There are 8 ways to get from Catania to Edinburgh by plane, train (Trenitalia, TGV, Eurostar), bus, or train
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Fly to Edinburgh Airport
best- Fly from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane CTA - EDI
4h 31m£63–202Train via Rome
- Take the train from Catania Centrale to Roma Terminitrain Ic
- Take the train from Roma Termini to Milano Centraletrain
- Take the train from Milano Centrale to Lyon Part Dieutrain Fr
- Take the train from Lyon Part Dieu to Lille Europetrain Tgv
- Take the train from Lille Europe to London St Pancras Intltrain Eil
- Take the train from King's Cross to Edinburgh Waverleytrain
29h 55m£426–852Bus
- Take the bus from Catania to Milano, Autostazione Lampugnanobus
- Take the bus from Milano, Autostazione Lampugnano to Brussels - Midi Train Stationbus
- Take the bus from Brussels Midi / Brussels South West to London Victoriabus
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Edinburgh, Bus Stationbus
2d 1h£189–448Fly to Glasgow Airport, train
- Fly from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA) to Glasgow Airport (GLA)plane CTA - GLA
- Take the train from Glasgow Queen Street to Edinburgh Waverleytrain
8h 16m£81–296Fly to Newcastle, train
- Fly from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA) to Newcastle (NCL)plane CTA - NCL
- Take the train from Newcastle to Edinburgh Waverleytrain
7h 55m£95–228Train
- Take the train from Catania Centrale to Milano P.Garibalditrain
- Take the train from Milano P.Garibaldi to Aeroport Cdg2 Tgv Roissytrain Tgv
- Take the train from Aeroport Cdg2 Tgv Roissy to Lille Europetrain Tgv
- Take the train from Lille Europe to London St Pancras Intltrain Eil
- Take the train from King's Cross to Edinburgh Waverleytrain
35h 45m£460–856Train #2
- Take the train from Catania Centrale to Torino Porta Nuovatrain
- Take the train from Torino Porta Nuova to Paris Gare De Lyontrain Tgv
- Take the train from Paris Nord to London St Pancras Intltrain Eil
- Take the train from King's Cross to Edinburgh Waverleytrain
36h 17m£519–855Bus, train
- Take the bus from Catania Aeroporto to Bolognabus
- Take the bus from Bologna to Gentbus
- Take the bus from Gent-Dampoort to Sheffieldbus
- Take the train from Sheffield to Edinburgh Waverleytrain
2d 7h
Catania to Edinburgh by train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Catania to Edinburgh is to fly which costs £60 - £210 and takes 4h 31m.
The fastest way to get from Catania to Edinburgh is to fly which takes 4h 31m and costs £60 - £210.
No, there is no direct bus from Catania to Edinburgh station. However, there are services departing from Catania and arriving at Edinburgh, Bus Station via Milano, Autostazione Lampugnano, Brussels Midi / Brussels South West and London Victoria. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 2 days 1h.
No, there is no direct train from Catania to Edinburgh. However, there are services departing from Catania Centrale and arriving at Edinburgh Waverley via Roma Termini, Milano Centrale, Lyon Part Dieu, Lille Europe and King's Cross. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 29h 55m.
The distance between Catania and Edinburgh is 1552 miles.
The best way to get from Catania to Edinburgh without a car is to train via Rome which takes 29h 55m and costs £420 - £850.
It takes approximately 4h 31m to get from Catania to Edinburgh, including transfers.
Catania to Edinburgh bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Catania station.
Catania to Edinburgh train services, operated by Trenitalia Intercity, depart from Catania Centrale station.
The best way to get from Catania to Edinburgh is to fly which takes 4h 31m and costs £60 - £210. Alternatively, you can train via Rome, which costs £420 - £850 and takes 29h 55m, you could also bus, which costs £180 - £450 and takes 2 days 1h.
What companies run services between Catania, Italy and Edinburgh, Scotland?
easyJet, Jet2.com, and two other airlines fly from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI) twice daily. Alternatively, you can take a train from Catania Centrale to Edinburgh Waverley via Roma Termini, Milano Centrale, Lyon Part Dieu, Lille Europe, London St Pancras Intl, and King's Cross in around 29h 55m.
