There are 7 ways to get from Queenstown to Oban by plane, bus, or train
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Fly Queenstown Airport to Glasgow Airport, bus
best- Fly from Queenstown Airport (ZQN) to Glasgow Airport (GLA)plane ZQN - GLA
- Take the bus from Glasgow Airport to Oban Bus Stationbus
35h 39m£730–2,044Bus to Invercargill, fly to Edinburgh Airport, bus
cheapest- Take the bus from Queenstown to Invercargillbus
- Fly from Invercargill (IVC) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane IVC - EDI
- Take the bus from Edinburgh Airport to Oban Bus Stationbus
41h 28m£536–1,778Fly Queenstown Airport to Edinburgh Airport, bus
- Fly from Queenstown Airport (ZQN) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane ZQN - EDI
- Take the bus from Edinburgh Airport to Oban Bus Stationbus
37h 32m£676–1,549Fly Queenstown Airport to Newcastle, train
- Fly from Queenstown Airport (ZQN) to Newcastle (NCL)plane ZQN - NCL
- Take the train from Newcastle to Edinburgh Waverleytrain
- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to Glasgow Queen Streettrain
- Take the train from Glasgow Queen Street to Obantrain
38h 52m£844–2,418Fly Queenstown Airport to Manchester Airport, train
- Fly from Queenstown Airport (ZQN) to Manchester Airport (MAN)plane ZQN - MAN
- Take the train from Manchester Airport to Prestontrain
- Take the train from Preston to Glasgow Centraltrain
- Take the train from Glasgow Queen Street to Obantrain
39h 13m£569–1,435Bus to Dunedin, fly to Edinburgh Airport, bus
- Take the bus from Queenstown to Dunedin Airportbus
- Fly from Dunedin (DUD) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane DUD - EDI
- Take the bus from Edinburgh Airport to Oban Bus Stationbus
38h 58m£680–2,267Fly Queenstown Airport to Inverness Dalcross Airport, bus
- Fly from Queenstown Airport (ZQN) to Inverness Dalcross Airport (INV)plane ZQN - INV
- Take the bus from Inverness Union Street to Oban Bus Stationbus
40h 17m£620–1,630
Queenstown Airport (ZQN) to Glasgow Airport (GLA) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Queenstown to Oban is to fly and train which costs £550 - £1,500 and takes 39h 13m.
The fastest way to get from Queenstown to Oban is to fly and bus which takes 35h 39m and costs £700 - £2,100.
The distance between Queenstown and Oban is 11792 miles.
It takes approximately 35h 39m to get from Queenstown to Oban, including transfers.
Oban is 11h behind Queenstown. It is currently 1:38 PM in Queenstown and 2:38 AM in Oban.
There are 577+ hotels available in Oban.
What companies run services between Queenstown, New Zealand and Oban, Argyll and Bute, Scotland?
There is no direct connection from Queenstown to Oban. However, you can take the line 1 bus to Airport, walk to Queenstown Airport (ZQN) airport, fly to Glasgow Airport (GLA), walk to Glasgow Airport, then take the bus to Oban Bus Station. Alternatively, you can take the line 1 bus to Airport, walk to Queenstown Airport (ZQN) airport, fly to Edinburgh Airport (EDI), walk to Edinburgh Airport, then take the bus to Oban Bus Station.
- Website
- emirates.com
Flights from Queenstown Airport to Glasgow Airport via Sydney, Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £700–2,000
Flights from Queenstown Airport to Glasgow Airport via Brisbane, Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 35m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £700–2,000
Flights from Queenstown Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Sydney, Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 37h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £700–2,000
Flights from Queenstown Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Brisbane, Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 38h 35m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £700–2,000
Flights from Queenstown Airport to Newcastle via Sydney, Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £750–2,200
Flights from Queenstown Airport to Newcastle via Brisbane, Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 30h
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £750–2,200
Flights from Queenstown Airport to Manchester Airport via Sydney, Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £650–1,900
Flights from Queenstown Airport to Manchester Airport via Brisbane, Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 55m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £700–2,000
- Website
- qantas.com
Flights from Queenstown Airport to Glasgow Airport via Sydney, Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £700–2,000
Flights from Queenstown Airport to Glasgow Airport via Brisbane, Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 35m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £700–2,000
Flights from Queenstown Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Sydney, Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 37h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £700–2,000
Flights from Queenstown Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Brisbane, Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 38h 35m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £700–2,000
Flights from Queenstown Airport to Newcastle via Sydney, Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £750–2,200
Flights from Queenstown Airport to Newcastle via Brisbane, Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 30h
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £750–2,200
Flights from Queenstown Airport to Manchester Airport via Sydney, Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £650–1,900
Flights from Queenstown Airport to Manchester Airport via Brisbane, Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 55m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £700–2,000
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Queenstown Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Sydney, Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 32h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £650–1,700
Flights from Queenstown Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Brisbane, Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 32h 10m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £650–1,800
Flights from Queenstown Airport to Manchester Airport via Sydney, Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £600–1,700
Flights from Dunedin to Edinburgh Airport via Auckland, New York JFK
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 20m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £650–2,300
Flights from Invercargill to Edinburgh Airport via Auckland, New York JFK
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 5m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- £500–1,800
Flights from Invercargill to Edinburgh Airport via Christchurch, San Francisco, London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 36h 25m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £500–1,800
- Website
- qatarairways.com
Flights from Queenstown Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Brisbane, Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £650–1,800
Flights from Queenstown Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Sydney, Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £650–1,700
Flights from Queenstown Airport to Manchester Airport via Brisbane, Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 30m
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £600–1,700
Flights from Queenstown Airport to Manchester Airport via Sydney, Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £600–1,700
Flights from Invercargill to Edinburgh Airport via Christchurch, San Francisco, London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 36h 25m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £500–1,800
