Buses in United Kingdom
3,084 routes and 10 operators Fares below are the cheapest we currently sell on each.
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We sell 3,084 Buses routes in United Kingdom, serving 201 places through 10 operators. 284 of those routes cross a border. The cheapest fare is £8.63 and the median route runs 163 km.
Buses in United Kingdom, in numbers
- £8.63 to £23.24Fare range
- 09:00 to 10:54First and last departure
- 3,084Routes we sell
- 201Places served
- 10Operators
- 2,800Domestic routes
- 284Cross border routes
- 163 kmMedian route
- 2,015 kmLongest route
£8.63 to £23.24
09:00 to 10:54
3,084
201
10
2,800
284
163 km
2,015 km£8.63 to £23.24 for one passenger across the 32 routes priced below, all of them on 25 October 2026. A single figure hides which end of that a journey sits at. Typical for this corridor. The operator sets the price on the day.
What the operators filed inside United Kingdom on 12 October 2026, taken from the busiest routes we sell there. Real times, and a fare only where an operator published one.
Departures on 12 October 2026
Real departures, filed by the operators themselves. Times only, no fares.
09:0010:211h 21m
LNERLNERDirect
Edinburgh → Newcastle
Book with LNER09:0510:331h 28m
CrossCountryCrossCountryDirect
Edinburgh → Newcastle
Book with CrossCountry09:0510:381h 33m
WMRWest Midlands Trains2 changes
Birmingham Snow Hill → London Euston
Book with West Midlands Trains09:1510:361h 21m
GWRGWRDirect
Bristol Parkway → London Paddington
Book with GWR09:1510:441h 29m
GWRGWR1 change
Bristol Parkway → Bond Street
Book with GWR09:1710:381h 21m
AvantiAvanti West CoastDirect
Birmingham New Street → London Euston
Book with Avanti West Coast09:2010:421h 22m
SWRSouth Western Railway1 change
London Waterloo → Southampton Central
Book with South Western Railway09:2110:1857m
NorthernNorthern RailDirect
Manchester Victoria → Bradford Interchange
Book with Northern Rail09:3010:481h 18m
TPETransPennine Express1 change
Manchester Victoria → Bradford Interchange
Book with TransPennine Express09:31BST13:10CEST2h 39m
EST 9014Eurostar1 change
St-Pancras-International → Saint-Michel Notre-Dame
Book with Eurostar09:3510:491h 14m
SWRSouth Western RailwayDirect
London Waterloo → Southampton Central
Book with South Western Railway10:54CEST12:30BST2h 36m
BRER1 change
Saint-Michel Notre-Dame → St-Pancras-International
Book with RER
The busiest Buses routes in United Kingdom
12Go fares in United Kingdom
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How far people travel to get here
| Distance | Routes | Share | Nearest of them |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 200 km | 1,804 | 58% | Camborne, 20 km |
| 200 to 600 km | 1,076 | 35% | Nottingham, 202 km |
| 600 to 1,500 km | 192 | 6% | Brighton, 605 km |
| Over 1,500 km | 12 | 0% | Kraków, 1524 km |
Where United Kingdom connects to
| Country | Routes | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Germany | 68 | 24% |
| France | 60 | 21% |
| Poland | 20 | 7% |
| Austria | 16 | 6% |
| Spain | 16 | 6% |
| Italy | 16 | 6% |
| Netherlands | 16 | 6% |
| Belgium | 12 | 4% |
| Switzerland | 8 | 3% |
| Czechia | 8 | 3% |
| Denmark | 8 | 3% |
| Ireland | 8 | 3% |
| Sweden | 8 | 3% |
| Bulgaria | 4 | 1% |
| Hungary | 4 | 1% |
| Luxembourg | 4 | 1% |
| Portugal | 4 | 1% |
| Slovakia | 4 | 1% |
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Common questions about Buses in United Kingdom
What Buses routes are there in United Kingdom?
We sell 3,084 Buses routes in United Kingdom, serving 201 places run by 10 operators Every one of those routes has an operator that actually serves it, so the count is the network we can sell rather than every pair of places on a map.
How much do Buses tickets in United Kingdom cost?
The cheapest Buses fare in United Kingdom is £8.63 for one passenger, across the 3,084 routes we sell there. The median route runs 163 km in a straight line, which is the distance that fare should be read against before comparing it to anywhere else.
Can I travel out of United Kingdom by Buses?
284 of the Buses routes we sell touching United Kingdom cross a border and 2,800 stay inside it, reaching 18 other countries including Germany, France, Poland. Cross border routes are usually the ones where the fare and the journey time differ most between operators.
Which operators run Buses services in United Kingdom?
10 operators run Buses services on routes we sell in United Kingdom: Borders, East Yorkshire, Essex County Council, FlixBus, Oxford. Each is a real carrier from the published operator catalogue, and each has its own fares and conditions. The operator table on this page compares them on speed, flexibility and what is on board.
What is the longest Buses route in United Kingdom?
The longest Buses route we sell touching United Kingdom runs from London to Sofia, 2,015 km in a straight line. The median route in the country is 163 km, so this one is a considerable outlier and the fares on it behave differently from the rest.
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.
Prices come from the supplier wherever we hold a live quote. Elsewhere we show an indicative price built from the real distance, the real operator and a fare curve over lead time, day of the week and season. Those are labelled Estimated fare and cannot be booked.
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