There are 12 ways to get from Edinburgh to Aachen by train (Eurostar), bus, car, car train, plane, train, or car ferry
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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
8h 43m€297–537Fly 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 Brussels Midi / Brussels South Westbus
- Take the train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to Aachen Hbftrain
7h 4m€79–294Bus
- Take the bus from Edinburgh, Bus Station to London Victoriabus
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Brussels Midi / Brussels South Westbus
- Take the bus from Brussels - Midi Train Station to Aachen - Henricistraßebus
19h 15m€86–256Drive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Edinburgh to Folkestonecar
- Take the car train from Folkestone to Calais-Fréthuncartrain
- Drive from Calais-Fréthun to Aachencar
11h 55m€312–397Fly 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 1mTrain 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 Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to Aachen Hbftrain Ice
11h 6m€195–486Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Edinburgh to Port of Dovercar
- Take the car ferry from Port of Dover to Calaiscarferry
- Drive from Calais to Aachencar
13h 2m€187–315Fly to Cologne Bonn Airport, train
- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN)plane EDI - CGN
- Take the train from Koeln Hbf to Aachen Hbftrain
5h 47m€86–242Fly to Brussels Airport, train
- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Brussels Airport (BRU)plane EDI - BRU
- Take the train from Brussels Airport-Zaventem to Aachen Hbftrain
6h 26m€104–306Fly to Frankfurt, train
- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Frankfurt (FRA)plane EDI - FRA
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Aachen, Hbftrain
7h 38m€151–411Fly to Weeze Airport, train
- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Weeze Airport (NRN)plane EDI - NRN
- Take the train from Weeze Weeze Bahnhof to Krefeld Hbftrain
- Take the train from Moenchengladbach Hbf to Aachen Westtrain
7h 26mFly to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, train
- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS)plane EDI - AMS
- Take the train from Schiphol Airport to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Miditrain
- Take the train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to Aachen Hbftrain
7h 48m€164–441
Edinburgh to Aachen by train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Edinburgh to Aachen is to fly and train which costs €85 - €250 and takes 5h 47m.
The fastest way to get from Edinburgh to Aachen is to fly and train which takes 5h 47m and costs €85 - €250.
No, there is no direct bus from Edinburgh station to Aachen. However, there are services departing from Edinburgh, Bus Station and arriving at Aachen - Henricistraße via London Victoria and Brussels - Midi Train Station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 19h 15m.
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 8h 43m.
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 8h 43m and costs €290 - €550.
It takes approximately 8h 43m 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 8h 43m and costs €290 - €550. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs €85 - €260 and takes 19h 15m.
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 8h 43m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Edinburgh, Bus Station to Aachen - Henricistraße via London Victoria and Brussels - Midi Train Station in around 19h 15m.
- 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
- €45–270
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Frankfurt via Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 1m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €45–260
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 31m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €40–260
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 34m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–210
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol via Belfast (Aldergrove)
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €65–210
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol via Birmingham
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €65–210
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Brussels South Charleroi Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €29–140
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Weeze Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €29–200
- 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 56m
- When
- Monday, Friday, Tuesday, and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €90–220
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €95–350
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–190
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–160
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €85–170
- 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
- €85–200
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Brussels Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €75–240
- Website
- brusselsairlines.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Brussels Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–280
- Phone
- +44 (0)3457 225 333
- customers@lner.co.uk
- Website
- lner.co.uk
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to King's Cross
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 8m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €150–220
- Website
- https://www.lner.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 (0)3432 186 186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 4m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €110–210
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
Train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to Aachen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 9m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €45–85
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
Train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to Aachen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 9m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €45–85
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
Train from Koeln Hbf to Aachen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 37 min
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €22–40
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
Train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to Aachen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 9m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €45–85
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
Train from Schiphol Airport to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 39m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €60–110
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
Train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to Aachen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 9m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €45–85
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to Aachen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €28–110
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to Aachen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €28–110
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Koeln Hbf to Aachen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 49 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €13–50
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Brussels Airport-Zaventem to Aachen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 14m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €25–95
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to Aachen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €28–110
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Frankfurt to Aachen, Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 6m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €40–170
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to Aachen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €28–110
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +44 (0) 8443 35 35 35
- Website
- leshuttle.com
Car train from Folkestone to Calais-Fréthun
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €137
- Website
- https://www.leshuttle.com/uk-en
- Standard fare
- €137
- Phone
- +49 221 13 999 444
- Website
- nationalexpress.de
Train from Duesseldorf Hbf to Aachen West
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 11m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Schedules at
- nationalexpress.de
Train from Koeln Hbf to Aachen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 52 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Schedules at
- nationalexpress.de
Train from Moenchengladbach Hbf to Aachen West
- Ave. Duration
- 42 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Schedules at
- nationalexpress.de
- Phone
- +44 (0)345 528 0253
- Website
- avantiwestcoast.co.uk
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to London Euston
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 47m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €170–290
- Website
- https://www.avantiwestcoast.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 330 060 0500
- enquiry@sleeper.scot
- Website
- sleeper.scot
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to London Euston
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 23m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- €120–220
- Website
- https://www.sleeper.scot/
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from London St. Pancras Int. to Brussel-Zuid
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €40–90
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- konzern.oebb.at
Train from Koeln Hbf to Aachen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 43 min
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €20–30
- Website
- https://konzern.oebb.at/en/
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Koeln Hbf to Aachen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 53 min
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €13–21
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Weeze Weeze Bahnhof to Krefeld Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 39 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €8–14
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +32 70 79 79 79
- Website
- belgiantrain.be
Train from Brussels Airport-Zaventem to Aachen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 14m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €23–50
- Website
- https://www.belgiantrain.be/en
Train from Frankfurt to Aachen, Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 2m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €40–85
- Website
- https://www.belgiantrain.be/en
- Phone
- 0203 6688 9477
- dialog@rhein-ruhr-bahn.de
- Website
- rhein-ruhr-bahn.de
Train from Weeze Weeze Bahnhof to Krefeld Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 39 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Schedules at
- rhein-ruhr-bahn.de
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.fr
Bus from Edinburgh, Bus Station to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 5m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- €45–80
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Brussels - Midi Train Station to Aachen - Henricistraße
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €11–20
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +44 (0)3717 81 81 81
- Website
- nationalexpress.com
Bus from Edinburgh, Bus Station to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 45m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €75–200
- Website
- https://www.nationalexpress.com/en
- Phone
- +420 222 222 221
- info@regiojet.com
- Website
- regiojet.com
Bus from London Victoria to Brussels Midi / Brussels South West
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 30m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €28–40
- Website
- https://regiojet.com/
- Phone
- +3 318 576 2228
- Website
- blablacar.co.uk
Bus from Brussels - Midi Train Station to Aachen - Henricistraße
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €12–23
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
- info@flibco.com
- Website
- flibco.com
Bus from Charleroi Airport to Brussels Midi / Brussels South West
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €11–23
- Website
- https://www.flibco.com/en
- Phone
- +353 818 300 400
- info@irishferries.fr
- Website
- irishferries.com
Car ferry from Port of Dover to Calais
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €9–50
- Website
- https://www.irishferries.com/uk-en/Travel-to-Ireland
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Edinburgh to Aachen bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at London Victoria station.
Aachen is 1h ahead of Edinburgh. It is currently 6:37 AM in Edinburgh and 7:37 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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