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Queenstown Airport to Inverness Dalcross Airport via Brisbane, Doha, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 40h 25m
- When
- Saturday, Sunday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday
- Estimated price
- £850–2,300
Flights from Queenstown Airport to Inverness Dalcross Airport via Sydney, Abu Dhabi, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 38h
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Saturday, Sunday, and Tuesday
- Estimated price
- £600–1,600
Flights from Queenstown Airport to Inverness Dalcross Airport via Sydney, Doha, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 41h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £850–2,300
- Website
- virginaustralia.com
Flights from Queenstown Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Brisbane, Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £650–1,800
Flights from Queenstown Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Sydney, Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £650–1,700
Flights from Queenstown Airport to Manchester Airport via Brisbane, Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 30m
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £600–1,700
Flights from Queenstown Airport to Manchester Airport via Sydney, Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £600–1,700
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from Dunedin to Edinburgh Airport via Auckland, New York JFK
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 20m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £650–2,300
Flights from Invercargill to Edinburgh Airport via Auckland, New York JFK
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 5m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- £500–1,800
Flights from Invercargill to Edinburgh Airport via Christchurch, San Francisco, London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 36h 25m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £500–1,800
- Website
- icelandair.com
Flights from Dunedin to Edinburgh Airport via Auckland, Vancouver, Reykjavik Keflavik Nas
- Ave. Duration
- 33h 10m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £650–2,200
Flights from Invercargill to Edinburgh Airport via Auckland, Vancouver, Reykjavik Keflavik Nas
- Ave. Duration
- 35h 55m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- £490–1,700
- Website
- etihad.com
Flights from Queenstown Airport to Manchester Airport via Sydney, Abu Dhabi
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 40m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £450–1,200
Train from Newcastle to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 24m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £40–60
- Website
- London North Eastern Railway Limited (LNER)
- Phone
- +44 3447 369 123
- [email protected]
- Website
- Cross Country
Train from Newcastle to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £65–95
- Website
- Cross Country
- Phone
- +44 345 600 1671
- [email protected]
- Website
- TransPennine Express
Train from Newcastle to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 46m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £40–75
- Website
- TransPennine Express
Train from Manchester Airport to Preston
- Ave. Duration
- 53 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £14–25
- Website
- TransPennine Express
Train from Preston to Glasgow Central
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 36m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £65–120
- Website
- TransPennine Express
- Phone
- +44 330 060 0500
- [email protected]
- Website
- Caledonian Sleeper
Train from Newcastle to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 43m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- £40–65
- Website
- Caledonian Sleeper
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Glasgow Queen Street
- Ave. Duration
- 57 min
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- £15–24
- Website
- Caledonian Sleeper
Train from Preston to Glasgow Central
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 28m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- £60–100
- Website
- Caledonian Sleeper
- Phone
- +44 (0)344 811 0141
- Website
- ScotRail
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Glasgow Queen Street
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- £20–40
- Website
- ScotRail
Train from Glasgow Queen Street to Oban
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- £40–75
- Website
- ScotRail
Train from Glasgow Queen Street to Oban
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- £40–75
- Website
- ScotRail
- Phone
- 0800 031 8542
- [email protected].
- Website
- Lumo
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Glasgow Queen Street
- Ave. Duration
- 53 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £8–16
- Website
- Lumo
- Phone
- +44 800 200 6060
- [email protected]
- Website
- Northern Trains Limited
Train from Manchester Airport to Preston
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 9m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £16–30
- Website
- Northern Trains Limited
- Phone
- +44 (0)345 528 0253
- Website
- Avanti West Coast
Train from Preston to Glasgow Central
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 19m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £65–120
- Website
- Avanti West Coast
- Phone
- +44 (0)131 510 4007
- [email protected]
- Website
- Ember
Bus from Glasgow Airport to Oban Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- £10–15
- Website
- Ember
Bus from Edinburgh Airport to Oban Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 18m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- £13–19
- Website
- Ember
Bus from Edinburgh Airport to Oban Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 18m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- £13–19
- Website
- Ember
Bus from Edinburgh Airport to Oban Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 18m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- £13–19
- Website
- Ember
Bus from Inverness Union Street to Oban Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- £12–18
- Website
- Ember
- Phone
- 0141 352 4444
- [email protected]
- Website
- Scottish Citylink Coaches Ltd
Bus from Glasgow Airport to Oban Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 42m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £26–40
- Website
- Scottish Citylink Coaches Ltd
Bus from Edinburgh Airport to Oban Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 33m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £22–45
- Website
- Scottish Citylink Coaches Ltd
- Single
- £22–45
Bus from Edinburgh Airport to Oban Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 33m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £22–45
- Website
- Scottish Citylink Coaches Ltd
- Single
- £22–45
Bus from Edinburgh Airport to Oban Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 33m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £22–45
- Website
- Scottish Citylink Coaches Ltd
- Single
- £22–45
- Phone
- +64 9 583 5780
- [email protected]
- Website
- InterCity
Bus from Queenstown to Dunedin Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 17m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £7–22
- Website
- InterCity
- Phone
- +64 274 497 994
- [email protected]
- Website
- catchabussouth.com
Bus from Queenstown to Invercargill
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £24–35
- Schedules at
- catchabussouth.com
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