There are 6 ways to get from Ayr to Charters Towers by train, bus, plane, or car
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Train, bus to Edinburgh Airport, fly to Townsville Airport, drive
best- Take the train from Ayr to Glasgow Centraltrain
- Take the bus from Buchanan Bus Station to Airportbus
- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Townsville Airport (TSV)plane EDI - TSV
- Drive from Townsville-Airport-TSV to Charters Towerscar
33h 12m$1,875–3,825Train to Glasgow Airport, fly to Cairns, train, bus
cheapest- Take the train from Ayr to Paisley Gilmour Streettrain
- Fly from Glasgow Airport (GLA) to Cairns (CNS)plane GLA - CNS
- Take the train from Cairns Central Station to Townsvilletrain
- Take the bus from Townsville station to Blue Care Community Centrebus
40h 34m$768–3,915Train to Glasgow Airport, fly to Townsville Airport, drive
- Take the train from Ayr to Paisley Gilmour Streettrain
- Fly from Glasgow Airport (GLA) to Townsville Airport (TSV)plane GLA - TSV
- Drive from Townsville-Airport-TSV to Charters Towerscar
32h 43m$812–3,000Train, train to Newcastle, fly to Townsville Airport, drive
- Take the train from Ayr to Glasgow Centraltrain
- Take the train from Glasgow Queen Street to Edinburgh Waverleytrain
- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to Newcastletrain
- Fly from Newcastle (NCL) to Townsville Airport (TSV)plane NCL - TSV
- Drive from Townsville-Airport-TSV to Charters Towerscar
34h 18m$1,248–3,658Train, train to Manchester Airport, fly to Townsville Airport, drive
- Take the train from Ayr to Glasgow Centraltrain
- Take the train from Glasgow Central to Lancastertrain
- Take the train from Lancaster to Manchester Airporttrain
- Fly from Manchester Airport (MAN) to Townsville Airport (TSV)plane MAN - TSV
- Drive from Townsville-Airport-TSV to Charters Towerscar
31h 53m$1,158–3,286Train, bus to Edinburgh Airport, fly to Cairns, bus
- Take the train from Ayr to Glasgow Centraltrain
- Take the bus from Buchanan Bus Station to Airportbus
- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Cairns (CNS)plane EDI - CNS
- Take the train from Cairns Central Station to Townsvilletrain
- Take the bus from Townsville station to Blue Care Community Centrebus
39h 48m$1,431–4,040
Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Townsville Airport (TSV) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Ayr to Charters Towers is to train and fly and bus which costs $750 - $4,000 and takes 40h 34m.
The fastest way to get from Ayr to Charters Towers is to train and fly and drive which takes 31h 53m and costs $1,100 - $3,300.
The distance between Ayr and Charters Towers is 15506 km.
It takes approximately 33h 12m to get from Ayr to Charters Towers, including transfers.
Charters Towers is 9h ahead of Ayr. It is currently 4:35 PM in Ayr and 1:35 AM in Charters Towers.
There are 11+ hotels available in Charters Towers.
What companies run services between Ayr, Scotland and Charters Towers, QLD, Australia?
There is no direct connection from Ayr to Charters Towers. However, you can take the train to Glasgow Central, walk to Buchanan Bus Station, take the bus to Airport, walk to Edinburgh Airport (EDI) airport, fly to Townsville Airport (TSV), then drive to Charters Towers. Alternatively, you can take the train to Paisley Gilmour Street, walk to New Sneddon Street, take the bus to Sanderling Road, walk to Glasgow Airport (GLA) airport, fly to Townsville Airport (TSV), then drive to Charters Towers.
