There are 10 ways to get from Orkney Islands to Middlesbrough by ferry, train, plane, or bus
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Ferry, train via Edinburgh
best- Take the ferry from Kirkwall Orkney Hatston Ferry Terminal to Aberdeen Ferry Terminalferry Nl2
- Take the train from Aberdeen to Edinburgh Waverleytrain
- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to Darlingtontrain
14h 36m£104–240Ferry, bus
cheapest- Take the ferry from Kirkwall Orkney Hatston Ferry Terminal to Aberdeen Ferry Terminalferry Nl2
- Take the bus from Union Square Bus Station to Edinburgh, Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Edinburgh, Bus Station to Bus Station Stand 11bus
16h 13m£54–87Ferry, train
- Take the ferry from St Margarets Hope Ferry Terminal to Gills Bay Ferry Terminalferry Pf1
- Take the train from Wick to Invernesstrain
- Take the train from Inverness to Darlingtontrain
15h 54m£289–409Fly to Manchester Airport, train
- Fly from Kirkwall (KOI) to Manchester Airport (MAN)plane KOI - MAN
- Take the train from Manchester Airport to Middlesbroughtrain
9h 8m£277–617Ferry, train #2
- Take the ferry from Kirkwall Orkney Hatston Ferry Terminal to Aberdeen Ferry Terminalferry Nl2
- Take the train from Aberdeen to Newcastletrain
- Take the train from Newcastle to Middlesbroughtrain
15h 7m£116–234Ferry, bus via Aberdeen
- Take the ferry from Kirkwall Orkney Hatston Ferry Terminal to Aberdeen Ferry Terminalferry Nl2
- Take the bus from Aberdeen Union Street to George Streetbus
- Take the bus from North St David Street to Bus Station Stand Zbus 839
17h 49m£58–96Fly to Edinburgh Airport, train
- Fly from Kirkwall (KOI) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane KOI - EDI
- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to Darlingtontrain
6h 10m£236–541Fly to Durham Tees Valley Airport
- Fly from Kirkwall (KOI) to Durham Tees Valley Airport (MME)plane KOI - MME
9h 50m£246–1,309Fly to Glasgow Airport, train
- Fly from Kirkwall (KOI) to Glasgow Airport (GLA)plane KOI - GLA
- Take the train from Glasgow Queen Street to Edinburgh Waverleytrain
- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to Darlingtontrain
7h 3m£274–618Fly to Aberdeen Airport, train
- Fly from Kirkwall (KOI) to Aberdeen Airport (ABZ)plane KOI - ABZ
- Take the train from Aberdeen to Edinburgh Waverleytrain
- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to Darlingtontrain
8h 59m£239–543
Orkney Islands to Middlesbrough by ferry, foot, and train
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Orkney Islands to Middlesbrough is to ferry and bus which costs £50 - £90 and takes 16h 13m.
The fastest way to get from Orkney Islands to Middlesbrough is to fly and train which takes 6h 10m and costs £230 - £550.
The distance between Orkney Islands and Middlesbrough is 469 miles.
The best way to get from Orkney Islands to Middlesbrough without a car is to ferry and train via Edinburgh which takes 14h 36m and costs £100 - £240.
It takes approximately 14h 36m to get from Orkney Islands to Middlesbrough, including transfers.
There are 1591+ hotels available in Middlesbrough.
What companies run services between Orkney Islands, Scotland and Middlesbrough, England?
Loganair and KLM fly from Kirkwall (KOI) to Durham Tees Valley Airport (MME) twice daily.
