There are 9 ways to get from Cuxhaven to Edinburgh by train, plane, train (Eurostar), bus, car, or car train
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Train to Hamburg Airport, fly to Edinburgh Airport
best- Take the train from Cuxhaven to Hamburg Hbftrain
- Fly from Hamburg Airport (HAM) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane HAM - EDI
6h 44m£87–274Train via Cologne
- Take the train from Bremerhaven-Lehe to Bremen Hbftrain Re8 / ...
- Take the train from Bremen Hbf to Köln Hbftrain 43 / ...
- Take the train from Koeln Hbf to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Miditrain
- Take the train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to London St Pancras Intltrain Eil
- Take the train from King's Cross to Edinburgh Waverleytrain
15h 17m£409–720Train, bus
- Take the train from Cuxhaven to Hamburg-Harburgtrain Re5
- Take the bus from Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhof to London Victoriabus
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Edinburgh, Bus Stationbus
30h 32m£125–290Drive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Cuxhaven to Calais-Fréthuncar
- Take the cartrain from Calais-Fréthun to Folkestonecartrain
- Drive from Folkestone to Edinburghcar
15h 57m£313–415Train to Bremen Airport, fly to Edinburgh Airport
- Take the train from Bremerhaven-Lehe to Bremen Hbftrain
- Fly from Bremen Airport (BRE) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane BRE - EDI
7h 50m£143–380Train to Hamburg Airport, fly to Glasgow Airport, train
- Take the train from Cuxhaven to Hamburg Hbftrain
- Fly from Hamburg Airport (HAM) to Glasgow Airport (GLA)plane HAM - GLA
- Take the train from Glasgow Queen Street to Edinburgh Waverleytrain
9h 38m£88–319Train to Bremen Airport, fly to Glasgow Airport, train
- Take the train from Bremerhaven-Lehe to Bremen Hbftrain
- Fly from Bremen Airport (BRE) to Glasgow Airport (GLA)plane BRE - GLA
- Take the train from Glasgow Queen Street to Edinburgh Waverleytrain
9h 3m£184–365Train
- Take the train from Bremerhaven-Lehe to Bremen Hbftrain Re8 / ...
- Take the train from Bremen Hbf to Amsterdam Centraaltrain
- Take the train from Amsterdam Centraal to London St Pancras Intltrain Eil
- Take the train from King's Cross to Edinburgh Waverleytrain
16h 33m£413–626Train, bus via Rotterdam
- Take the train from Bremerhaven-Lehe to Bremen Hbftrain Re8 / ...
- Take the bus from Bremen to Utrecht Centraal stationbus
- Take the train from Utrecht Centraal to Rotterdam Centraaltrain
- Take the train from Rotterdam Centraal to London St. Pancras Int.train
- Take the train from London Euston to Edinburgh Waverleytrain
20h 53m£259–476
Cuxhaven to Edinburgh by train
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Cuxhaven to Edinburgh is to train and fly which costs £85 - £320 and takes 9h 38m.
The fastest way to get from Cuxhaven to Edinburgh is to train and fly which takes 6h 44m and costs £85 - £280.
No, there is no direct train from Cuxhaven to Edinburgh. However, there are services departing from Cuxhaven and arriving at Edinburgh Waverley via Bremerhaven-Lehe, Bremen Hbf, Koeln Hbf, Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi and King's Cross. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 15h 17m.
The distance between Cuxhaven and Edinburgh is 646 miles.
The best way to get from Cuxhaven to Edinburgh without a car is to train via Cologne which takes 15h 17m and costs £400 - £750.
It takes approximately 6h 44m to get from Cuxhaven to Edinburgh, including transfers.
Cuxhaven to Edinburgh train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional), depart from Bremerhaven-Lehe station.
Edinburgh is 1h behind Cuxhaven. It is currently 8:52 AM in Cuxhaven and 7:52 AM in Edinburgh.
Cuxhaven to Edinburgh train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional), arrive at Bremen Hbf station.
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What companies run services between Cuxhaven, Germany and Edinburgh, Scotland?