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 52m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £50–150
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Newcastle via Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 40m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- £65–130
- Website
- flyulendo.com
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Glasgow Airport via Milan Malpensa
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 51m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £45–140
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £90–190
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Glasgow Airport via Pisa
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 45m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- £55–180
- Website
- jet2.com
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- £50–190
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Newcastle via Geneva
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 30m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- £65–210
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Glasgow Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 8h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £70–290
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Newcastle via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 35m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £80–340
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Newcastle via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 20m
- When
- Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £75–360
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Stuttgart
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 20m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £50–220
- Website
- flyedelweiss.com
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Glasgow Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 15m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £130–370
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Catania Centrale to Roma Termini
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 1m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £65–150
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +39 06 8937 1892
- Website
- italotreno.it
Train from Roma Termini to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £65–140
- Website
- https://www.italotreno.it/en
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Milano Centrale to Lyon Part Dieu
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 47m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £50–85
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Catania Centrale to Milano P.Garibaldi
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 20m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- £140–250
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Catania Centrale to Torino Porta Nuova
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 17m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- £160–280
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- sncf-connect.com
Train from Lyon Part Dieu to Lille Europe
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- £110–180
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Milano P.Garibaldi to Aeroport Cdg2 Tgv Roissy
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 14m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- £150–240
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Aeroport Cdg2 Tgv Roissy to Lille Europe
- Ave. Duration
- 49 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £35–60
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Torino Porta Nuova to Paris Gare De Lyon
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 39m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- £120–200
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
- Phone
- +44 343 218 6186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from Lille Europe to London St Pancras Intl
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £70–130
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
Train from Paris Nord to London St Pancras Intl
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 28m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £120–210
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from Lille Europe to London St Pancras Intl
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- £25–60
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- Phone
- +44 345 722 5333
- customers@lner.co.uk
- Website
- lner.co.uk
Train from King's Cross to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 6m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £110–170
- Website
- https://www.lner.co.uk/
Train from Newcastle to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £35–55
- Website
- https://www.lner.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 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £20–40
- Website
- https://www.scotrail.co.uk/
Train from Newcastle to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £65–95
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
Train from Sheffield to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 48m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £140–200
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 345 600 1671
- tpecustomer.relations@tpexpress.co.uk
- Website
- tpexpress.co.uk
Train from Newcastle to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £45–75
- Website
- https://www.tpexpress.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 330 060 0500
- enquiry@sleeper.scot
- Website
- sleeper.scot
Train from Newcastle to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 42m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- £26–45
- Website
- https://www.sleeper.scot/
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- track.effiliation.com
Train from Aeroport Cdg2 Tgv Roissy to Lille Europe
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- £26–70
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Catania to Milano, Autostazione Lampugnano
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 15m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £80–150
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from London Victoria to Edinburgh, Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 16m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £35–65
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +3-389-268-0068
- Website
- blablacar.co.uk
Bus from Milano, Autostazione Lampugnano to Brussels - Midi Train Station
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 45m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- £50–100
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
- Phone
- +420 222 222 221
- info@regiojet.cz
- Website
- regiojet.com
Bus from Brussels Midi / Brussels South West to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- £20–35
- Website
- https://regiojet.com/
- Phone
- 08717 81 81 81
- Website
- nationalexpress.com
Bus from London Victoria to Edinburgh, Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 40m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- £70–170
- Website
- https://www.nationalexpress.com/en
- Phone
- +39 06 88 93 82 32
- Website
- itabus.it
Bus from Catania Aeroporto to Bologna
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 20m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £60–110
- Website
- https://www.itabus.it/en/home
- Phone
- +393293958604
- info@pistoiaviaggi.com
- Website
- pistoia-viaggi.it
Bus from Bologna to Gent
- Ave. Duration
- 22h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- pistoia-viaggi.it
- Phone
- +421 55 680 73 06
- onlinepredaj@eurobus.sk
- Website
- eurobus.sk
Bus from Gent-Dampoort to Sheffield
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 50m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- £27–31
- Website
- https://www.eurobus.sk/en
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More Questions & Answers
Catania to Edinburgh bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Milano, Autostazione Lampugnano station.
Edinburgh is 1h behind Catania. It is currently 11:29 PM in Catania and 10:29 PM in Edinburgh.
Catania to Edinburgh train services, operated by Trenitalia Intercity, arrive at Roma Termini station.
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