There are 12 ways to get from Edinburgh to Big Ben by train, bus, rideshare, plane, subway, or car
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Train via London Kings Cross
best- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to King's Crosstrain Edinburgh - London Kings Cross / ...
4h 40m£118–181Rideshare
cheapest- Take the rideshare from Edinburgh to London371.2 mi
7h 55m£25–50Bus
- Take the bus from Edinburgh, Bus Station to Finchley Road / O2 Centrebus Ukxn10 / ...
7h 51m£41–75Fly Edinburgh Airport to London City Airport, subway
- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to London City Airport (LCY)plane EDI - LCY
- Take the subway from Canning Town station to Westminster stationsubway
3h 27m£98–284Train
- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to London Eustontrain Edinburgh - London Euston
6h 6m£109–242Drive 372 mi
- Drive from Edinburgh to Big Bencar 372 mi
7h 1m£91–132Fly Edinburgh Airport to London Heathrow Airport
- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to London Heathrow Airport (LHR)plane EDI - LHR
3h 42m£82–258Fly Edinburgh Airport to Luton Airport, train
- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Luton Airport (LTN)plane EDI - LTN
- Take the train from Luton Airport Parkway to West Hampstead Thameslinktrain
3h 42m£58–154Fly Edinburgh Airport to London Gatwick Airport, train
- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to London Gatwick Airport (LGW)plane EDI - LGW
- Take the train from Gatwick Airport to London Victoriatrain
3h 51m£54–152Fly Edinburgh Airport to London Stansted Airport, subway
- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to London Stansted Airport (STN)plane EDI - STN
- Take the subway from Liverpool Street station to Westminster stationsubway
4h 10m£50–144Train to Glasgow Airport, fly to London City Airport
- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to Glasgow Queen Streettrain
- Fly from Glasgow Airport (GLA) to London City Airport (LCY)plane GLA - LCY
4h 12m£96–316Fly Edinburgh Airport to Birmingham Airport, train
- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Birmingham Airport (BHX)plane EDI - BHX
- Take the train from Birmingham International to London Eustontrain
4h 28m£66–200
Edinburgh to Big Ben by train, subway, and foot
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Edinburgh to Big Ben is to rideshare which costs £25 - £50 and takes 7h 55m.
The fastest way to get from Edinburgh to Big Ben is to fly and subway which takes 3h 27m and costs £95 - £290.
No, there is no direct train from Edinburgh to Big Ben station. However, there are services departing from Edinburgh Waverley and arriving at Westminster station via King's Cross St. Pancras station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 4h 40m.
The distance between Edinburgh and Big Ben is 398 miles. The road distance is 374.2 miles.
The best way to get from Edinburgh to Big Ben without a car is to train via London Kings Cross which takes 4h 40m and costs £110 - £190.
It takes approximately 4h 40m to get from Edinburgh to Big Ben, including transfers.
Edinburgh to Big Ben train services, operated by Avanti West Coast, depart from Edinburgh Waverley station.
The best way to get from Edinburgh to Big Ben is to train via London Kings Cross which takes 4h 40m and costs £110 - £190. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs £40 - £75 and takes 7h 51m, you could also fly, which costs £80 - £260 and takes 3h 42m.
Edinburgh to Big Ben train services, operated by Avanti West Coast, arrive at London Euston station.
Yes, the driving distance between Edinburgh to Big Ben is 374 miles. It takes approximately 7h 1m to drive from Edinburgh to Big Ben.
What companies run services between Edinburgh, Scotland and Big Ben, Greater London, England?
London North Eastern Railway Limited (LNER) operates a train from Edinburgh Waverley to King's Cross hourly. Tickets cost £110–170 and the journey takes 4h 8m. Alternatively, FlixBus operates a bus from Edinburgh, Bus Station to Finchley Road / O2 Centre hourly. Tickets cost £35–65 and the journey takes 7h 35m.
