There are 12 ways to get from Edinburgh to Bournemouth by train, bus, car, or plane
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Train
best- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to King's Crosstrain Edinburgh - London Kings Cross / ...
- Take the train from London Waterloo to Bournemouthtrain London Waterloo - Weymouth / ...
6h 44m£158–280Fly Edinburgh Airport to Bournemouth Airport
cheapest- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Bournemouth Airport (BOH)plane EDI - BOH
4h 37m£32–172Bus
- Take the bus from Edinburgh, Bus Station to London Victoriabus Ukxn10 / ...
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Bournemouth Stationbus 035
11h 45m£57–111Drive 426.4 mi
- Drive from Edinburgh to Bournemouthcar 426.4 mi
7h 45m£105–151Fly Edinburgh Airport to Southampton Airport, train
- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Southampton Airport (SOU)plane EDI - SOU
- Take the train from Southampton Airport Parkway to Bournemouthtrain
4h 17m£98–220Train via Birmingham
- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to Birmingham New Streettrain Edinburgh - Plymouth / ...
- Take the train from Birmingham New Street to Bournemouthtrain Manchester Piccadilly - Bournemouth / ...
9h 1m£204–370Bus via London Heathrow Airport (LHR)
- Take the bus from Edinburgh, Bus Station to London Heathrow Airportbus Ukxn10
- Take the bus from London Heathrow Airport to Bournemouthbus Uk061
12h 40m£47–80Fly Edinburgh Airport to London Heathrow Airport, train
- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to London Heathrow Airport (LHR)plane EDI - LHR
- Take the train from Woking to Bournemouthtrain
5h 37m£100–304Train to Glasgow Airport, fly to Southampton Airport, train
- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to Glasgow Queen Streettrain
- Fly from Glasgow Airport (GLA) to Southampton Airport (SOU)plane GLA - SOU
- Take the train from Southampton Airport Parkway to Bournemouthtrain
4h 41m£65–222Fly Edinburgh Airport to Bristol Airport, train
- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Bristol Airport (BRS)plane EDI - BRS
- Take the train from Bristol Temple Meads to Southampton Centraltrain
- Take the train from Southampton Central to Bournemouthtrain
6h 26m£90–220Fly 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
- Take the train from London Waterloo to Bournemouthtrain
5h 56m£98–256Fly Edinburgh Airport to London Gatwick Airport, train
- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to London Gatwick Airport (LGW)plane EDI - LGW
- Take the train from Clapham Junction to Bournemouthtrain
6h 4m£92–238
Edinburgh to Bournemouth by train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Edinburgh to Bournemouth is to bus via London Heathrow Airport (LHR) which costs £45 - £80 and takes 12h 40m.
The fastest way to get from Edinburgh to Bournemouth is to fly and train which takes 4h 17m and costs £95 - £220.
No, there is no direct bus from Edinburgh station to Bournemouth station. However, there are services departing from Edinburgh, Bus Station and arriving at Bournemouth Station via London Victoria. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 11h 45m.
No, there is no direct train from Edinburgh to Bournemouth. However, there are services departing from Edinburgh Waverley and arriving at Bournemouth via King's Cross St. Pancras station, Vauxhall and London Waterloo. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 6h 44m.
The distance between Edinburgh and Bournemouth is 506 miles. The road distance is 428.8 miles.
The best way to get from Edinburgh to Bournemouth without a car is to train which takes 6h 44m and costs £150 - £280.
It takes approximately 6h 44m to get from Edinburgh to Bournemouth, including transfers.
Edinburgh to Bournemouth bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Edinburgh, Bus Station.
Edinburgh to Bournemouth train services, operated by London North Eastern Railway Limited (LNER), depart from Edinburgh Waverley station.
The best way to get from Edinburgh to Bournemouth is to train which takes 6h 44m and costs £150 - £280. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs £55 - £120 and takes 11h 45m, you could also fly, which costs £30 - £180 and takes 4h 37m.
What companies run services between Edinburgh, Scotland and Bournemouth, England?
You can take a train from Edinburgh Waverley to Bournemouth via London Kings Cross, King's Cross St. Pancras station, Vauxhall, Vauxhall, and London Waterloo in around 6h 44m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Edinburgh, Bus Station to Bournemouth Station via London Victoria in around 11h 45m.
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Southampton Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £95–190
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Southampton Airport via Belfast City
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £70–170
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Southampton Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £70–170
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
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Southampton Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £40–140
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Bristol Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 16m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £30–100
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Bristol Airport via Belfast (Aldergrove)
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 11m
- When
- Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £30–100
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
- 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
- Website
- loganair.co.uk
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Southampton Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £95–190
- Website
- aerlingus.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Southampton Airport via Belfast City
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £70–170
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Southampton Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £70–170
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £95–240
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Southampton Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £55–310
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Bournemouth Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £19–130
- 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/
- Phone
- 0345 6000 650
- Website
- southwesternrailway.com
Train from London Waterloo to Bournemouth
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 56m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £40–100
- Website
- https://www.southwesternrailway.com/
Train from Southampton Airport Parkway to Bournemouth
- Ave. Duration
- 47 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £13–30
- Website
- https://www.southwesternrailway.com/
Train from Woking to Bournemouth
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £30–75
- Website
- https://www.southwesternrailway.com/
Train from Southampton Central to Bournemouth
- Ave. Duration
- 37 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £11–26
- Website
- https://www.southwesternrailway.com/
Train from Clapham Junction to Bournemouth
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 49m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £40–95
- Website
- https://www.southwesternrailway.com/
Train from Southampton Airport Parkway to Bournemouth
- Ave. Duration
- 40 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £16–23
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Birmingham New Street
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 1m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £170–240
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
Train from Birmingham New Street to Bournemouth
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 12m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £85–130
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
Train from Southampton Central to Bournemouth
- Ave. Duration
- 30 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £14–21
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 345 528 0253
- Website
- avantiwestcoast.co.uk
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Birmingham New Street
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 14m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £110–200
- Website
- https://www.avantiwestcoast.co.uk/
- 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
- +44 330 060 0500
- enquiry@sleeper.scot
- Website
- sleeper.scot
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Glasgow Queen Street
- Ave. Duration
- 57 min
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- £12–21
- Website
- https://www.sleeper.scot/
- Phone
- +44 3457 000 125
- gwr.feedback@gwr.com
- Website
- gwr.com
Train from Bristol Temple Meads to Southampton Central
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 42m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £30–65
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
- 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
- +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
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £35–65
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Edinburgh, Bus Station to London Heathrow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 9h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £35–65
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from London Heathrow Airport to Bournemouth
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £9–16
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- 08717 81 81 81
- Website
- nationalexpress.com
Bus from London Victoria to Bournemouth Station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £20–50
- Website
- https://www.nationalexpress.com/en
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More Questions & Answers
Edinburgh to Bournemouth bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at London Victoria station.
Edinburgh to Bournemouth train services, operated by London North Eastern Railway Limited (LNER), arrive at King's Cross station.
Yes, the driving distance between Edinburgh to Bournemouth is 429 miles. It takes approximately 7h 45m to drive from Edinburgh to Bournemouth.
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