There are 11 ways to get from Didcot to Edinburgh by train, bus, car, or plane
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Train
best- Take the train from Didcot Parkway to London Paddingtontrain Bristol Temple Meads - London Paddington / ...
- Take the train from King's Cross to Edinburgh Waverleytrain London Kings Cross - Edinburgh / ...
5h 26m£96–201Bus
cheapest- Take the bus from Queens Lane to Heathrow Central Bus Stationbus Lhr / ...
- Take the bus from Heathrow Central Bus Station to Edinburgh, Bus Stationbus Ukn10
13h 14m£38–107Drive 365.9 mi
- Drive from Didcot to Edinburghcar 365.9 mi
6h 32m£90–130Train to London Heathrow Airport, fly to Edinburgh Airport
- Take the train from Didcot Parkway to London Paddingtontrain
- Fly from London Heathrow Airport (LHR) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane LHR - EDI
4h 4m£107–318Train via Birmingham
- Take the train from Oxford to Birmingham New Streettrain Bournemouth - Manchester Piccadilly / ...
- Take the train from Birmingham New Street to Edinburgh Waverleytrain Plymouth - Edinburgh / ...
7h 31m£61–244Train to London City Airport, fly to Edinburgh Airport
- Take the train from Didcot Parkway to London Paddingtontrain
- Fly from London City Airport (LCY) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane LCY - EDI
4h 12m£115–307Train to Bristol Airport, fly to Edinburgh Airport
- Take the train from Didcot Parkway to Bristol Temple Meadstrain
- Fly from Bristol Airport (BRS) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane BRS - EDI
4h 14m£68–170Train, train to Luton Airport, fly to Edinburgh Airport
- Take the train from Didcot Parkway to London Paddingtontrain
- Take the train from Farringdon to Luton Airport Parkwaytrain
- Fly from Luton Airport (LTN) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane LTN - EDI
4h 32m£80–227Train to Birmingham Airport, fly to Edinburgh Airport
- Take the train from Oxford to Birmingham Internationaltrain
- Fly from Birmingham Airport (BHX) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane BHX - EDI
4h 43m£55–159Train to Southampton Airport, fly to Edinburgh Airport
- Take the train from Reading to Southampton Airport Parkwaytrain
- Fly from Southampton Airport (SOU) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane SOU - EDI
4h 50m£111–253Train to London Heathrow Airport, fly to Glasgow Airport, train
- Take the train from Didcot Parkway to London Paddingtontrain
- Fly from London Heathrow Airport (LHR) to Glasgow Airport (GLA)plane LHR - GLA
- Take the train from Glasgow Queen Street to Edinburgh Waverleytrain
4h 51m£114–383
Didcot to Edinburgh by train and subway
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Didcot to Edinburgh is to bus which costs £35 - £110 and takes 13h 14m.
The fastest way to get from Didcot to Edinburgh is to train and fly which takes 4h 4m and costs £100 - £320.
No, there is no direct bus from Didcot station to Edinburgh station. However, there are services departing from Parkway Station and arriving at Edinburgh, Bus Station via Queens Lane and Heathrow Central Bus Station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 13h 14m.
No, there is no direct train from Didcot to Edinburgh. However, there are services departing from Didcot Parkway and arriving at Edinburgh Waverley via London Paddington, Farringdon station and King's Cross. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 5h 26m.
The distance between Didcot and Edinburgh is 450 miles. The road distance is 368.1 miles.
The best way to get from Didcot to Edinburgh without a car is to train which takes 5h 26m and costs £95 - £210.
It takes approximately 5h 26m to get from Didcot to Edinburgh, including transfers.
Didcot to Edinburgh bus services, operated by Oxford Bus Company, depart from Queens Lane station.
Didcot to Edinburgh train services, operated by Great Western Railway (GWR), depart from Didcot Parkway station.
The best way to get from Didcot to Edinburgh is to train which takes 5h 26m and costs £95 - £210. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs £35 - £110 and takes 13h 14m.
What companies run services between Didcot, England and Edinburgh, Scotland?
