There are 11 ways to get from Dresden to Edinburgh by plane, train (Eurostar), bus, car, car train, train, or car ferry
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Fly Dresden Airport to Edinburgh Airport
best- Fly from Dresden Airport (DRS) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane DRS - EDI
7h 35m£126–308Train to Berlin Brandenburg Airport, fly to Edinburgh Airport
cheapest- Take the train from Dresden Hauptbahnhof to Flughafen BERtrain
- Fly from Berlin Brandenburg Airport (BER) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane BER - EDI
6h 27m£66–192Train
- Take the train from Dresden Hauptbahnhof to Frankfurttrain 50
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Bruxelles Miditrain 79
- 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 59m£179–529Bus via London
- Take the bus from Dresden central station to Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhofbus 060 / ...
- Take the bus from Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhof to London Victoriabus
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Edinburgh, Bus Stationbus
31h 21m£77–191Drive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Dresden to Calais-Fréthuncar
- Take the car train from Calais-Fréthun to Folkestonecartrain
- Drive from Folkestone to Edinburghcar
17h 26mBus to Václav Havel Airport Prague, fly to Edinburgh Airport
- Take the bus from Dresden to Praha Hlavní nádražíbus
- Fly from Václav Havel Airport Prague (PRG) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane PRG - EDI
7h 2mTrain to Leipzig-Halle Airport, fly to Edinburgh Airport
- Take the train from Dresden Hauptbahnhof to Leipzig/Halle Flughafentrain
- Fly from Leipzig-Halle Airport (LEJ) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane LEJ - EDI
8h 3m£126–304Bus to Václav Havel Airport Prague, fly to Glasgow Airport, train
- Take the bus from Dresden to Praha Hlavní nádražíbus
- Fly from Václav Havel Airport Prague (PRG) to Glasgow Airport (GLA)plane PRG - GLA
- Take the train from Glasgow Queen Street to Edinburgh Waverleytrain
8h 8mTrain via Enschede
- Take the train from Dresden Hauptbahnhof to Bielefeld Hbftrain 55
- Take the train from Bielefeld Hbf to Hengelotrain
- Take the train from Hengelo to Rotterdam Centraaltrain
- Take the train from Rotterdam Centraal to London St. Pancras Int.train
- Take the train from King's Cross to Edinburgh Waverleytrain
19h 45m£190–561Bus
- Take the bus from Dresden central station to Praha, ÚAN Florencbus 082 / ...
- Take the bus from Praha, ÚAN Florenc to Bradfordbus
- Take the bus from Leeds City Bus Station to Edinburgh, Bus Stationbus
34h 4m£86–226Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Dresden to Rotterdamcar
- Take the car ferry from Rotterdam to Hullcarferry
- Drive from Hull to Edinburghcar
23h 5m£261–398
Dresden to Edinburgh by train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Dresden to Edinburgh is to train and fly which costs £65 - £200 and takes 6h 27m.
The fastest way to get from Dresden to Edinburgh is to train and fly which takes 6h 27m and costs £65 - £200.
No, there is no direct bus from Dresden station to Edinburgh station. However, there are services departing from Dresden central station and arriving at Edinburgh, Bus Station via Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhof and London Victoria. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 31h 21m.
No, there is no direct train from Dresden to Edinburgh. However, there are services departing from Dresden Hauptbahnhof and arriving at Edinburgh Waverley via Frankfurt, Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi and King's Cross. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 15h 59m.
The distance between Dresden and Edinburgh is 796 miles.
The best way to get from Dresden to Edinburgh without a car is to train which takes 15h 59m and costs £170 - £550.
It takes approximately 7h 35m to get from Dresden to Edinburgh, including transfers.
Dresden to Edinburgh bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Dresden central station.
Dresden to Edinburgh train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), depart from Dresden Hauptbahnhof station.
The best way to get from Dresden to Edinburgh is to fly which takes 7h 35m and costs £120 - £310. Alternatively, you can train, which costs £170 - £550 and takes 15h 59m, you could also bus via London, which costs £75 - £200 and takes 31h 21m.
What companies run services between Dresden, Germany and Edinburgh, Scotland?
