There are 10 ways to get from Bucharest to Edinburgh by plane, bus, train, car, car train, busferry, or car ferry
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Fly Bucharest Otopeni to Edinburgh Airport
best- Fly from Bucharest Otopeni (OTP) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane OTP - EDI
6h 47m£106–240Fly Bucharest Băneasa Aurel Vlaicu International Airport to Edinburgh Airport
cheapest- Fly from Bucharest Băneasa Aurel Vlaicu International Airport (BBU) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane BBU - EDI
9h 41m£46–160Bus, train
- Take the bus from Bucharest Obor to Manchester, Coach Stationbus
- Take the train from Manchester Piccadilly to Haymarkettrain Manchester Airport - Edinburgh / ...
26h 47mTrain
- Take the train from Bucuresti Nord to Budapest-Keletitrain Ir
- Take the train from Budapest-Keleti to Wien Hbftrain Ec / ...
- Take the train from Wien Hbf to Frankfurt(M) Flughafen Fernbftrain Ice
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Bruxelles Miditrain 79
- Take the train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to London St Pancras Intltrain Eil
- Take the train from King's Cross to Edinburgh Waverleytrain
39h 5mDrive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Bucharest to Calais-Fréthuncar
- Take the car train from Calais-Fréthun to Folkestonecartrain
- Drive from Folkestone to Edinburghcar
30h 54mFly Bucharest Otopeni to Glasgow Airport, train
- Fly from Bucharest Otopeni (OTP) to Glasgow Airport (GLA)plane OTP - GLA
- Take the train from Glasgow Queen Street to Edinburgh Waverleytrain
9h 42mFly Bucharest Otopeni to Newcastle, train
- Fly from Bucharest Otopeni (OTP) to Newcastle (NCL)plane OTP - NCL
- Take the train from Newcastle to Edinburgh Waverleytrain
9h 51mBus
- Take the bus from Bucharest to London Victoriabus
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Edinburgh, Bus Stationbus Ukxn10 / ...
38h 55mBus and ferry, train
- Take the busferry from Bucharest to Manchester Piccadillybusferry
- Take the train from Manchester Piccadilly to Edinburgh Waverleytrain Manchester Airport - Edinburgh / ...
2d 21hDrive, car ferry
- Drive from Bucharest to Calaiscar
- Take the car ferry from Calais to Port of Dovercarferry
- Drive from Port of Dover to Edinburghcar
32h£416–649
Bucharest Otopeni (OTP) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Bucharest to Edinburgh is to fly which costs £45 - £160 and takes 9h 41m.
The fastest way to get from Bucharest to Edinburgh is to fly which takes 6h 47m and costs £100 - £240.
No, there is no direct bus from Bucharest to Edinburgh station. However, there are services departing from Bucharest and arriving at Edinburgh, Bus Station via London Victoria. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 38h 55m.
No, there is no direct train from Bucharest to Edinburgh. However, there are services departing from Bucuresti Nord and arriving at Edinburgh Waverley via Budapest-Keleti, Wien Hbf, Frankfurt, Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi and King's Cross. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 39h 5m.
The distance between Bucharest and Edinburgh is 1531 miles.
The best way to get from Bucharest to Edinburgh without a car is to bus and train which takes 26h 47m and costs .
It takes approximately 6h 47m to get from Bucharest to Edinburgh, including transfers.
Bucharest to Edinburgh bus services, operated by Maxibus Travel, depart from Bucharest station.
Bucharest to Edinburgh train services, operated by CFR Călători, depart from Bucuresti Nord station.
The best way to get from Bucharest to Edinburgh is to fly which takes 6h 47m and costs £100 - £240. Alternatively, you can train, which costs and takes 39h 5m, you could also bus, which costs and takes 38h 55m.
What companies run services between Bucharest, Romania and Edinburgh, Scotland?
Ryanair, Ryanair UK, and three other airlines fly from Bucharest Otopeni (OTP) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI) 5 times a day. Alternatively, you can take a train from Bucuresti Nord to Edinburgh Waverley via Budapest-Keleti, Wien Hbf, Frankfurt, Bruxelles Midi, Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi, London St Pancras Intl, and King's Cross in around 39h 5m.
