There are 10 ways to get from Chamonix to Edinburgh by bus, plane, train (TGV, Eurostar), train, car, car train, or car ferry
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Bus to Geneva International Airport, fly to Edinburgh Airport
best- Take the bus from Chamonix, Av. de Courmayeur to Geneva Airportbus
- Fly from Geneva International Airport (GVA) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane GVA - EDI
6h 11m£76–202Bus to Milano Malpensa Airport, fly to Edinburgh Airport
cheapest- Take the bus from Chamonix to Milanbus
- Fly from Milano Malpensa Airport (MXP) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane MXP - EDI
8h 51m£72–154Train via Paris
- Take the train from St Gervais Les Bains Le Fayet 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
14h 52m£379–577Bus, train
- Take the bus from Chamonix, Av. de Courmayeur (Gare routière Sud) to Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station to London Victoriabus
- Take the train from London Euston to Edinburgh Waverleytrain
25h 24m£165–340Drive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Chamonix to Calais-Fréthuncar
- Take the cartrain from Calais-Fréthun to Folkestonecartrain
- Drive from Folkestone to Edinburghcar
16h 47m£357–465Bus to Geneva International Airport, fly to Glasgow Airport, train
- Take the bus from Chamonix, Av. de Courmayeur to Geneva Airportbus
- Fly from Geneva International Airport (GVA) to Glasgow Airport (GLA)plane GVA - GLA
- Take the train from Glasgow Queen Street to Edinburgh Waverleytrain
7h 15m£91–251Bus to Milan Linate Airport, fly to Edinburgh Airport
- Take the bus from Chamonix, Av. de Courmayeur (Gare routière Sud) to Milano, Autostazione Lampugnanobus
- Fly from Milan Linate Airport (LIN) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane LIN - EDI
9h 11m£78–230Train
- Take the train from St Gervais Les Bains Le Fayet to Lyon Part Dieutrain Ter
- 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
15h 46m£358–565Bus
- Take the bus from Chamonix to Parisbus
- Take the bus from Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine) to London Victoriabus 700
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Edinburgh, Bus Stationbus
25h 56m£119–215Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Chamonix to Calaiscar
- Take the carferry from Calais to Port of Dovercarferry
- Drive from Port of Dover to Edinburghcar
17h 42m£265–433
Chamonix to Edinburgh by train
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Chamonix to Edinburgh is to bus and fly which costs £70 - £160 and takes 8h 51m.
The fastest way to get from Chamonix to Edinburgh is to bus and fly which takes 6h 11m and costs £75 - £210.
No, there is no direct bus from Chamonix to Edinburgh station. However, there are services departing from Chamonix and arriving at Edinburgh, Bus Station via Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine) and London Victoria. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 25h 56m.
No, there is no direct train from Chamonix to Edinburgh. However, there are services departing from Chamonix-Mont-Blanc and arriving at Edinburgh Waverley via St Gervais Les Bains Le Fayet, Paris Gare de Lyon, Paris Nord and King's Cross. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 14h 52m.
The distance between Chamonix and Edinburgh is 851 miles.
The best way to get from Chamonix to Edinburgh without a car is to train via Paris which takes 14h 52m and costs £370 - £600.
It takes approximately 6h 11m to get from Chamonix to Edinburgh, including transfers.
Chamonix to Edinburgh bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Chamonix station.
Chamonix to Edinburgh train services, operated by Société Nationale des Chemins de fer Français (SNCF), depart from St Gervais Les Bains Le Fayet station.
The best way to get from Chamonix to Edinburgh is to train via Paris which takes 14h 52m and costs £370 - £600. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs £110 - £220 and takes 25h 56m.
What companies run services between Chamonix, France and Edinburgh, Scotland?
You can take a train from Chamonix-Mont-Blanc to Edinburgh Waverley via Saint-Gervais-Les-Bains, St Gervais Les Bains Le Fayet, Paris Gare de Lyon, Paris Nord, London St Pancras Intl, and King's Cross in around 14h 52m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Chamonix to Edinburgh, Bus Station via Paris, Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine), and London Victoria in around 25h 56m.
