There are 9 ways to get from Brecon to Edinburgh 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
best- Take the train from Abergavenny to CreweCardiff Central - Manchester Piccadilly / ...
- Take the train from Crewe to Edinburgh WaverleyLondon Euston - Edinburgh / ...
7h 34m£65–240Bus
cheapest- Take the bus from Kingsway GD to Bus Station
- Take the bus from Bus Station to Leeds City Bus Station
- Take the bus from Leeds City Bus Station to Edinburgh, Bus Station
13h 54m£38–98Drive 335 mi
- Drive from Brecon to Edinburgh335 mi
6h 21m£82–118Bus, train, bus to Bristol Airport, fly to Edinburgh Airport
- Take the bus from Brecon Interchange 4 to Abergavenny Bus Station Stand 4
- Take the train from Abergavenny to Newport (S Wales)
- Take the bus from Queensway Q1 to Airport Bus Station
- Fly from Bristol Airport (BRS) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)BRS - EDI
5h 42mBus, train
- Take the bus from Bulwark to Newtown Bus Station Stand 2T4
- Take the bus from Newtown Bus Station Stand 1 to Bus StationX75
- Take the train from Shrewsbury to Manchester Piccadilly
- Take the train from Manchester Piccadilly to Edinburgh Waverley
10h 45mBus to Bristol Airport, fly to Glasgow Airport, train
- Take the bus from Queensway Q1 to Airport Bus Station
- Fly from Bristol Airport (BRS) to Glasgow Airport (GLA)BRS - GLA
- Take the train from Glasgow Queen Street to Edinburgh Waverley
6h 30m£56–198Bus, train, train to Birmingham Airport, fly to Edinburgh Airport
- Take the bus from Brecon Interchange 4 to Abergavenny Bus Station Stand 4
- Take the train from Abergavenny to Hereford
- Take the train from Hereford to Birmingham New Street
- Fly from Birmingham Airport (BHX) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)BHX - EDI
6h 57mBus, train, train to Cardiff Airport, fly to Edinburgh Airport
- Take the bus from Free Street to Merthyr Bus Station Stand 7
- Take the train from Merthyr Tydfil to Cardiff Central
- Take the train from Cardiff Central to Barry
- Fly from Cardiff Airport (CWL) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)CWL - EDI
6h 19mBus to Bristol Airport, fly to Newcastle, train
- Take the bus from Queensway Q1 to Airport Bus Station
- Fly from Bristol Airport (BRS) to Newcastle (NCL)BRS - NCL
- Take the train from Newcastle to Edinburgh Waverley
7h 8m£55–217
Brecon to Edinburgh by bus, foot, and train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Brecon to Edinburgh is to bus which costs £35 - £100 and takes 13h 54m.
The fastest way to get from Brecon to Edinburgh is to drive which takes 6h 21m and costs £80 - £120.
No, there is no direct bus from Brecon to Edinburgh station. However, there are services departing from Free Street and arriving at Edinburgh, Bus Station via Merthyr Bus Station Stand 8, Kingsway GD, Bus Station and Leeds City Bus Station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 13h 54m.
The distance between Brecon and Edinburgh is 371 miles. The road distance is 336.9 miles.
The best way to get from Brecon to Edinburgh without a car is to train which takes 7h 34m and costs £65 - £240.
It takes approximately 7h 34m to get from Brecon to Edinburgh, including transfers.
Brecon to Edinburgh bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Kingsway GD station.
The best way to get from Brecon to Edinburgh is to train which takes 7h 34m and costs £65 - £240. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs £35 - £100 and takes 13h 54m.
Brecon to Edinburgh bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Bus Station.
Yes, the driving distance between Brecon to Edinburgh is 337 miles. It takes approximately 6h 21m to drive from Brecon to Edinburgh.
What companies run services between Brecon, Wales and Edinburgh, Scotland?
You can take a bus from Brecon Interchange 4 to Edinburgh Waverley via Abergavenny Bus Station Stand 4, Abergavenny, and Crewe in around 7h 34m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Free Street to Edinburgh, Bus Station via Merthyr Bus Station Stand 8, Greyfriars Road Stop GJ, Kingsway GD, Bus Station, and Leeds City Bus Station in around 13h 54m.
