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4.6Travel optionsfrom Edinburgh to St Ives
How to get to St Ives from Edinburgh by train, bus, flight or ferry.
Our recommendation
The best way to travel from Edinburgh to St Ives is by taking a coach because it’s the best combination of price and speed.
FlixBus · FlixBus · FlixBus21:3519h40Edinburgh, Drum Brae South17:15Penzance, Station Road£661One-way2 changes
Cheapest
- FlixBus · FlixBus · FlixBus21:3519h40Edinburgh, Drum Brae South17:15Penzance, Station Road£661One-way2 changes
Fastest
W34819 · Y15671+
G80049+
Tube from London Kings Cross to London Paddington10:0010h30Edinburgh Waverley (EDB)20:30St Ives station (SIV)£1581One-way3 changes
Other options
- V10396 · G15174 · Y15663+G081869:0011h01Edinburgh Waverley (EDB)20:01St Ives station (SIV)£1581One-way4 changes
- W34809 · G15173 · Y15646+G081808:0011h01Edinburgh Waverley (EDB)19:01St Ives station (SIV)£1581One-way4 changes
G01148+W34819 · Y156719:0511h25Edinburgh Waverley (EDB)20:30St Ives station (SIV)£2221One-way2 changes
- FlixBus · FlixBus22:4018h35Edinburgh, Bus Station17:15Penzance, Station Road£661One-way1 change
- FlixBus · FlixBus · FlixBus23:3025h10Edinburgh, Bus Station0:40Penryn, Falmouth University£701One-way2 changes
NX591 · NX40610:3520h15Edinburgh, Bus Station6:50Hayle, Penpol Terrace (The Big Pink Tree)£731One-way1 change
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This is compared to other travel options from Edinburgh to St Ives:
A coach is £117 less than a train for this route with tickets for a train from Edinburgh to St Ives costing on average £169.
A coach is £456 less than a flight for this route with tickets for a flight from Edinburgh to St Ives costing on average £508.
Other travel options to St Ives take longer:
Flight takes on average 17h 25m.
Coach takes on average 21h 18m.
- Around 8 coaches per day.
- Around 5 trains per day.
- Around 4 flights per day.
However, we recommend checking specific travel dates for your route between Edinburgh and St Ives as scheduled services by train, coach and flight can vary by season or day of the week.
- Flights mostly depart from Edinburgh Airport and arrive in Newquay Cornwall Airport.
- Trains mostly depart from Edinburgh Waverley (EDB) and arrive in St Ives station (SIV).
- Coaches mostly depart from Edinburgh, Bus Station and arrive in Penzance, Station Road.
- Travel with CrossCountry, Great Western Railway, Cross Country to go to St Ives by train.
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