There are 9 ways to get from Congleton to Oban by train, bus, car, or plane
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Train via Preston
best- Take the train from Congleton to Manchester Piccadillytrain
- Take the train from Manchester Piccadilly to Prestontrain
- Take the train from Preston to Glasgow Centraltrain
- Take the train from Glasgow Queen Street Low Level to Obantrain
8h 27m£96–235Train to Birmingham Airport, fly to Glasgow Airport, bus
cheapest- Take the train from Stoke-on-Trent to Birmingham Internationaltrain
- Fly from Birmingham Airport (BHX) to Glasgow Airport (GLA)plane BHX - GLA
- Take the bus from Glasgow Airport to Oban Bus Stationbus
7h 38m£60–149Bus
- Take the bus from Manchester Central Coach Station to Buchanan Bus Stationbus 590 / ...
- Take the bus from Buchanan Bus Stn to Oban Bus Stationbus Ember
10h 54m£62–135Drive 327.8 mi
- Drive from Congleton to Obancar 327.8 mi
5h 51m£82–118Train to Manchester Airport, fly to Glasgow Airport, bus
- Take the train from Congleton to Manchester Piccadillytrain
- Fly from Manchester Airport (MAN) to Glasgow Airport (GLA)plane MAN - GLA
- Take the bus from Glasgow Airport to Oban Bus Stationbus
7h 58m£72–167Train
- Take the train from Crewe to Glasgow Centraltrain Milton Keynes Central - Glasgow Central / ...
- Take the train from Glasgow Queen Street to Obantrain Glasgow Queen Street - Oban
9h 6m£88–215Train, bus
- Take the train from Crewe to Stirlingtrain London Euston - Inverness
- Take the bus from Bus Station to Bus Stationbus 978
10h 40m£70–108Train to Manchester Airport, fly to Inverness Dalcross Airport, bus
- Take the train from Congleton to Manchester Piccadillytrain
- Fly from Manchester Airport (MAN) to Inverness Dalcross Airport (INV)plane MAN - INV
- Take the bus from Inverness Union Street to Oban Bus Stationbus
9h 3m£104–243Train to Birmingham Airport, fly to Edinburgh Airport, bus, train
- Take the train from Stoke-on-Trent to Birmingham Internationaltrain
- Fly from Birmingham Airport (BHX) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane BHX - EDI
- Take the bus from Airport to Buchanan Bus Stationbus
- Take the train from Glasgow Queen Street Low Level to Obantrain
9h 34m£96–211
Congleton to Oban by train and foot
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Congleton to Oban is to bus which costs £60 - £140 and takes 10h 54m.
The fastest way to get from Congleton to Oban is to drive which takes 5h 51m and costs £80 - £120.
No, there is no direct train from Congleton to Oban. However, there are services departing from Congleton and arriving at Oban via Manchester Piccadilly, Preston and Glasgow Queen Street Low Level. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 8h 27m.
The distance between Congleton and Oban is 344 miles. The road distance is 329.7 miles.
The best way to get from Congleton to Oban without a car is to train via Preston which takes 8h 27m and costs £95 - £240.
It takes approximately 8h 27m to get from Congleton to Oban, including transfers.
Congleton to Oban train services, operated by Northern Trains Limited, depart from Congleton station.
The best way to get from Congleton to Oban is to train via Preston which takes 8h 27m and costs £95 - £240. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs £60 - £140 and takes 10h 54m.
Congleton to Oban train services, operated by Northern Trains Limited, arrive at Manchester Piccadilly station.
Yes, the driving distance between Congleton to Oban is 330 miles. It takes approximately 5h 51m to drive from Congleton to Oban.
What companies run services between Congleton, England and Oban, Argyll and Bute, Scotland?
You can take a train from Congleton to Oban via Manchester Piccadilly, Preston, Glasgow Central, and Glasgow Queen Street Low Level in around 8h 27m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Bus Station to Oban Bus Station via Bus Station, Macclesfield, Manchester Piccadilly, Manchester Central Coach Station, Buchanan Bus Station, and Buchanan Bus Stn in around 10h 54m.
