There are 12 ways to get from London Gatwick Airport (LGW) to Dunbar by plane, train, bus, rideshare, or car
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Fly London Gatwick Airport to Edinburgh Airport, train
best- Fly from London Gatwick Airport (LGW) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane LGW - EDI
- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to Dunbartrain
2h 49m£63–151Airport Transfer
cheapest- Take the rideshare from London Gatwick-LGW to Dunbar396.4 mi
7h 23m£16–21Train to London City Airport, fly to Edinburgh Airport, train
- Take the train from Gatwick Airport to London Bridgetrain
- Fly from London City Airport (LCY) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane LCY - EDI
- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to Dunbartrain
4h 30m£120–354Train via Newcastle upon Tyne
- Take the train from Gatwick Airport to London St Pancras Intltrain
- Take the train from King's Cross to Newcastletrain
- Take the train from Newcastle to Dunbartrain
5h 33m£135–234Bus
- Take the bus from South Terminal Coach Station to Heathrow Central Bus Stationbus Oxf
- Take the bus from Heathrow Central Bus Station to Edinburgh, Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Waterloo Place to High Streetbus X7
13h 22m£58–214Fly London Gatwick Airport to Glasgow Airport, train
- Fly from London Gatwick Airport (LGW) to Glasgow Airport (GLA)plane LGW - GLA
- Take the train from Glasgow Queen Street to Edinburgh Waverleytrain
- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to Dunbartrain
3h 39m£56–181Train to London Heathrow Airport, fly to Edinburgh Airport, train
- Take the train from Gatwick Airport to Farringdontrain
- Fly from London Heathrow Airport (LHR) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane LHR - EDI
- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to Dunbartrain
5h 7m£103–321Train to Luton Airport, fly to Edinburgh Airport, train
- Take the train from Gatwick Airport to Luton Airport Parkwaytrain
- Fly from Luton Airport (LTN) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane LTN - EDI
- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to Dunbartrain
5h 1m£79–220Train to London Stansted Airport, fly to Edinburgh Airport, train
- Take the train from Gatwick Airport to London Victoriatrain
- Fly from London Stansted Airport (STN) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane STN - EDI
- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to Dunbartrain
5h 16m£77–231Train
- Take the train from Gatwick Airport to Stevenagetrain Brighton - Cambridge / ...
- Take the train from Stevenage to Dunbartrain London Kings Cross - Edinburgh
6h 2m£139–216Train #2
- Take the train from Gatwick Airport to Readingtrain Gatwick Airport - Reading / ...
- Take the train from Reading to Dunbartrain Bournemouth - Edinburgh / ...
9h£244–363Drive 396.4 mi
- Drive from London Gatwick Airport (LGW) to Dunbarcar 396.4 mi
7h 23m£96–139
London Gatwick Airport (LGW) to Dunbar by train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from London Gatwick Airport (LGW) to Dunbar is to Airport Transfer which costs £16 - £21 and takes 7h 23m.
The fastest way to get from London Gatwick Airport (LGW) to Dunbar is to fly and train which takes 2h 49m and costs £60 - £160.
No, there is no direct bus from London Gatwick Airport (LGW) station to Dunbar. However, there are services departing from South Terminal Coach Station and arriving at High Street via Heathrow Central Bus Station and Waterloo Place. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 13h 22m.
No, there is no direct train from London Gatwick Airport (LGW) to Dunbar. However, there are services departing from Gatwick Airport and arriving at Dunbar via King's Cross and Newcastle. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 5h 33m.
The distance between London Gatwick Airport (LGW) and Dunbar is 394 miles. The road distance is 398.7 miles.
The best way to get from London Gatwick Airport (LGW) to Dunbar without a car is to train via Newcastle upon Tyne which takes 5h 33m and costs £130 - £240.
It takes approximately 2h 49m to get from London Gatwick Airport (LGW) to Dunbar, including transfers.
London Gatwick Airport (LGW) to Dunbar bus services, operated by Oxford Bus Company, depart from South Terminal Coach Station.
London Gatwick Airport (LGW) to Dunbar train services, operated by Thameslink, depart from Gatwick Airport station.
