There are 9 ways to get from Scunthorpe to Oban by train, bus, car, or plane
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Train via Edinburgh
best- Take the train from Doncaster to Edinburgh Waverleytrain
- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to Glasgow Queen Streettrain
- Take the train from Glasgow Queen Street to Obantrain
8h 59m£99–264Bus
cheapest- Take the bus from Sheffield Meadowhall Interchange to Glasgowbus Uk010 / ...
- Take the bus from Buchanan Bus Station to Bus Stationbus 976
14h 40m£48–75Drive 346.4 mi
- Drive from Scunthorpe to Obancar 346.4 mi
6h 13m£87–126Train, train to Birmingham Airport, fly to Glasgow Airport, bus
- Take the train from Scunthorpe to Sheffieldtrain
- Take the train from Sheffield to Birmingham New Streettrain
- Fly from Birmingham Airport (BHX) to Glasgow Airport (GLA)plane BHX - GLA
- Take the bus from Glasgow Airport to Corran Hallsbus
8h 21m£77–176Train
- Take the train from Doncaster to Glasgow Centraltrain Plymouth - Glasgow Central / ...
- Take the train from Glasgow Queen Street to Obantrain Glasgow Queen Street - Oban
9h 59m£102–264Train, bus
- Take the train from Scunthorpe to Manchester Piccadillytrain
- Take the train from Manchester Piccadilly to Prestontrain
- Take the train from Preston to Glasgow Centraltrain
- Take the bus from Anniesland Cross to Bus Stationbus 976
10h 8m£92–199Train, train to Birmingham Airport, fly to Edinburgh Airport, bus
- Take the train from Scunthorpe to Sheffieldtrain
- Take the train from Sheffield to Birmingham New Streettrain
- Fly from Birmingham Airport (BHX) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane BHX - EDI
- Take the bus from Edinburgh Airport to Corran Hallsbus
9h 14m£84–199Train, train to Luton Airport, fly to Glasgow Airport, bus
- Take the train from Doncaster to King's Crosstrain
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Luton Airport Parkwaytrain
- Fly from Luton Airport (LTN) to Glasgow Airport (GLA)plane LTN - GLA
- Take the bus from Glasgow Airport to Corran Hallsbus
8h 41m£93–239Train, train to London Stansted Airport, fly to Glasgow Airport, bus
- Take the train from Doncaster to Peterboroughtrain
- Take the train from Peterborough to Stansted Airporttrain
- Fly from London Stansted Airport (STN) to Glasgow Airport (GLA)plane STN - GLA
- Take the bus from Glasgow Airport to Corran Hallsbus
9h 44m£88–224
Scunthorpe to Oban by train
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Scunthorpe to Oban is to bus which costs £45 - £75 and takes 14h 40m.
The fastest way to get from Scunthorpe to Oban is to drive which takes 6h 13m and costs £85 - £130.
No, there is no direct bus from Scunthorpe station to Oban station. However, there are services departing from Bus Station and arriving at Bus Station via Doncaster Frenchgate Interchange/B7, Sheffield Meadowhall Interchange and Buchanan Bus Station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 14h 40m.
No, there is no direct train from Scunthorpe to Oban. However, there are services departing from Scunthorpe and arriving at Oban via Doncaster, Edinburgh Waverley and Glasgow Queen Street. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 8h 59m.
The distance between Scunthorpe and Oban is 401 miles. The road distance is 348.4 miles.
The best way to get from Scunthorpe to Oban without a car is to train via Edinburgh which takes 8h 59m and costs £95 - £270.
It takes approximately 8h 59m to get from Scunthorpe to Oban, including transfers.
Scunthorpe to Oban bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Sheffield Meadowhall Interchange station.
Scunthorpe to Oban train services, operated by London North Eastern Railway Limited (LNER), depart from Doncaster station.
The best way to get from Scunthorpe to Oban is to train via Edinburgh which takes 8h 59m and costs £95 - £270. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs £45 - £75 and takes 14h 40m.
What companies run services between Scunthorpe, England and Oban, Argyll and Bute, Scotland?
You can take a train from Scunthorpe to Oban via Doncaster, Edinburgh Waverley, and Glasgow Queen Street in around 8h 59m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Bus Station to Bus Station via Doncaster Frenchgate Interchange/C7, Doncaster Frenchgate Interchange/B7, Sheffield Meadowhall Interchange, Glasgow, and Buchanan Bus Station in around 14h 40m.
