There are 7 ways to get from Cairns to Cairnryan Stena Terminal by plane, bus, or train
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Fly to Edinburgh Airport, bus
best- Fly from Cairns (CNS) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)CNS - EDI
- Take the bus from Edinburgh Airport Bus Stop D to Glasgow Buchanan Bus Station
- Take the bus from Glasgow Buchanan to Cairnryan Stena Terminal
30h 54mFly to Glasgow Airport, train, bus
cheapest- Fly from Cairns (CNS) to Glasgow Airport (GLA)CNS - GLA
- Take the train from Paisley Gilmour Street to Ayr
- Take the bus from Rail Station to Stena Terminal
31h 16m£392–928Fly to Newcastle, train, Bus
- Fly from Cairns (CNS) to Newcastle (NCL)CNS - NCL
- Take the train from Newcastle to Edinburgh Waverley
- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to Glasgow Queen Street
- Take the bus from Glasgow Buchanan to Cairnryan Stena Terminal
33h 14mFly to Manchester Airport, train, Bus
- Fly from Cairns (CNS) to Manchester Airport (MAN)CNS - MAN
- Take the train from Manchester Airport to Preston
- Take the train from Preston to Glasgow Central
- Take the bus from Glasgow Buchanan to Cairnryan Stena Terminal
33h 46mFly to London Heathrow Airport, train, Bus
- Fly from Cairns (CNS) to London Heathrow Airport (LHR)CNS - LHR
- Take the train from London Euston to Glasgow Central
- Take the bus from Glasgow Buchanan to Cairnryan Stena Terminal
35h 2mFly to Leeds Bradford International Airport, train, Bus
- Fly from Cairns (CNS) to Leeds Bradford International Airport (LBA)CNS - LBA
- Take the train from Leeds to Edinburgh Waverley
- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to Glasgow Queen Street
- Take the bus from Glasgow Buchanan to Cairnryan Stena Terminal
36h 20mFly to Durham Tees Valley Airport, train, Bus
- Fly from Cairns (CNS) to Durham Tees Valley Airport (MME)CNS - MME
- Take the train from Darlington to Edinburgh Waverley
- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to Glasgow Queen Street
- Take the bus from Glasgow Buchanan to Cairnryan Stena Terminal
35h 27m
Cairns (CNS) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Cairns to Cairnryan Stena Terminal is to fly and train and bus which costs £390 - £950 and takes 31h 16m.
The fastest way to get from Cairns to Cairnryan Stena Terminal is to fly and train and bus which takes 31h 16m and costs £390 - £950.
The distance between Cairns and Cairnryan Stena Terminal is 9468 miles.
It takes approximately 30h 54m to get from Cairns to Cairnryan Stena Terminal, including transfers.
Cairnryan Stena Terminal is 9h behind Cairns. It is currently 7:22 PM in Cairns and 10:22 AM in Cairnryan Stena Terminal.
There are 193+ hotels available in Cairnryan Stena Terminal.
What companies run services between Cairns, QLD, Australia and Cairnryan Stena Terminal, Scotland?
There is no direct connection from Cairns to Cairnryan Stena Terminal. However, you can take the shuttle to Cairns Airport, walk to Cairns (CNS) airport, fly to Edinburgh Airport (EDI), walk to Edinburgh Airport Bus Stop D, take the bus to Glasgow Buchanan Bus Station, then take the bus to Cairnryan Stena Terminal. Alternatively, you can take the shuttle to Cairns Airport, walk to Cairns (CNS) airport, fly to Glasgow Airport (GLA), walk to Terminal Building, take the line 757 bus to Brick Lane, walk to Paisley Gilmour Street, take the train to Ayr, take the train to Girvan, walk to Rail Station, then take the bus to Stena Terminal.