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Edinburgh Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £55–320
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Glasgow Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £65–320
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Newcastle via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £75–360
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £45–120
Flights from Bucharest Băneasa Aurel Vlaicu International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Bari
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 5m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- £50–170
Flights from Bucharest Băneasa Aurel Vlaicu International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Krakow
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 49m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £45–160
Flights from Bucharest Băneasa Aurel Vlaicu International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 20m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- £45–160
Flights from Bucharest Băneasa Aurel Vlaicu International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Budapest
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 30m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- £45–160
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Newcastle via Charleroi
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 5m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £40–180
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Glasgow Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 42m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £60–290
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Newcastle via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £80–330
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Bucharest Băneasa Aurel Vlaicu International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Basel
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 30m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £40–160
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Glasgow Airport via London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 55m
- When
- Wednesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £45–160
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- £50–150
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Glasgow Airport via London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- When
- Tuesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £45–160
- Website
- jet2.com
Flights from Bucharest Băneasa Aurel Vlaicu International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Naples
- Ave. Duration
- 7h
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- £50–190
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Newcastle via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 15m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £60–220
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Edinburgh Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 25m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- £70–280
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Newcastle via Berlin Brandenburg
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 20m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- £45–140
- Website
- tpexpress.co.uk
Train from Manchester Piccadilly to Haymarket
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Schedules at
- tpexpress.co.uk
Train from Newcastle to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Schedules at
- tpexpress.co.uk
Train from Manchester Piccadilly to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 16m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Schedules at
- tpexpress.co.uk
- Website
- cfrcalatori.ro
Train from Bucuresti Nord to Budapest-Keleti
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 21m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Schedules at
- cfrcalatori.ro
- Website
- mav-start.hu
Train from Budapest-Keleti to Wien Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Schedules at
- mav-start.hu
- Website
- personenverkehr.oebb.at
Train from Wien Hbf to Frankfurt(M) Flughafen Fernbf
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 43m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Schedules at
- personenverkehr.oebb.at
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to London St Pancras Intl
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 1m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Schedules at
- eurostar.com
- Website
- virgintrainseastcoast.com
Train from King's Cross to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 6m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Schedules at
- virgintrainseastcoast.com
Train from Newcastle to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Schedules at
- virgintrainseastcoast.com
- Phone
- +44 (0) 8443 35 35 35
- Website
- leshuttle.com
Car train from Calais-Fréthun to Folkestone
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- https://www.leshuttle.com/uk-en
- Website
- scotrail.co.uk
Train from Glasgow Queen Street to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Schedules at
- scotrail.co.uk
- Website
- crosscountrytrains.co.uk
Train from Newcastle to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Schedules at
- crosscountrytrains.co.uk
- Website
- sleeper.scot
Train from Newcastle to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 42m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Schedules at
- sleeper.scot
- Phone
- +40 230 560 555
- tarsin_irlanda@yahoo.com
- Website
- tarsin.ro
Bus from Bucharest Obor to Manchester, Coach Station
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 31m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- £27–35
- Schedules at
- tarsin.ro
- Phone
- +40 745 766 766
- dispecerat@maxibustravel.ro
- Website
- maxibustravel.autogari.ro
Bus from Bucharest to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 30h
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- £120
- Schedules at
- maxibustravel.autogari.ro
- Website
- traveline.info
Bus from London Victoria to Edinburgh, Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 16m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Schedules at
- traveline.info
- Website
- global.flixbus.com
Bus from London Victoria to Edinburgh, Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 16m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Schedules at
- global.flixbus.com
- Website
- traveline.info
Bus from London Victoria to Edinburgh, Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 40m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Schedules at
- traveline.info
- Phone
- 0040263701919
- latinoexpres@yahoo.com
- Website
- latinoexpres.ro
Busferry from Bucharest to Manchester Piccadilly
- Ave. Duration
- 2d 17h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- £60–150
- Schedules at
- latinoexpres.ro
- Phone
- 01304 44 88 88
- customer.services@poferries.com
- Website
- poferries.com
Car ferry from Calais to Port of Dover
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- £8–19
- Website
- https://www.poferries.com/en
- Phone
- +353 818 300 400
- info@irishferries.com
- Website
- irishferries.com
Car ferry from Calais to Port of Dover
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £5–40
- Website
- https://www.irishferries.com/uk-en/Travel-to-Ireland
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More Questions & Answers
Bucharest to Edinburgh bus services, operated by Maxibus Travel, arrive at London Victoria station.
Edinburgh is 2h behind Bucharest. It is currently 10:00 PM in Bucharest and 8:00 PM in Edinburgh.
Bucharest to Edinburgh train services, operated by CFR Călători, arrive at Budapest-Keleti station.
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