There are 12 ways to get from Edinburgh to Aachen by train (Eurostar), bus, car, car train, plane, train, or car ferry
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Train
best- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to King's Crosstrain
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Miditrain Eil
- Take the train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to Aachen Hbftrain Ice
9h 11m€285–527Fly to Brussels South Charleroi Airport, bus, train
cheapest- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Brussels South Charleroi Airport (CRL)plane EDI - CRL
- Take the bus from Charleroi Airport to Liège Rue du Plan Inclinedbus
- Take the train from Liege-Guillemins to Aachen Hbftrain
6h 56m€67–256Bus
- Take the bus from Edinburgh, Bus Station to London Victoriabus Ukxn10 / ...
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Maastrichtbus N870
21h 48m€87–275Drive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Edinburgh to Folkestonecar
- Take the cartrain from Folkestone to Calais-Fréthuncartrain
- Drive from Calais-Fréthun to Aachencar
11h 55m€310–395Fly to Düsseldorf International Airport, train
- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS)plane EDI - DUS
- Take the train from Duesseldorf Hbf to Aachen Westtrain
6h 19mTrain via London
- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to London Eustontrain
- Take the train from London St. Pancras Int. to Brussel-Zuidtrain
- Take the train from Bruxelles Midi to Aachen, Hbftrain 79
11h 18m€222–493Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Edinburgh to Port of Dovercar
- Take the carferry from Port of Dover to Calaiscarferry
- Drive from Calais to Aachencar
13h 2m€185–317Fly to Cologne Bonn Airport, train
- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN)plane EDI - CGN
- Take the train from Köln Hbf to Aachen, Hbftrain
5h 36m€79–224Fly to Brussels Airport, train
- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Brussels Airport (BRU)plane EDI - BRU
- Take the train from Brussels-Nord to Aachen Hbftrain
6h 18m€112–346Fly to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, train
- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS)plane EDI - AMS
- Take the train from Schiphol Airport Train Station to Eindhoven Centraaltrain
- Take the train from Eindhoven Centraal to Heerlentrain
8h 6m€96–270Fly to Frankfurt, train
- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Frankfurt (FRA)plane EDI - FRA
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Aachen, Hbftrain
6h 58m€151–451Fly to Weeze Airport, train
- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Weeze Airport (NRN)plane EDI - NRN
- Take the train from Krefeld Hbf to Aachen, Schanz Bftrain
7h 47m€73–273
Edinburgh to Aachen by train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Edinburgh to Aachen is to fly and bus and train which costs €65 - €260 and takes 6h 56m.
The fastest way to get from Edinburgh to Aachen is to fly and train which takes 5h 36m and costs €75 - €230.
No, there is no direct bus from Edinburgh station to Aachen. However, there are services departing from Edinburgh, Bus Station and arriving at Aachen, Schanz via London Victoria and Maastricht, Station Maastricht. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 21h 48m.
No, there is no direct train from Edinburgh to Aachen. However, there are services departing from Edinburgh Waverley and arriving at Aachen Hbf via London St Pancras Intl and Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 9h 11m.
The distance between Edinburgh and Aachen is 1149 km.
The best way to get from Edinburgh to Aachen without a car is to train which takes 9h 11m and costs €280 - €550.
It takes approximately 9h 11m to get from Edinburgh to Aachen, including transfers.
Edinburgh to Aachen bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Edinburgh, Bus Station.
Edinburgh to Aachen train services, operated by London North Eastern Railway Limited (LNER), depart from Edinburgh Waverley station.
The best way to get from Edinburgh to Aachen is to train which takes 9h 11m and costs €280 - €550. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs €85 - €280 and takes 21h 48m.
What companies run services between Edinburgh, Scotland and Aachen, Germany?
You can take a train from Edinburgh Waverley to Aachen Hbf via London Kings Cross, London St Pancras Intl, and Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi in around 9h 11m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Edinburgh, Bus Station to Aachen, Schanz via London Victoria, Maastricht, and Maastricht, Station Maastricht in around 21h 48m.