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to London City Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 31m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £80–230
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to London City Airport via Belfast City
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £80–230
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to London Heathrow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £60–210
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £95–240
Flights from Glasgow Airport to London City Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 29m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £75–220
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Birmingham Airport via Belfast City
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £60–90
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Luton Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 16m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £24–100
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Luton Airport via Belfast (Aldergrove)
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- £24–100
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to London Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 38m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £30–110
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to London Gatwick Airport via Belfast (Aldergrove)
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 32m
- When
- Sunday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £30–110
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to London Stansted Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 24m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £23–110
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to London Stansted Airport via Belfast (Aldergrove)
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 28m
- When
- Friday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- £23–110
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Birmingham Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £26–95
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Birmingham Airport via Belfast (Aldergrove)
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £26–95
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Luton Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 23m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Sunday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £45–90
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to London Gatwick Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 47m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £45–110
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to London Stansted Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 22m
- When
- Wednesday and Tuesday
- Estimated price
- £40–80
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Birmingham Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Monday and Tuesday
- Estimated price
- £45–85
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to London Stansted Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £20–75
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to London City Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 37m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- £55–300
Flights from Glasgow Airport to London City Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- £55–300
- Website
- aerlingus.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to London City Airport via Belfast City
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £80–230
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £95–240
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Birmingham Airport via Belfast City
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £60–90
- Phone
- +44 345 722 5333
- customers@lner.co.uk
- Website
- lner.co.uk
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to King's Cross
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 8m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £110–170
- Website
- https://www.lner.co.uk/
Rome2Rio's guide to London Underground (Tube)
Contact Details
- Phone
- 0343 222 1234
- Website
- tfl.gov.uk
Subway from Canning Town station to Westminster station
- Ave. Duration
- 16 min
- Frequency
- Every 5 minutes
- Estimated price
- £8–21
- Schedules at
- https://tfl.gov.uk/modes/tube/?cid=tube
Subway from Liverpool Street station to Westminster station
- Ave. Duration
- 15 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- £3–9
- Schedules at
- https://tfl.gov.uk/modes/tube/?cid=tube
- Phone
- +44 345 528 0253
- Website
- avantiwestcoast.co.uk
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to London Euston
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 47m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £140–240
- Website
- https://www.avantiwestcoast.co.uk/
Train from Birmingham International to London Euston
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £35–65
- 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
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £100–190
- Website
- https://www.sleeper.scot/
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Glasgow Queen Street
- Ave. Duration
- 57 min
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- £12–22
- Website
- https://www.sleeper.scot/
Train from Birmingham International to London Euston
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 26m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- £27–50
- Website
- https://www.sleeper.scot/
- Phone
- 0345 026 4700
- Website
- thameslinkrailway.com
Train from Luton Airport Parkway to West Hampstead Thameslink
- Ave. Duration
- 23 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- £13–25
- Website
- https://www.thameslinkrailway.com/
- Phone
- +44 3451 27 29 20
- Website
- southernrailway.com
Train from Gatwick Airport to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 32 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- £13–27
- Website
- https://www.southernrailway.com/
- Phone
- +44 345 850 1530
- Website
- gatwickexpress.com
Train from Gatwick Airport to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 31 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £18–30
- Website
- https://www.gatwickexpress.com/
- Phone
- +44 344 811 0141
- Website
- scotrail.co.uk
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Glasgow Queen Street
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- £20–40
- Website
- https://www.scotrail.co.uk/
- Phone
- 0800 031 8542
- Passengerassistance@lumo.co.uk.
- Website
- lumo.co.uk
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Glasgow Queen Street
- Ave. Duration
- 53 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £8–16
- Website
- https://www.lumo.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 333 311 0039
- contact.wmr@wmtrains.co.uk
- Website
- westmidlandsrailway.co.uk
Train from Birmingham International to London Euston
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 8m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- £35–90
- Website
- https://www.westmidlandsrailway.co.uk/
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.fr
Bus from Edinburgh, Bus Station to Finchley Road / O2 Centre
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 35m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £35–65
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +3 318 576 2228
- Website
- blablacar.com
Rideshare from Edinburgh to London
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 45m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £25–50
- Schedules at
- blablacar.com
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