You can take a train from Cuxhaven to Edinburgh Waverley via Bremerhaven-Lehe, Bremen Hbf, Koeln Hbf, Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi, London St Pancras Intl, and King's Cross in around 15h 17m.
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Hamburg Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 57m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £45–260
Flights from Bremen Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 48m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £55–330
Flights from Hamburg Airport to Glasgow Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £45–260
Flights from Bremen Airport to Glasgow Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 31m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £60–340
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Hamburg Airport to Edinburgh Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 11m
- When
- Friday to Thursday
- Estimated price
- £160–200
Flights from Hamburg Airport to Glasgow Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 7m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Wednesday, Saturday, Sunday, and Tuesday
- Estimated price
- £65–290
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Hamburg Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £80–290
Flights from Bremen Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 55m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- £85–430
Flights from Bremen Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 55m
- When
- Monday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £100–370
Flights from Hamburg Airport to Glasgow Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- £65–210
Flights from Bremen Airport to Glasgow Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £95–300
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Hamburg Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- £80–170
Flights from Hamburg Airport to Glasgow Airport via London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £90–210
Flights from Bremen Airport to Glasgow Airport via London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Friday and Monday
- Estimated price
- £50–240
- Website
- flysas.com
Flights from Hamburg Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £65–270
Flights from Bremen Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 48m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £55–330
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Bremen Airport to Edinburgh Airport via London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 32m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- £50–210
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Hamburg Airport to Glasgow Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 5m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £55–180
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Bremen Airport to Glasgow Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 50m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- £90–430
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Cuxhaven to Hamburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 47m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £15–65
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Bremerhaven-Lehe to Bremen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 40 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £8–35
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Cuxhaven to Hamburg-Harburg
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 29m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £13–55
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Bremerhaven-Lehe to Bremen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 40 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £8–35
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Cuxhaven to Hamburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 47m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £15–65
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Bremerhaven-Lehe to Bremen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 40 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £8–35
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Bremerhaven-Lehe to Bremen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 40 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £8–35
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Bremerhaven-Lehe to Bremen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 40 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £8–35
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
- Phone
- 01806 / 600161
- dialog@nordwestbahn.de
- Website
- NordWestBahn
Train from Bremerhaven-Lehe to Bremen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 53 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £25
- Website
- NordWestBahn
Train from Bremerhaven-Lehe to Bremen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 53 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £25
- Website
- NordWestBahn
Train from Bremerhaven-Lehe to Bremen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 53 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £25
- Website
- NordWestBahn
Train from Bremerhaven-Lehe to Bremen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 53 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £25
- Website
- NordWestBahn
Train from Bremerhaven-Lehe to Bremen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 53 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £25
- Website
- NordWestBahn
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Bremen Hbf to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 2m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £50–110
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- info@flixbus.de
- Website
- FlixTrain GmbH
Train from Bremen Hbf to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £21–30
- Website
- FlixTrain GmbH
- Phone
- +44 (0)3432 186 186
- Website
- Eurostar
Train from Koeln Hbf to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 56m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- £65–120
- Website
- Eurostar
Train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to London St Pancras Intl
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 1m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £110–190
- Website
- Eurostar
Train from Amsterdam Centraal to London St Pancras Intl
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 17m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £180–300
- 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)
- 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
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
- £8–14
- Website
- Lumo
Train from Glasgow Queen Street to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 49 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- £8–14
- Website
- Lumo
- service@govolta.nl
- Website
- GoVolta
Train from Bremen Hbf to Amsterdam Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 9m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £20–26
- Website
- GoVolta
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Utrecht Centraal to Rotterdam Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 37 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- £5–11
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Rotterdam Centraal to London St. Pancras Int.
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 29m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- £45–95
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
- 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
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhof to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 5m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- £70–110
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from London Victoria to Edinburgh, Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 15m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £40–65
- Website
- Flixbus
- Phone
- +44 (0)3717 81 81 81
- Website
- National Express
Bus from London Victoria to Edinburgh, Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 50m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £55–100
- Website
- National Express
- Phone
- +38 098-888-11-08
- igoruzhanskyi@grandbus.com.ua
- Website
- Grand Bus
Bus from Bremen to Utrecht Centraal station
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 59m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £36–40
- Website
- Grand Bus
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