There are 10 ways to get from Aarau to Edinburgh by train, plane, train (Eurostar), bus, car, car train, or car ferry
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Train to Zurich Airport, fly to Edinburgh Airport
best- Take the train from Aarau to Zürich Flughafentrain
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane ZRH - EDI
5h 29m£86–247Train via Strasbourg
- Take the train from Aarau to Basel SBBtrain Ext
- Take the train from St Louis to Strasbourgtrain Ter
- Take the train from Strasbourg Bahnhof to Paris l'Esttrain 83 / ...
- Take the train from Paris Nord to London St Pancras Intltrain Eil
- Take the train from King's Cross to Edinburgh Waverleytrain
13h 37m£336–611Bus
- Take the bus from Frick, Bahnhof to Basel, Bahnhof SBBbus Ev2
- Take the bus from Basel, Meret Oppenheim-Strasse (Bahnhof SBB) to Luxembourgbus
- Take the bus from Luxembourg P+R Bouillon to London Victoria Green Line Stationbus
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Edinburgh, Bus Stationbus
27h 9m£131–309Drive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Aarau to Calais-Fréthuncar
- Take the cartrain from Calais-Fréthun to Folkestonecartrain
- Drive from Folkestone to Edinburghcar
16h 34m£321–428Train to Basel, fly to Edinburgh Airport
- Take the train from Aarau to Basel SBBtrain
- Fly from Basel (BSL) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane BSL - EDI
5h 52m£88–188Train to Zurich Airport, fly to Glasgow Airport, train
- Take the train from Aarau to Zürich Flughafentrain
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Glasgow Airport (GLA)plane ZRH - GLA
- Take the train from Glasgow Queen Street to Edinburgh Waverleytrain
6h 20m£97–272Train, train to Geneva International Airport, fly to Edinburgh Airport
- Take the train from Aarau to Renens VDtrain
- Take the train from Renens VD to Genève-Aéroporttrain
- Fly from Geneva International Airport (GVA) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane GVA - EDI
7h 46m£135–407Train
- Take the train from Aarau to Basel SBBtrain Ext
- Take the train from Mulhouse Ville to Paris Esttrain
- Take the train from Paris Nord to London St Pancras Intltrain Eil
- Take the train from King's Cross to Edinburgh Waverleytrain
15h 30m£340–629Train, bus
- Take the train from Aarau to Basel SBBtrain Ext
- Take the bus from Basel, Meret Oppenheim-Strasse (Bahnhof SBB) to Brussels - Midi Train Stationbus
- Take the train from Brussel-Zuid to London St. Pancras Int.train
- Take the train from London Euston to Edinburgh Waverleytrain
19h 14m£210–434Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Aarau to Calaiscar
- Take the carferry from Calais to Port of Dovercarferry
- Drive from Port of Dover to Edinburghcar
17h 30m£213–361
Aarau to Edinburgh by train and foot
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Aarau to Edinburgh is to train and fly which costs £85 - £190 and takes 5h 52m.
The fastest way to get from Aarau to Edinburgh is to train and fly which takes 5h 29m and costs £85 - £250.
No, there is no direct bus from Aarau to Edinburgh station. However, there are services departing from Aarau, Holzmarkt and arriving at Edinburgh, Bus Station via Frick, Bahnhof, Basel, Meret Oppenheim-Strasse (Bahnhof SBB), Luxembourg P+R Bouillon and London Victoria. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 27h 9m.
No, there is no direct train from Aarau to Edinburgh. However, there are services departing from Aarau and arriving at Edinburgh Waverley via Basel SBB, St Louis, Strasbourg Bahnhof, Paris Nord and King's Cross. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 13h 37m.
The distance between Aarau and Edinburgh is 820 miles.
The best way to get from Aarau to Edinburgh without a car is to train via Strasbourg which takes 13h 37m and costs £330 - £650.
It takes approximately 5h 29m to get from Aarau to Edinburgh, including transfers.
Aarau to Edinburgh bus services, operated by Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS), depart from Frick, Bahnhof station.
Aarau to Edinburgh train services, operated by Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS), depart from Aarau station.
The best way to get from Aarau to Edinburgh is to train via Strasbourg which takes 13h 37m and costs £330 - £650. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs £130 - £310 and takes 27h 9m.
What companies run services between Aarau, Switzerland and Edinburgh, Scotland?
You can take a train from Aarau to Edinburgh Waverley via Basel SBB, Basel SBB, Saint-Louis, St Louis, Strasbourg, Strasbourg Bahnhof, Paris l'Est, Paris Nord, London St Pancras Intl, and King's Cross in around 13h 37m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Aarau, Holzmarkt to Edinburgh, Bus Station via Frick, Bahnhof, Basel, Bahnhof SBB, Basel, Meret Oppenheim-Strasse (Bahnhof SBB), Luxembourg P+R Bouillon, London Victoria Green Line Station, and London Victoria in around 27h 9m.