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 34m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €55–200
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol via Birmingham
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 32m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €55–200
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol via London Luton
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €55–200
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €45–270
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Brussels Airport via Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €45–280
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 31m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €40–270
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Frankfurt via Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 1m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €45–260
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Saturday, and Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €110–230
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Brussels Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 53m
- When
- Monday to Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €85–220
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–310
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–280
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Brussels Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €65–180
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Brussels South Charleroi Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €30–170
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Weeze Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €30–180
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–160
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €80–140
- Website
- aerlingus.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €80–170
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Brussels Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €70–150
- Website
- brusselsairlines.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Brussels Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–220
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to King's Cross
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 8m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €150–220
- Website
- London North Eastern Railway Limited (LNER)
- Phone
- +44 (0)3432 186 186
- Website
- Eurostar
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 1m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €100–180
- Website
- Eurostar
Train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to Aachen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €40–75
- Website
- Eurostar
Train from Liege-Guillemins to Aachen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 21 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €13–24
- Website
- Eurostar
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to Aachen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €27–130
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Bruxelles Midi to Aachen, Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 29m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €27–130
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Köln Hbf to Aachen, Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 32 min
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €12–60
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Brussels-Nord to Aachen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 1m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €26–120
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Liege-Guillemins to Aachen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 22 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €8–40
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Frankfurt to Aachen, Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 26m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €40–200
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
- Phone
- +44 (0) 8443 35 35 35
- Website
- LeShuttle
Car train from Folkestone to Calais-Fréthun
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €137
- Website
- LeShuttle
- Standard fare
- €137
- Phone
- +49 221 13 999 444
- Website
- National Express
Train from Duesseldorf Hbf to Aachen West
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 11m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Schedules at
- National Express
- Phone
- +44 (0)345 528 0253
- Website
- Avanti West Coast
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to London Euston
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 47m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €160–280
- Website
- Avanti West Coast
- Phone
- +44 330 060 0500
- enquiry@sleeper.scot
- Website
- Caledonian Sleeper
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to London Euston
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 23m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- €150–250
- Website
- Caledonian Sleeper
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from London St. Pancras Int. to Brussel-Zuid
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 1m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €40–85
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Schiphol Airport Train Station to Eindhoven Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €13–29
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Eindhoven Centraal to Heerlen
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 3m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €10–22
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Bruxelles Midi to Aachen, Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €24–50
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Köln Hbf to Aachen, Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €11–23
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Liege-Guillemins to Aachen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 20 min
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €8–16
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
- Phone
- +32 70 79 79 79
- Website
- Belgian Railways
Train from Bruxelles Midi to Aachen, Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €25–55
- Website
- Belgian Railways
Train from Köln Hbf to Aachen, Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 33 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €11–24
- Website
- Belgian Railways
Train from Brussels-Nord to Aachen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €24–50
- Website
- Belgian Railways
Train from Liege-Guillemins to Aachen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 2m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €8–17
- Website
- Belgian Railways
Train from Frankfurt to Aachen, Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 28m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- €40–85
- Website
- Belgian Railways
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Köln Hbf to Aachen, Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 53 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €17–30
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Krefeld Hbf to Aachen, Schanz Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €20–40
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
- Phone
- 0800-0232 545
- Website
- Arriva NL
Train from Liege-Guillemins to Aachen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 34m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €9–14
- Website
- Arriva NL
- Second Class Single
- €9–14
Train from Schiphol Airport Train Station to Eindhoven Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 18m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €18–27
- Website
- Arriva NL
- Second Class Single
- €18–27
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Edinburgh, Bus Station to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 5m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €45–75
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from London Victoria to Maastricht
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 35m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €35–65
- Website
- Flixbus
- Phone
- +44 (0)3717 81 81 81
- Website
- National Express
Bus from Edinburgh, Bus Station to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 45m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €85–210
- Website
- National Express
- info@flibco.com
- Website
- Flibco
Bus from Charleroi Airport to Liège Rue du Plan Inclined
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €15–35
- Website
- Flibco
- Phone
- +353 818 300 400
- info@irishferries.fr
- Website
- Irish Ferries
Car ferry from Port of Dover to Calais
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €9–55
- Website
- Irish Ferries
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More Questions & Answers
Edinburgh to Aachen bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at London Victoria station.
Aachen is 1h ahead of Edinburgh. It is currently 3:29 AM in Edinburgh and 4:29 AM in Aachen.
Edinburgh to Aachen train services, operated by London North Eastern Railway Limited (LNER), arrive at King's Cross station.
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