There are 6 ways to get from Ayr to Charters Towers by train, plane, car, or bus
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Train to Glasgow Airport, fly to Townsville Airport, drive
best- 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
36h 40m$962–2,600Train, train to Edinburgh Airport, fly to Townsville Airport, drive
- Take the train from Ayr to Glasgow Centraltrain
- Take the train from Glasgow Queen Street to Haymarkettrain
- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Townsville Airport (TSV)plane EDI - TSV
- Drive from Townsville-Airport-TSV to Charters Towerscar
34h 6m$1,011–3,088Train, 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$1,158–3,285Train, train to Edinburgh Airport, fly to Whitsunday Coast Airport, bus
- Take the train from Ayr to Glasgow Centraltrain
- Take the train from Glasgow Queen Street to Haymarkettrain
- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Whitsunday Coast Airport (PPP)plane EDI - PPP
- Take the train from Proserpine to Townsvilletrain
- Take the bus from Townsville station to Blue Care Community Centrebus
40h 22m$1,297–4,803Train to Glasgow Airport, fly to Cairns, train, bus
- 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 26m$968–3,715Train, train to Edinburgh Airport, fly to Mackay, bus
- Take the train from Ayr to Glasgow Centraltrain
- Take the train from Glasgow Queen Street to Haymarkettrain
- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Mackay (MKY)plane EDI - MKY
- Take the train from Mackay to Townsvilletrain
- Take the bus from Townsville station to Blue Care Community Centrebus
41h 24m$1,086–4,426
Glasgow Airport (GLA) 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 $950 - $3,800 and takes 40h 26m.
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 15484 km.
It takes approximately 36h 40m to get from Ayr to Charters Towers, including transfers.
Charters Towers is 9h ahead of Ayr. It is currently 9:22 AM in Ayr and 6:22 PM in Charters Towers.
There are 12+ 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 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. Alternatively, you can take the train to Glasgow Central, walk to Glasgow Queen Street, take the train to Haymarket, walk to Haymarket, take the vehicle to Edinburgh Airport, walk to Edinburgh Airport (EDI) airport, fly to Townsville Airport (TSV), then drive to Charters Towers.
- Website
- qantas.com
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Townsville Airport via Dubai, Brisbane
- Ave. Duration
- 32h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,000–2,700
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Townsville Airport via Dubai, Sydney
- Ave. Duration
- 33h 50m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- $1,000–2,800
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Townsville Airport via Dubai, Melbourne
- Ave. Duration
- 38h 25m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,000–2,800
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Townsville Airport via Dubai, Ngurah Rai, Cairns
- Ave. Duration
- 32h
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $900–2,500
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Townsville Airport via Dubai, Brisbane
- Ave. Duration
- 28h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,000–2,800
Flights from Manchester Airport to Townsville Airport via Singapore Changi, Cairns
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 20m
- When
- Tuesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $800–5,500
Flights from Manchester Airport to Townsville Airport via Doha, Sydney
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $950–3,000
Flights from Manchester Airport to Townsville Airport via Doha, Melbourne
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 20m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $950–2,600
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Whitsunday Coast Airport via Dubai, Brisbane
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,300–3,500
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Whitsunday Coast Airport via Dubai, Sydney
- Ave. Duration
- 33h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,300–3,600
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Whitsunday Coast Airport via Doha, Melbourne
- Ave. Duration
- 34h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,200–3,300
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Cairns via Dubai, Brisbane
- Ave. Duration
- 32h 50m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $950–2,500
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Cairns via Dubai, Adelaide
- Ave. Duration
- 33h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $950–2,500
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Cairns via Dubai, Ngurah Rai
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 50m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $850–2,300
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Mackay via Dubai, Brisbane
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,000–2,700
- Website
- qatarairways.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Townsville Airport via Doha, Brisbane
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $900–2,900
Flights from Manchester Airport to Townsville Airport via Doha, Brisbane
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 27m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $950–2,900
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Whitsunday Coast Airport via Doha, Brisbane
- Ave. Duration
- 38h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,100–3,600
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Whitsunday Coast Airport via Dubai, Brisbane
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,300–3,500
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Mackay via Doha, Brisbane
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $900–2,800
- Website
- virginaustralia.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Townsville Airport via Doha, Brisbane
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $900–2,900
Flights from Manchester Airport to Townsville Airport via Doha, Brisbane
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 27m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $950–2,900
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Whitsunday Coast Airport via Doha, Brisbane
- Ave. Duration
- 38h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,100–3,600
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Whitsunday Coast Airport via Dubai, Brisbane
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,300–3,500
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Mackay via Doha, Brisbane
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $900–2,800
- Website
- emirates.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Whitsunday Coast Airport via Dubai, Brisbane
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,300–3,500
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Whitsunday Coast Airport via Doha, Melbourne
- Ave. Duration
- 34h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,200–3,300
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Cairns via Dubai, Adelaide
- Ave. Duration
- 33h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $950–2,500
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Mackay via Dubai, Brisbane
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,000–2,700
- Website
- singaporeair.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Whitsunday Coast Airport via Dubai, Brisbane
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,300–3,500
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Cairns via Amsterdam Schiphol, Singapore Changi
- Ave. Duration
- 26h
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $700–4,900
- Website
- jetstar.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Whitsunday Coast Airport via Doha, Melbourne
- Ave. Duration
- 34h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,200–3,300
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Cairns via Dubai, Ngurah Rai
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 50m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $850–2,300
- Website
- cathaypacific.com
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Cairns via Amsterdam Schiphol, Hong Kong
- Ave. Duration
- 32h
- When
- Tuesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $700–2,500
- 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
- $700–2,600
- Phone
- +44 344 811 0141
- Website
- 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 Ayr to Glasgow Central
- Ave. Duration
- 51 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $30–65
- Website
- https://www.scotrail.co.uk/
Train from Glasgow Queen Street to Haymarket
- Ave. Duration
- 44 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $35–70
- Website
- https://www.scotrail.co.uk/
- 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
- +44 345 600 1671
- tpecustomer.relations@tpexpress.co.uk
- Website
- 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
- +44 800 200 6060
- enquiries@northernrailway.co.uk
- Website
- northernrailway.co.uk
Train from Lancaster to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $45–85
- Website
- https://www.northernrailway.co.uk/
- Phone
- 1800 872 467
- Website
- queenslandrailtravel.com.au
Train from Proserpine to Townsville
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 9m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- $35–933
- 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
- $35–60
- AChoice
- $45–60
- Gold Class
- $745
- Heritage Class
- $933
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
Train from Mackay to Townsville
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 47m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- $45–1,386
- 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
- $45–75
- AChoice
- $65–90
- Gold Class
- $1,106
- Heritage Class
- $1,386
- 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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