There are 9 ways to get from Scotland to Ankara by plane, train, bus, night train, car, car train, busferry, or car ferry
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Fly from Edinburgh Airport
best- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Ankara Esenboğa International Airport (ESB)plane EDI - ESB
10h 1m₺6,752–19,752Train, bus, night train
- Take the train from Glasgow Central to London Eustontrain
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Miditrain Eil
- Take the train from Bruxelles Midi to Frankfurttrain 79
- Take the bus from Frankfurt to Bucharestbus
- Take the nighttrain from Bucharest to Halkalinighttrain
- Take the train from Istanbul(Halkali) to Ankara Gartrain Hst
2d 2h₺26,819–53,392Bus
- Take the bus from Buchanan Bus Station to London Victoriabus
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Bucharestbus
- Take the bus from București, Autogara Militari to İstanbul Esenler bus stationbus
- Take the bus from Istanbul Otogari to Ankarabus
2d 12h₺14,778–18,983Drive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Glasgow to Folkestonecar
- Take the cartrain from Folkestone to Calais-Fréthuncartrain
- Drive from Calais-Fréthun to Ankaracar
37h 30m₺42,894–59,117Fly from Aberdeen Airport
- Fly from Aberdeen Airport (ABZ) to Ankara Esenboğa International Airport (ESB)plane ABZ - ESB
10h 38m₺8,953–26,575Train, night train
- Take the train from Glasgow Central to London Eustontrain
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Miditrain Eil
- Take the nighttrain from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to Wien Hbfnighttrain Nj
- Take the train from Wien Hbf to Bucuresti Nordtrain 347
- Take the nighttrain from Bucharest to Halkalinighttrain
- Take the train from Istanbul(Halkali) to Ankara Gartrain Hst
2d 10h₺30,849–60,922Bus via Munich
- Take the bus from Buchanan Bus Station to London Victoriabus
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Munich central bus stationbus
- Take the bus from Munich to Istanbulbus
- Take the bus from Istanbul Otogari to Ankarabus
2d 19h₺13,870–21,975Train, bus and ferry, night train
- Take the train from Glasgow Central to Prestontrain
- Take the train from Preston to Manchester Piccadillytrain
- Take the busferry from Manchester Piccadilly to Bucharestbusferry
- Take the nighttrain from Bucharest to Halkalinighttrain
- Take the train from Istanbul(Halkali) to Ankara Gartrain Hst
3d 14h₺10,088–21,619Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Glasgow to Port of Dovercar
- Take the carferry from Port of Dover to Calaiscarferry
- Drive from Calais to Ankaracar
38h 38m₺35,889–54,402
Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Ankara Esenboğa International Airport (ESB) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Scotland to Ankara is to fly which costs 6.500 ₺ - 20.000 ₺ and takes 10h 1m.
The fastest way to get from Scotland to Ankara is to fly which takes 10h 1m and costs 6.500 ₺ - 20.000 ₺.
No, there is no direct bus from Scotland station to Ankara. However, there are services departing from Buchanan Bus Station and arriving at Ankara via London Victoria, Gara de Nord, București, Autogara Militari and Istanbul Otogari. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 2 days 12h.
No, there is no direct train from Scotland to Ankara. However, there are services departing from Glasgow Central and arriving at Ankara Gar via London St Pancras Intl, Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi, Wien Hbf, Bucharest and Istanbul(Halkali). The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 2 days 10h.
The distance between Scotland and Ankara is 3211 km.
The best way to get from Scotland to Ankara without a car is to train and bus and night train which takes 2 days 2h and costs 26.000 ₺ - 55.000 ₺.
It takes approximately 10h 1m to get from Scotland to Ankara, including transfers.
Scotland to Ankara bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Buchanan Bus Station.
Scotland to Ankara train services, operated by Avanti West Coast, depart from Glasgow Central station.
The best way to get from Scotland to Ankara is to fly which takes 10h 1m and costs 6.500 ₺ - 20.000 ₺. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs 14.000 ₺ - 19.000 ₺ and takes 2 days 12h.
What companies run services between Scotland and Ankara, Turkey?
Turkish Airlines, Pegasus Airlines, and three other airlines fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Ankara Esenboğa International Airport (ESB) 4 times a day. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Buchanan Bus Station to Ankara via London Victoria, Bucharest, Gara de Nord, Complex Apusului, București, Autogara Militari, İstanbul Esenler bus station, and Istanbul Otogari in around 2d 12h.
