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Compare coach and train for Barnstaple to St Ives
Omio recommends booking the train as it is the most popular option from Barnstaple to St Ives among Omio's users. If you are prioritising price take the train with prices starting from £31. For those with little time consider booking a train which can get you there in 4h 7m. The ticket price range depends on the travel mode: a train costs an average of £31, and a coach costs an average of £50.
Distance: 140 km
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4h 37m Average total duration Fastest 4h 7m Onboard + 30m Additional time* | 11h 30m Average total duration 11h 0m Onboard + 30m Additional time* |
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How to get to St Ives from Barnstaple by train, bus, flight or ferry.
Our recommendation
The best way to travel from Barnstaple to St Ives is by taking a coach because it’s the best combination of price and speed.
8:4011h00Barnstaple19:40St Ives£501One-way0 changes
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FAQs: Barnstaple to St Ives
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This is compared to other travel options from Barnstaple to St Ives:
A train is £19 less than a coach for this route with tickets for a coach from Barnstaple to St Ives costing on average £50.
Other travel options to St Ives take longer:
Coach takes on average 11h 0m.
- Around 5 trains per day.
- Around 4 coaches per day.
However, we recommend checking specific travel dates for your route between Barnstaple and St Ives as scheduled services by coach and train can vary by season or day of the week.
- Coaches mostly depart from Barnstaple, Silver Street (Bus Station) and arrive in St Erth, A30.
- Trains mostly depart from Barnstaple station (BNP) and arrive in St Ives station (SIV).
- Travel with National Express to go to St Ives by coach.
- Travel with Great Western Railway, Great Western Railway (GWR) to go to St Ives by train.
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