There are 11 ways to get from Brighton to Oban by train, bus, car, or plane
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Train
best- Take the train from Brighton to London St Pancras Intltrain
- Take the train from London Euston to Glasgow Centraltrain
- Take the train from Glasgow Queen Street to Obantrain
10h 57m£82–279Train, bus
cheapest- Take the train from Brighton to West Hampstead Thameslinktrain
- Take the bus from London, Finchley Road ("Subway" restaurant) to Glasgowbus
- Take the bus from Buchanan Bus Station to Station Roadbus 976
15h 30m£49–127Bus
- Take the bus from Preston Circus to Heathrow Central Bus Stationbus 025
- Take the bus from Heathrow Central Bus Station to Buchanan Bus Stationbus 595
- Take the bus from Buchanan Bus Station to Station Roadbus 976
15h 9m£53–130Drive 545.4 mi
- Drive from Brighton to Obancar 545.4 mi
9h 30m£132–190Fly London Gatwick Airport to Glasgow Airport, train
- Fly from London Gatwick Airport (LGW) to Glasgow Airport (GLA)plane LGW - GLA
- Take the train from Glasgow Queen Street to Obantrain
7h 34m£56–170Train to London City Airport, fly to Glasgow Airport, train
- Take the train from Brighton to London Bridgetrain
- Fly from London City Airport (LCY) to Glasgow Airport (GLA)plane LCY - GLA
- Take the train from Glasgow Queen Street to Obantrain
8h 9m£111–296Fly London Gatwick Airport to Edinburgh Airport, bus, train
- Fly from London Gatwick Airport (LGW) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane LGW - EDI
- Take the bus from Airport to Buchanan Bus Stationbus
- Take the train from Glasgow Queen Street to Obantrain
8h 30m£66–183Train to Luton Airport, fly to Glasgow Airport, train
- Take the train from Brighton to Luton Airport Parkwaytrain
- Fly from Luton Airport (LTN) to Glasgow Airport (GLA)plane LTN - GLA
- Take the train from Glasgow Queen Street to Obantrain
8h 42m£66–254Train to London Heathrow Airport, fly to Glasgow Airport, train
- Take the train from Brighton to Farringdontrain
- Fly from London Heathrow Airport (LHR) to Glasgow Airport (GLA)plane LHR - GLA
- Take the train from Glasgow Queen Street to Obantrain
8h 57m£109–353Train to London City Airport, fly to Edinburgh Airport, bus, train
- Take the train from Brighton to London Bridgetrain
- Fly from London City Airport (LCY) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane LCY - EDI
- Take the bus from Airport to Buchanan Bus Stationbus
- Take the train from Glasgow Queen Street to Obantrain
9h 6m£115–329Train to London Heathrow Airport, fly to Edinburgh Airport, bus, train
- Take the train from Brighton to Farringdontrain
- Fly from London Heathrow Airport (LHR) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane LHR - EDI
- Take the bus from Airport to Buchanan Bus Stationbus
- Take the train from Glasgow Queen Street to Obantrain
9h 54m£118–356
Brighton to Oban by train and foot
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Brighton to Oban is to train and bus which costs £45 - £130 and takes 15h 30m.
The fastest way to get from Brighton to Oban is to fly and train which takes 7h 34m and costs £55 - £170.
No, there is no direct bus from Brighton to Oban station. However, there are services departing from Preston Circus and arriving at Station Road via Heathrow Central Bus Station and Buchanan Bus Station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 15h 9m.
No, there is no direct train from Brighton to Oban. However, there are services departing from Brighton and arriving at Oban via London Euston and Glasgow Queen Street. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 10h 57m.
The distance between Brighton and Oban is 550 miles. The road distance is 548.6 miles.
The best way to get from Brighton to Oban without a car is to train which takes 10h 57m and costs £80 - £280.
It takes approximately 10h 57m to get from Brighton to Oban, including transfers.
Brighton to Oban bus services, operated by National Express, depart from Preston Circus station.
Brighton to Oban train services, operated by Thameslink, depart from Brighton station.
The best way to get from Brighton to Oban is to train which takes 10h 57m and costs £80 - £280. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs £50 - £130 and takes 15h 9m.
