From Glasgow Prestwick airport (tel 01292/511000, ), buses to Glasgow depart from directly outside the terminal: there's an express bus (hourly; ?3.50; 50min), or Airbus #4 (Mon-Sat every 30min, Sun hourly), which costs just 50p if you have an air ticket but takes an hour and a half. The train station is a short walk from the terminal (alight at the airport not Prestwick Town), with trains taking 45 minutes to reach Glasgow (Mon-Sat every 30min, Sun hourly; ?4.90).

Nearly all trains from England come into Central station , which sits over Argyle Street, one of the city's main shopping thoroughfares. Bus #398 from the front entrance on Gordon Street shuttles every ten minutes to Queen Street station , at the corner of George Square, terminus for trains serving Edinburgh and the north. The walk between the two takes about ten minutes. Bus #398 also stops at Buchanan Street bus station , arrival point for regional and inter-city coaches .