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

Return Fares

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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