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Glasgow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £23–75
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Glasgow Airport via Belfast (Aldergrove)
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- £23–75
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 6m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £27–95
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Belfast (Aldergrove)
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- £27–95
Flights from Luton Airport to Glasgow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 16m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £27–110
Flights from Luton Airport to Glasgow Airport via Belfast (Aldergrove)
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £27–110
Flights from London Stansted Airport to Glasgow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £18–120
Flights from London Stansted Airport to Glasgow Airport via Belfast (Aldergrove)
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £18–120
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from London Stansted Airport to Glasgow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £20–70
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Luton Airport to Glasgow Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- £50–140
Flights from London Stansted Airport to Glasgow Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Sunday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £60–120
Train from Doncaster to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 47m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £75–110
- Website
- London North Eastern Railway Limited (LNER)
Train from Doncaster to King's Cross
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 38m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £50–75
- Website
- London North Eastern Railway Limited (LNER)
Train from Doncaster to Peterborough
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £26–40
- Website
- London North Eastern Railway Limited (LNER)
- Phone
- +44 3447 369 123
- [email protected]
- Website
- Cross Country
Train from Doncaster to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 8m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- £100–160
- Website
- Cross Country
Train from Sheffield to Birmingham New Street
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 4m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £30–50
- Website
- Cross Country
Train from Doncaster to Glasgow Central
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 17m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £120–190
- Website
- Cross Country
Train from Sheffield to Birmingham New Street
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 4m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £30–50
- Website
- Cross Country
Train from Peterborough to Stansted Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 29m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £30–45
- Website
- Cross Country
- Phone
- +44 330 060 0500
- Website
- Caledonian Sleeper
Train from Doncaster to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 41m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- £50–75
- Website
- Caledonian Sleeper
Train from Doncaster to Glasgow Central
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 4m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- £60–90
- Website
- Caledonian Sleeper
Train from Preston to Glasgow Central
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 28m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- £40–60
- 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 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £18–30
- 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
- 0345 528 0409
- [email protected]
- Website
- Lumo
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Glasgow Queen Street
- Ave. Duration
- 53 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £7–14
- Website
- Lumo
- Phone
- +44 345 600 1671
- [email protected]
- Website
- TransPennine Express
Train from Scunthorpe to Sheffield
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 1m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £12–20
- Website
- TransPennine Express
Train from Scunthorpe to Manchester Piccadilly
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 57m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £24–40
- Website
- TransPennine Express
Train from Manchester Piccadilly to Preston
- Ave. Duration
- 36 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £9–15
- Website
- TransPennine Express
Train from Preston to Glasgow Central
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 36m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £55–90
- Website
- TransPennine Express
Train from Scunthorpe to Sheffield
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 1m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £12–20
- Website
- TransPennine Express
- Phone
- +44 800 200 6060
- [email protected]
- Website
- Northern Trains Limited
Train from Scunthorpe to Sheffield
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- £13–25
- Website
- Northern Trains Limited
Train from Manchester Piccadilly to Preston
- Ave. Duration
- 56 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £10–19
- Website
- Northern Trains Limited
Train from Scunthorpe to Sheffield
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- £13–25
- 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
- £60–100
- Website
- Avanti West Coast
- Phone
- +44 345 071 0222
- Website
- Hull Trains
Train from Doncaster to King's Cross
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 47m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £30–45
- Website
- Hull Trains
- Phone
- +44 345 603 4852
- [email protected]
- Website
- Grand Central Trains
Train from Doncaster to King's Cross
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- £40–65
- Website
- Grand Central Trains
Train from Doncaster to Peterborough
- Ave. Duration
- 49 min
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- £22–35
- Website
- Grand Central Trains
- Phone
- +44 (0)345 026 4700
- Website
- Thameslink
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Luton Airport Parkway
- Ave. Duration
- 32 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- £20
- Website
- Thameslink
- Phone
- 03457 125 678
- Website
- East Midlands Railways
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Luton Airport Parkway
- Ave. Duration
- 21 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £13–19
- Website
- East Midlands Railways
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- [email protected]
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Sheffield Meadowhall Interchange to Glasgow
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £30–50
- 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 Anniesland Cross to Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- £17–35
- Website
- Scottish Citylink Coaches Ltd
- Single
- £17–35
- Phone
- +44 (0)131 510 4007
- [email protected]
- 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 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 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
Want to know more about travelling around United Kingdom
Rome2Rio's Travel Guide series provide vital information for the global traveller. Filled with useful and timely travel information, the guides answer all the hard questions - such as 'How do I buy a ticket?', 'Should I book online before I travel? ', 'How much should I expect to pay?', 'Do the trains and buses have Wifi?' - to help you get the most out of your next trip.
Related travel guides
Travelling to the UK: What do I need to know?
Read the travel guide
Want to know more about Flixbus?
Read the travel guide
Booking & Getting There
Scunthorpe to Oban bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Glasgow station.
Scunthorpe to Oban train services, operated by London North Eastern Railway Limited (LNER), arrive at Edinburgh Waverley station.
Yes, the driving distance between Scunthorpe to Oban is 348 miles. It takes approximately 6h 13m to drive from Scunthorpe to Oban.
Book your Scunthorpe to Oban train tickets online with Omio.
There are 537+ hotels available in Oban.




























































