There are 11 ways to get from Edinburgh to Chinon by train (Eurostar, TGV), train, bus, car, car train, plane, 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 Paris Nordtrain Eil
- Take the train from Paris Montparnasse 1 Et 2 to Tourstrain Tgv
- Take the train from Tours to Chinontrain Ter
11h 11m€344–543Fly Edinburgh Airport to Poitiers–Biard Airport, train
cheapest- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Poitiers–Biard Airport (PIS)plane EDI - PIS
- Take the train from Poitiers to St Pierre Des Corpstrain
- Take the train from Tours to Chinontrain
8h 30m€82–464Train, bus
- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to Leedstrain
- Take the train from Leeds to Meadowhalltrain
- Take the bus from Meadowhall Interchange/B1 to London Victoriabus
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine)bus 700
- Take the train from Paris Bercy to Tourstrain Ter
- Take the train from Tours to Chinontrain Ter
23h 26m€260–432Drive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Edinburgh to Folkestonecar
- Take the cartrain from Folkestone to Calais-Fréthuncartrain
- Drive from Calais-Fréthun to Chinoncar
14h€334–433Fly Edinburgh Airport to Tours Val De Loire Airport, train
- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Tours Val De Loire Airport (TUF)plane EDI - TUF
- Take the train from Tours to Chinontrain
8h 32m€145–388Bus
- Take the bus from Edinburgh, Bus Station to London Victoriabus
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Lillebus
- Take the bus from Lille to Toursbus
- Take the bus from Tours to Chinonbus
26h 26m€110–318Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Edinburgh to Port of Dovercar
- Take the carferry from Port of Dover to Calaiscarferry
- Drive from Calais to Chinoncar
15h 22m€214–355Fly Edinburgh Airport to Nantes Atlantique Airport, train
- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Nantes Atlantique Airport (NTE)plane EDI - NTE
- Take the train from Nantes to Tourstrain
- Take the train from Tours to Chinontrain
9h 7m€105–315Fly Edinburgh Airport to Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport, train
- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport (CDG)plane EDI - CDG
- Take the train from Aeroport Cdg2 Tgv Roissy to St Pierre Des Corpstrain
- Take the train from Tours to Chinontrain
8h 56m€125–304Train to Glasgow Airport, fly to Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport, train
- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to Glasgow Queen Streettrain
- Fly from Glasgow Airport (GLA) to Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport (CDG)plane GLA - CDG
- Take the train from Aeroport Cdg2 Tgv Roissy to St Pierre Des Corpstrain
- Take the train from Tours to Chinontrain
9h 36m€123–352Fly Edinburgh Airport to Beauvais–Tillé Airport, bus, train
- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Beauvais–Tillé Airport (BVA)plane EDI - BVA
- Take the bus from Aéroport Paris Beauvais to Paris Porte Maillotbus
- Take the train from Paris Montparnasse 1 Et 2 to Tourstrain
- Take the train from Tours to Chinontrain
10h 2m€118–321
Edinburgh to Chinon by train, subway, and foot
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Edinburgh to Chinon is to bus which costs €110 - €320 and takes 26h 26m.
The fastest way to get from Edinburgh to Chinon is to fly and train which takes 8h 30m and costs €80 - €470.
No, there is no direct bus from Edinburgh station to Chinon. However, there are services departing from Edinburgh, Bus Station and arriving at Chinon via London Victoria, Lille, Vaucanson and Tours. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 26h 26m.
No, there is no direct train from Edinburgh to Chinon. However, there are services departing from Edinburgh Waverley and arriving at Chinon via London St Pancras Intl, Gare du Nord, Paris Montparnasse 1 Et 2 and Tours. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 11h 11m.
The distance between Edinburgh and Chinon is 1357 km.
The best way to get from Edinburgh to Chinon without a car is to train which takes 11h 11m and costs €340 - €550.
It takes approximately 11h 11m to get from Edinburgh to Chinon, including transfers.
Edinburgh to Chinon bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Edinburgh, Bus Station.
Edinburgh to Chinon train services, operated by London North Eastern Railway Limited (LNER), depart from Edinburgh Waverley station.
The best way to get from Edinburgh to Chinon is to train which takes 11h 11m and costs €340 - €550. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs €110 - €320 and takes 26h 26m.
What companies run services between Edinburgh, Scotland and Chinon, France?