The best way to get from London Gatwick Airport (LGW) to Dunbar is to train via Newcastle upon Tyne which takes 5h 33m and costs £130 - £240. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs £55 - £220 and takes 13h 22m.
What companies run services between London Gatwick Airport (LGW), England and Dunbar, Scotland?
You can take a train from Gatwick Airport to Dunbar via London St Pancras International, King's Cross, and Newcastle in around 5h 33m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from South Terminal Coach Station to High Street via Heathrow Central Bus Station, Edinburgh, Bus Station, and Waterloo Place in around 13h 22m.
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 29m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £40–120
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Belfast (Aldergrove)
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- £40–120
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Glasgow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £35–110
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Glasgow Airport via Belfast (Aldergrove)
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 22m
- When
- Thursday, Saturday, Sunday, and Monday
- Estimated price
- £35–110
Flights from Luton Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 18m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £23–120
Flights from Luton Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Belfast City
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- £23–120
Flights from Luton Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Belfast (Aldergrove)
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £23–120
Flights from London Stansted Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 19m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £23–110
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from London City Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 18m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £75–230
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Glasgow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £45–190
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £55–220
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from London Stansted Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £20–95
Flights from London Stansted Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Belfast (Aldergrove)
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- £20–95
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 33m
- When
- Sunday and Monday
- Estimated price
- £40–110
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Glasgow Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- £40–110
Flights from London Stansted Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Thursday, Friday, Monday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £45–100
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Dunbar
- Ave. Duration
- 20 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- £9–14
- Website
- London North Eastern Railway Limited (LNER)
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Dunbar
- Ave. Duration
- 20 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- £9–14
- Website
- London North Eastern Railway Limited (LNER)
Train from King's Cross to Newcastle
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 38m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £90–130
- Website
- London North Eastern Railway Limited (LNER)
Train from Newcastle to Dunbar
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 3m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- £30–50
- Website
- London North Eastern Railway Limited (LNER)
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Dunbar
- Ave. Duration
- 20 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- £9–14
- Website
- London North Eastern Railway Limited (LNER)
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Dunbar
- Ave. Duration
- 20 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- £9–14
- Website
- London North Eastern Railway Limited (LNER)
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Dunbar
- Ave. Duration
- 20 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- £9–14
- Website
- London North Eastern Railway Limited (LNER)
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Dunbar
- Ave. Duration
- 20 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- £9–14
- Website
- London North Eastern Railway Limited (LNER)
Train from Stevenage to Dunbar
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- £110–160
- Website
- London North Eastern Railway Limited (LNER)
- Phone
- +44 3447 369 123
- [email protected]
- Website
- Cross Country
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Dunbar
- Ave. Duration
- 20 min
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- £15–22
- Website
- Cross Country
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Dunbar
- Ave. Duration
- 20 min
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- £15–22
- Website
- Cross Country
Train from Newcastle to Dunbar
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 7m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- £50–75
- Website
- Cross Country
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Dunbar
- Ave. Duration
- 20 min
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- £15–22
- Website
- Cross Country
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Dunbar
- Ave. Duration
- 20 min
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- £15–22
- Website
- Cross Country
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Dunbar
- Ave. Duration
- 20 min
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- £15–22
- Website
- Cross Country
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Dunbar
- Ave. Duration
- 20 min
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- £15–22
- Website
- Cross Country
Train from Reading to Dunbar
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 32m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £220–320
- Website
- Cross Country
- Phone
- +44 345 600 1671
- [email protected]
- Website
- TransPennine Express
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Dunbar
- Ave. Duration
- 24 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £10–18
- Website