Eurowings, Lufthansa, and three other airlines fly from Dresden Airport (DRS) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI) twice daily. Alternatively, you can take a train from Dresden Hauptbahnhof to Edinburgh Waverley via Frankfurt, Bruxelles Midi, Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi, London St Pancras Intl, and King's Cross in around 15h 59m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Dresden Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £110–250
Flights from Dresden Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 30m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- £110–250
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Edinburgh Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £55–240
Flights from Leipzig-Halle Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 3m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £100–240
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Glasgow Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 40m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- £55–240
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 7m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £40–230
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Edinburgh Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 8m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £40–230
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Glasgow Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £40–230
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Dresden Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 35m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £60–250
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £40–150
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £45–190
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Glasgow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £50–130
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Glasgow Airport via Birmingham
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £50–130
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Glasgow Airport via Bristol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- £50–130
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £35–120
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £35–120
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Dresden Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Dusseldorf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £110–220
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Dusseldorf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £45–190
- Website
- brusselsairlines.com
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £50–190
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Edinburgh Airport via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £50–190
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Edinburgh Airport via London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Monday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- £55–100
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- £45–110
- Website
- jet2.com
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- £45–140
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Glasgow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £30–140
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Dresden Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 10m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £80–400
- Website
- flysas.com
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £50–210
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Dresden Hauptbahnhof to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 26m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £24–70
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Frankfurt to Bruxelles Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 1m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £40–110
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Dresden Hauptbahnhof to Flughafen BER
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 31m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £15–45
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Dresden Hauptbahnhof to Leipzig/Halle Flughafen
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 28m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £15–35
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Dresden Hauptbahnhof to Bielefeld Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 18m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £35–80
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +44 343 218 6186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to London St Pancras Intl
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 1m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £60–210
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
Train from Rotterdam Centraal to London St. Pancras Int.
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 29m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- £50–280
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-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
- £55–140
- Website
- https://www.lner.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 (0) 8443 35 35 35
- Website
- leshuttle.com
Car train from Calais-Fréthun to Folkestone
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- https://www.leshuttle.com/uk-en
- 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
- £17–18
- Website
- https://www.scotrail.co.uk/
- Phone
- 0180 6 9 27 37 27
- info@eurobahn.de
- Website
- eurobahn.de
Train from Bielefeld Hbf to Hengelo
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 14m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £22–35
- Website
- https://www.eurobahn.de/en/
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from Hengelo to Rotterdam Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 17m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £25–28
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
Train from Rotterdam Centraal to London St. Pancras Int.
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 29m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- £150–240
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Dresden central station to Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £15–21
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhof to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 11m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- £50–110
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from London Victoria to Edinburgh, Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 16m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £20–50
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Dresden central station to Praha, ÚAN Florenc
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £10–26
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Leeds City Bus Station to Edinburgh, Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £13–35
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +420 222 222 221
- info@regiojet.cz
- Website
- regiojet.com
Bus from Dresden central station to Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £6–18
- Website
- https://regiojet.com/
Bus from Dresden central station to Praha, ÚAN Florenc
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £7–11
- Website
- https://regiojet.com/
- Phone
- 08717 81 81 81
- Website
- nationalexpress.com
Bus from London Victoria to Edinburgh, Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 20m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £25–60
- Website
- https://www.nationalexpress.com/en
- Phone
- +38 098-888-11-08
- igoruzhanskyi@grandbus.com.ua
- Website
- grandbus.com.ua
Bus from Dresden to Praha Hlavní nádraží
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 31m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Website
- https://www.grandbus.com.ua/en
- Phone
- +359 700 20 544
- Website
- ardatur.bg
Bus from Dresden central station to Praha, ÚAN Florenc
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £11
- Website
- https://ardatur.bg/en/
- Phone
- 07001 8282
- booking@union-ivkoni.com
- Website
- union-ivkoni.com
Bus from Dresden central station to Praha, ÚAN Florenc
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- £5–8
- Website
- https://union-ivkoni.com/en
- Phone
- +421 55 680 73 06
- onlinepredaj@eurobus.sk
- Website
- eurobus.sk
Bus from Praha, ÚAN Florenc to Bradford
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 52m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- £65–160
- Website
- https://www.eurobus.sk/en
- Phone
- 01304 44 88 88
- customer.services@poferries.com
- Website
- poferries.com
Car ferry from Rotterdam to Hull
- Ave. Duration
- 11h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £95–150
- Website
- https://www.poferries.com/en
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Dresden to Edinburgh bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhof station.
Edinburgh is 1h behind Dresden. It is currently 7:34 PM in Dresden and 6:34 PM in Edinburgh.
Dresden to Edinburgh train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), arrive at Frankfurt station.
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