There are 12 ways to get from Dundee to Swanage by train, bus, car, plane, or taxi
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Train
best- Take the train from Dundee to Edinburgh Waverleytrain
- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to King's Crosstrain
- Take the train from London Waterloo to Warehamtrain
10h 20m£81–265Bus
cheapest- Take the bus from Seagate Bus Station to Edinburgh, Bus Stationbus M92
- Take the bus from Edinburgh, Bus Station to London Victoriabus
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Bournemouth Stationbus 035
15h 27m£42–93Drive 492.9 mi
- Drive from Dundee to Swanagecar 492.9 mi
8h 54m£120–173Train to Edinburgh Airport, fly to Southampton Airport, train
- Take the train from Dundee to Edinburgh Gatewaytrain
- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Southampton Airport (SOU)plane EDI - SOU
- Take the train from Southampton Airport Parkway to Warehamtrain
6h 33m£113–250Train via Birmingham
- Take the train from Dundee to Edinburgh Waverleytrain
- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to Birmingham New Streettrain
- Take the train from Birmingham New Street to Bournemouthtrain
11h 56m£72–407Bus via Birmingham
- Take the bus from Seagate Bus Station to Edinburgh, Bus Stationbus M92
- Take the bus from Edinburgh, Bus Station to Birmingham Coach Stationbus 183 / ...
- Take the bus from Birmingham Coach Station to Bournemouth Stationbus 160
18h 25m£46–127Train to Edinburgh Airport, fly to Bournemouth Airport, taxi
- Take the train from Dundee to Edinburgh Gatewaytrain
- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Bournemouth Airport (BOH)plane EDI - BOH
- Take the taxi from Bournemouth-Airport-BOH to Swanagetaxi
4h 30m£195–432Train to Glasgow Airport, fly to Southampton Airport, train
- Take the train from Dundee to Glasgow Queen Streettrain
- Fly from Glasgow Airport (GLA) to Southampton Airport (SOU)plane GLA - SOU
- Take the train from Southampton Airport Parkway to Warehamtrain
7h 14m£53–231Train to Edinburgh Airport, fly to London Heathrow Airport, train
- Take the train from Dundee to Edinburgh Gatewaytrain
- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to London Heathrow Airport (LHR)plane EDI - LHR
- Take the train from Woking to Warehamtrain
8h 20m£127–354Fly Dundee Riverside Airport to London Heathrow Airport, train
- Fly from Dundee Riverside Airport (DND) to London Heathrow Airport (LHR)plane DND - LHR
- Take the train from Woking to Warehamtrain
7h 39m£129–365Train to Edinburgh Airport, fly to Bristol Airport, train
- Take the train from Dundee to Edinburgh Gatewaytrain
- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Bristol Airport (BRS)plane EDI - BRS
- Take the train from Bristol Temple Meads to Southampton Centraltrain
- Take the train from Southampton Central to Warehamtrain
8h 56m£83–253Train to Glasgow Airport, fly to Bristol Airport, train
- Take the train from Dundee to Glasgow Queen Streettrain
- Fly from Glasgow Airport (GLA) to Bristol Airport (BRS)plane GLA - BRS
- Take the train from Bristol Temple Meads to Southampton Centraltrain
- Take the train from Southampton Central to Warehamtrain
9h 36m£70–259
Dundee to Swanage by train, foot, subway, and bus
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Dundee to Swanage is to bus which costs £40 - £95 and takes 15h 27m.
The fastest way to get from Dundee to Swanage is to train and fly and taxi which takes 4h 30m and costs £190 - £440.
No, there is no direct bus from Dundee station to Swanage station. However, there are services departing from Seagate Bus Station and arriving at Bus Station via Edinburgh, Bus Station, London Victoria and Bournemouth Station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 15h 27m.
The distance between Dundee and Swanage is 586 miles. The road distance is 495.7 miles.
The best way to get from Dundee to Swanage without a car is to train which takes 10h 20m and costs £80 - £270.
It takes approximately 10h 20m to get from Dundee to Swanage, including transfers.
Dundee to Swanage bus services, operated by Scottish Citylink Coaches Ltd, depart from Seagate Bus Station.
The best way to get from Dundee to Swanage is to train which takes 10h 20m and costs £80 - £270. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs £40 - £95 and takes 15h 27m.
Dundee to Swanage bus services, operated by Scottish Citylink Coaches Ltd, arrive at Edinburgh, Bus Station.
Yes, the driving distance between Dundee to Swanage is 496 miles. It takes approximately 8h 54m to drive from Dundee to Swanage.
What companies run services between Dundee, Scotland and Swanage, England?
You can take a train from Dundee to Bus Station via Edinburgh Waverley, London Kings Cross, Euston station, Waterloo Station, London Waterloo, Wareham, and Wareham Station in around 10h 20m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Seagate Bus Station to Bus Station via Edinburgh, Bus Station, London Victoria, and Bournemouth Station in around 15h 27m.
