UK’s longest train ride from Scotland to Cornwall is 13.5 hours long - Birmingham is one of 36 stops

Train fans and those keen to explore a bucket-list travel journey can hop aboard CrossCountry latest service.

CrossCountry trains will be running the daily service from Aberdeen to Penzance.

The train ride starts at 8.20am at Aberdeen, ending at 9.31pm at Penzance.

Birmingham New Street is one one of the 36 stops, the estimated time of arrival at this station is 4.12pm.

The CrossCountry journey, which offers travel from the Scottish Highlands to the Cornish coast, is the perfect trip for wanderlust fans, or those wanting to travel more in 2025.

What would you do during a 13.5hour train ride?

The beauty of the long journey - it is 774 miles long - means you can be super versatile in how you spend a whole chunk of the day.

As it is a direct train journey, you don’t have to worry about any changes, or making connecting trains.

Instead, you can hunker down and gaze out of the window, to see the country whizz by, before your eyes.

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Free wi-fi on board means you could technically work on the train if you had deadlines to meet.

You could grab a book and a picnic to keep you entertained throughout the long ride.

Or perhaps you could get comfy and sleep your way through the long journey and land in Penzance - or Aberdeen, depending on your direction of travel - refreshed with a whole chunk of beauty sleep under your belt!

Here is the full list of stops for UK’s longest train journey

Stonehaven

Montrose

Arbroath

Dundee

Haymarket

Edinburgh Waverley

Dunbar

Berwick-upon-Tweed

Alnmouth

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Newcastle

Durham

Darlington

York

Leeds

Wakefield Westgate

Sheffield

Chesterfield

Derby

Burton-on-Trent

Birmingham New Street

Cheltenham Spa

Bristol Parkway

Bristol Temple Meads

Taunton

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Tiverton Parkway

Exeter St Davids

Newton Abbot

Totnes

Plymouth

Liskeard

Bodmin Parkway

St Austell

Truro

Redruth

St Erth

Penzance

Ticket prices vary; at the time of publication a one-way ticket from Aberdeen to Penzance cost £74.50, for travel on Wednesday, January 22, 2025.

Click here for more information about the route and ticket prices: crosscountrytrains.co.uk/routes/aberdeen-to-penzance