There are 11 ways to get from Poole to Oban by train, plane, bus, or car
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Train to Southampton Airport, fly to Glasgow Airport, bus
best- Take the train from Poole to Southampton Airport Parkwaytrain
- Fly from Southampton Airport (SOU) to Glasgow Airport (GLA)plane SOU - GLA
- Take the bus from Glasgow Airport to Corran Hallsbus
6h 46m£59–204Fly Bournemouth Airport to Edinburgh Airport, bus
cheapest- Fly from Bournemouth Airport (BOH) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane BOH - EDI
- Take the bus from Edinburgh Airport to Corran Hallsbus
7h 46m£38–171Train via London
- Take the train from Poole to London Waterlootrain
- Take the train from London Euston to Glasgow Centraltrain
- Take the train from Glasgow Queen Street to Obantrain
11h 41m£168–357Bus
- Take the bus from Seldown Coach Station to Heathrow Terminal 5bus 035 / ...
- Take the bus from Heathrow Terminal 5 to Buchanan Bus Stationbus 802
- Take the bus from Buchanan Bus Station to Bus Stationbus 976
16h 8m£92–162Drive 523.4 mi
- Drive from Poole to Obancar 523.4 mi
9h 30m£129–187Train to Southampton Airport, fly to Edinburgh Airport, bus
- Take the train from Poole to Southampton Airport Parkwaytrain
- Fly from Southampton Airport (SOU) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane SOU - EDI
- Take the bus from Edinburgh Airport to Corran Hallsbus
8h 4m£101–227Train, train to Bristol Airport, fly to Glasgow Airport, bus
- Take the train from Poole to Southampton Centraltrain
- Take the train from Southampton Central to Bristol Temple Meadstrain
- Fly from Bristol Airport (BRS) to Glasgow Airport (GLA)plane BRS - GLA
- Take the bus from Glasgow Airport to Corran Hallsbus
9h 33m£82–199Train, train to London Heathrow Airport, fly to Glasgow Airport, bus
- Take the train from Bournemouth to Readingtrain
- Take the train from Reading to Hayes And Harlington Stationtrain
- Fly from London Heathrow Airport (LHR) to Glasgow Airport (GLA)plane LHR - GLA
- Take the bus from Glasgow Airport to Corran Hallsbus
9h 29m£114–395Train, train to Bristol Airport, fly to Edinburgh Airport, bus
- Take the train from Poole to Southampton Centraltrain
- Take the train from Southampton Central to Bristol Temple Meadstrain
- Fly from Bristol Airport (BRS) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane BRS - EDI
- Take the bus from Edinburgh Airport to Corran Hallsbus
10h 26m£87–217Train
- Take the train from Bournemouth to Glasgow Centraltrain Bournemouth - Glasgow Central
- Take the train from Glasgow Queen Street to Obantrain Glasgow Queen Street - Oban
15h 33m£278–433Train, bus
- Take the train from Poole to London Waterlootrain
- Take the bus from Finchley Road / O2 Centre to Buchanan Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Buchanan Bus Station to Bus Stationbus 976
16h 35m£100–179
Poole to Oban by train, subway, and foot
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Poole to Oban is to fly and bus which costs £35 - £180 and takes 7h 46m.
The fastest way to get from Poole to Oban is to train and fly and bus which takes 6h 46m and costs £55 - £210.
No, there is no direct bus from Poole station to Oban station. However, there are services departing from Seldown Coach Station and arriving at Bus Station via Heathrow Terminal 5 and Buchanan Bus Station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 16h 8m.
No, there is no direct train from Poole to Oban. However, there are services departing from Poole and arriving at Oban via Waterloo station, London Euston and Glasgow Queen Street. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 11h 41m.
The distance between Poole and Oban is 493 miles. The road distance is 526.4 miles.
The best way to get from Poole to Oban without a car is to train via London which takes 11h 41m and costs £160 - £360.
It takes approximately 6h 46m to get from Poole to Oban, including transfers.
Poole to Oban bus services, operated by National Express, depart from Seldown Coach Station.
Poole to Oban train services, operated by South Western Railway, depart from Poole station.
The best way to get from Poole to Oban is to train via London which takes 11h 41m and costs £160 - £360. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs £90 - £170 and takes 16h 8m.
What companies run services between Poole, England and Oban, Argyll and Bute, Scotland?
You can take a train from Poole to Oban via London Waterloo Station, Waterloo station, Euston station, London Euston, Glasgow Central, and Glasgow Queen Street in around 11h 41m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Seldown Coach Station to Bus Station via Heathrow Terminal 5 and Buchanan Bus Station in around 16h 8m.
