There are 5 ways to get from Washington to Oban by plane, bus, train, or subway
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Fly Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to Glasgow Airport, bus
best- Fly from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA) to Glasgow Airport (GLA)plane DCA - GLA
- Take the bus from Glasgow Airport to Oban Bus Stationbus
13h 13m£315–1,312Subway to Washington Dulles International Airport, fly to Glasgow Airport, bus
cheapest- Take the subway from Farragut West, Blue/Orange/Silver Line Track 2 Platform to Washington Dulles International Airport, Silver Line Center Platformsubway
- Fly from Washington Dulles International Airport (IAD) to Glasgow Airport (GLA)plane IAD - GLA
- Take the bus from Glasgow Airport to Oban Bus Stationbus
15h 40m£256–877Fly Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to Edinburgh Airport, bus, train
- Fly from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane DCA - EDI
- Take the bus from Airport to Buchanan Bus Stationbus
- Take the train from Glasgow Queen Street Low Level to Obantrain
14h 17m£446–1,494Subway to Washington Dulles International Airport, fly to Edinburgh Airport, bus, train
- Take the subway from Farragut West, Blue/Orange/Silver Line Track 2 Platform to Washington Dulles International Airport, Silver Line Center Platformsubway
- Fly from Washington Dulles International Airport (IAD) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane IAD - EDI
- Take the bus from Airport to Buchanan Bus Stationbus
- Take the train from Glasgow Queen Street Low Level to Obantrain
15h 30m£301–794Train to Baltimore-Washington International Airport, fly to Edinburgh Airport, bus, train
- Take the train from Washington Union Station to BWI Thurgood Marshalltrain
- Fly from Baltimore-Washington International Airport (BWI) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane BWI - EDI
- Take the bus from Airport to Buchanan Bus Stationbus
- Take the train from Glasgow Queen Street Low Level to Obantrain
16h 36m£311–1,199
Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA) to Glasgow Airport (GLA) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Washington to Oban is to subway and fly and bus which costs £250 - £900 and takes 15h 40m.
The fastest way to get from Washington to Oban is to fly and bus which takes 13h 13m and costs £310 - £1,400.
The distance between Washington and Oban is 3527 miles.
It takes approximately 13h 13m to get from Washington to Oban, including transfers.
Oban is 5h ahead of Washington. It is currently 12:58 AM in Washington and 5:58 AM in Oban.
There are 537+ hotels available in Oban.
What companies run services between Washington, DC, USA and Oban, Argyll and Bute, Scotland?
There is no direct connection from Washington to Oban. However, you can fly to Glasgow Airport (GLA), walk to Glasgow Airport, then take the bus to Oban Bus Station. Alternatively, you can fly to Edinburgh Airport (EDI), walk to Airport, take the bus to Buchanan Bus Station, walk to Glasgow Queen Street Low Level, then take the train to Oban.