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Glasgow Airport via Belfast (Aldergrove)
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 47m
- When
- Monday and Tuesday
- Estimated price
- £50–170
Flights from Manchester Airport to Glasgow Airport via Belfast City
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £50–170
Flights from Manchester Airport to Glasgow Airport via Jersey
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 55m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £50–170
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Glasgow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £22–80
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Glasgow Airport via Belfast (Aldergrove)
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Thursday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £22–80
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 6m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £23–75
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Belfast (Aldergrove)
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £23–75
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Glasgow Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £100–150
Flights from Manchester Airport to Glasgow Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 58m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £65–240
Flights from Manchester Airport to Glasgow Airport via Belfast City
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- £65–240
Flights from Manchester Airport to Glasgow Airport via Newquay
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- £110–410
Flights from Manchester Airport to Inverness Dalcross Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £100–220
- Website
- aerlingus.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Glasgow Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 58m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £65–240
Flights from Manchester Airport to Glasgow Airport via Belfast City
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- £65–240
- Website
- loganair.co.uk
Flights from Manchester Airport to Glasgow Airport via Newquay
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- £110–410
Flights from Manchester Airport to Inverness Dalcross Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £100–220
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Glasgow Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £45–90
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Glasgow Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £45–75
- Phone
- +44 800 200 6060
- enquiries@northernrailway.co.uk
- Website
- northernrailway.co.uk
Train from Congleton to Manchester Piccadilly
- Ave. Duration
- 41 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £9–18
- Website
- https://www.northernrailway.co.uk/
Train from Manchester Piccadilly to Preston
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £12–22
- Website
- https://www.northernrailway.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 345 600 1671
- tpecustomer.relations@tpexpress.co.uk
- Website
- tpexpress.co.uk
Train from Manchester Piccadilly to Preston
- Ave. Duration
- 48 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £11–19
- Website
- https://www.tpexpress.co.uk/
Train from Preston to Glasgow Central
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £65–120
- Website
- https://www.tpexpress.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
- £65–110
- Website
- https://www.avantiwestcoast.co.uk/
Train from Crewe to Glasgow Central
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 4m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £85–140
- Website
- https://www.avantiwestcoast.co.uk/
Train from Stoke-on-Trent to Birmingham International
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 27m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- £18–30
- Website
- https://www.avantiwestcoast.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 330 060 0500
- enquiry@sleeper.scot
- Website
- sleeper.scot
Train from Preston to Glasgow Central
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 28m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- £35–65
- Website
- https://www.sleeper.scot/
Train from Crewe to Glasgow Central
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 57m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- £45–80
- Website
- https://www.sleeper.scot/
Train from Crewe to Stirling
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 8m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- £55–90
- Website
- https://www.sleeper.scot/
- Phone
- +44 344 811 0141
- Website
- scotrail.co.uk
Train from Glasgow Queen Street Low Level to Oban
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 56m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £40–75
- Website
- https://www.scotrail.co.uk/
Train from Glasgow Queen Street to Oban
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 6m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- £40–75
- Website
- https://www.scotrail.co.uk/
Train from Stoke-on-Trent to Birmingham International
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £27–40
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
- Phone
- 08717 81 81 81
- Website
- nationalexpress.com
Bus from Manchester Central Coach Station to Buchanan Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £40–100
- Website
- https://www.nationalexpress.com/en
- Phone
- +44 (0)131 510 4007
- ride@ember.to
- Website
- ember.to
Bus from Buchanan Bus Stn to Oban Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- £11–17
- Website
- https://www.ember.to/
Bus from Glasgow Airport to Oban Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 23m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- £11–16
- Website
- https://www.ember.to/
Bus from Inverness Union Street to Oban Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- £12–18
- Website
- https://www.ember.to/
- Phone
- 0141 352 4444
- info@citylink.co.uk
- Website
- citylink.co.uk
Bus from Buchanan Bus Stn to Oban Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 1m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- £16–22
- Website
- https://www.citylink.co.uk/
Bus from Glasgow Airport to Oban Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 42m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £14–21
- Website
- https://www.citylink.co.uk/
Bus from Bus Station to Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £14–20
- Website
- https://www.citylink.co.uk/
Bus from Airport to Buchanan Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 2m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £9–13
- Website
- https://www.citylink.co.uk/
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