There are 10 ways to get from Edinburgh to Colditz by plane, train, bus, car, car train, train (Eurostar), or car ferry
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Fly Edinburgh Airport to Leipzig-Halle Airport
best- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Leipzig-Halle Airport (LEJ)EDI - LEJ
9h 22m€144–325Fly Edinburgh Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport, train
cheapest- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Berlin Brandenburg Airport (BER)EDI - BER
- Take the train from S Südkreuz Bhf to Leipzig Hbf
8h 36m€79–277Train, bus
- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to King's Cross
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-MidiEil
- Take the train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to Moenchengladbach HbfIce
- Take the bus from Mönchengladbach central train station to Leipzig central train station
20h 6m€224–608Drive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Edinburgh to Folkestone
- Take the car train from Folkestone to Calais-Fréthun
- Drive from Calais-Fréthun to Colditz
16h 51mFly Edinburgh Airport to Dresden Airport, train
- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Dresden Airport (DRS)EDI - DRS
- Take the train from Dresden Bahnhof Neustadt to Borsdorf(Sachs)
11h 1m€168–363Fly Edinburgh Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague, bus, train
- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Václav Havel Airport Prague (PRG)EDI - PRG
- Take the bus from Prague to Chemnitz central bus station
- Take the train from Chemnitz Hbf to Bad Lausick
10h 28m€88–220Train to Glasgow Airport, fly to Václav Havel Airport Prague, bus, train
- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to Glasgow Queen Street
- Fly from Glasgow Airport (GLA) to Václav Havel Airport Prague (PRG)GLA - PRG
- Take the bus from Prague to Chemnitz central bus station
- Take the train from Chemnitz Hbf to Bad Lausick
11h 17m€102–305Fly Edinburgh Airport to Frankfurt, train
- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Frankfurt (FRA)EDI - FRA
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Leipzig Hbf
10h 27m€137–354Train
- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to King's Cross
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-MidiEil
- Take the train from Bruxelles Midi to D-Flughafen BfTha
- Take the train from D-Flughafen Bf to Jena West51
- Take the train from Jena West to Schmölln(Thür)Re3 / ...
20h 46m€371–799Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Edinburgh to Port of Dover
- Take the car ferry from Port of Dover to Calais
- Drive from Calais to Colditz
17h 58m€289–414
Edinburgh to Colditz by train and bus
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Edinburgh to Colditz is to fly and bus and train which costs €85 - €220 and takes 10h 28m.
The fastest way to get from Edinburgh to Colditz is to fly and train which takes 8h 36m and costs €75 - €280.
The distance between Edinburgh and Colditz is 1215 km.
The best way to get from Edinburgh to Colditz without a car is to train and bus which takes 20h 6m and costs €220 - €650.
It takes approximately 9h 22m to get from Edinburgh to Colditz, including transfers.
The best way to get from Edinburgh to Colditz is to fly which takes 9h 22m and costs €140 - €330. Alternatively, you can train, which costs €370 - €800 and takes 20h 46m.
Colditz is 1h ahead of Edinburgh. It is currently 7:41 AM in Edinburgh and 8:41 AM in Colditz.
There are 250+ hotels available in Colditz.
What companies run services between Edinburgh, Scotland and Colditz, Germany?
Lufthansa and Austrian Airlines fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Leipzig-Halle Airport (LEJ) twice daily. Alternatively, you can take a train from Edinburgh Waverley to Colditz via London Kings Cross, London St Pancras Intl, Brussels-Midi, Bruxelles Midi, D-Flughafen Bf, Jena West, Schmölln(Thür), Schmölln, and Altenburg in around 20h 46m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Leipzig-Halle Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 38m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €120–290
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €75–300
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Dresden Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 25m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €110–290
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €75–300
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 12m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €75–300
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 12m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €70–290
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €85–210
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €50–280
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €55–290
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €55–280
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Frankfurt via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 56m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €45–260
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €45–170
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport via London Luton
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €45–170
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €50–170
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €55–170
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Leipzig-Halle Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 5m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €120–480
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €85–210
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €55–150
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €40–140
- Website
- jet2.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Tuesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €45–140
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- When
- Tuesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €35–160
- Website
- brusselsairlines.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €65–240
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Frankfurt via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €60–230
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport via Cologne Bonn
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €100–150
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €50–100
- 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
- €65–140
- Website
- https://www.lner.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 343 218 6186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 4m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €70–330
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
Train from Bruxelles Midi to D-Flughafen Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 27m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €55–120
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to Moenchengladbach Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 1m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €50–80
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from S Südkreuz Bhf to Leipzig Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 11m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €23–60
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Frankfurt to Leipzig Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 7m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €30–110
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from D-Flughafen Bf to Jena West
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 23m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €75–85
- 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
- Website
- https://www.leshuttle.com/uk-en
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- info@flixbus.de
- Website
- flixtrain.de
Train from S Südkreuz Bhf to Leipzig Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €4–14
- Website
- https://www.flixtrain.com/
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Dresden Bahnhof Neustadt to Borsdorf(Sachs)
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €17–25
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Jena West to Schmölln(Thür)
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €13–19
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +49 30 200730
- post@transdev.de
- Website
- transdev.de
Train from Chemnitz Hbf to Bad Lausick
- Ave. Duration
- 37 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €9–14
- Schedules at
- transdev.de
Train from Chemnitz Hbf to Bad Lausick
- Ave. Duration
- 37 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Schedules at
- mitteldeutsche-regiobahn.de
- Phone
- +44 344 811 0141
- Website
- scotrail.co.uk
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Glasgow Queen Street
- Ave. Duration
- 51 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- €20–21
- 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
- €20–21
- 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
- €65–90
- Website
- https://www.sleeper.scot/
- Sleeper Berth Classic
- €240–260
- Sleeper Seat
- €65–90
- Sleeper Berth Club Solo
- €260–300
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Mönchengladbach central train station to Leipzig central train station
- Ave. Duration
- 7h
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- €30–50
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Prague to Chemnitz central bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €18–45
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +353 818 300 400
- info@irishferries.com
- Website
- irishferries.com
Car ferry from Port of Dover to Calais
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €35–45
- Website
- https://www.irishferries.com/uk-en/Travel-to-Ireland
- Car
- €75–190
- On Foot
- €35–45
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