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Cairns to Edinburgh Airport via Singapore Changi, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 5m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £410–2,400
Flights from Cairns to Edinburgh Airport via Hong Kong, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 15m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £400–1,200
Flights from Cairns to Glasgow Airport via Singapore Changi, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 55m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £430–2,500
Flights from Cairns to Newcastle via Singapore Changi, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 10m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £470–2,800
Flights from Cairns to Manchester Airport via Singapore Changi, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 45m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £410–2,400
Flights from Cairns to Leeds Bradford International Airport via Singapore Changi, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 55m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £500–1,800
Flights from Cairns to Leeds Bradford International Airport via Hong Kong, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 32h 5m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £500–1,500
Flights from Cairns to Durham Tees Valley Airport via Singapore Changi, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 48m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £950–6,000
Flights from Cairns to Durham Tees Valley Airport via Hong Kong, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 45m
- When
- Tuesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- £950–2,900
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Cairns to Edinburgh Airport via Singapore Changi, Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 32h 15m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £410–2,400
Flights from Cairns to Edinburgh Airport via Hong Kong, Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 34h 35m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £410–1,200
Flights from Cairns to Glasgow Airport via Singapore Changi, Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 15m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £430–2,500
Flights from Cairns to Glasgow Airport via Hong Kong, Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 34h 25m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £440–1,600
Flights from Cairns to Newcastle via Singapore Changi, Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 40m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- £500–1,800
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Cairns to Edinburgh Airport via Singapore Changi, Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 34h 20m
- When
- Wednesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £420–2,400
Flights from Cairns to Manchester Airport via Singapore Changi, Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 1m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £410–2,400
Flights from Cairns to London Heathrow Airport via Singapore Changi, Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £460–1,400
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Cairns to Edinburgh Airport via Singapore Changi, Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 50m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £420–2,400
Flights from Cairns to Edinburgh Airport via Singapore Changi, Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 20m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- £410–2,400
- Website
- emirates.com
Flights from Cairns to Glasgow Airport via Ngurah Rai, Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £550–1,800
Flights from Cairns to Newcastle via Ngurah Rai, Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 5m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £600–2,000
- Website
- singaporeair.com
Flights from Cairns to Manchester Airport via Singapore Changi
- Ave. Duration
- 24h
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £410–2,400
Flights from Cairns to London Heathrow Airport via Singapore Changi
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 5m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £500–2,100
- Website
- cathaypacific.com
Flights from Cairns to Manchester Airport via Hong Kong
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 30m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £400–1,200
Flights from Cairns to London Heathrow Airport via Hong Kong
- Ave. Duration
- 28h
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £460–1,400
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Cairns to Edinburgh Airport via Singapore Changi, Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 15m
- When
- Wednesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £340–850
- Website
- jet2.com
Flights from Cairns to Glasgow Airport via Singapore Changi, Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 30m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- £360–900
- Phone
- +44 344 811 0141
- Website
- scotrail.co.uk
Train from Paisley Gilmour Street to Ayr
- Ave. Duration
- 43 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £8–14
- Website
- https://www.scotrail.co.uk/
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Glasgow Queen Street
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- £17–18
- Website
- https://www.scotrail.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 345 722 5333
- customers@lner.co.uk
- Website
- lner.co.uk
Train from Newcastle to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 24m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £21–40
- Website
- https://www.lner.co.uk/
Train from Leeds to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 12m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £50–80
- Website
- https://www.lner.co.uk/
Train from Darlington to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 58m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £30–50
- Website
- https://www.lner.co.uk/
Train from Newcastle to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 27m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £28–40
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
Train from Leeds to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 57m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £40–80
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
Train from Darlington to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 59m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £35–55
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 345 600 1671
- tpecustomer.relations@tpexpress.co.uk
- Website
- tpexpress.co.uk
Train from Newcastle to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- £8–25
- Website
- https://www.tpexpress.co.uk/
Train from Manchester Airport to Preston
- Ave. Duration
- 57 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £13–25
- Website
- https://www.tpexpress.co.uk/
Train from Preston to Glasgow Central
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 33m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £26–95
- Website
- https://www.tpexpress.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 330 060 0500
- enquiry@sleeper.scot
- Website
- sleeper.scot
Train from Newcastle to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 41m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- £60–80
- Website
- https://www.sleeper.scot/
- Sleeper Berth Classic
- £210–230
- Sleeper Seat
- £60–80
- Sleeper Berth Club Solo
- £240–290
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Glasgow Queen Street
- Ave. Duration
- 57 min
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- £60–75
- Website
- https://www.sleeper.scot/
- Sleeper Berth Classic
- £210–230
- Sleeper Seat
- £60–75
- Sleeper Berth Club Solo
- £230–260
Train from Preston to Glasgow Central
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 28m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- £60–80
- Website
- https://www.sleeper.scot/
- Sleeper Berth Classic
- £210–230
- Sleeper Seat
- £60–80
- Sleeper Berth Club Solo
- £260–300
Train from London Euston to Glasgow Central
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 28m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- £55–100
- Website
- https://www.sleeper.scot/
- Phone
- +44 800 200 6060
- enquiries@northernrailway.co.uk
- Website
- northernrailway.co.uk
Train from Manchester Airport to Preston
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 9m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £7–24
- Website
- https://www.northernrailway.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 345 528 0253
- Website
- avantiwestcoast.co.uk
Train from Preston to Glasgow Central
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £16–110
- Website
- https://www.avantiwestcoast.co.uk/
Train from London Euston to Glasgow Central
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 31m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £60–200
- Website
- https://www.avantiwestcoast.co.uk/
- Phone
- 0141 352 4444
- enquiries@megabus.com
- Website
- uk.megabus.com
Bus from Edinburgh Airport Bus Stop D to Glasgow Buchanan Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 58 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £8–13
- Website
- https://uk.megabus.com
- Phone
- 0141 352 4444
- info@citylink.co.uk
- Website
- citylink.co.uk
Bus from Edinburgh Airport Bus Stop D to Glasgow Buchanan Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 58 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £8–13
- Website
- https://www.citylink.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 28 9066 6630
- Website
- translink.co.uk
Bus from Glasgow Buchanan to Cairnryan Stena Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Website
- https://www.translink.co.uk/
Bus from Rail Station to Stena Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 49 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- £4–7
- Website
- https://www.stagecoachbus.com
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