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 Street
- Fly from Glasgow Airport (GLA) to Townsville Airport (TSV)GLA - TSV
- Drive from Townsville-Airport-TSV to Charters Towers
37h 20m$1,752–3,378Train to Glasgow Airport, fly to Cairns, train, bus
cheapest- Take the train from Ayr to Paisley Gilmour Street
- Fly from Glasgow Airport (GLA) to Cairns (CNS)GLA - CNS
- Take the train from Cairns Central Station to Townsville
- Take the bus from Townsville station to Blue Care Community Centre
39h 36m$728–3,693Train, bus to Edinburgh Airport, fly to Townsville Airport, drive
- Take the train from Ayr to Glasgow Central
- Take the bus from Buchanan Bus Station to Airport
- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Townsville Airport (TSV)EDI - TSV
- Drive from Townsville-Airport-TSV to Charters Towers
33h 47m$1,457–2,090Train, train to Manchester Airport, fly to Townsville Airport, drive
- Take the train from Ayr to Glasgow Central
- Take the train from Glasgow Central to Lancaster
- Take the train from Lancaster to Manchester Airport
- Fly from Manchester Airport (MAN) to Townsville Airport (TSV)MAN - TSV
- Drive from Townsville-Airport-TSV to Charters Towers
32h 15m$946–2,480Train to Glasgow Airport, fly to Whitsunday Coast Airport, train, bus
- Take the train from Ayr to Paisley Gilmour Street
- Fly from Glasgow Airport (GLA) to Whitsunday Coast Airport (PPP)GLA - PPP
- Take the train from Proserpine to Townsville
- Take the bus from Townsville station to Blue Care Community Centre
43h 16m$1,814–6,593Train, bus to Edinburgh Airport, fly to Whitsunday Coast Airport, bus
- Take the train from Ayr to Glasgow Central
- Take the bus from Buchanan Bus Station to Airport
- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Whitsunday Coast Airport (PPP)EDI - PPP
- Take the train from Proserpine to Townsville
- Take the bus from Townsville station to Blue Care Community Centre
38h 24m$1,619–4,605
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 $700 - $3,700 and takes 39h 36m.
The fastest way to get from Ayr to Charters Towers is to train and fly and drive which takes 32h 15m and costs $900 - $2,500.
The distance between Ayr and Charters Towers is 15484 km.
It takes approximately 37h 20m to get from Ayr to Charters Towers, including transfers.
Charters Towers is 10h ahead of Ayr. It is currently 10:48 PM in Ayr and 8:48 AM 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 Buchanan Bus Station, take the bus to Airport, walk to Edinburgh Airport (EDI) airport, fly to Townsville Airport (TSV), then drive to Charters Towers.
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- Website
- qantas.com
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Townsville Airport via Dubai, Brisbane
- Ave. Duration
- 32h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,200–3,700
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Townsville Airport via Dubai, Sydney
- Ave. Duration
- 32h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,200–3,800
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Townsville Airport via Dubai, Melbourne
- Ave. Duration
- 37h 55m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,200–3,800
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Townsville Airport via Dubai, Brisbane
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,200–3,700
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Townsville Airport via Dubai, Sydney
- Ave. Duration
- 32h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,200–3,800
Flights from Manchester Airport to Townsville Airport via Dubai, Brisbane
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,200–3,600
Flights from Manchester Airport to Townsville Airport via Singapore Changi, Cairns
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 40m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $800–4,600
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Whitsunday Coast Airport via Dubai, Melbourne
- Ave. Duration
- 32h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,800–5,500
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Whitsunday Coast Airport via Dubai, Brisbane
- Ave. Duration
- 36h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,700–5,500
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Whitsunday Coast Airport via Dubai, Sydney
- Ave. Duration
- 37h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,800–5,500
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Whitsunday Coast Airport via Dubai, Adelaide
- Ave. Duration
- 42h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $1,700–5,500
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Whitsunday Coast Airport via Dubai, Brisbane
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,800–5,500
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Whitsunday Coast Airport via Dubai, Sydney
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,800–5,500
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Whitsunday Coast Airport via Doha, Melbourne
- Ave. Duration
- 32h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,600–4,500
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Cairns via Dubai, Brisbane
- Ave. Duration
- 33h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,000–3,200
- Website
- emirates.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Townsville Airport via Dubai, Brisbane
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,200–3,700
Flights from Manchester Airport to Townsville Airport via Dubai, Brisbane
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,200–3,600
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Whitsunday Coast Airport via Dubai, Melbourne
- Ave. Duration
- 32h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,800–5,500