- TransPennine Express
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Dunbar
- Ave. Duration
- 24 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £10–18
- Website
- TransPennine Express
Train from Newcastle to Dunbar
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £30–60
- Website
- TransPennine Express
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Dunbar
- Ave. Duration
- 24 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £10–18
- Website
- TransPennine Express
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Dunbar
- Ave. Duration
- 24 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £10–18
- Website
- TransPennine Express
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Dunbar
- Ave. Duration
- 24 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £10–18
- Website
- TransPennine Express
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Dunbar
- Ave. Duration
- 24 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £10–18
- Website
- TransPennine Express
- Phone
- +44 (0)344 811 0141
- Website
- ScotRail
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Dunbar
- Ave. Duration
- 30 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- £12–23
- Website
- ScotRail
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Dunbar
- Ave. Duration
- 30 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- £12–23
- Website
- ScotRail
Train from Glasgow Queen Street to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- £20–40
- Website
- ScotRail
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Dunbar
- Ave. Duration
- 30 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- £12–23
- Website
- ScotRail
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Dunbar
- Ave. Duration
- 30 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- £12–23
- Website
- ScotRail
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Dunbar
- Ave. Duration
- 30 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- £12–23
- Website
- ScotRail
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Dunbar
- Ave. Duration
- 30 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- £12–23
- Website
- ScotRail
- Phone
- +44 (0)345 026 4700
- Website
- Thameslink
Train from Gatwick Airport to London Bridge
- Ave. Duration
- 28 min
- Frequency
- Every 10 minutes
- Estimated price
- £13–26
- Website
- Thameslink
Train from Gatwick Airport to London St Pancras Intl
- Ave. Duration
- 44 min
- Frequency
- Every 10 minutes
- Estimated price
- £14–29
- Website
- Thameslink
Train from Gatwick Airport to Farringdon
- Ave. Duration
- 39 min
- Frequency
- Every 10 minutes
- Estimated price
- £14–28
- Website
- Thameslink
Train from Gatwick Airport to Luton Airport Parkway
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 16m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- £29–60
- Website
- Thameslink
Train from Gatwick Airport to Stevenage
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 12m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- £28–60
- Website
- Thameslink
- Phone
- +44 (0)3457 282930
- Website
- Southern
Train from Gatwick Airport to London Bridge
- Ave. Duration
- 32 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £13–27
- Website
- Southern
Train from Gatwick Airport to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 32 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- £13–27
- Website
- Southern
- Phone
- 0800 031 8542
- [email protected].
- Website
- Lumo
Train from Glasgow Queen Street to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 49 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- £8–16
- Website
- Lumo
- Phone
- +44 330 060 0500
- [email protected]
- Website
- Caledonian Sleeper
Train from Glasgow Queen Street to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 59 min
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- £15–24
- Website
- Caledonian Sleeper
- Phone
- +44 345 850 1530
- Website
- Gatwick Express
Train from Gatwick Airport to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 31 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- £18–30
- Website
- Gatwick Express
- Phone
- +44 (0)345 7000 125
- [email protected]
- Website
- Great Western Railway (GWR)
Train from Gatwick Airport to Reading
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 28m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £23–45
- Website
- Great Western Railway (GWR)
- Phone
- +44 1865 785400
- [email protected]
- Website
- Oxford Bus Company
Bus from South Terminal Coach Station to Heathrow Central Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £8–12
- Website
- Oxford Bus Company
- Phone
- +44 (0)3717 81 81 81
- Website
- National Express
Bus from South Terminal Coach Station to Heathrow Central Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- £7–18
- Website
- National Express
Bus from Heathrow Central Bus Station to Edinburgh, Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 10m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £75–190
- Website
- National Express
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- [email protected]
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Heathrow Central Bus Station to Edinburgh, Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 55m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £45–75
- Website
- Flixbus
- [email protected]
- Website
- East Coast Buses
Bus from Waterloo Place to High Street
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 12m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- £5–6
- Website
- East Coast Buses
- Website
- https://www.mozio.com
Rideshare from London Gatwick-LGW to Dunbar
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 23m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- £16–21
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More Questions & Answers
London Gatwick Airport (LGW) to Dunbar bus services, operated by Oxford Bus Company, arrive at Heathrow Central Bus Station.
London Gatwick Airport (LGW) to Dunbar train services, operated by Thameslink, arrive at London St Pancras Intl station.
Yes, the driving distance between London Gatwick Airport (LGW) to Dunbar is 399 miles. It takes approximately 7h 23m to drive from London Gatwick Airport (LGW) to Dunbar.
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