There are 10 ways to get from Bucharest to Edinburgh by plane, bus, train, train (Eurostar), car, car train, busferry, or car ferry
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly Bucharest Otopeni to Edinburgh Airport
best- Fly from Bucharest Otopeni (OTP) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane OTP - EDI
6h 45m£61–184Fly 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
10h 6m£51–181Bus, train via Brussels
- Take the bus from Bucharest to Brussels-North Stationbus
- Take the train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to London St Pancras Intltrain Eil
- Take the train from King's Cross to Edinburgh Waverleytrain
33h 1m£342–482Train
- 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 Bruxelles-Miditrain Nj
- Take the train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to London St Pancras Intltrain Eil
- Take the train from King's Cross to Edinburgh Waverleytrain
43h 38m£483–837Drive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Bucharest to Calais-Fréthuncar
- Take the cartrain from Calais-Fréthun to Folkestonecartrain
- Drive from Folkestone to Edinburghcar
30h 53m£526–723Fly 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 21m£52–239Fly Bucharest Otopeni to Newcastle, train
- Fly from Bucharest Otopeni (OTP) to Newcastle (NCL)plane OTP - NCL
- Take the train from Newcastle to Edinburgh Waverleytrain
10h 7m£108–283Bus, train
- Take the bus from Bucureşti Autogara Obor to London Stonebridgebus
- Take the train from London Euston to Edinburgh Waverleytrain London Euston - Edinburgh
2d 5hBus and ferry, train
- Take the busferry from Bucharest to Manchester Piccadillybusferry
- Take the train from Manchester Piccadilly to Edinburgh Waverleytrain Manchester Airport - Edinburgh
2d 21h£142–286Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Bucharest to Calaiscar
- Take the carferry from Calais to Port of Dovercarferry
- Drive from Port of Dover to Edinburghcar
31h 55m£416–655
Bucharest to Edinburgh by train and foot
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Bucharest to Edinburgh is to fly which costs £60 - £190 and takes 6h 45m.
The fastest way to get from Bucharest to Edinburgh is to fly which takes 6h 45m and costs £60 - £190.
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, Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi and King's Cross. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 43h 38m.
The distance between Bucharest and Edinburgh is 1530 miles.
The best way to get from Bucharest to Edinburgh without a car is to bus and train via Brussels which takes 33h 1m and costs £340 - £490.
It takes approximately 6h 45m to get from Bucharest to Edinburgh, including transfers.
Bucharest to Edinburgh train services, operated by Romanian Railways (CFR), depart from Bucuresti Nord station.
The best way to get from Bucharest to Edinburgh is to fly which takes 6h 45m and costs £60 - £190. Alternatively, you can train, which costs £480 - £850 and takes 43h 38m.
Edinburgh is 2h behind Bucharest. It is currently 11:22 AM in Bucharest and 9:22 AM in Edinburgh.
Bucharest to Edinburgh train services, operated by Romanian Railways (CFR), arrive at Budapest-Keleti station.
What companies run services between Bucharest, Romania and Edinburgh, Scotland?
Ryanair UK, Ryanair, 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, Wien HBF, Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi, London St Pancras Intl, and King's Cross in around 43h 38m.
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Edinburgh Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £70–310
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Glasgow Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £70–310
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Newcastle via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £75–330
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £45–140
Flights from Bucharest Băneasa Aurel Vlaicu International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Bari
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 10m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- £50–180
Flights from Bucharest Băneasa Aurel Vlaicu International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Krakow
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 9m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £45–170
Flights from Bucharest Băneasa Aurel Vlaicu International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 52m
- When
- Friday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £50–170
Flights from Bucharest Băneasa Aurel Vlaicu International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Budapest
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 15m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- £45–170
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Newcastle via Charleroi
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 5m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £40–180
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Bucharest Băneasa Aurel Vlaicu International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Basel
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 25m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- £40–170
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Glasgow Airport via London Luton
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 5m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Sunday, and Tuesday
- Estimated price
- £40–170
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Glasgow Airport via London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £45–170
- Website
- jet2.com
Flights from Bucharest Băneasa Aurel Vlaicu International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Naples
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 55m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £55–190
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Newcastle via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 15m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £60–200
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Newcastle via Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 15m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £60–200
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- £50–70
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Glasgow Airport via London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- When
- Tuesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £45–170
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Edinburgh Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 25m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £75–280
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Newcastle via Berlin Brandenburg
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 40m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £65–140
- Phone
- +44 (0)3432 186 186
- Website
- Eurostar
Train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to London St Pancras Intl
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 1m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £90–170
- Website
- Eurostar
Train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to London St Pancras Intl
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 1m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £90–170
- 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)
Train from Newcastle to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 23m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £40–60
- Website
- London North Eastern Railway Limited (LNER)
- Phone
- 0219521
- Website
- Romanian Railways (CFR)
Train from Bucuresti Nord to Budapest-Keleti
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 21m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £53–58
- Website
- Romanian Railways (CFR)
- Phone
- +36 (1) 3 49 49 49
- informacio@mavcsoport.hu
- Website
- Hungarian Railways (MÁV)
Train from Budapest-Keleti to Wien Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £10–12
- Website
- Hungarian Railways (MÁV)
- Phone
- +32 70 79 79 79
- Website
- Belgian Railways
Train from Wien HBF to Bruxelles-Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 46m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- £180–370
- Website
- Belgian Railways
- 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 Newcastle to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 43m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- £35–65
- 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
Train from Newcastle to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £65–95
- Website
- Cross Country
Train from Newcastle to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £40–75
- Website
- TransPennine Express
Train from Manchester Piccadilly to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 17m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £80–140
- Website
- TransPennine Express
- 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
- £140–250
- Website
- Avanti West Coast
- Phone
- +40 745 766 766
- dispecerat@maxibustravel.ro
- Website
- maxibustravel.autogari.ro
Bus from Bucharest to Brussels-North Station
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 38m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- £120
- Schedules at
- maxibustravel.autogari.ro
- Phone
- 0724 122 272
- contact@euro-fratello.ro
- Website
- euro-fratello.ro
Bus from Bucureşti Autogara Obor to London Stonebridge
- Ave. Duration
- 46h
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Schedules at
- euro-fratello.ro
- 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
- +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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