There are 6 ways to get from Oxford to Melbourne by train or plane
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Train to Birmingham Airport, fly to Melbourne Airport
best- Take the train from Oxford to Birmingham Internationaltrain
- Fly from Birmingham Airport (BHX) to Melbourne Airport (MEL)plane BHX - MEL
25h 34m$1,031–1,905Train, train to London Gatwick Airport, fly to Melbourne Airport
cheapest- Take the train from Oxford to Readingtrain
- Take the train from Reading to Gatwick Airporttrain
- Fly from London Gatwick Airport (LGW) to Melbourne Airport (MEL)plane LGW - MEL
26h 11m$740–1,542Train to London Heathrow Airport, fly to Melbourne Airport
- Take the train from Oxford to London Paddingtontrain
- Fly from London Heathrow Airport (LHR) to Melbourne Airport (MEL)plane LHR - MEL
25h 32m$750–1,778Train to London City Airport, fly to Melbourne Airport
- Take the train from Oxford to London Paddingtontrain
- Fly from London City Airport (LCY) to Melbourne Airport (MEL)plane LCY - MEL
28h 42m$1,796–3,262Train to Manchester Airport, fly to Melbourne Airport
- Take the train from Oxford to Manchester Piccadillytrain
- Fly from Manchester Airport (MAN) to Melbourne Airport (MEL)plane MAN - MEL
27h 51m$1,011–1,928Train, train to London Gatwick Airport, fly to Avalon Airport
- Take the train from Oxford to Readingtrain
- Take the train from Reading to Gatwick Airporttrain
- Fly from London Gatwick Airport (LGW) to Avalon Airport (AVV)plane LGW - AVV
- Take the train from Lara Station to Southern Cross Stationtrain
36h 19m$1,074–2,726
Birmingham Airport (BHX) to Melbourne Airport (MEL) flights
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Oxford to Melbourne is to train and fly which costs $700 - $1,600 and takes 26h 11m.
The fastest way to get from Oxford to Melbourne is to train and fly which takes 25h 32m and costs $750 - $1,800.
The distance between Oxford and Melbourne is 17081 km.
It takes approximately 25h 34m to get from Oxford to Melbourne, including transfers.
Melbourne is 10h ahead of Oxford. It is currently 4:05 PM in Oxford and 2:05 AM in Melbourne.
There are 5346+ hotels available in Melbourne.
What companies run services between Oxford, England and Melbourne, VIC, Australia?
There is no direct connection from Oxford to Melbourne. However, you can take the train to Birmingham International, walk to Birmingham Intl Rail Station, take the vehicle to Birmingham International Airport, walk to Birmingham Airport (BHX) airport, fly to Melbourne Airport (MEL), walk to Melbourne Airport T1 Skybus/Arrival Dr, then take the bus to Skybus Coach Terminal. Alternatively, you can take the train to London Paddington, take the train to Heathrow Terminals 2 & 3, walk to London Heathrow Airport (LHR) airport, fly to Melbourne Airport (MEL), walk to Melbourne Airport T1 Skybus/Arrival Dr, then take the bus to Skybus Coach Terminal.
- Website
- qantas.com
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Melbourne Airport via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $950–2,900
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Melbourne Airport via Dubai, Sydney
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,000–3,100
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Melbourne Airport via Perth
- Ave. Duration
- 22h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,200–4,000
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Melbourne Airport via Singapore Changi
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,200–3,900
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Avalon Airport via Suvarnabhumi, Sydney
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,000–4,400
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Avalon Airport via Suvarnabhumi, Brisbane
- Ave. Duration
- 31h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $1,100–4,500
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Avalon Airport via Shanghai Pudong, Adelaide
- Ave. Duration
- 33h 15m
- When
- Wednesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $1,000–2,600
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Avalon Airport via Phuket, Sydney
- Ave. Duration
- 38h 15m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $650–3,300
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Avalon Airport via Singapore Changi, Adelaide
- Ave. Duration
- 38h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $1,200–7,000
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Avalon Airport via Guangzhou Baiyun, Adelaide
- Ave. Duration
- 40h 25m
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $900–3,000
- Website
- singaporeair.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Melbourne Airport via Singapore Changi
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $900–5,000
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Melbourne Airport via Singapore Changi
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $750–4,300
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Melbourne Airport via Singapore Changi, Adelaide
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 20m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $750–4,300
Flights from London City Airport to Melbourne Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Singapore Changi
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 17m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- $1,100–6,500
Flights from Manchester Airport to Melbourne Airport via Singapore Changi
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $750–4,300
Flights from Manchester Airport to Melbourne Airport via Singapore Changi, Adelaide
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 35m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $750–4,300
- Website
- jetstar.com
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Avalon Airport via Suvarnabhumi, Sydney
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,000–4,400
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Avalon Airport via Suvarnabhumi, Brisbane
- Ave. Duration
- 31h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $1,100–4,500
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Avalon Airport via Shanghai Pudong, Adelaide
- Ave. Duration
- 33h 15m
- When
- Wednesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $1,000–2,600
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Avalon Airport via Phuket, Sydney
- Ave. Duration
- 38h 15m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $650–3,300
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Avalon Airport via Singapore Changi, Adelaide
- Ave. Duration
- 38h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $1,200–7,000
