumfries to Kilmarnock starts at €13.54 and takes 1h 30m door to door, run by 1 operator over 95 km, with around 4 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 30 days before departure.
- 1h 30mDoor to door
- 46mMoving
- €13.54From
- 3.1 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.
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 | €12.44 | 1h 28m | 140 km/h | Refundable | Power outlets, Wi-Fi |
The trip ends at Kilmarnock railway station. Everything past the gates belongs to somebody else, the rooms included.
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When to book Dumfries to Kilmarnock
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €15.7490 days
- €16.2960 days
- €14.0945 days
- €11.8830 days
- €17.3921 days
- €14.6414 days
- €20.697 days
- €18.493 days
- €28.941 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €11.88.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 144 percent. The most expensive point is €28.94, 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.
- €17.39Sun
- €14.09Mon
- €13.54Tue
- €17.39Wed
- €19.04Thu
- €19.59Fri
- €16.84Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
The stations, airports and ports each mode on this corridor actually uses.
Dumfries
Rail
- Dumfries railway station
- Racks railway station
- Dunscore railway station
Kilmarnock
Rail
- Kilmarnock railway station
- Newmilns Station
- Darvel 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
- 25% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 75% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 95 km against 82 km in a straight line, a detour of 16 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
- Where the change is
- Connections are made at Carlisle, Livingston, Coatbridge. The gap between arriving and leaving is 59 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 16 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 Dumfries at 06:11 and the last at 07:30, across 4 departures. The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.
Questions about Dumfries to Kilmarnock
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 Dumfries to Kilmarnock take?
The Train from Dumfries to Kilmarnock takes 1h 30m door to door, of which 46m is spent moving. The route runs 95 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 Dumfries to Kilmarnock cost?
The Train from Dumfries to Kilmarnock starts at €13.54 for one passenger, checked on September 13, 2026. A typical fare is €26.74. 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 Dumfries to Kilmarnock?
1 operators run the Train from Dumfries to Kilmarnock: ScotRail. Between them they file around 4 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 Dumfries to Kilmarnock use?
The Train from Dumfries to Kilmarnock leaves from Dumfries railway station and arrives at Kilmarnock 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.
When should I book the Train from Dumfries to Kilmarnock?
Fares for the Train from Dumfries to Kilmarnock bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €11.88. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 144 percent, measured on September 13, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Train from Dumfries to Kilmarnock produce?
The Train from Dumfries to Kilmarnock produces about 3.1 kg of CO2 per passenger over 95 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 Dumfries to Kilmarnock?
Operators on the Train from Dumfries to Kilmarnock publish Power outlets, Wi-Fi. That is what 1 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 1h 30m 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 Dumfries to Kilmarnock on September 13, 2026: 95 km of route against 82 km in a straight line, 4 services a day, 1 operators, a cheapest fare of €13.54, and 1h 30m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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