You can take a train from Didcot Parkway to Edinburgh Waverley via London Paddington, Farringdon Without, Farringdon station, King's Cross St. Pancras station, and King's Cross in around 5h 26m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Parkway Station to Edinburgh, Bus Station via Queens Lane and Heathrow Central Bus Station in around 13h 14m.
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 26m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £60–210
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £85–260
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Belfast City
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- £60–210
Flights from London City Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £70–210
Flights from Southampton Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £100–220
Flights from Southampton Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £75–190
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Glasgow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 28m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £55–220
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Glasgow Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £100–220
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Bristol Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £23–90
Flights from Bristol Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Belfast (Aldergrove)
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £23–90
Flights from Luton Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 18m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £24–130
Flights from Luton Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Belfast (Aldergrove)
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £24–130
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £23–85
Flights from Southampton Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Belfast (Aldergrove)
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £80–180
- Website
- aerlingus.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £85–260
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Belfast City
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- £60–210
Flights from Southampton Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £75–190
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Glasgow Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £100–220
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Bristol Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 23m
- When
- Thursday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £45–95
Flights from Luton Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 26m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £50–100
- Website
- loganair.co.uk
Flights from Southampton Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £100–220
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Glasgow Airport via Derry
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £190–410
- Phone
- +44 3457 000 125
- gwr.feedback@gwr.com
- Website
- gwr.com
Train from Didcot Parkway to London Paddington
- Ave. Duration
- 42 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- £26–55
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
Train from Didcot Parkway to Bristol Temple Meads
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £25–65
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
- Phone
- +44 345 722 5333
- customers@lner.co.uk
- Website
- lner.co.uk
Train from King's Cross to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £60–140
- Website
- https://www.lner.co.uk/
Train from Oxford to Birmingham New Street
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 11m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £12–65
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
Train from Birmingham New Street to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 7m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £40–170
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
Train from Oxford to Birmingham International
- Ave. Duration
- 59 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £12–55
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
Train from Reading to Southampton Airport Parkway
- Ave. Duration
- 43 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £14–29
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 345 528 0253
- Website
- avantiwestcoast.co.uk
Train from Birmingham New Street to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 16m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £45–120
- Website
- https://www.avantiwestcoast.co.uk/
- Phone
- 0345 026 4700
- Website
- thameslinkrailway.com
Train from Farringdon to Luton Airport Parkway
- Ave. Duration
- 36 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- £7–24
- Website
- https://www.thameslinkrailway.com/
- Phone
- +44 344 811 0141
- Website
- scotrail.co.uk
Train from Glasgow Queen Street to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- £17–18
- Website
- https://www.scotrail.co.uk/
- Phone
- 0800 031 8542
- Passengerassistance@lumo.co.uk.
- Website
- lumo.co.uk
Train from Glasgow Queen Street to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 49 min
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- £17–18
- Website
- https://www.lumo.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 330 060 0500
- enquiry@sleeper.scot
- Website
- sleeper.scot
Train from Glasgow Queen Street to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- £60–75
- Website
- https://www.sleeper.scot/
- Sleeper Berth Classic
- £210–230
- Sleeper Seat
- £60–75
- Sleeper Berth Club Solo
- £230–260
- Phone
- +44 1865 785400
- info@oxfordbus.co.uk
- Website
- oxfordbus.co.uk
Bus from Queens Lane to Heathrow Central Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 32m
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- £10–14
- Website
- https://www.oxfordbus.co.uk/
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Heathrow Central Bus Station to Edinburgh, Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 55m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £25–80
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- 01204 327509
- info@atlantictravel.co.uk
- Website
- atlantictravel.co.uk
Bus from Heathrow Central Bus Station to Edinburgh, Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 55m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Website
- Atlantic Travel GB Ltd
- Phone
- 08717 81 81 81
- Website
- nationalexpress.com
Bus from Heathrow Central Bus Station to Edinburgh, Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 40m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £35–90
- Website
- https://www.nationalexpress.com/en
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More Questions & Answers
Didcot to Edinburgh bus services, operated by Oxford Bus Company, arrive at Heathrow Central Bus Station.
Didcot to Edinburgh train services, operated by Great Western Railway (GWR), arrive at London Paddington station.
Yes, the driving distance between Didcot to Edinburgh is 368 miles. It takes approximately 6h 32m to drive from Didcot to Edinburgh.
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