Cheapest
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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
3 h 1 m
Average
3 h 32 m
Trains per day
9
Distance
241 km
Of the 9 trains that leave Blackpool for Glasgow every day 9 travel direct so it’s quite easy to avoid journeys where you’ll have to change along the way.
Distance | 149 miles (240 km) | |
Average train duration | 3 h 1 min | |
Average train ticket price | £28 (€31) | |
Train frequency | 13 a day | |
Direct train | No | |
Train companies | Scotrail, Avanti West Coast or Northern Rail |
Trains from Blackpool to Glasgow cover the 149 miles (240 km) long trip taking on average 3 h 1 min with our travel partners like Scotrail, Avanti West Coast or Northern Rail. Normally, there are 13 trains operating per day, including direct services available. You can get the cheapest train tickets for this route for as low as £17, but the average price of train tickets is £28. Travellers depart most frequently from Blackpool North and arrive in Glasgow Central.
Buy your official ScotRail and Northern Rail (3) train tickets to Glasgow from Blackpool from £17 with Omio. Find train times and tickets for over 1000 travel companies to compare and book the most convenient route.
Northern Trains is a publicly owned train operator in the United Kingdom, headquartered in York. The train provider operates local and regional trains across the entire north of England connecting regions of the North East, North West, East Midlands, Staffordshire, Yorkshire and the Humber coast line. Tickets such as Advance, Off-Peak and Anytime Day are available to purchase for routes with Northern. There is only one class option on Northern trains: Standard.
Train information from Blackpool to Glasgow with Northern Rail (3):
Are you making plans to travel between Blackpool and Glasgow? Why not take a train with ScotRail? Omio can show you current ScotRail train times, tickets, travel information (such as luggage policy and amenities offered onboard) and prices so you can find the best deals on Blackpool to Glasgow trains all in one place. On the ScotRail train, you can expect to travel 149 miles (240 km) between Blackpool and Glasgow. If you use the Omio app to search for trains from Blackpool to Glasgow, you can quickly see if the ScotRail ticket is a mobile ticket, making it easy for you to go paperless when taking a train. Once you have found your perfect one-way ScotRail train from Blackpool to Glasgow, book your cheap train tickets online on Omio or in the Omio app quickly and easily so you can spend the rest of your time enjoying your upcoming trip!
Trains from Blackpool to Glasgow are provided by TransPennine Express and Virgin trains. Most services have one change, at Preston. Others have two changes, usually at Kirkham and Wesham, then Preston. Journey times may vary but generally last around 3-4.5 hours, depending on the time of day and the number of changes. The first train of the day leaves around 4:30 a.m. Services then continue all day, every 40 minutes or so, until the evening when the last train leaves after 8:30 p.m. Trains depart from both Blackpool North and Blackpool South stations, and arrive at Glasgow Central Station on Argyle Street in the city centre.
When taking a train from Blackpool, you have a couple of train stations you can depart from including Blackpool North, Blackpool Pleasure Beach and Blackpool South. When you arrive in Glasgow, your train can arrive in train stations including Glasgow Central, Glasgow Queen Street and Charing Cross (Glasgow).
Omio customers travelling this route book their trains from Blackpool North to Glasgow Central.
The most popular departure train station with passengers for this route, called Blackpool North, is located 0.9 miles (1.5 km) from the city centre of Blackpool.
The most popular arrival train station, Glasgow Central, is located 1.1 miles (1.7 km) away from the city centre of Glasgow.
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