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Bristol Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £24–85
Flights from Bristol Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Belfast (Aldergrove)
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £24–85
Flights from Bristol Airport to Glasgow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 16m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £23–70
Flights from Bristol Airport to Glasgow Airport via Belfast (Aldergrove)
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £23–70
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £24–80
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Belfast (Aldergrove)
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £24–80
Flights from Bristol Airport to Newcastle
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 7m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £30–90
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Bristol Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 22m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £45–120
Flights from Bristol Airport to Glasgow Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £50–85
- Website
- loganair.co.uk
Flights from Cardiff Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £130–170
- Phone
- 03333 211 202
- Website
- tfw.wales
Train from Abergavenny to Crewe
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 54m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £35–90
- Website
- https://tfw.wales/
Train from Abergavenny to Newport (S Wales)
- Ave. Duration
- 25 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £8–13
- Website
- https://tfw.wales/
Train from Shrewsbury to Manchester Piccadilly
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 16m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £16–45
- Website
- https://tfw.wales/
Train from Abergavenny to Hereford
- Ave. Duration
- 24 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £11–19
- Website
- https://tfw.wales/
Train from Merthyr Tydfil to Cardiff Central
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 2m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £5–10
- Website
- https://tfw.wales/
Train from Cardiff Central to Barry
- Ave. Duration
- 24 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £4–5
- Website
- https://tfw.wales/
- Phone
- +44 345 528 0253
- Website
- avantiwestcoast.co.uk
Train from Crewe to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £30–150
- Website
- https://www.avantiwestcoast.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 330 060 0500
- enquiry@sleeper.scot
- Website
- sleeper.scot
Train from Crewe to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 57m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- £60–85
- Website
- https://www.sleeper.scot/
- Sleeper Berth Classic
- £210–230
- Sleeper Seat
- £60–85
- Sleeper Berth Club Solo
- £270–320
Train from Glasgow Queen Street to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- £60–75
- Website
- https://www.sleeper.scot/
- Sleeper Berth Classic
- £210–230
- Sleeper Seat
- £60–75
- Sleeper Berth Club Solo
- £230–260
Train from Newcastle to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 41m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- £60–80
- Website
- https://www.sleeper.scot/
- Sleeper Berth Classic
- £210–230
- Sleeper Seat
- £60–80
- Sleeper Berth Club Solo
- £240–290
- Phone
- +44 345 600 1671
- tpecustomer.relations@tpexpress.co.uk
- Website
- tpexpress.co.uk
Train from Manchester Piccadilly to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 19m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £28–70
- Website
- https://www.tpexpress.co.uk/
Train from Newcastle to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 44m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £8–25
- Website
- https://www.tpexpress.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 344 811 0141
- Website
- scotrail.co.uk
Train from Glasgow Queen Street to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- £17–18
- Website
- https://www.scotrail.co.uk/
- Phone
- 0800 031 8542
- Passengerassistance@lumo.co.uk.
- Website
- lumo.co.uk
Train from Glasgow Queen Street to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 49 min
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- £17–18
- Website
- https://www.lumo.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 333 311 0039
- contact.wmr@wmtrains.co.uk
- Website
- westmidlandsrailway.co.uk
Train from Hereford to Birmingham New Street
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 27m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £23–50
- Website
- https://www.westmidlandsrailway.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 345 722 5333
- customers@lner.co.uk
- Website
- lner.co.uk
Train from Newcastle to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 24m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £21–40
- Website
- https://www.lner.co.uk/
Train from Newcastle to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £28–40
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Kingsway GD to Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- Every 10 minutes
- Estimated price
- £5–11
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Bus Station to Leeds City Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £10–27
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Leeds City Bus Station to Edinburgh, Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £16–50
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Queensway Q1 to Airport Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- £7–25
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +44 1874 622223
- office@williams-coaches.co.uk
- Website
- williams-coaches.co.uk
Bus from Brecon Interchange 4 to Abergavenny Bus Station Stand 4
- Ave. Duration
- 44 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- https://www.williams-coaches.co.uk/
- Phone
- 01686 412231
- Website
- celtic-travel.co.uk
Bus from Bulwark to Newtown Bus Station Stand 2
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 2m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Website
- https://www.celtic-travel.co.uk/
Bus from Newtown Bus Station Stand 1 to Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 29m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Website
- https://www.celtic-travel.co.uk/
Bus from Free Street to Merthyr Bus Station Stand 7
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- https://www.celtic-travel.co.uk/
- Phone
- 08717 81 81 81
- Website
- nationalexpress.com
Bus from Newtown Bus Station Stand 1 to Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £10–21
- Website
- https://www.nationalexpress.com/en
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