There are 12 ways to get from Edinburgh to Austria by plane, train (Eurostar, TGV), bus, train, night train, car, car train, or car ferry
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Fly to Vienna International Airport
best- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Vienna International Airport (VIE)plane EDI - VIE
5h 33m€83–219Train
- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to King's Crosstrain
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Paris Nordtrain Eil
- Take the train from Paris Est to Stuttgart Hbftrain Tgv
- Take the train from Stuttgart Hbf to Wien Westbahnhoftrain 963 / ...
19h 18m€521–1,162Bus via Prague
- Take the bus from Edinburgh, Bus Station to London Victoriabus
- Take the bus from London Victoria Green Line Station to Prague Wilsonova Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Praha, Hlavní Nádraží to Vienna, International Busterminal (VIB)bus 962 / ...
32h 7m€171–381Train, night train
- 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 nighttrain from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to Wien Hbfnighttrain Nj
23h 17m€321–572Fly to Salzburg Airport
- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Salzburg Airport (SZG)plane EDI - SZG
5h 16m€108–275Fly to Innsbruck Airport
- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Innsbruck Airport (INN)plane EDI - INN
5h 13m€151–401Fly to Graz Airport
- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Graz Airport (GRZ)plane EDI - GRZ
7h 38m€145–297Fly to Munich International Airport, train
- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Munich International Airport (MUC)plane EDI - MUC
- Take the train from Muenchen Ost to Salzburg Hbftrain
7h 31m€130–415Fly to Bratislava Airport, train
- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Bratislava Airport (BTS)plane EDI - BTS
- Take the train from Bratislava Hlavna Stanica to Wien Aspern Nordtrain
6h 46m€84–197Bus
- Take the bus from Edinburgh, Bus Station to London Victoria Coach Station Arrivalsbus 594 / ...
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Praha, ÚAN Florencbus
- Take the bus from Praha, ÚAN Florenc to Vienna, International Busterminal (VIB)bus 060 / ...
38h 45m€230–465Drive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Edinburgh to Folkestonecar
- Take the cartrain from Folkestone to Calais-Fréthuncartrain
- Drive from Calais-Fréthun to Viennacar
20h 24m€459–614Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Edinburgh to Port of Dovercar
- Take the carferry from Port of Dover to Calaiscarferry
- Drive from Calais to Viennacar
21h 31m€334–536
Edinburgh to Austria by train, foot, and subway
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Edinburgh to Austria is to fly and train which costs €80 - €200 and takes 6h 46m.
The fastest way to get from Edinburgh to Austria is to fly which takes 5h 13m and costs €150 - €410.
No, there is no direct bus from Edinburgh station to Austria. However, there are services departing from Edinburgh, Bus Station and arriving at Vienna, International Busterminal (VIB) via London Victoria Green Line Station and Praha, Hlavní Nádraží. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 32h 7m.
No, there is no direct train from Edinburgh to Austria. However, there are services departing from Edinburgh Waverley and arriving at Stephansplatz via London St Pancras Intl, Paris Est, Stuttgart Hbf and Westbahnhof. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 19h 18m.
The distance between Edinburgh and Austria is 1641 km.
The best way to get from Edinburgh to Austria without a car is to train which takes 19h 18m and costs €500 - €1200.
It takes approximately 5h 33m to get from Edinburgh to Austria, including transfers.
Edinburgh to Austria bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Edinburgh, Bus Station.
Edinburgh to Austria train services, operated by London North Eastern Railway Limited (LNER), depart from Edinburgh Waverley station.
The best way to get from Edinburgh to Austria is to fly which takes 5h 33m and costs €80 - €220. Alternatively, you can train, which costs €500 - €1200 and takes 19h 18m, you could also bus via Prague, which costs €170 - €390 and takes 32h 7m.
What companies run services between Edinburgh, Scotland and Austria?
