National Express Coaches to Edinburgh and Scotland
Cheap National Express tickets from £12 for London to Scotland routes
Updated January 2010
Looking for Cheap Coach Tickets? See London to Edinburgh with National Express with fares starting from £12 for single journeys - the cheapest way to travel to Edinburgh.
FunFare coach tickets
You can buy very cheap National Express tickets also known as funfares for all of the London to Scotland routes as well as many other UK routes:
Scotland from London Coach tickets
| National coach route | Cheapest one-way fare | |
|---|---|---|
| London to Edinburgh | £12 FunFare | Buy coach tickets |
| Edinburgh to London | £12 FunFare | Buy coach tickets |
| London to Glasgow | £12 FunFare | Buy coach tickets |
| Glasgow to London | £12 FunFare | Buy coach tickets |
| London to Aberdeen | £15 FunFare | Buy coach tickets |
| Aberdeen to London | £15 FunFare | Buy coach tickets |
| London to Inverness | £15 FunFare | Buy coach tickets |
| Inverness to London | £15 FunFare | Buy coach tickets |
| London to Dundee | £15 FunFare | Buy coach tickets |
| Dundee to London | £15 FunFare | Buy coach tickets |
| London to Perth | £15 FunFare | Buy coach tickets |
| Perth to London | £15 FunFare | Buy coach tickets |
NOTE: Due to the distance from London to Scotland, there are no £1 coach tickets (the popular NX £1 funfares available elsewhere in the UK) available for any of these National Express bus routes.
Other National Express funfares to Edinburgh and Glasgow
| National coach route | Cheapest one-way fare | |
|---|---|---|
| Edinburgh to Birmingham | £10 FunFare | Buy coach tickets |
| Birmingham to Edinburgh | £10 FunFare | Buy coach tickets |
| Edinburgh to Leeds | £9 FunFare | Buy coach tickets |
| Leeds to Edinburgh | £9 FunFare | Buy coach tickets |
| Edinburgh to Newcastle | £5 FunFare | Buy coach tickets |
| Newcastle to Edinburgh | £5 FunFare | Buy coach tickets |
| Glasgow to Liverpool | £9 FunFare | Buy coach tickets |
| Liverpool to Glasgow | £9 FunFare | Buy coach tickets |
| Glasgow to Manchester | £5 FunFare | Buy coach tickets |
| Manchester to Glasgow | £5 FunFare | Buy coach tickets |
| Glasgow to Middlesbrough | £9 FunFare | Buy coach tickets |
| Middlesbrough to Glasgow | £9 FunFare | Buy coach tickets |
| Glasgow to Newcastle | £5 FunFare | Buy coach tickets |
| Newcastle to Glasgow | £5 FunFare | Buy coach tickets |
| Glasgow to Preston | £5 FunFare | Buy coach tickets |
| Preston to Glasgow | £5 FunFare | Buy coach tickets |
NOTE: You can buy funfares only for direct National Express coaches. You will pay standard or economy fares for all connecting coach services.
National Express tickets for coach routes within Scotland
| National coach route | Cheapest one-way fare | Cheapest return fare | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Edinburgh to Glasgow | £8.90 | £10.50 | Buy coach tickets |
| Glasgow to Edinburgh | £8.90 | £10.50 | Buy coach tickets |
| Aberdeen to Glasgow | £19.20 | £23.20 | Buy coach tickets |
| Glasgow to Aberdeen | £19.20 | £23.20 | Buy coach tickets |
| Inverness to Glasgow | £19.20 | £23.20 | Buy coach tickets |
| Glasgow to Inverness | £19.20 | £23.20 | Buy coach tickets |
| Dundee to Glasgow | £11.50 | £15.90 | Buy coach tickets |
| Glasgow to Dundee | £11.50 | £15.90 | Buy coach tickets |
Booking cheap coach tickets for National Express travel
Funfare Coach Tickets
You can only buy funfare tickets online and in advance as they are limited in number and likely to sell out quickly. FunFares are specially discounted tickets so they are only available as e-Tickets or m-Tickets, which means that postal delivery and ticket collection are not available.
Other Coach Tickets
If funfares are not available for any of the routes above, then you have the following coach fare categories:
Single Fares
- Economy Single
- Standard Single
Return Fares
- Economy Return
- Economy Apex Return
- Standard Return
Apex tickets must be booked at least 7 days in advance of travel and are non-refundable. Economy tickets are valid every day except Fridays and the following dates, when Standard Return applies: Saturdays during July and August; Thursday before Easter Saturday before Spring holiday; Christmas/ New Year.
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- Glasgow - Edinburgh by Bus
- Aberdeen - Edinburgh by Bus
- Inverness - Edinburgh by Bus
- Dundee - Edinburgh by Bus
- Perth - Edinburgh by Bus
- Belfast - Edinburgh by coach and ferry
- Birmingham - Edinburgh by coach
- Bristol - Edinburgh by coach
- Cardiff - Edinburgh by coach
- Leeds - Edinburgh by coach
- Manchester - Edinburgh by coach
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