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Southampton Airport via Belfast (Aldergrove)
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £75–180
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Southampton Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £30–140
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Bristol Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £23–80
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Bristol Airport via Belfast (Aldergrove)
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 11m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £23–80
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Bristol Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 11m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £20–70
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Bristol Airport via Belfast (Aldergrove)
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- When
- Monday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- £20–70
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Southampton Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 28m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £100–210
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Southampton Airport via Belfast City
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 27m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £80–180
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Southampton Airport via Belfast City
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 17m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £75–170
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to London Heathrow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £60–210
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Belfast City
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £60–210
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 42m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £60–210
Flights from Dundee Riverside Airport to London Heathrow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £85–250
- Website
- loganair.co.uk
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Southampton Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 28m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £100–210
Flights from Dundee Riverside Airport to London Heathrow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £85–250
- Website
- aerlingus.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Southampton Airport via Belfast City
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 27m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £80–180
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Southampton Airport via Belfast City
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 17m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £75–170
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Belfast City
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £60–210
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 42m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £60–210
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Bournemouth Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £20–240
- Phone
- +44 344 811 0141
- Website
- scotrail.co.uk
Train from Dundee to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 28m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £11–27
- Website
- https://www.scotrail.co.uk/
Train from Dundee to Edinburgh Gateway
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £15–35
- Website
- https://www.scotrail.co.uk/
Train from Dundee to Glasgow Queen Street
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £15–55
- Website
- https://www.scotrail.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 345 722 5333
- customers@lner.co.uk
- Website
- lner.co.uk
Train from Dundee to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 16m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- £12–17
- Website
- https://www.lner.co.uk/
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to King's Cross
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 8m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £55–100
- Website
- https://www.lner.co.uk/
Train from Dundee to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £6–14
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Birmingham New Street
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 1m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £40–180
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
Train from Birmingham New Street to Bournemouth
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 11m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £24–150
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 330 060 0500
- enquiry@sleeper.scot
- Website
- sleeper.scot
Train from Dundee to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 37m
- 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
- £230–270
- Phone
- 0345 6000 650
- Website
- southwesternrailway.com
Train from London Waterloo to Wareham
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 23m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £16–85
- Website
- https://www.southwesternrailway.com/
Train from Southampton Airport Parkway to Wareham
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 14m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £6–16
- Website
- https://www.southwesternrailway.com/
Train from Woking to Wareham
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 47m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £40–100
- Website
- https://www.southwesternrailway.com/
- Anytime Day Single
- £40–60
- Anytime Day Single 1st Class
- £70–100
Train from Southampton Central to Wareham
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 3m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £11–19
- Website
- https://www.southwesternrailway.com/
- Phone
- +44 345 528 0253
- Website
- avantiwestcoast.co.uk
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Birmingham New Street
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 14m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £45–85
- Website
- https://www.avantiwestcoast.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 3457 000 125
- gwr.feedback@gwr.com
- Website
- gwr.com
Train from Bristol Temple Meads to Southampton Central
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 39m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £21–110
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
- Phone
- 0141 352 4444
- info@citylink.co.uk
- Website
- citylink.co.uk
Bus from Seagate Bus Station to Edinburgh, Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 36m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £11–16
- Website
- https://www.citylink.co.uk/
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Edinburgh, Bus Station to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 20m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £21–50
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- 08717 81 81 81
- Website
- nationalexpress.com
Bus from London Victoria to Bournemouth Station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £8–26
- Website
- https://www.nationalexpress.com/en
Bus from Edinburgh, Bus Station to Birmingham Coach Station
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £17–45
- Website
- https://www.nationalexpress.com/en
Bus from Birmingham Coach Station to Bournemouth Station
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £16–65
- Website
- https://www.nationalexpress.com/en
- Ave. Duration
- 42 min
- Estimated price
- £120–150
Smooth Cabs Limited
- Phone
- +44 1202 707 070
- Website
- smoothcabs.co.uk
Crown Cars & Taxis
- Phone
- +44 1202 897 777
Century Cars
- Phone
- +44 1202 896 100
- Website
- centurycarstaxis.co.uk
LB Taxi & Private Hire
- Phone
- +44 7974 120 848
A 2 Bee Taxis
- Phone
- +44 1202 474 749
United Taxis
- Phone
- +44 1202 556 677
- Website
- 556677.com
Star Radio Cars
- Phone
- +44 1202 918 270
PRC Streamline Taxis
- Phone
- +44 1202 37 37 37
- Website
- prcstreamline.co.uk
Mobile Radio Cars
- Phone
- +44 1202 518 000
- Website
- mobileradiocars.co.uk
Ringwood Taxis
- Phone
- +44 1425 480 480
- Website
- ringwoodtaxis.com
Wimborne Taxis
- Phone
- +44 1202 884 444
- Website
- wimborne-taxis.co.uk
Wimborne Cabby
- Phone
- +44 1202 887 766
Colehill & Wimborne Radio Cabs
- Phone
- +44 1202 888 810
- Website
- colehillandwimborneradiocabs.com
Poole Harbour Taxis
- Phone
- +44 1202 668 866
Dolphin Radio Taxis
- Phone
- +44 1202 777 879
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