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to Glasgow Airport via Boston, Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 45m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £360–1,600
Flights from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to Glasgow Airport via Philadelphia, Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 56m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £360–1,600
Flights from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Philadelphia
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 56m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £260–1,100
Flights from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to Edinburgh Airport via New York JFK
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £270–1,100
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Glasgow Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £180–800
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Glasgow Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 58m
- When
- Monday and Tuesday
- Estimated price
- £160–650
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £180–800
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 10m
- When
- Thursday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- £160–650
Flights from Baltimore-Washington International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 55m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- £180–700
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Boston
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 59m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- £260–1,100
Flights from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to Edinburgh Airport via New York JFK
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £270–1,100
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Glasgow Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 11h
- When
- Friday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £160–700
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £160–700
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £170–700
Flights from Baltimore-Washington International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Boston
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £150–650
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to Glasgow Airport via Newark
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £260–1,100
Flights from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Montreal
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 30m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- £270–1,100
Flights from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Newark
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £260–1,100
Flights from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 40m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £280–1,200
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Glasgow Airport via Newark
- Ave. Duration
- 12h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £130–600
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £130–600
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Philadelphia
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 56m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £260–1,100
Flights from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to Edinburgh Airport via New York JFK
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £270–1,100
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Glasgow Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 10h
- When
- Monday and Tuesday
- Estimated price
- £160–650
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 5m
- When
- Thursday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- £160–650
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to Edinburgh Airport via New York JFK
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £270–1,100
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Glasgow Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 11h
- When
- Friday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £160–700
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £170–700
Flights from Baltimore-Washington International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Boston
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £150–650
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to Edinburgh Airport via New York JFK
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £270–1,100
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Glasgow Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 11h
- When
- Friday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £160–700
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £160–700
Flights from Baltimore-Washington International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Boston
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £150–650
- Website
- aerlingus.com
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Glasgow Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £180–800
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £180–800
- Website
- aircanada.com
Flights from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Montreal
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 30m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- £270–1,100
Flights from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 40m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £280–1,200
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £130–600
- Website
- icelandair.com
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Glasgow Airport via Reykjavik Keflavik Nas
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 55m
- When
- Tuesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- £190–700
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Reykjavik Keflavik Nas
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 50m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £240–650
Flights from Baltimore-Washington International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Reykjavik Keflavik Nas
- Ave. Duration
- 9h
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £340–700
- Website
- jetblue.com
Flights from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Boston
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 50m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- £260–1,100
Flights from Baltimore-Washington International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Boston
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 45m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- £150–650
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Glasgow Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £180–750
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £130–600
- Website
- westjet.com
Flights from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to Glasgow Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 50m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £360–1,500
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Baltimore-Washington International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Reykjavik Keflavik Nas
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 10m
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £340–700
- Phone
- +44 344 811 0141
- Website
- scotrail.co.uk
Train from Glasgow Queen Street Low Level to Oban
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 56m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £40–75
- Website
- https://www.scotrail.co.uk/
- Phone
- +1 202 466 3876
- Website
- wmata.com
Subway from Farragut West, Blue/Orange/Silver Line Track 2 Platform to Washington Dulles International Airport, Silver Line Center Platform
- Ave. Duration
- 47 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- £1–6
- Website
- https://www.wmata.com
- standard fare after 9:30 p.m
- £1–2
- standard fare 5 a.m - 9:30 p.m.
- £4–6
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak Northeast Regional
Contact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- amtrak.com
Train from Washington Union Station to BWI Thurgood Marshall
- Ave. Duration
- 24 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £3–150
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home
- Schedules at
- https://www.amtrak.com/northeast-regional-train
- Coach
- £3–150
- Business Class
- £30–170
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak
Contact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- amtrak.com
Train from Washington Union Station to BWI Thurgood Marshall
- Ave. Duration
- 38 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £5–13
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
- Phone
- 1-866-743-3682
- Website
- mta.maryland.gov
Train from Washington Union Station to BWI Thurgood Marshall
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £1–7
- Website
- https://www.mta.maryland.gov
- Standard Fare
- £1–7
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak Acela
Contact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- amtrak.com
Train from Washington Union Station to BWI Thurgood Marshall
- Ave. Duration
- 20 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- £5–420
- Schedules at
- https://www.amtrak.com/acela-train
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
- Business Class
- £5–330
- First Class
- £75–420
- Phone
- +44 (0)131 510 4007
- ride@ember.to
- Website
- ember.to
Bus from Glasgow Airport to Oban Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 23m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- £11–16
- Website
- https://www.ember.to/
- Phone
- 0141 352 4444
- info@citylink.co.uk
- Website
- citylink.co.uk
Bus from Glasgow Airport to Oban Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 42m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £14–21
- Website
- https://www.citylink.co.uk/
Bus from Airport to Buchanan Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 2m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £9–13
- Website
- https://www.citylink.co.uk/
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