There are 7 ways to get from Ayton to Cooktown by train, plane, or bus
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Train to Edinburgh Airport, fly to Cooktown Airport
best- Take the train from Berwick-upon-Tweed to Edinburgh Waverleytrain
- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Cooktown Airport (CTN)plane EDI - CTN
35h 55m$706–3,373Train to Newcastle, fly to Cooktown Airport
- Take the train from Berwick-upon-Tweed to Newcastletrain
- Fly from Newcastle (NCL) to Cooktown Airport (CTN)plane NCL - CTN
36h 43m$947–3,476Train, train to Manchester Airport, fly to Cooktown Airport
- Take the train from Berwick-upon-Tweed to Yorktrain
- Take the train from York to Manchester Airporttrain
- Fly from Manchester Airport (MAN) to Cooktown Airport (CTN)plane MAN - CTN
39h 3m$787–3,679Train to Newcastle, fly to Cairns, bus
- Take the train from Berwick-upon-Tweed to Newcastletrain
- Fly from Newcastle (NCL) to Cairns (CNS)plane NCL - CNS
- Take the bus from Cairns to Cooktownbus
37h 40m$867–3,021Train to Edinburgh Airport, fly to Cairns, bus
- Take the train from Berwick-upon-Tweed to Edinburgh Waverleytrain
- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Cairns (CNS)plane EDI - CNS
- Take the bus from Cairns to Cooktownbus
35h 42m$1,426–2,918Train, train to Manchester Airport, fly to Cairns, bus
- Take the train from Berwick-upon-Tweed to Yorktrain
- Take the train from York to Manchester Airporttrain
- Fly from Manchester Airport (MAN) to Cairns (CNS)plane MAN - CNS
- Take the bus from Cairns to Cooktownbus
35h 50m$1,207–5,024Train to London Heathrow Airport, fly to Cairns, bus
- Take the train from Berwick-upon-Tweed to King's Crosstrain
- Fly from London Heathrow Airport (LHR) to Cairns (CNS)plane LHR - CNS
- Take the bus from Cairns to Cooktownbus
36h 8m$1,235–2,884
Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Cooktown Airport (CTN) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Ayton to Cooktown is to train and fly and bus which costs $1,200 - $2,900 and takes 36h 8m.
The fastest way to get from Ayton to Cooktown is to train and fly and bus which takes 35h 42m and costs $1,400 - $3,000.
The distance between Ayton and Cooktown is 14916 km.
It takes approximately 35h 55m to get from Ayton to Cooktown, including transfers.
Cooktown is 9h ahead of Ayton. It is currently 6:50 AM in Ayton and 3:50 PM in Cooktown.
There are 29+ hotels available in Cooktown.
What companies run services between Ayton, Scotland and Cooktown, QLD, Australia?
There is no direct connection from Ayton to Cooktown. However, you can take the line 253 bus to Berwick station, walk to Berwick-upon-Tweed, take the train to Edinburgh Waverley, walk to Edinburgh Princes Street, take the vehicle to Edinburgh Airport, walk to Edinburgh Airport (EDI) airport, fly to Cooktown Airport (CTN), then take the taxi to Cooktown. Alternatively, you can take the line 253 bus to Berwick station, walk to Berwick-upon-Tweed, take the train to Newcastle, walk to Central Station, take the subway to Newcastle Airport, walk to Newcastle (NCL) airport, fly to Cooktown Airport (CTN), then take the taxi to Cooktown.