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £55–170
Flights from Basel to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 22m
- When
- Monday, Saturday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £65–130
Flights from Basel to Edinburgh Airport via London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Thursday, Monday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- £65–130
Flights from Basel to Edinburgh Airport via London Luton
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £65–130
Flights from Zurich Airport to Glasgow Airport via Bristol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £70–170
Flights from Zurich Airport to Glasgow Airport via London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £70–170
Flights from Zurich Airport to Glasgow Airport via London Luton
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £70–170
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 16m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £50–190
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via London Luton
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 52m
- When
- Monday and Tuesday
- Estimated price
- £50–190
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Birmingham
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £50–190
- Website
- flyedelweiss.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 18m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £45–240
Flights from Zurich Airport to Glasgow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £45–240
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Edinburgh Airport via London City
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- £90–200
Flights from Zurich Airport to Glasgow Airport via London City
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 11m
- When
- Thursday, Sunday, Tuesday, and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- £55–270
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via London City
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- £60–280
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Basel to Edinburgh Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 42m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £45–250
Flights from Zurich Airport to Glasgow Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £45–250
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 23m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £70–260
Flights from Zurich Airport to Glasgow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £45–240
- Website
- brusselsairlines.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- £55–190
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £55–210
- Website
- jet2.com
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- £80–180
Train from Aarau to Zürich Flughafen
- Ave. Duration
- 40 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £15–50
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Aarau to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 40 min
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- £14–45
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Aarau to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 40 min
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- £14–45
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Aarau to Zürich Flughafen
- Ave. Duration
- 40 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £15–50
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Aarau to Renens VD
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 48m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £50–160
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Renens VD to Genève-Aéroport
- Ave. Duration
- 44 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- £18–60
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Aarau to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 40 min
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- £14–45
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Aarau to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 40 min
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- £14–45
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from St Louis to Strasbourg
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 9m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £19–40
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Strasbourg Bahnhof to Paris l'Est
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 46m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £60–130
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Mulhouse Ville to Paris Est
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 3m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- £75–160
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
- Phone
- +44 (0)3432 186 186
- Website
- Eurostar
Train from Paris Nord to London St Pancras Intl
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 28m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £110–200
- Website
- Eurostar
Train from Paris Nord to London St Pancras Intl
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 28m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £110–200
- Website
- Eurostar
Train from King's Cross to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £130–190
- Website
- London North Eastern Railway Limited (LNER)
Train from King's Cross to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £130–190
- Website
- London North Eastern Railway Limited (LNER)
- Phone
- +44 (0) 8443 35 35 35
- Website
- LeShuttle
Car train from Calais-Fréthun to Folkestone
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £117
- Website
- LeShuttle
- Standard fare
- £117
- Phone
- +44 (0)344 811 0141
- Website
- ScotRail
Train from Glasgow Queen Street to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- £20–40
- Website
- ScotRail
- Phone
- 0800 031 8542
- Passengerassistance@lumo.co.uk.
- Website
- Lumo
Train from Glasgow Queen Street to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 49 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- £8–16
- Website
- Lumo
- Phone
- +44 330 060 0500
- enquiry@sleeper.scot
- Website
- Caledonian Sleeper
Train from Glasgow Queen Street to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 59 min
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- £14–24
- Website
- Caledonian Sleeper
Train from London Euston to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 32m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- £120–210
- Website
- Caledonian Sleeper
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Brussel-Zuid to London St. Pancras Int.
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- £35–75
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
- Phone
- +44 (0)345 528 0253
- Website
- Avanti West Coast
Train from London Euston to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 44m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £140–240
- Website
- Avanti West Coast
Bus from Frick, Bahnhof to Basel, Bahnhof SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- £28–35
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
- Phone
- +3 318 576 2228
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
Bus from Basel, Meret Oppenheim-Strasse (Bahnhof SBB) to Luxembourg
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £25–45
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
Bus from Basel, Meret Oppenheim-Strasse (Bahnhof SBB) to Brussels - Midi Train Station
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 35m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £40–75
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
- Phone
- +420 222 222 221
- info@regiojet.com
- Website
- RegioJet
Bus from Luxembourg P+R Bouillon to London Victoria Green Line Station
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 20m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- £35–55
- Website
- RegioJet
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from London Victoria to Edinburgh, Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 16m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £40–75
- Website
- Flixbus
- Phone
- +44 (0)3717 81 81 81
- Website
- National Express
Bus from London Victoria to Edinburgh, Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 40m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- £70–170
- Website
- National Express
- Phone
- +353 818 300 400
- info@irishferries.fr
- Website
- Irish Ferries
Car ferry from Calais to Port of Dover
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £8–50
- Website
- Irish Ferries
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More Questions & Answers
Aarau to Edinburgh bus services, operated by Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS), arrive at Basel, Bahnhof SBB station.
Edinburgh is 1h behind Aarau. It is currently 10:37 AM in Aarau and 9:37 AM in Edinburgh.
Aarau to Edinburgh train services, operated by Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS), arrive at Basel SBB station.
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