There are 6 ways to get from Cardwell to Ayr by train, shuttle, plane, or bus
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Train, shuttle to Cairns, fly to Glasgow Airport
best- Take the train from Cardwell to Babinda
- Take a shuttle bus from Babinda to Cairns Airport
- Fly from Cairns (CNS) to Glasgow Airport (GLA)CNS - GLA
- Take the train from Paisley Gilmour Street to Ayr
32h 26mTrain, bus, bus to Townsville Airport, fly to Glasgow Airport
cheapest- Take the train from Cardwell to Townsville
- Take the bus from Townsville station to Blue Care Community Centre
- Take the bus from Blue Care Community Centre to Townsville Airport
- Fly from Townsville Airport (TSV) to Glasgow Airport (GLA)TSV - GLA
- Take the train from Paisley Gilmour Street to Ayr
39h 15m£908–2,067Train, shuttle to Cairns, fly to Edinburgh Airport, bus
- Take the train from Cardwell to Babinda
- Take a shuttle bus from Babinda to Cairns Airport
- Fly from Cairns (CNS) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)CNS - EDI
- Take the bus from Airport to Buchanan Bus Station
- Take the train from Glasgow Central to Ayr
33h 28mTrain, shuttle to Cairns, fly to Newcastle
- Take the train from Cardwell to Babinda
- Take a shuttle bus from Babinda to Cairns Airport
- 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 train from Glasgow Central to Ayr
35h 38mTrain, shuttle to Cairns, fly to Manchester Airport
- Take the train from Cardwell to Babinda
- Take a shuttle bus from Babinda to Cairns Airport
- 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 train from Glasgow Central to Ayr
36h 13mTrain, shuttle to Cairns, fly to Durham Tees Valley Airport
- Take the train from Cardwell to Babinda
- Take a shuttle bus from Babinda to Cairns Airport
- 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 train from Glasgow Central to Ayr
37h 23m
Cairns (CNS) to Glasgow Airport (GLA) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Cardwell to Ayr is to train and bus and fly which costs £900 - £2,100 and takes 39h 15m.
The fastest way to get from Cardwell to Ayr is to train and bus and fly which takes 39h 15m and costs £900 - £2,100.
The distance between Cardwell and Ayr is 9530 miles.
It takes approximately 32h 26m to get from Cardwell to Ayr, including transfers.
Ayr is 10h behind Cardwell. It is currently 7:01 PM in Cardwell and 9:01 AM in Ayr.
There are 494+ hotels available in Ayr.
What companies run services between Cardwell, QLD, Australia and Ayr, Scotland?
There is no direct connection from Cardwell to Ayr. However, you can take the train to Babinda, walk to Babinda, 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, then take the train to Ayr. Alternatively, you can take the train to Babinda, walk to Babinda, take the shuttle to Cairns Airport, walk to Cairns (CNS) airport, fly to Edinburgh Airport (EDI), walk to Airport, take the bus to Buchanan Bus Station, walk to Glasgow Central, then take the train to Ayr.
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- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Cairns to Glasgow Airport via Singapore Changi, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 55m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £410–2,900
Flights from Cairns to Edinburgh Airport via Singapore Changi, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 5m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £390–2,700
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 Newcastle via Singapore Changi, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 10m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £470–3,200
Flights from Townsville Airport to Glasgow Airport via Cairns, Singapore Changi, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 25m
- When
- Monday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- £400–2,800
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
- £900–6,500
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 Glasgow Airport via Singapore Changi, Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £450–1,600
Flights from Cairns to Glasgow Airport via Hong Kong, Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 34h 30m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £430–1,600
Flights from Cairns to Edinburgh Airport via Hong Kong, Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 34h 20m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £400–1,300
Flights from Cairns to Newcastle via Singapore Changi, Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 40m
- When
- Monday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- £470–3,200
Flights from Townsville Airport to Glasgow Airport via Cairns, Singapore Changi, Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 50m
- When
- Monday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- £410–2,800
Flights from Townsville Airport to Glasgow Airport via Cairns, Hong Kong, Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 36h 30m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £420–1,300
- 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
- £550–1,900
Flights from Cairns to Newcastle via Ngurah Rai, Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 5m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £650–2,100
- Website
- jet2.com
Flights from Cairns to Glasgow Airport via Singapore Changi, Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 30m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- £380–950
Flights from Townsville Airport to Glasgow Airport via Cairns, Singapore Changi, Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 33h
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- £370–900
- Website
- norwegian.com
Flights from Cairns to Edinburgh Airport via Singapore Changi, Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 25m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £390–2,700
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Cairns to Edinburgh Airport via Singapore Changi, Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 50m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £400–2,800
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Cairns to Edinburgh Airport via Singapore Changi, Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 15m
- When
- Wednesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £360–900
- Website
- singaporeair.com
Flights from Cairns to Manchester Airport via Singapore Changi
- Ave. Duration
- 24h
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £410–2,800
- Website
- cathaypacific.com
Flights from Cairns to Manchester Airport via Hong Kong
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 30m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £420–1,300
- Phone
- 1800 872 467
- Website
- queenslandrailtravel.com.au
Train from Cardwell to Babinda
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 23m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- £3–222
- 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
- £40–85
- AChoice
- £3–14
- Gold Class
- £177
- Heritage Class
- £222
Train from Cardwell to Townsville
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 27m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- £4–296
- 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
- £40–90
- AChoice
- £4–19
- Gold Class
- £236
- Heritage Class
- £296
- 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
- £11–12
- Website
- https://www.scotrail.co.uk/
Train from Glasgow Central to Ayr
- Ave. Duration
- 53 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £5–13
- 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
- £23–40
- Website
- https://www.lner.co.uk/
Train from Darlington to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 56m
- 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 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 46m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- £8–25
- Website
- https://www.tpexpress.co.uk/
Train from Manchester Airport to Preston
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £13–25
- Website
- https://www.tpexpress.co.uk/
Train from Preston to Glasgow Central
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £24–95
- 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
- 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
- £7–23
- 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/
- Phone
- +61 (0)407 337 661
- info@missionlink.com.au
- Website
- missionlink.com.au
Shuttle from Babinda to Cairns Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Schedules at
- missionlink.com.au
- Phone
- 0141 352 4444
- info@citylink.co.uk
- Website
- citylink.co.uk
Bus from Airport to Buchanan Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 58 min
- 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 Airport to Buchanan Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 58 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- £9–13
- 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
- £18–27
- Website
- https://www.transnorthbus.com.au/
- Book at
- https://www.tnbc.com.au/
Bus from Blue Care Community Centre to Townsville Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- £19–27
- Website
- https://www.transnorthbus.com.au/
- Book at
- https://www.tnbc.com.au/
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