- Website
- qantas.com
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Townsville Airport via Dubai, Sydney
- Ave. Duration
- 37h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,000–3,100
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Townsville Airport via Dubai, Melbourne
- Ave. Duration
- 38h 25m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,000–3,100
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Townsville Airport via Dubai, Ngurah Rai, Cairns
- Ave. Duration
- 32h
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $900–2,800
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Townsville Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Singapore Changi, Darwin
- Ave. Duration
- 36h 15m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $750–2,900
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Townsville Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Singapore Changi, Cairns
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 55m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $750–4,700
Flights from Newcastle to Townsville Airport via Dubai, Brisbane
- Ave. Duration
- 34h 1m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,100–3,300
Flights from Newcastle to Townsville Airport via Dubai, Sydney
- Ave. Duration
- 38h 20m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,100–3,400
Flights from Newcastle to Townsville Airport via Copenhagen, Singapore Changi, Cairns
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 25m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- $800–5,500
Flights from Manchester Airport to Townsville Airport via Singapore Changi, Cairns
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 20m
- When
- Tuesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $750–4,800
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Cairns via Doha, Ngurah Rai
- Ave. Duration
- 29h
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $800–2,400
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Cairns via Beijing Capital, Osaka Kansai
- Ave. Duration
- 32h 35m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $500–2,700
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Cairns via Dubai, Ngurah Rai
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 50m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $800–2,500
- Website
- virginaustralia.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Townsville Airport via Doha, Brisbane
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 35m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $950–2,900
Flights from Manchester Airport to Townsville Airport via Doha, Brisbane
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $950–3,000
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Cairns via Doha, Brisbane
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 32m
- When
- Tuesday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- $850–2,700
- Website
- singaporeair.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Cairns via Copenhagen, Singapore Changi
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 10m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- $650–4,200
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Cairns via Amsterdam Schiphol, Singapore Changi
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 17m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $700–4,200
- Website
- jetstar.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Cairns via Doha, Ngurah Rai
- Ave. Duration
- 29h
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $800–2,400
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Cairns via Beijing Capital, Osaka Kansai
- Ave. Duration
- 32h 35m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $500–2,700
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Cairns via Dubai, Ngurah Rai
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 50m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $800–2,500
- Website
- cathaypacific.com
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Cairns via Amsterdam Schiphol, Hong Kong
- Ave. Duration
- 33h 42m
- When
- Tuesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $650–2,500
- Website
- flyairnorth.com
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Townsville Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Singapore Changi, Darwin
- Ave. Duration
- 36h 15m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $750–2,900
- Website
- airniugini.com.pg
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Cairns via Amsterdam Schiphol, Hong Kong, Port Moresby
- Ave. Duration
- 33h 5m
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $650–2,600
- Phone
- +44 344 811 0141
- Website
- scotrail.co.uk
Train from Ayr to Glasgow Central
- Ave. Duration
- 51 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $30–65
- Website
- https://www.scotrail.co.uk/
Train from Ayr to Paisley Gilmour Street
- Ave. Duration
- 39 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $28–50
- Website
- https://www.scotrail.co.uk/
Train from Glasgow Queen Street to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $35–70
- Website
- https://www.scotrail.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 345 722 5333
- customers@lner.co.uk
- Website
- lner.co.uk
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Newcastle
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 21m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $65–110
- Website
- https://www.lner.co.uk/
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Newcastle
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 27m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $120–180
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 345 600 1671
- tpecustomer.relations@tpexpress.co.uk
- Website
- tpexpress.co.uk
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Newcastle
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 44m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $85–150
- Website
- https://www.tpexpress.co.uk/
Train from Glasgow Central to Lancaster
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $110–200
- Website
- https://www.tpexpress.co.uk/
Train from Lancaster to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $40–75
- Website
- https://www.tpexpress.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 330 060 0500
- enquiry@sleeper.scot
- Website
- sleeper.scot
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Newcastle
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- $50–85
- Website
- https://www.sleeper.scot/
- Phone
- +44 345 528 0253
- Website
- avantiwestcoast.co.uk
Train from Glasgow Central to Lancaster
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 3m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $110–190
- Website
- https://www.avantiwestcoast.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 800 200 6060
- enquiries@northernrailway.co.uk
- Website
- northernrailway.co.uk
Train from Lancaster to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 24m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $45–85
- Website
- https://www.northernrailway.co.uk/
- Phone
- 1800 872 467
- Website
- queenslandrailtravel.com.au
Train from Cairns Central Station to Townsville
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 1m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- $45–1,267
- Book at
- https://queenslandrailtravel-booking.opendestinations.com/BookingSite/rail/search
- Website
- https://www.queenslandrailtravel.com.au/
- Schedules at
- https://www.queenslandrailtravel.com.au/Pages/Timetable.aspx
- BQuick
- $45–70
- AChoice
- $60–80
- Gold Class
- $1,012
- Heritage Class
- $1,267
- Phone
- 0141 352 4444
- info@citylink.co.uk
- Website
- citylink.co.uk
Bus from Buchanan Bus Station to Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 1m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $17–24
- Website
- https://www.citylink.co.uk/
- Phone
- +61 7 3036 2070
- Website
- transnorthbus.com.au
Bus from Townsville station to Blue Care Community Centre
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- $35–55
- Website
- https://www.transnorthbus.com.au/
- Book at
- https://www.tnbc.com.au/
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