Cheapest
Average
The best way to find a cheap fare is to book your ticket as far in advance as you can and to avoid traveling at rush hour.
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Fastest Journey
5 h 40 m
Average
6 h 13 m
Buses per day
12
Distance
281 km
Of the 12 buses that leave Birmingham for Plymouth every day 12 travel direct so it’s quite easy to avoid journeys where you’ll have to change along the way.
Distance | 174 miles | |
Average coach duration | 6 h 5 min | |
Average coach ticket price | £26 (€30) | |
Coach frequency | 7 a day | |
Direct coach | Yes, there are 5 direct coaches a day | |
Coach companies | National Express or Megabus |
Coaches from Birmingham to Plymouth cover the 174 miles long trip taking on average 6 h 5 min with our travel partners like National Express or Megabus. Normally, there are 7 coaches operating per day, including direct services available. You can get the cheapest coach tickets for this journey for as low as £19, but the average price of coach tickets is £26. Travellers depart most frequently from Birmingham New Street and arrive in Plymouth, Coach Station.
You can travel by coach between Birmingham and Plymouth with National Express for as low as £19. When you search for timetables and tickets, Omio will show you the best journey.
National Express is the UK’s leading long-distance coach provider operating over 550 coaches per day and serving over 900 destinations across the UK. National Express also operates coach services to all major UK airports, such as Heathrow, Gatwick, Stansted, Luton and Bristol, 24 hours a day. All National Express coaches have air conditioning and provide free WiFi access along with onboard entertainment. Most coaches come with seat belts and power outlets at every seat, so you can charge your phone or laptop during a long journey. For your coach from Birmingham to Plymouth, you can select from three ticket fares: Restricted Fare, Standard Fare, and Fully Flexible Fare.
Coach information from Birmingham to Plymouth with National Express:
Thanks to National Express, those wishing to travel on buses from Birmingham to Plymouth can benefit from a direct service that takes anything from around 5 hours to 5 hours and 45 minutes. The service departs from Birmingham's Digbeth Coach Station in Mill Lane and arrives into Plymouth's central coach station. The earliest bus departs from Birmingham around 7:00 a.m. with the final service leaving around 7:00 p.m. National Express runs around 6 buses a day on this route and services are well spaced out for convenience. Finally, buses from Birmingham to Plymouth run from Monday through to Sunday so passengers can enjoy travelling this route 7 days a week.
When taking the coach to Plymouth from Birmingham, you can choose to depart from coach stations like Birmingham, Coach Station, Birmingham, Hill St / Railway Bridge and Birmingham, Station Street (Stop NS13). Your trip can end in coach stations such as Plymouth, Coach Station, Plymouth, University and Plymouth.
Omio customers who travel this route most frequently depart from Birmingham New Street and arrive in Plymouth, Coach Station.
Passengers board their coach most frequently from Birmingham New Street and travel around 1.5 miles (2.4 km) from the city centre to this coach station.
Passengers travelling this route most often arrive at Plymouth, Coach Station and need to travel approximately 0.3 miles (498 m) from the coach station to the city centre in Plymouth.
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