- Website
- ajet.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Ankara Esenboğa International Airport via Berlin Brandenburg
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 30m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₺6,000–19,000
Flights from Aberdeen Airport to Ankara Esenboğa International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 20m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₺8,500–26,000
Flights from Aberdeen Airport to Ankara Esenboğa International Airport via Dalaman
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 30m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- ₺9,000–36,000
Flights from Aberdeen Airport to Ankara Esenboğa International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 35m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- ₺9,000–28,000
- Website
- turkishairlines.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Ankara Esenboğa International Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₺8,500–28,000
- Website
- flypgs.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Ankara Esenboğa International Airport via Sabiha Gokcen
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₺5,500–24,000
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Ankara Esenboğa International Airport via Krakow
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 35m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- ₺6,500–25,000
- Website
- sunexpress.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Ankara Esenboğa International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 7h
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- ₺6,500–19,000
Flights from Aberdeen Airport to Ankara Esenboğa International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 55m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Thursday
- Estimated price
- ₺9,000–26,000
- Phone
- +44 (0)345 528 0253
- Website
- Avanti West Coast
Train from Glasgow Central to London Euston
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 38m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ₺9,000–16,000
- Website
- Avanti West Coast
Train from Glasgow Central to London Euston
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 38m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ₺9,000–16,000
- Website
- Avanti West Coast
Train from Glasgow Central to Preston
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 22m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ₺4,400–7,500
- Website
- Avanti West Coast
- Phone
- +44 330 060 0500
- [email protected]
- Website
- Caledonian Sleeper
Train from Glasgow Central to London Euston
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 20m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- ₺8,500–14,000
- Website
- Caledonian Sleeper
Train from Glasgow Central to London Euston
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 20m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- ₺8,500–14,000
- Website
- Caledonian Sleeper
Train from Glasgow Central to Preston
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 26m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- ₺4,000–6,500
- Website
- Caledonian Sleeper
- Phone
- +44 (0)3432 186 186
- Website
- Eurostar
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 4m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ₺5,500–10,000
- Website
- Eurostar
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 4m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ₺5,500–10,000
- Website
- Eurostar
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Bruxelles Midi to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 2m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- ₺4,000–18,000
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
- Phone
- +359 2 931 11 11
- [email protected]
- Website
- Bulgarian Railways (BDZh)
Night train from Bucharest to Halkali
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 8m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- ₺550–1,481
- Website
- Bulgarian Railways (BDZh)
- 2nd Class
- ₺550–750
- 1st Class
- ₺550–750
Night train from Bucharest to Halkali
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 8m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- ₺550–1,481
- Website
- Bulgarian Railways (BDZh)
- 2nd Class
- ₺550–750
- 1st Class
- ₺550–750
Night train from Bucharest to Halkali
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 8m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- ₺550–1,481
- Website
- Bulgarian Railways (BDZh)
- 2nd Class
- ₺550–750
- 1st Class
- ₺550–750
- Phone
- +90 444 8 233
- [email protected]
- Website
- Turkish Railways (TCDD)
Train from Istanbul(Halkali) to Ankara Gar
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 1m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- ₺750–1,100
- Website
- Turkish Railways (TCDD)
Train from Istanbul(Halkali) to Ankara Gar
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 1m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- ₺750–1,100
- Website
- Turkish Railways (TCDD)
Train from Istanbul(Halkali) to Ankara Gar
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 1m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- ₺750–1,100
- Website
- Turkish Railways (TCDD)
- Phone
- +44 (0) 8443 35 35 35
- Website
- LeShuttle
Car train from Folkestone to Calais-Fréthun
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ₺7,641
- Website
- LeShuttle
- Standard fare
- ₺7,641
- Phone
- +43 (0) 51717
- Website
- Nightjet
Night train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to Wien Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 7m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- ₺3,500–9,000
- Website
- Nightjet
- Sleeper Carriage
- ₺6,500–9,000
- Couchette Carriage
- ₺5,000–6,000
- Seating Carriage
- ₺3,500–4,200
- Phone
- _AUSTRIAN_RAILWAYS_(ÖBB)
- Website
- Austrian Railways
Train from Wien Hbf to Bucuresti Nord
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- ₺12,000–24,000
- Website
- Austrian Railways
- Phone
- +44 345 600 1671
- [email protected]
- Website
- TransPennine Express
Train from Glasgow Central to Preston
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- ₺4,400–7,500
- Website
- TransPennine Express
Train from Preston to Manchester Piccadilly
- Ave. Duration
- 38 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ₺700–1,300
- Website
- TransPennine Express
- Phone
- +44 800 200 6060
- [email protected]
- Website
- Northern Trains Limited
Train from Preston to Manchester Piccadilly
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- ₺800–1,500
- Website
- Northern Trains Limited
- Phone
- +40 745 766 766
- [email protected]
- Website
- maxibustravel.autogari.ro
Bus from Frankfurt to Bucharest
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 14m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- ₺7,470
- Schedules at
- maxibustravel.autogari.ro
Bus from London Victoria to Bucharest
- Ave. Duration
- 30h
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- ₺7,854
- Schedules at
- maxibustravel.autogari.ro
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- [email protected]
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Buchanan Bus Station to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 20m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- ₺2,900–4,800
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from București, Autogara Militari to İstanbul Esenler bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 10m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- ₺2,800–4,600
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Buchanan Bus Station to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 20m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- ₺2,900–4,800
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from London Victoria to Munich central bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 45m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- ₺5,500–9,000
- Website
- Flixbus
- Phone
- 0850 222 34 55
- Website
- MetroTurizm
Bus from Istanbul Otogari to Ankara
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 35m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- ₺1,100–1,700
- Website
- MetroTurizm
- Standard
- ₺1,100–1,700
Bus from Istanbul Otogari to Ankara
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 35m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- ₺1,100–1,700
- Website
- MetroTurizm
- Standard
- ₺1,100–1,700
- Phone
- +90 212 658 18 51
- [email protected]
- Website
- Alpar Turizm
Bus from Munich to Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 27h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- ₺4,300–6,500
- Website
- Alpar Turizm
- Phone
- 0040263701919
- [email protected]
- Website
- latinoexpres.ro
Busferry from Manchester Piccadilly to Bucharest
- Ave. Duration
- 2d 17h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- ₺4,000–10,000
- Schedules at
- latinoexpres.ro
- Phone
- +353 818 300 400
- [email protected]
- Website
- Irish Ferries
Car ferry from Port of Dover to Calais
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- ₺480–2,700
- Website
- Irish Ferries
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Scotland to Ankara bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at London Victoria station.
Ankara is 2h ahead of Scotland. It is currently 6:48 PM in Scotland and 8:48 PM in Ankara.
Scotland to Ankara train services, operated by Avanti West Coast, arrive at London Euston station.
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