Ryanair, Jet2.com, and four other airlines fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Vienna International Airport (VIE) 5 times a day. Alternatively, you can take a train from Edinburgh Waverley to Stephansplatz via London Kings Cross, London St Pancras Intl, Paris Nord, Paris Est, Stuttgart Hbf, Wien Westbahnhof, and Westbahnhof in around 19h 18m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Vienna International Airport via Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €90–310
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Salzburg Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €120–280
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Graz Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €140–250
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Graz Airport via Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €190–290
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–250
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Munich International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–250
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Vienna International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–310
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Innsbruck Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- When
- Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €100–550
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Munich International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–330
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Vienna International Airport via Cologne Bonn
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €150–210
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Vienna International Airport via Stuttgart
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €150–210
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Graz Airport via Dusseldorf
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 20m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €130–300
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Graz Airport via Berlin Brandenburg
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €120–280
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Munich International Airport via Cologne Bonn
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Thursday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €100–220
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Munich International Airport via Dusseldorf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €100–220
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Vienna International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €130–180
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Salzburg Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €120–280
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Graz Airport via Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €190–290
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Graz Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 20m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €190–290
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Salzburg Airport via Bristol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €130–290
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Innsbruck Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €100–280
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Innsbruck Airport via London Luton
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €100–280
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €80–190
- Website
- jet2.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Vienna International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €85–180
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Salzburg Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €120–260
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Innsbruck Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €180–360
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Vienna International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- When
- Tuesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- €60–170
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Bratislava Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €65–160
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Graz Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 10m
- When
- Thursday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €100–500
- Website
- brusselsairlines.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Munich International Airport via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €70–260
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)
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 Paris Nord
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 28m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €130–230
- Website
- Eurostar
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 4m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €100–190
- Website
- Eurostar
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Paris Est to Stuttgart Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 22m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €120–200
- Website
- TGV inOui
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Paris Est to Stuttgart Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 21m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €100–480
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
- Phone
- +43 1 89900
- service@westbahn.at
- Website
- Westbahn
Train from Stuttgart Hbf to Wien Westbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 40m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €130–230
- Website
- Westbahn
Train from Muenchen Ost to Salzburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 38m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €27–50
- Website
- Westbahn
- Phone
- +43 (0) 51717
- Website
- Nightjet
Night train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to Wien Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 7m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- €60–160
- Website
- Nightjet
- Sleeper Carriage
- €110–160
- Couchette Carriage
- €90–110
- Seating Carriage
- €60–75
Train from Muenchen Ost to Salzburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 47m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €18–90
- Website
- Nightjet
- Sleeper Carriage
- €80–90
- Couchette Carriage
- €50–60
- Seating Carriage
- €18–23
- Phone
- +49 30 200 73-0
- kommunikation@transdev.de
- Website
- Transdev GmbH
Train from Muenchen Ost to Salzburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 54m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €26–40
- Schedules at
- Transdev GmbH
- Phone
- +32 70 79 79 79
- Website
- Belgian Railways
Train from Muenchen Ost to Salzburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €23–50
- Website
- Belgian Railways
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Muenchen Ost to Salzburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 42m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €16–35
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
- Phone
- +49 8024 997171
- info@brb.de
- Website
- Bayerische Regiobahn (BRB)
Train from Muenchen Ost to Salzburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €60–200
- Schedules at
- Bayerische Regiobahn (BRB)
Train from Bratislava Hlavna Stanica to Wien Aspern Nord
- Ave. Duration
- 40 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €2–5
- Website
- Railways of Slovak Republic (ZSSK)
- 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 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Edinburgh, Bus Station to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 5m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- €45–80
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Praha, Hlavní Nádraží to Vienna, International Busterminal (VIB)
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €24–40
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from London Victoria to Praha, ÚAN Florenc
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 50m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €100–180
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Praha, ÚAN Florenc to Vienna, International Busterminal (VIB)
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 9m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €24–40
- 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
- €80–200
- Website
- National Express
Bus from Edinburgh, Bus Station to London Victoria Coach Station Arrivals
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 55m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €100–250
- Website
- National Express
- Phone
- +420 222 222 221
- info@regiojet.com
- Website
- RegioJet
Bus from London Victoria Green Line Station to Prague Wilsonova Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 20m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €95–140
- Website
- RegioJet
- 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 Austria bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at London Victoria station.
Austria is 1h ahead of Edinburgh. It is currently 2:49 PM in Edinburgh and 3:49 PM in Austria.
Edinburgh to Austria train services, operated by London North Eastern Railway Limited (LNER), arrive at King's Cross station.
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