There are 7 ways to get from Sydney to Perth by plane, bus, or train
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Fly to Edinburgh Airport, bus
best- Fly from Sydney International Airport (SYD) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane SYD - EDI
- Take the bus from Edinburgh Airport to Perth stationbus
28h 26m£476–1,922Fly to Dundee Riverside Airport
cheapest- Fly from Sydney International Airport (SYD) to Dundee Riverside Airport (DND)plane SYD - DND
33h£449–1,230Fly to Glasgow Airport, train
- Fly from Sydney International Airport (SYD) to Glasgow Airport (GLA)plane SYD - GLA
- Take the train from Glasgow Queen Street to Perthtrain
29h 7m£519–2,366Fly to Newcastle, train
- Fly from Sydney International Airport (SYD) to Newcastle (NCL)plane SYD - NCL
- Take the train from Newcastle to Edinburgh Waverleytrain
- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to Perthtrain
31h 9m£645–1,250Fly to Manchester Airport, train
- Fly from Sydney International Airport (SYD) to Manchester Airport (MAN)plane SYD - MAN
- Take the train from Manchester Airport to Prestontrain
- Take the train from Preston to Glasgow Centraltrain
- Take the train from Glasgow Queen Street to Perthtrain
31h 38m£565–1,910Fly to Aberdeen Airport, train
- Fly from Sydney International Airport (SYD) to Aberdeen Airport (ABZ)plane SYD - ABZ
- Take the train from Aberdeen to Perthtrain
33h 11m£599–4,488Fly to Birmingham Airport, train
- Fly from Sydney International Airport (SYD) to Birmingham Airport (BHX)plane SYD - BHX
- Take the train from Birmingham International to Glasgow Centraltrain
- Take the train from Glasgow Queen Street to Perthtrain
33h 25m£576–1,641
Sydney International Airport (SYD) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Sydney to Perth is to fly and bus which costs £470 - £2,000 and takes 28h 26m.
The fastest way to get from Sydney to Perth is to fly and bus which takes 28h 26m and costs £470 - £2,000.
The distance between Sydney and Perth is 10603 miles.
It takes approximately 28h 26m to get from Sydney to Perth, including transfers.
Perth is 11h behind Sydney. It is currently 5:02 AM in Sydney and 6:02 PM in Perth.
There are 535+ hotels available in Perth.
What companies run services between Sydney, NSW, Australia and Perth, Scotland?
Qatar Airways, Loganair, and five other airlines fly from Sydney International Airport (SYD) to Dundee Riverside Airport (DND) 5 times a day.
- Website
- emirates.com
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £430–1,300
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Glasgow Airport via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 7m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £430–1,300
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Newcastle via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 52m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £490–1,500
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Manchester Airport via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £430–1,300
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Birmingham Airport via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £410–1,300
- Website
- virginaustralia.com
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £400–1,100
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Manchester Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £400–1,300
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Birmingham Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £390–1,200
- Website
- qatarairways.com
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £400–1,100
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Manchester Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £400–1,300
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Birmingham Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £390–1,200
- Website
- loganair.co.uk
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Dundee Riverside Airport via Abu Dhabi, London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £430–1,200
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Dundee Riverside Airport via Doha, London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £550–1,600
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Dundee Riverside Airport via Suvarnabhumi, London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £650–2,200
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Dundee Riverside Airport via Dubai, London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 32h 25m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £600–1,800
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Dundee Riverside Airport via Beijing Capital, London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 34h 30m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £320–1,700
- Website
- flysas.com
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Aberdeen Airport via Dubai, Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 50m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £550–1,700
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Aberdeen Airport via Doha, Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £500–1,600
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Aberdeen Airport via Beijing Capital, Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 32h 55m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £300–1,500
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Aberdeen Airport via Abu Dhabi, Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 36h
- When
- Monday and Tuesday
- Estimated price
- £400–1,100
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Aberdeen Airport via Abu Dhabi, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £400–1,100
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Aberdeen Airport via Doha, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £500–1,600
- Website
- etihad.com
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Manchester Airport via Abu Dhabi
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 10m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £450–1,100
- Website
- airindia.in
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Birmingham Airport via Delhi
- Ave. Duration
- 32h 10m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £340–1,500
- Phone
- +44 344 811 0141
- Website
- scotrail.co.uk
Train from Glasgow Queen Street to Perth
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £27–50
- Website
- https://www.scotrail.co.uk/
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Perth
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £24–45
- Website
- https://www.scotrail.co.uk/
Train from Aberdeen to Perth
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 33m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £35–70
- 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 21m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £35–55
- Website
- https://www.lner.co.uk/
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Perth
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 17m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £16–24
- Website
- https://www.lner.co.uk/
Train from Newcastle to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 31m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £60–90
- 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 45m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £40–75
- Website
- https://www.tpexpress.co.uk/
Train from Manchester Airport to Preston
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 4m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £14–25
- 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
- +44 330 060 0500
- enquiry@sleeper.scot
- Website
- sleeper.scot
Train from Newcastle to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 42m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- £24–40
- Website
- https://www.sleeper.scot/
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Perth
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- £10–18
- Website
- https://www.sleeper.scot/
Train from Preston to Glasgow Central
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 28m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- £35–60
- Website
- https://www.sleeper.scot/
- Phone
- +44 800 200 6060
- enquiries@northernrailway.co.uk
- Website
- northernrailway.co.uk
Train from Manchester Airport to Preston
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £15–29
- 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
- £65–110
- Website
- https://www.avantiwestcoast.co.uk/
Train from Birmingham International to Glasgow Central
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £100–180
- Website
- https://www.avantiwestcoast.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 (0)131 510 4007
- ride@ember.to
- Website
- ember.to
Bus from Edinburgh Airport to Perth station
- Ave. Duration
- 58 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £7–11
- Website
- https://www.ember.to/
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