Cheapest€25.09
- ScotRail SR103006:111h 42m07:53Glasgow CentralInverness railway station
Door to door 2h 26mCO2 6.8 kgChanges 0Refundable
Glasgow to Inverness train
Trains from Glasgow to Inverness start at €27.29 and take 2h 26m at their fastest.
The Trains from Glasgow to Inverness starts at €27.29 and takes 2h 26m door to door, run by 1 operator over 206 km, with around 5 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 30 days before departure.
- 2h 26mDoor to door
- 1h 42mMoving
- €27.29From
- 6.8 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 | €25.09 | 2h 13m | 140 km/h | Refundable | Power outlets, Wi-Fi |
Inverness is small enough to walk across, so almost anywhere downtown works. We still do not sell the room.
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When to book Glasgow to Inverness
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €31.6990 days
- €33.3460 days
- €26.7445 days
- €22.3430 days
- €34.9921 days
- €30.0414 days
- €42.147 days
- €37.743 days
- €60.841 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €22.34.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 172 percent. The most expensive point is €60.84, 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.
- €34.99Sun
- €28.39Mon
- €27.29Tue
- €34.99Wed
- €38.84Thu
- €39.94Fri
- €34.44Sat
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
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
- 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 206 km against 179 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 Dunfermline, Perth, Kirkcaldy, Livingston. The gap between arriving and leaving is 52 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 18 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 Glasgow at 06:11 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.
Questions about Glasgow 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 Glasgow to Inverness take?
The Train from Glasgow to Inverness takes 2h 26m door to door, of which 1h 42m is spent moving. The route runs 206 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 Glasgow to Inverness cost?
The Train from Glasgow to Inverness starts at €27.29 for one passenger, checked on September 13, 2026. A typical fare is €36.63. 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 Glasgow to Inverness?
1 operators run the Train from Glasgow to Inverness: ScotRail. Between them they file around 5 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 Glasgow to Inverness use?
The Train from Glasgow to Inverness leaves from Glasgow Central 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.
When should I book the Train from Glasgow to Inverness?
Fares for the Train from Glasgow to Inverness bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €22.34. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 172 percent, measured on September 13, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Train from Glasgow to Inverness produce?
The Train from Glasgow to Inverness produces about 6.8 kg of CO2 per passenger over 206 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 Glasgow to Inverness?
Operators on the Train from Glasgow to Inverness publish Power outlets, Wi-Fi. That is what 1 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 2h 26m 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 Inverness on September 13, 2026: 206 km of route against 179 km in a straight line, 5 services a day, 1 operators, a cheapest fare of €27.29, and 2h 26m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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The trip is the easy half to plan. The days in Inverness are the half people leave until last.
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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