- Website
- loganair.co.uk
Flights from Kirkwall to Manchester Airport via Aberdeen Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £320–550
Flights from Kirkwall to Manchester Airport via Inverness
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 30m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- £320–550
Flights from Kirkwall to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £160–410
Flights from Kirkwall to Edinburgh Airport via Lerwick
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 38m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £160–410
Flights from Kirkwall to Glasgow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £240–450
Flights from Kirkwall to Glasgow Airport via Lerwick
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- £240–450
Flights from Kirkwall to Aberdeen Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £150–330
Flights from Kirkwall to Aberdeen Airport via Lerwick
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £150–330
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Kirkwall to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- £160–410
Flights from Kirkwall to Edinburgh Airport via Lerwick
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- £160–410
Flights from Kirkwall to Durham Tees Valley Airport via Edinburgh Airport, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 37m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- £250–1,300
Flights from Kirkwall to Durham Tees Valley Airport via Glasgow Airport, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 20m
- When
- Sunday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £260–1,300
Flights from Kirkwall to Durham Tees Valley Airport via Aberdeen Airport, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 42m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- £240–1,300
Flights from Kirkwall to Durham Tees Valley Airport via Lerwick, Edinburgh Airport, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 8h
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- £280–1,400
Flights from Kirkwall to Durham Tees Valley Airport via Lerwick, Glasgow Airport, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 40m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- £280–1,400
Flights from Kirkwall to Glasgow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £240–450
Flights from Kirkwall to Aberdeen Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- £150–330
- Phone
- +44 (0)344 811 0141
- Website
- ScotRail
Train from Aberdeen to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 21m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £50–85
- Website
- ScotRail
Train from Wick to Inverness
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £65–110
- Website
- ScotRail
Train from Glasgow Queen Street to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £18–30
- Website
- ScotRail
Train from Aberdeen to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 21m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £50–85
- Website
- ScotRail
Train from Aberdeen to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 33m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- £40–60
- Website
- London North Eastern Railway Limited (LNER)
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Darlington
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 54m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £50–75
- Website
- London North Eastern Railway Limited (LNER)
Train from Inverness to Darlington
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 29m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £110–160
- Website
- London North Eastern Railway Limited (LNER)
Train from Aberdeen to Newcastle
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 3m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- £80–120
- Website
- London North Eastern Railway Limited (LNER)
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Darlington
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 54m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £50–75
- Website
- London North Eastern Railway Limited (LNER)
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Darlington
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 54m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £50–75
- Website
- London North Eastern Railway Limited (LNER)
Train from Aberdeen to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 33m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- £40–60
- Website
- London North Eastern Railway Limited (LNER)
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Darlington
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 54m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £50–75
- Website
- London North Eastern Railway Limited (LNER)
Train from Aberdeen to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 24m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £55–85
- Website
- Cross Country
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Darlington
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 6m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £70–110
- Website
- Cross Country
Train from Aberdeen to Newcastle
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 12m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- £110–170
- Website
- Cross Country
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Darlington
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 6m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £70–110
- Website
- Cross Country
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Darlington
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 6m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £70–110
- Website
- Cross Country
Train from Aberdeen to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 24m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £55–85
- Website
- Cross Country
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Darlington
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 6m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £70–110
- Website
- Cross Country
- Phone
- +44 330 060 0500
- Website
- Caledonian Sleeper
Train from Aberdeen to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 7m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- £29–40
- Website
- Caledonian Sleeper
Train from Aberdeen to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 7m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- £29–40
- Website
- Caledonian Sleeper
Train from Manchester Airport to Middlesbrough
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 52m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £35–65
- Website
- TransPennine Express
Train from Newcastle to Middlesbrough
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £15–28
- Website
- Northern Trains Limited
- Phone
- 0345 528 0409
- customerexperience@lumo.co.uk
- Website
- Lumo
Train from Glasgow Queen Street to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 49 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- £7–14
- Website
- Lumo
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Union Square Bus Station to Edinburgh, Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- Frequency
- Every 10 minutes
- Estimated price
- £16–25
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Edinburgh, Bus Station to Bus Station Stand 11
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £17–26
- Website
- Flixbus
- Phone
- +44 (0)131 510 4007
- ride@ember.to
- Website
- Ember
Bus from Aberdeen Union Street to George Street
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 4m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £13–20
- Website
- Ember
- Phone
- +44 (0)3717 81 81 81
- Website
- National Express
Bus from North St David Street to Bus Station Stand Z
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- £24–40
- Website
- National Express
- Phone
- +44 845 600 0449
- info@northlinkferries.co.uk
- Website
- NorthLink Ferries
Ferry from Kirkwall Orkney Hatston Ferry Terminal to Aberdeen Ferry Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 15m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- £20–36
- Website
- NorthLink Ferries
- Low
- £20–25
- Peak
- £31–36
Ferry from Kirkwall Orkney Hatston Ferry Terminal to Aberdeen Ferry Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 15m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- £20–36
- Website
- NorthLink Ferries
- Low
- £20–25
- Peak
- £31–36
Ferry from Kirkwall Orkney Hatston Ferry Terminal to Aberdeen Ferry Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 15m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- £20–36
- Website
- NorthLink Ferries
- Low
- £20–25
- Peak
- £31–36
Ferry from Kirkwall Orkney Hatston Ferry Terminal to Aberdeen Ferry Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 15m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- £20–36
- Website
- NorthLink Ferries
- Low
- £20–25
- Peak
- £31–36
- Phone
- +44 (0)800 688 8998
- sales@pentlandferries.co.uk
- Website
- Pentland Ferries
Ferry from St Margarets Hope Ferry Terminal to Gills Bay Ferry Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £28
- Website
- Pentland Ferries
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