There are 10 ways to get from Tarbert to Oban by bus, busferry, car, car ferry, plane, or train
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Bus, bus and ferry
best- Take the bus from Tarbert to Harvey's Quaybus 314
- Take the bus from Limerick Arthurs Qy to Terminal 1 Zone 2bus 712
- Take the bus from Terminal 1 Zone 2 to Europa Bus Centrebus
- Take the busferry from Belfast, Europa Buscentre to Glasgow Buchananbusferry 923
- Take the bus from Buchanan Bus Station to Bus Stationbus 976
18h 38mBus to Shannon Airport, fly to Edinburgh Airport, bus
cheapest- Take the bus from Tarbert to Harvey's Quaybus
- Fly from Shannon Airport (SNN) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane SNN - EDI
- Take the bus from Edinburgh Airport to Oban Bus Stationbus
10h 9m£56–222Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Tarbert to Larnecar
- Take the car ferry from Larne to Cairnryancarferry
- Drive from Cairnryan to Obancar
10h 35m£129–378Bus to Shannon Airport, fly to Glasgow Airport, bus
- Take the bus from Tarbert to Harvey's Quaybus
- Fly from Shannon Airport (SNN) to Glasgow Airport (GLA)plane SNN - GLA
- Take the bus from Glasgow Airport to Oban Bus Stationbus
11h 51m£77–217Bus, bus and ferry via Dublin Airport (DUB)
- Take the bus from Tarbert to Harvey's Quaybus 314
- Take the bus from Limerick Arthurs Qy to Terminal 2 Zone 21bus 723
- Take the bus from Dublin Airport T1 to Grand Central Station Stand 11bus X1 / ...
- Take the busferry from Belfast, Europa Buscentre to Glasgow Buchananbusferry 923
- Take the bus from Buchanan Bus Station to Bus Stationbus 976
18h 38mBus, train, bus and ferry
- Take the bus from Tarbert to Harvey's Quaybus 314
- Take the bus from Limerick Arthurs Qy to Bachelors Walkbus 300
- Take the train from Dublin Connolly to Belfast Grand Centraltrain Ic / ...
- Take the busferry from Belfast, Europa Buscentre to Glasgow Buchananbusferry 923
- Take the bus from Buchanan Bus Station to Bus Stationbus 976
18h 39mBus, bus to Kerry Airport, fly to Glasgow Airport
- Take the bus from Tarbert to Newcastle Westbus
- Take the bus from Newcastle West to Kerry Airportbus
- Fly from Kerry Airport (KIR) to Glasgow Airport (GLA)plane KIR - GLA
- Take the bus from Glasgow Airport to Oban Bus Stationbus
11h 25m£81–193Bus, bus to Dublin Airport, fly to Glasgow Airport
- Take the bus from Tarbert to Harvey's Quaybus
- Take the bus from Limerick Arthurs Qy to Terminal 1 Zone 2bus
- Fly from Dublin Airport (DUB) to Glasgow Airport (GLA)plane DUB - GLA
- Take the bus from Glasgow Airport to Oban Bus Stationbus
11h 31m£69–173Bus, bus to Cork Airport, fly to Glasgow Airport
- Take the bus from Tarbert to Harvey's Quaybus
- Take the bus from Henry Street to Cork Airportbus
- Fly from Cork Airport (ORK) to Glasgow Airport (GLA)plane ORK - GLA
- Take the bus from Glasgow Airport to Oban Bus Stationbus
11h 24m£84–206Bus, bus to Cork Airport, fly to Edinburgh Airport
- Take the bus from Tarbert to Harvey's Quaybus
- Take the bus from Henry Street to Cork Airportbus
- Fly from Cork Airport (ORK) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane ORK - EDI
- Take the bus from Edinburgh Airport to Oban Bus Stationbus
12h 2m£65–241
Shannon Airport (SNN) to Glasgow Airport (GLA) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Tarbert to Oban is to bus and fly which costs £65 - £180 and takes 11h 31m.
The fastest way to get from Tarbert to Oban is to bus and fly which takes 10h 9m and costs £55 - £230.
No, there is no direct bus from Tarbert to Oban station. However, there are services departing from Tarbert and arriving at Bus Station via Limerick Arthurs Qy, Terminal 1 Zone 2, Belfast, Europa Buscentre and Buchanan Bus Station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 18h 38m.
The distance between Tarbert and Oban is 516 miles.
The best way to get from Tarbert to Oban without a car is to bus and bus and ferry which takes 18h 38m and costs .
It takes approximately 18h 38m to get from Tarbert to Oban, including transfers.
Tarbert to Oban bus services, operated by Bus Éireann, depart from Tarbert station.
Tarbert to Oban bus services, operated by Bus Éireann, arrive at Harvey's Quay station.
There are 574+ hotels available in Oban.
What companies run services between Tarbert, Ireland and Oban, Argyll and Bute, Scotland?
