Glasgow

Glasgow Central and Glasgow Queen Street are the two main railway stations in the city. ScotRail provides frequent fast and reliable services direct to Glasgow and from many major cities.

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Check ScotRail timetables for Glasgow Central

Check ScotRail timetables for Glasgow Queen Street

Glasgow can also be reached overnight from London on the Caledonian Sleeper.

Travel overnight on the Caledonian Sleeper

Fly into Glasgow Airport which is just over 8 miles from the city centre.

It is one of Scotland’s busiest airports and well connected globally with daily flights to all major airports including London Heathrow, Paris and Amsterdam. There are also many direct routes to most UK cities as well as many key European destinations.

Or fly to one of Scotland’s airports and travel to Glasgow by bus, or train.

• Find out more on bus travel from the airport
• Book a taxi to and from the airport
• Hire a car from Glasgow Airport

Glasgow is about an hour’s drive from Edinburgh and 3 hour drive from Inverness. The M74 and M8 motorways run north and south through the city centre.

If driving in from the south, try a scenic alternative and take the fascinating Clyde Valley Tourist Route, one of the country's National Tourist Routes, which runs alongside the River Clyde and passes many places of historic interest.

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There are many car hire companies operating in Glasgow.

Find car hire in Glasgow

Hire a car from Glasgow Airport

If you fancy getting some miles in on the bike, there is on-street cycling hire across the city with NextBike and Ovo.

Ride the Subway (known as 'the Clockwork Orange') to quickly travel from one side of Glasgow to the other.

Check the Subway timetables

Take advantage of the local buses or a ‘hop-on, hop-off’ sightseeing tour.

Check Stagecoach bus routes, tickets and times