- Website
- hinterlandaviation.com.au
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Cooktown Airport via Doha, Ngurah Rai, Cairns
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 20m
- When
- Tuesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $950–2,900
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Cooktown Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Hong Kong, Cairns
- Ave. Duration
- 36h 10m
- When
- Tuesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $800–3,100
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Cooktown Airport via Beijing Capital, Osaka Kansai, Cairns
- Ave. Duration
- 37h 15m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $600–3,200
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Cooktown Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Singapore Changi, Cairns
- Ave. Duration
- 39h 45m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $800–5,500
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Cooktown Airport via Copenhagen, Singapore Changi, Cairns
- Ave. Duration
- 41h 25m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- $800–5,000
Flights from Newcastle to Cooktown Airport via London Heathrow Airport, Hong Kong, Cairns
- Ave. Duration
- 34h 50m
- When
- Tuesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $850–3,300
Flights from Newcastle to Cooktown Airport via Dubai, Ngurah Rai, Cairns
- Ave. Duration
- 32h 15m
- When
- Tuesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,000–3,200
Flights from Newcastle to Cooktown Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Hong Kong, Cairns
- Ave. Duration
- 35h 40m
- When
- Tuesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $850–3,300
Flights from Newcastle to Cooktown Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Singapore Changi, Cairns
- Ave. Duration
- 40h 45m
- When
- Tuesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $900–5,500
Flights from Newcastle to Cooktown Airport via Frankfurt, Hong Kong, Cairns
- Ave. Duration
- 41h 25m
- When
- Tuesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $1,000–4,300
Flights from Manchester Airport to Cooktown Airport via Singapore Changi, Cairns
- Ave. Duration
- 35h 55m
- When
- Tuesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $850–5,500
Flights from Manchester Airport to Cooktown Airport via Hong Kong, Cairns
- Ave. Duration
- 42h 5m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $800–3,100
Flights from Manchester Airport to Cooktown Airport via Doha, Ngurah Rai, Cairns
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 35m
- When
- Tuesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $950–2,900
Flights from Manchester Airport to Cooktown Airport via Beijing Capital, Osaka Kansai, Cairns
- Ave. Duration
- 34h 15m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $600–3,300
Flights from Manchester Airport to Cooktown Airport via Shanghai Pudong, Osaka Kansai, Cairns
- Ave. Duration
- 35h 20m
- When
- Monday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $800–3,400
Flights from Manchester Airport to Cooktown Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Hong Kong, Cairns
- Ave. Duration
- 35h 45m
- When
- Tuesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $800–3,100
- Website
- qantas.com
Flights from Newcastle to Cairns via Dubai, Adelaide
- Ave. Duration
- 33h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,000–3,100
Flights from Newcastle to Cairns via Dubai, Ngurah Rai
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 15m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $900–2,800
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Cairns via Doha, Ngurah Rai
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 20m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $800–2,500
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Cairns via Beijing Capital, Osaka Kansai
- Ave. Duration
- 32h 35m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $500–2,700
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Cairns via Perth
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 20m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,100–4,000
- Website
- singaporeair.com
Flights from Newcastle to Cairns via Amsterdam Schiphol, Singapore Changi
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 15m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $750–4,700
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Cairns via Copenhagen, Singapore Changi
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 10m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- $700–4,300
Flights from Manchester Airport to Cairns via Singapore Changi
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 25m
- When
- Tuesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $700–4,400
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Cairns via Singapore Changi
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 40m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $950–1,600
- Website
- jetstar.com
Flights from Newcastle to Cairns via Dubai, Ngurah Rai
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 15m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $900–2,800
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Cairns via Doha, Ngurah Rai
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 20m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $800–2,500
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Cairns via Beijing Capital, Osaka Kansai
- Ave. Duration
- 32h 35m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $500–2,700
- Website
- cathaypacific.com
Flights from Newcastle to Cairns via Amsterdam Schiphol, Hong Kong
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 20m
- When
- Tuesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $750–2,800
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Cairns via Hong Kong
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 40m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,500–2,300
- Website
- qatarairways.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Cairns via Doha, Brisbane
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $900–2,800
- Website
- virginaustralia.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Cairns via Doha, Brisbane
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $900–2,800
- Website
- emirates.com
Flights from Newcastle to Cairns via Dubai, Adelaide
- Ave. Duration
- 33h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,000–3,100
- Website
- airniugini.com.pg
Flights from Newcastle to Cairns via Amsterdam Schiphol, Hong Kong, Port Moresby
- Ave. Duration
- 32h 25m
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $750–2,900
Train from Berwick-upon-Tweed to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 45 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $55–80
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
Train from Berwick-upon-Tweed to Newcastle
- Ave. Duration
- 47 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $65–95
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
Train from Berwick-upon-Tweed to York
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 52m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $140–210
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 345 722 5333
- customers@lner.co.uk
- Website
- lner.co.uk
Train from Berwick-upon-Tweed to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 41 min
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- $30–50
- Website
- https://www.lner.co.uk/
Train from Berwick-upon-Tweed to Newcastle
- Ave. Duration
- 42 min
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- $35–55
- Website
- https://www.lner.co.uk/
Train from Berwick-upon-Tweed to York
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 39m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- $80–130
- Website
- https://www.lner.co.uk/
Train from Berwick-upon-Tweed to King's Cross
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 46m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $180–280
- Website
- https://www.lner.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 345 600 1671
- tpecustomer.relations@tpexpress.co.uk
- Website
- tpexpress.co.uk
Train from Berwick-upon-Tweed to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $35–70
- Website
- https://www.tpexpress.co.uk/
Train from Berwick-upon-Tweed to Newcastle
- Ave. Duration
- 52 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $45–80
- Website
- https://www.tpexpress.co.uk/
Train from York to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 47m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $50–95
- Website
- https://www.tpexpress.co.uk/
- Phone
- +61 7 3036 2070
- Website
- transnorthbus.com.au
Bus from Cairns to Cooktown
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- $70–110
- Website
- https://www.transnorthbus.com.au/
- Book at
- https://www.tnbc.com.au/
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