There is no direct connection from Tarbert to Oban. However, you can take the bus to Harvey's Quay, walk to Limerick Arthurs Qy, take the bus to Terminal 1 Zone 2, take the bus to Europa Bus Centre, walk to Belfast, Europa Buscentre, take the vehicle to Glasgow Buchanan, walk to Buchanan Bus Station, then take the bus to Bus Station. Alternatively, you can take a vehicle from Tarbert to Oban via Larne and Cairnryan in around 10h 35m.
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Shannon Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £21–130
Flights from Kerry Airport to Glasgow Airport via Dublin Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 58m
- When
- Saturday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- £40–130
Flights from Dublin Airport to Glasgow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £20–90
Flights from Cork Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £24–130
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Shannon Airport to Glasgow Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 22m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £55–260
Flights from Dublin Airport to Glasgow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £35–130
Flights from Cork Airport to Glasgow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £75–190
Flights from Cork Airport to Glasgow Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Thursday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £75–190
- Website
- aerlingus.com
Flights from Dublin Airport to Glasgow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £35–130
Flights from Cork Airport to Glasgow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £75–190
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Shannon Airport to Glasgow Airport via London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £45–150
Flights from Shannon Airport to Glasgow Airport via Birmingham
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- £45–150
Flights from Shannon Airport to Glasgow Airport via London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £45–150
Flights from Shannon Airport to Glasgow Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 40m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £60–310
Flights from Kerry Airport to Glasgow Airport via London Luton
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £40–130
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Shannon Airport to Glasgow Airport via London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £45–150
Flights from Cork Airport to Glasgow Airport via London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- £40–120
- Phone
- 0818 294 015
- Website
- irishrail.ie
Train from Dublin Connolly to Belfast Grand Central
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 8m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £13–19
- Website
- https://www.irishrail.ie/en-ie/
- Flexible
- £13–19
- Phone
- +44 28 9066 6630
- Website
- translink.co.uk
Train from Dublin Connolly to Belfast Grand Central
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 8m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £17–25
- Website
- https://www.translink.co.uk/
- Phone
- +353 1 836 6111
- Website
- buseireann.ie
Bus from Tarbert to Harvey's Quay
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 34m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- £7–11
- Website
- https://www.buseireann.ie/
- Phone
- +353 91 564 164
- info@citylink.ie
- Website
- citylink.ie
Bus from Limerick Arthurs Qy to Terminal 1 Zone 2
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 28m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- £16–23
- Website
- https://www.citylink.ie/
Bus from Henry Street to Cork Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £11–16
- Website
- https://www.citylink.ie/
- Phone
- +353 0 1 844 7118
- info@aircoach.ie
- Website
- aircoach.ie
Bus from Terminal 1 Zone 2 to Europa Bus Centre
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £12–18
- Website
- https://www.aircoach.ie/
- Phone
- +44 28 9066 6630
- Website
- translink.co.uk
Busferry from Belfast, Europa Buscentre to Glasgow Buchanan
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 5m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Website
- https://www.translink.co.uk/
Bus from Dublin Airport T1 to Grand Central Station Stand 11
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- https://www.translink.co.uk/
- Phone
- 0141 352 4444
- info@citylink.co.uk
- Website
- citylink.co.uk
Bus from Buchanan Bus Station to Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 3m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £18–35
- Website
- https://www.citylink.co.uk/
- Single
- £18–35
Bus from Glasgow Airport to Oban Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 42m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £26–40
- Website
- https://www.citylink.co.uk/
Bus from Edinburgh Airport to Oban Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 33m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £22–45
- Website
- https://www.citylink.co.uk/
- Single
- £22–45
- Phone
- +44 (0)131 510 4007
- ride@ember.to
- Website
- ember.to
Bus from Buchanan Bus Station to Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 46m
- 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 25m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- £11–16
- Website
- https://www.ember.to/
Bus from Edinburgh Airport to Oban Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 18m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- £13–19
- Website
- https://www.ember.to/
- Phone
- +353 1 879 8300
- Website
- transportforireland.ie
Bus from Limerick Arthurs Qy to Terminal 2 Zone 21
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 28m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Schedules at
- https://www.transportforireland.ie
- Phone
- +353 1 903 9508
- customerrelations@dublinexpress.ie
- Website
- dublinexpress.ie
Bus from Dublin Airport T1 to Grand Central Station Stand 11
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £18–120
- Website
- https://www.dublinexpress.ie/
- Phone
- +353 (0)1 465 9972
- info@dublincoach.ie
- Website
- dublincoach.ie
Bus from Limerick Arthurs Qy to Bachelors Walk
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £16–22
- Website
- https://www.dublincoach.ie/
- Single
- £16–22
- Phone
- 069 22311
- limerickclare@locallink.ie
- Website
- locallinklc.ie
Bus from Tarbert to Newcastle West
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- £4–7
- Website
- https://www.locallinklc.ie/
- Leap
- £4–5
- Cash
- £5–7
- Phone
- 0818 15 15 15
- Website
- expressway.ie
Bus from Newcastle West to Kerry Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- £11–16
- Website
- https://www.expressway.ie/
- Phone
- 01304 44 88 88
- customer.services@poferries.com
- Website
- poferries.com
Car ferry from Larne to Cairnryan
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £25–220
- Website
- https://www.poferries.com/en
- Passenger Standard
- £25–45
- Passenger Car
- £130–220
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