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £50–170
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via London Luton
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £50–170
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Glasgow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- £65–180
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Glasgow Airport via London Luton
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £65–180
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £50–120
Flights from Milan Linate Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £45–180
Flights from Milan Linate Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Geneva International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- £45–180
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via London City
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 52m
- When
- Wednesday to Friday
- Estimated price
- £60–260
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Glasgow Airport via London City
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, Monday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- £100–240
Flights from Milan Linate Airport to Edinburgh Airport via London City
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 35m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- £95–150
- Website
- jet2.com
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- £30–170
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Glasgow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- £55–200
- Website
- brusselsairlines.com
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £50–200
Flights from Milan Linate Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- £50–200
- Website
- luxair.lu
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Luxembourg
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £75–300
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Luxembourg
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- £65–260
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £40–110
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Dusseldorf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £40–180
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Milan Linate Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £75–260
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from St Gervais Les Bains Le Fayet to Paris Gare De Lyon
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- £95–150
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from St Gervais Les Bains Le Fayet to Lyon Part Dieu
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- £35–60
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Lyon Part Dieu to Lille Europe
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 1m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £100–170
- Website
- TGV inOui
- 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
- £150–240
- Website
- Eurostar
Train from Lille Europe to London St Pancras Intl
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £90–150
- Website
- Eurostar
Train from King's Cross to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 6m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £130–180
- Website
- London North Eastern Railway Limited (LNER)
Train from King's Cross to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 6m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £130–180
- Website
- London North Eastern Railway Limited (LNER)
- 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
- £130–220
- Website
- Avanti West Coast
- Phone
- +44 330 060 0500
- Website
- Caledonian Sleeper
Train from London Euston to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 32m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- £90–130
- Website
- Caledonian Sleeper
- Phone
- +44 (0) 8443 35 35 35
- customer.support@eurotunnel.com
- 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 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £18–30
- Website
- ScotRail
- Phone
- 0345 528 0409
- customerexperience@lumo.co.uk
- Website
- Lumo
Train from Glasgow Queen Street to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 49 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- £7–14
- Website
- Lumo
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from St Gervais Les Bains Le Fayet to Lyon Part Dieu
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 9m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- £35–60
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
- Phone
- +32 70 79 79 79
- Website
- Belgian Railways
Train from Lyon Part Dieu to Lille Europe
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 24m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- £100–160
- Website
- Belgian Railways
- Phone
- +41 24 539 10 17
- info@alpytransfers.com
- Website
- Alpy Transfers
Bus from Chamonix, Av. de Courmayeur to Geneva Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £15–23
- Website
- Alpy Transfers
Bus from Chamonix, Av. de Courmayeur to Geneva Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £15–23
- Website
- Alpy Transfers
- Phone
- +3 318 576 2228
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
Bus from Chamonix, Av. de Courmayeur (Gare routière Sud) to Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 55m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £40–70
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
Bus from Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 25m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £30–50
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
Bus from Chamonix, Av. de Courmayeur (Gare routière Sud) to Milano, Autostazione Lampugnano
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- £15–26
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Chamonix to Milan
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £16–25
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Chamonix, Av. de Courmayeur (Gare routière Sud) to Milano, Autostazione Lampugnano
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- £17–26
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Chamonix to Paris
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 10m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £40–65
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine) to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 15m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £30–50
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from London Victoria to Edinburgh, Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 15m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £45–70
- 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
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- £60–100
- 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
- £25–75
- Website
- Irish Ferries
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Booking & Getting There
Chamonix to Edinburgh bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Paris station.
Edinburgh is 1h behind Chamonix. It is currently 1:03 PM in Chamonix and 12:03 PM in Edinburgh.
Chamonix to Edinburgh train services, operated by Société Nationale des Chemins de fer Français (SNCF), arrive at Lyon Part Dieu station.
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