There are 8 ways to get from Melbourne to Port Talbot by plane or train
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Fly to London Gatwick Airport, train
best- Fly from Melbourne Airport (MEL) to London Gatwick Airport (LGW)plane MEL - LGW
- Take the train from Gatwick Airport to Readingtrain
- Take the train from Reading to Port Talbot Parkwaytrain
30h 30m£387–1,580Fly to London Heathrow Airport, train
cheapest- Fly from Melbourne Airport (MEL) to London Heathrow Airport (LHR)plane MEL - LHR
- Take the train from London Paddington to Port Talbot Parkwaytrain
29h 9m£380–1,500Fly to Birmingham Airport, train
- Fly from Melbourne Airport (MEL) to Birmingham Airport (BHX)plane MEL - BHX
- Take the train from Birmingham New Street to Bristol Parkwaytrain
- Take the train from Bristol Parkway to Port Talbot Parkwaytrain
30h 32m£525–1,842Fly to Manchester Airport, train
- Fly from Melbourne Airport (MEL) to Manchester Airport (MAN)plane MEL - MAN
- Take the train from Wilmslow to Port Talbot Parkwaytrain
31h 10m£456–1,948Fly to London Stansted Airport, train
- Fly from Melbourne Airport (MEL) to London Stansted Airport (STN)plane MEL - STN
- Take the train from London Paddington to Port Talbot Parkwaytrain
37h 18m£511–1,307Fly to Bristol Airport, train
- Fly from Melbourne Airport (MEL) to Bristol Airport (BRS)plane MEL - BRS
- Take the train from Bristol Temple Meads to Cardiff Centraltrain
- Take the train from Cardiff Central to Port Talbot Parkwaytrain
32h 7m£485–980Fly to Cardiff Airport
- Fly from Melbourne Airport (MEL) to Cardiff Airport (CWL)plane MEL - CWL
31h 52m£485–1,336Fly to Newcastle, train
- Fly from Melbourne Airport (MEL) to Newcastle (NCL)plane MEL - NCL
- Take the train from Newcastle to Bristol Parkwaytrain
- Take the train from Bristol Parkway to Port Talbot Parkwaytrain
38h 3m£705–2,304
Melbourne Airport (MEL) to London Gatwick Airport (LGW) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Melbourne to Port Talbot is to fly and train which costs £380 - £1,500 and takes 29h 9m.
The fastest way to get from Melbourne to Port Talbot is to fly and train which takes 29h 9m and costs £380 - £1,500.
The distance between Melbourne and Port Talbot is 10768 miles.
It takes approximately 30h 30m to get from Melbourne to Port Talbot, including transfers.
Port Talbot is 9h behind Melbourne. It is currently 2:56 PM in Melbourne and 5:56 AM in Port Talbot.
There are 701+ hotels available in Port Talbot.
What companies run services between Melbourne, VIC, Australia and Port Talbot, Wales?
Qatar Airways, KLM, and five other airlines fly from Melbourne Airport (MEL) to Cardiff Airport (CWL) 5 times a day.
- Website
- virginaustralia.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to London Gatwick Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £370–1,100
Flights from Melbourne Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £430–1,300
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Birmingham Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 33m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- £370–1,200
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Manchester Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 33m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £380–1,200
- Website
- qatarairways.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to London Gatwick Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £370–1,100
Flights from Melbourne Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £430–1,300
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Birmingham Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 33m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- £370–1,200
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Manchester Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 33m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £380–1,200
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Cardiff Airport via Doha, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £600–1,900
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Cardiff Airport via Dubai, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £600–2,000
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Cardiff Airport via Guangzhou Baiyun, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 33h 15m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £340–2,300
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Cardiff Airport via Abu Dhabi, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 32h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £460–1,300
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Cardiff Airport via Suvarnabhumi, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 36h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £700–2,400
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Newcastle via Suvarnabhumi, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 32h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £410–1,500
- Website
- emirates.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to London Gatwick Airport via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £390–1,200
Flights from Melbourne Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £450–1,400
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Birmingham Airport via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £390–1,200
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Manchester Airport via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 31h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £400–1,200
Flights from Melbourne Airport to London Stansted Airport via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £380–1,200
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Newcastle via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 47h 50m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £460–1,400
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Bristol Airport via Doha, Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 37m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £370–1,200
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Bristol Airport via Colombo, Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 10m
- When
- Tuesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- £320–1,300
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Newcastle via Suvarnabhumi, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 33h 35m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £500–1,800
- Website
- jet2.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Newcastle via Suvarnabhumi, Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 2m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- £500–1,800
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Newcastle via Suvarnabhumi, Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 33h
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- £400–1,400
- Website
- etihad.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Abu Dhabi
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 15m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £390–800
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Manchester Airport via Abu Dhabi
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 15m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £360–600
- Website
- airindia.in
Flights from Melbourne Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Delhi
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £350–1,100
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Birmingham Airport via Delhi
- Ave. Duration
- 32h 20m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £350–1,500
- Website
- vietnamairlines.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Noi Bai International
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £330–1,600
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Bristol Airport via Abu Dhabi, Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 32h
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- £290–800
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Newcastle via Doha, Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £440–1,400
- Phone
- +44 3457 000 125
- gwr.feedback@gwr.com
- Website
- gwr.com
Train from Gatwick Airport to Reading
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 28m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £22–45
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
Train from Reading to Port Talbot Parkway
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 7m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £60–120
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
Train from London Paddington to Port Talbot Parkway
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 32m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £75–150
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
Train from Bristol Parkway to Port Talbot Parkway
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 16m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £28–55
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
Train from Bristol Temple Meads to Cardiff Central
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £16–35
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
Train from Cardiff Central to Port Talbot Parkway
- Ave. Duration
- 30 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £14–27
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
Train from Birmingham New Street to Bristol Parkway
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 16m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £40–65
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
Train from Bristol Temple Meads to Cardiff Central
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 1m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- £20–29
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
Train from Newcastle to Bristol Parkway
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 39m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- £160–230
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
- Phone
- 03333 211 202
- Website
- tfw.wales
Train from Wilmslow to Port Talbot Parkway
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 33m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £70–130
- Website
- https://tfw.wales/
Train from Cardiff Central to Port Talbot Parkway
- Ave. Duration
- 42 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £12–22
- Website
- https://tfw.wales/
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