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Southampton Airport to Glasgow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 21m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £30–150
Flights from Bristol Airport to Glasgow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 16m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £25–90
Flights from Bristol Airport to Glasgow Airport via Belfast (Aldergrove)
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 6m
- When
- Monday, Sunday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £25–90
Flights from Bristol Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £30–100
Flights from Bristol Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Belfast (Aldergrove)
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 18m
- When
- Sunday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- £30–100
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Southampton Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £100–220
Flights from Southampton Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Belfast City
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Sunday, Tuesday, and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- £70–180
Flights from Southampton Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £70–180
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Glasgow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £55–290
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Glasgow Airport via Derry
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £140–440
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Glasgow Airport via Belfast City
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Monday and Tuesday
- Estimated price
- £55–290
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Glasgow Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £100–260
- Website
- aerlingus.com
Flights from Southampton Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Belfast City
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Sunday, Tuesday, and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- £70–180
Flights from Southampton Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £70–180
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Glasgow Airport via Belfast City
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Monday and Tuesday
- Estimated price
- £55–290
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Glasgow Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £100–260
- Website
- loganair.co.uk
Flights from Southampton Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £100–220
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Glasgow Airport via Derry
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £140–440
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Bristol Airport to Glasgow Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Sunday and Monday
- Estimated price
- £45–100
Flights from Bristol Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Thursday and Tuesday
- Estimated price
- £45–110
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Southampton Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- £55–300
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Bournemouth Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £21–150
- Phone
- 0345 6000 650
- Website
- South Western Railway
Train from Poole to Southampton Airport Parkway
- Ave. Duration
- 59 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £14–30
- Website
- South Western Railway
Train from Poole to London Waterloo
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £40–90
- Website
- South Western Railway
Train from Poole to Southampton Airport Parkway
- Ave. Duration
- 59 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £14–30
- Website
- South Western Railway
Train from Poole to Southampton Central
- Ave. Duration
- 51 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £12–26
- Website
- South Western Railway
Train from Poole to Southampton Central
- Ave. Duration
- 51 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £12–26
- Website
- South Western Railway
Train from Poole to London Waterloo
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £40–90
- Website
- South Western Railway
- Phone
- +44 (0)345 528 0253
- Website
- Avanti West Coast
Train from London Euston to Glasgow Central
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 31m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £130–210
- Website
- Avanti West Coast
- Phone
- +44 330 060 0500
- Website
- Caledonian Sleeper
Train from London Euston to Glasgow Central
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 28m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- £90–130
- Website
- Caledonian Sleeper
- Phone
- +44 (0)344 811 0141
- Website
- ScotRail
Train from Glasgow Queen Street to Oban
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- £35–60
- Website
- ScotRail
Train from Glasgow Queen Street to Oban
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- £35–60
- Website
- ScotRail
- Phone
- +44 (0)345 7000 125
- [email protected]
- Website
- Great Western Railway (GWR)
Train from Southampton Central to Bristol Temple Meads
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 42m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £30–60
- Website
- Great Western Railway (GWR)
Train from Reading to Hayes And Harlington Station
- Ave. Duration
- 29 min
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- £10–19
- Website
- Great Western Railway (GWR)
Train from Southampton Central to Bristol Temple Meads
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 42m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £30–60
- Website
- Great Western Railway (GWR)
- Phone
- +44 3447 369 123
- [email protected]
- Website
- Cross Country
Train from Bournemouth to Reading
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 24m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £30–50
- Website
- Cross Country
Train from Bournemouth to Glasgow Central
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 33m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- £240–370
- Website
- Cross Country
- Phone
- 0343 222 1234
- Website
- Elizabeth Line (TfL)
Train from Reading to Hayes And Harlington Station
- Ave. Duration
- 36 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £19–40
- Website
- Elizabeth Line (TfL)
- Phone
- +44 (0)131 510 4007
- [email protected]
- Website
- Ember
Bus from Glasgow Airport to Corran Halls
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 27m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- £10–15
- Website
- Ember
Bus from Buchanan Bus Station to Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 46m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- £11–16
- Website
- Ember
Bus from Edinburgh Airport to Corran Halls
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- £12–18
- Website
- Ember
Bus from Edinburgh Airport to Corran Halls
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- £12–18
- Website
- Ember
Bus from Glasgow Airport to Corran Halls
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 27m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- £10–15
- Website
- Ember
Bus from Glasgow Airport to Corran Halls
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 27m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- £10–15
- Website
- Ember
Bus from Edinburgh Airport to Corran Halls
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- £12–18
- Website
- Ember
Bus from Buchanan Bus Station to Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 46m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- £11–16
- Website
- Ember
- Phone
- +44 (0)3717 81 81 81
- Website
- National Express
Bus from Seldown Coach Station to Heathrow Terminal 5
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- £15–26
- Website
- National Express
Bus from Heathrow Terminal 5 to Buchanan Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 45m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- £70–120
- Website
- National Express
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- [email protected]
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Seldown Coach Station to Heathrow Terminal 5
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £11–17
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Finchley Road / O2 Centre to Buchanan Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 10m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £45–75
- Website
- Flixbus
- Phone
- 0141 352 4444
- [email protected]
- Website
- Scottish Citylink Coaches Ltd
Bus from Buchanan Bus Station to Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 3m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- £18–35
- Website
- Scottish Citylink Coaches Ltd
- Single
- £18–35
Bus from Buchanan Bus Station to Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 3m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- £18–35
- Website
- Scottish Citylink Coaches Ltd
- Single
- £18–35
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Booking & Getting There
Poole to Oban bus services, operated by National Express, arrive at Heathrow Terminal 5 station.
Poole to Oban train services, operated by South Western Railway, arrive at London Waterloo station.
Yes, the driving distance between Poole to Oban is 526 miles. It takes approximately 9h 30m to drive from Poole to Oban.
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