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Avalon Airport via Guangzhou Baiyun, Adelaide
- Ave. Duration
- 40h 25m
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $900–3,000
- Website
- virginaustralia.com
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Melbourne Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $850–2,400
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Melbourne Airport via Doha, Adelaide
- Ave. Duration
- 24h
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $850–2,400
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Melbourne Airport via Doha, Sydney
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 55m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $900–2,600
Flights from London City Airport to Melbourne Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Singapore Changi
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 35m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- $1,100–3,800
- Website
- emirates.com
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Melbourne Airport via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $950–2,900
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Melbourne Airport via Dubai, Sydney
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,000–3,100
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Avalon Airport via Suvarnabhumi, Sydney
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,000–4,400
- Website
- thaiairways.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Melbourne Airport via Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,100–2,700
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Melbourne Airport via Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 10m
- When
- Tuesday, Sunday, Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $430–2,800
Flights from Manchester Airport to Melbourne Airport via Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 5m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $430–2,100
- Website
- qatarairways.com
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Melbourne Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $850–2,400
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Melbourne Airport via Doha, Adelaide
- Ave. Duration
- 24h
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $850–2,400
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Melbourne Airport via Doha, Sydney
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 55m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $900–2,600
- Website
- malaysiaairlines.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Melbourne Airport via Kuala Lumpur
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $950–3,300
Flights from London City Airport to Melbourne Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Kuala Lumpur
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 15m
- When
- Wednesday to Friday
- Estimated price
- $1,100–3,800
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from London City Airport to Melbourne Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Singapore Changi
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 10m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- $1,100–3,800
Flights from London City Airport to Melbourne Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Kuala Lumpur
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 12m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- $1,100–3,800
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Melbourne Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 10m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $850–2,400
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Melbourne Airport via Kuala Lumpur
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 30m
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $750–3,200
- Website
- flyroyalbrunei.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Melbourne Airport via Bandar Seri Begawan
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 45m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $800–1,400
- Website
- csair.com
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Melbourne Airport via Guangzhou Baiyun
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $600–2,000
- Website
- cathaypacific.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Melbourne Airport via Hong Kong
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $850–2,600
- Website
- juneyaoair.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Melbourne Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 33h 55m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $700–1,900
- Phone
- +44 3447 369 123
- [email protected]
- Website
- Cross Country
Train from Oxford to Birmingham International
- Ave. Duration
- 59 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $50–80
- Website
- Cross Country
Train from Oxford to Reading
- Ave. Duration
- 23 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $23–35
- Website
- Cross Country
Train from Oxford to Manchester Piccadilly
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 49m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $120–190
- Website
- Cross Country
Train from Oxford to Reading
- Ave. Duration
- 23 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $23–35
- Website
- Cross Country
- Phone
- +44 (0)345 7000 125
- [email protected]
- Website
- Great Western Railway (GWR)
Train from Oxford to London Paddington
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $50–90
- Website
- Great Western Railway (GWR)
Train from Oxford to Reading
- Ave. Duration
- 24 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $22–40
- Website
- Great Western Railway (GWR)
Train from Reading to Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 31m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $40–75
- Website
- Great Western Railway (GWR)
Train from Oxford to London Paddington
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $50–90
- Website
- Great Western Railway (GWR)
Train from Oxford to Reading
- Ave. Duration
- 24 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $22–40
- Website
- Great Western Railway (GWR)
Train from Reading to Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 31m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $40–75
- Website
- Great Western Railway (GWR)
- Phone
- 1800 800 007
- Website
- V-Line
Train from Lara Station to Southern Cross Station
- Ave. Duration
- 51 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $6
- Website
- V-Line
- Off Peak
- $6
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