You can take a train from Edinburgh Waverley to Chinon via London Kings Cross, London St Pancras Intl, Paris Nord, Gare du Nord, Montparnasse Bienvenue, Paris Montparnasse 1 Et 2, and Tours in around 11h 11m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Edinburgh, Bus Station to Chinon via London Victoria, Lille, Tours, Vaucanson, Gare de Tours 6, and Tours in around 26h 26m.
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Nantes Atlantique Airport via London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €75–300
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €55–170
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport via London Luton
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 47m
- When
- Sunday and Monday
- Estimated price
- €55–170
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport via Belfast (Aldergrove)
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €55–170
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport via Bristol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 26m
- When
- Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €55–170
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 51m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €55–180
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport via Bristol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Saturday, Sunday, and Monday
- Estimated price
- €55–180
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Tours Val De Loire Airport via Porto
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 55m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €110–320
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Tours Val De Loire Airport via London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €95–440
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Nantes Atlantique Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €50–170
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Nantes Atlantique Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €50–170
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Beauvais–Tillé Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €40–170
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Beauvais–Tillé Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Tuesday and Monday
- Estimated price
- €40–170
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Poitiers–Biard Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €35–250
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Nantes Atlantique Airport via Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–330
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 57m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €45–280
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 51m
- When
- Wednesday, Tuesday, Friday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €95–200
- Website
- aerlingus.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Tours Val De Loire Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 47m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €100–550
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Nantes Atlantique Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €60–300
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Nantes Atlantique Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–350
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
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Paris Montparnasse 1 Et 2 to Tours
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 16m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €45–75
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Aeroport Cdg2 Tgv Roissy to St Pierre Des Corps
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 44m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €55–95
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Aeroport Cdg2 Tgv Roissy to St Pierre Des Corps
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 44m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €55–95
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Paris Montparnasse 1 Et 2 to Tours
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 16m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €45–75
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Poitiers to St Pierre Des Corps
- Ave. Duration
- 59 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €20–35
- Website
- TGV inOui
Rome2Rio's guide to Société Nationale des Chemins de fer Français (SNCF)
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Tours to Chinon
- Ave. Duration
- 48 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €8–17
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Paris Bercy to Tours
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 24m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €35–80
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Tours to Chinon
- Ave. Duration
- 48 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €8–17
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Tours to Chinon
- Ave. Duration
- 48 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €8–17
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Nantes to Tours
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 37m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €30–65
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Tours to Chinon
- Ave. Duration
- 48 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €8–17
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Aeroport Cdg2 Tgv Roissy to St Pierre Des Corps
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €45–95
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Tours to Chinon
- Ave. Duration
- 48 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €8–17
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Aeroport Cdg2 Tgv Roissy to St Pierre Des Corps
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €45–95
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Tours to Chinon
- Ave. Duration
- 48 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €8–17
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Tours to Chinon
- Ave. Duration
- 48 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €8–17
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Poitiers to St Pierre Des Corps
- Ave. Duration
- 30 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €17–35
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Tours to Chinon
- Ave. Duration
- 48 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €8–17
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Leeds
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €140–200
- Website
- Cross Country
Train from Leeds to Meadowhall
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 4m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- €16–30
- Website
- Northern Trains Limited
- 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
- +44 (0)344 811 0141
- Website
- ScotRail
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Glasgow Queen Street
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- €24–45
- Website
- ScotRail
- Phone
- 0800 031 8542
- Passengerassistance@lumo.co.uk.
- Website
- Lumo
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Glasgow Queen Street
- Ave. Duration
- 53 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €10–19
- Website
- Lumo
- Phone
- +44 330 060 0500
- enquiry@sleeper.scot
- Website
- Caledonian Sleeper
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Glasgow Queen Street
- Ave. Duration
- 57 min
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- €17–28
- Website
- Caledonian Sleeper
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Meadowhall Interchange/B1 to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €21–40
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from London Victoria to Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine)
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 15m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €35–65
- 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 London Victoria to Lille
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 45m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €23–40
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Lille to Tours
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 25m
- 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
- €80–200
- Website
- National Express
Bus from Tours to Chinon
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €9–14
- Website
- SNCF Bus
Bus from Tours to Chinon
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €3
- Schedules at
- Réseau de Mobilité Interurbaine (Rémi)
Bus from Aéroport Paris Beauvais to Paris Porte Maillot
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €6–15
- Schedules at
- Aérobus Paris - Beauvais
- 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 Chinon bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at London Victoria station.
Chinon is 1h ahead of Edinburgh. It is currently 8:54 AM in Edinburgh and 9:54 AM in Chinon.
Edinburgh to Chinon train services, operated by London North Eastern Railway Limited (LNER), arrive at King's Cross station.
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