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Whitsunday Coast Airport via Dubai, Brisbane
- Ave. Duration
- 36h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,700–5,500
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Whitsunday Coast Airport via Dubai, Brisbane
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,800–5,500
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Whitsunday Coast Airport via Doha, Melbourne
- Ave. Duration
- 32h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,600–4,500
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Cairns via Dubai, Brisbane
- Ave. Duration
- 33h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,000–3,200
- Website
- qatarairways.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Townsville Airport via Doha, Brisbane
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 25m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,000–3,000
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Whitsunday Coast Airport via Dubai, Brisbane
- Ave. Duration
- 34h 20m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- $1,700–5,500
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Whitsunday Coast Airport via Doha, Brisbane
- Ave. Duration
- 33h 50m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- $1,500–3,500
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Whitsunday Coast Airport via Dubai, Brisbane
- Ave. Duration
- 27h
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- $1,800–5,500
- Website
- virginaustralia.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Townsville Airport via Doha, Brisbane
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 25m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,000–3,000
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Whitsunday Coast Airport via Dubai, Brisbane
- Ave. Duration
- 34h 20m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- $1,700–5,500
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Whitsunday Coast Airport via Doha, Brisbane
- Ave. Duration
- 33h 50m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- $1,500–3,500
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Whitsunday Coast Airport via Dubai, Brisbane
- Ave. Duration
- 27h
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- $1,800–5,500
- Website
- jetstar.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Townsville Airport via Suvarnabhumi, Brisbane
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 10m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $850–2,200
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Whitsunday Coast Airport via Doha, Melbourne
- Ave. Duration
- 32h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,600–4,500
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Cairns via Dubai, Ngurah Rai
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 10m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $900–2,900
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Cairns via Dubai, Adelaide
- Ave. Duration
- 33h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,000–3,100
- Website
- singaporeair.com
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Whitsunday Coast Airport via Dubai, Brisbane
- Ave. Duration
- 34h 20m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- $1,700–5,500
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Whitsunday Coast Airport via Dubai, Brisbane
- Ave. Duration
- 27h
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- $1,800–5,500
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Cairns via Amsterdam Schiphol, Singapore Changi
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 15m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $650–3,900
- Website
- cathaypacific.com
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Cairns via Amsterdam Schiphol, Hong Kong
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 35m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $650–2,300
- 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
- $15–27
- Website
- https://www.scotrail.co.uk/
Train from Ayr to Glasgow Central
- Ave. Duration
- 51 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $12–25
- Website
- https://www.scotrail.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 345 528 0253
- Website
- avantiwestcoast.co.uk
Train from Glasgow Central to Lancaster
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 6m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $40–130
- 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 19m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $60–120
- Website
- https://www.tpexpress.co.uk/
Train from Lancaster to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $17–85
- 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
- $24–85
- 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
- $13–933
- 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
- $85–190
- AChoice
- $13–60
- Gold Class
- $745
- Heritage Class
- $933
Train from Cairns Central Station to Townsville
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 1m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- $17–1,267
- 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
- $85–210
- AChoice
- $17–80
- 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 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- $18–25
- Website
- https://www.citylink.co.uk/
- Phone
- 0141 352 4444
- enquiries@megabus.com
- Website
- uk.megabus.com
Bus from Buchanan Bus Station to Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 1m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $18–25
- Website
- https://uk.megabus.com
- 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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