What companies run services between Brighton, England and Oban, Argyll and Bute, Scotland?
You can take a train from Brighton to Oban via London St Pancras Intl, London Euston, Glasgow Central, and Glasgow Queen Street in around 10h 57m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Preston Circus to Station Road via Heathrow Central Bus Station and Buchanan Bus Station in around 15h 9m.
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Glasgow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £60–220
Flights from London City Airport to Glasgow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 19m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £70–200
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Glasgow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 28m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £55–220
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Glasgow Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £95–220
Flights from London City Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £70–200
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 26m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £60–200
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £80–260
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Belfast City
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- £60–200
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Glasgow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £25–110
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Glasgow Airport via Belfast (Aldergrove)
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 42m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £25–110
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £28–110
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Belfast (Aldergrove)
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 17m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £28–110
Flights from Luton Airport to Glasgow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £22–95
Flights from Luton Airport to Glasgow Airport via Belfast (Aldergrove)
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 12m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £22–95
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Glasgow Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- £45–85
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 21m
- When
- Monday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £45–100
Flights from Luton Airport to Glasgow Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 11m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £45–85
- Website
- aerlingus.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Glasgow Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £95–220
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £80–260
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Belfast City
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- £60–200
- Website
- loganair.co.uk
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Glasgow Airport via Derry
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £190–400
- Phone
- 0345 026 4700
- Website
- thameslinkrailway.com
Train from Brighton to London St Pancras Intl
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- £16–35
- Website
- https://www.thameslinkrailway.com/
Train from Brighton to West Hampstead Thameslink
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 31m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £14–35
- Website
- https://www.thameslinkrailway.com/
Train from Brighton to London Bridge
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 6m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- £12–35
- Website
- https://www.thameslinkrailway.com/
Train from Brighton to Luton Airport Parkway
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 54m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £19–110
- Website
- https://www.thameslinkrailway.com/
Train from Brighton to Farringdon
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 17m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- £12–60
- Website
- https://www.thameslinkrailway.com/
- Phone
- +44 345 528 0253
- Website
- avantiwestcoast.co.uk
Train from London Euston to Glasgow Central
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 32m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £45–200
- Website
- https://www.avantiwestcoast.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 330 060 0500
- enquiry@sleeper.scot
- Website
- sleeper.scot
Train from London Euston to Glasgow Central
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 28m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- £55–95
- Website
- https://www.sleeper.scot/
- Phone
- +44 344 811 0141
- Website
- scotrail.co.uk
Train from Glasgow Queen Street to Oban
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 7m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- £20–45
- Website
- https://www.scotrail.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 3451 27 29 20
- Website
- southernrailway.com
Train from Brighton to London Bridge
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- £12–20
- Website
- https://www.southernrailway.com/
- Phone
- 08717 81 81 81
- Website
- nationalexpress.com
Bus from Preston Circus to Heathrow Central Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 8m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £11–29
- Website
- https://www.nationalexpress.com/en
Bus from Heathrow Central Bus Station to Buchanan Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 8h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £40–75
- Website
- https://www.nationalexpress.com/en
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Heathrow Central Bus Station to Buchanan Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 25m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- £26–80
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from London, Finchley Road ("Subway" restaurant) to Glasgow
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 45m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £20–70
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- 0141 352 4444
- info@citylink.co.uk
- Website
- citylink.co.uk
Bus from Buchanan Bus Station to Station Road
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 1m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £15–22
- Website
- https://www.citylink.co.uk/
Bus from Airport to Buchanan Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 2m
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- £9–13
- Website
- https://www.citylink.co.uk/
- Phone
- 0141 352 4444
- enquiries@megabus.com
- Website
- uk.megabus.com
Bus from London, Finchley Road ("Subway" restaurant) to Glasgow
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 55m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £26–40
- Website
- https://uk.megabus.com
Bus from Airport to Buchanan Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 2m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £9–13
- Website
- https://uk.megabus.com
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More Questions & Answers
Brighton to Oban bus services, operated by National Express, arrive at Heathrow Central Bus Station.
Brighton to Oban train services, operated by Thameslink, arrive at London St Pancras Intl station.
Yes, the driving distance between Brighton to Oban is 549 miles. It takes approximately 9h 30m to drive from Brighton to Oban.
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