There are 10 ways to get from Edinburgh to Colmar by train (Eurostar, TGV), bus, car, car train, plane, train, or car ferry
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Train via Strasbourg
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 Est to Strasbourgtrain Tgv
- Take the train from Strasbourg to Colmartrain Ter
10h 31m€367–672Fly to Basel, bus
cheapest- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Basel (BSL)plane EDI - BSL
- Take the bus from Basel Euroairport FR to Colmarbus
6h 37m€85–250Bus
- Take the bus from Edinburgh, Bus Station to London Victoriabus
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Luxembourg P+R Bouillonbus
- Take the bus from Luxembourg to Colmarbus
23h 25m€102–170Drive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Edinburgh to Folkestonecar
- Take the car train from Folkestone to Calais-Fréthuncartrain
- Drive from Calais-Fréthun to Colmarcar
15h 8m€351–456Train
- 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 Colmartrain Tgv
10h 54m€397–609Train, bus
- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to London Eustontrain
- Take the train from London St. Pancras Int. to Brussel-Zuidtrain
- Take the bus from Brussels - Midi Train Station to Colmarbus
16h 38m€202–441Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Edinburgh to Port of Dovercar
- Take the car ferry from Port of Dover to Calaiscarferry
- Drive from Calais to Colmarcar
16h 9m€226–374Fly to Zurich Airport, train
- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane EDI - ZRH
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Mulhousetrain
- Take the train from Mulhouse Ville to Colmartrain
8h 11m€140–387Fly to Stuttgart Airport, train
- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Stuttgart Airport (STR)plane EDI - STR
- Take the train from Hauptbahnhof to Strasbourg Bahnhoftrain
- Take the train from Strasbourg to Colmartrain
8h 31m€139–330Fly to Frankfurt, train
- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Frankfurt (FRA)plane EDI - FRA
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhoftrain
- Take the train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Strasbourg Bahnhoftrain
- Take the train from Strasbourg to Colmartrain
8h 25m€154–379
Edinburgh to Colmar by train and foot
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Edinburgh to Colmar is to bus which costs €100 - €170 and takes 23h 25m.
The fastest way to get from Edinburgh to Colmar is to fly and bus which takes 6h 37m and costs €85 - €250.
No, there is no direct bus from Edinburgh station to Colmar. However, there are services departing from Edinburgh, Bus Station and arriving at Colmar via London Victoria and Luxembourg. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 23h 25m.
No, there is no direct train from Edinburgh to Colmar. However, there are services departing from Edinburgh Waverley and arriving at Colmar via London St Pancras Intl, Paris Est and Strasbourg. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 10h 31m.
The distance between Edinburgh and Colmar is 1583 km.
The best way to get from Edinburgh to Colmar without a car is to train via Strasbourg which takes 10h 31m and costs €360 - €700.
It takes approximately 10h 31m to get from Edinburgh to Colmar, including transfers.
Edinburgh to Colmar bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Edinburgh, Bus Station.
Edinburgh to Colmar train services, operated by London North Eastern Railway Limited (LNER), depart from Edinburgh Waverley station.
The best way to get from Edinburgh to Colmar is to train via Strasbourg which takes 10h 31m and costs €360 - €700. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs €100 - €170 and takes 23h 25m.
What companies run services between Edinburgh, Scotland and Colmar, France?
You can take a train from Edinburgh Waverley to Colmar via London Kings Cross, London St Pancras Intl, Paris Nord, Paris Est, and Strasbourg in around 10h 31m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Edinburgh, Bus Station to Colmar via London Victoria and Luxembourg in around 23h 25m.
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Basel via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 41m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–390
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Zurich Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 26m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–330
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Stuttgart Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 58m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–370
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Frankfurt via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 1m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €50–280
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Basel
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 4m
- When
- Saturday, Monday, Sunday, Tuesday, Friday, and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €75–230
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €70–220
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Basel via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €120–470
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Zurich Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–390
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Stuttgart Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €120–460
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–230
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Basel via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 22m
- When
- Tuesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- €100–290
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €190–380
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Stuttgart Airport via Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Wednesday to Friday
- Estimated price
- €230–450
- Website
- flyedelweiss.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €190–380
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Zurich Airport via Dusseldorf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €95–230
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Zurich Airport via Cologne Bonn
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €95–230
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Stuttgart Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €75–160
- 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
- €140–200
- Website
- https://www.lner.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 343 218 6186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Paris Nord
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 28m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €140–240
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- sncf-connect.com
Train from Paris Est to Strasbourg
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 46m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €95–150
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Strasbourg to Colmar
- Ave. Duration
- 29 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €14–23
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Paris Est to Colmar
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 26m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €110–170
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Mulhouse Ville to Colmar
- Ave. Duration
- 29 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €9–15
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Paris Est to Strasbourg
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €80–210
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Hauptbahnhof to Strasbourg Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €29–80
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Frankfurt to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €13–35
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Strasbourg Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 9m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €26–70
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Rome2Rio's guide to Société Nationale des Chemins de fer Français (SNCF)
Contact Details
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- track.effiliation.com
Train from Paris Est to Strasbourg
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 44m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €70–150
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
Train from Strasbourg to Colmar
- Ave. Duration
- 30 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €10–22
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
Train from Mulhouse Ville to Colmar
- Ave. Duration
- 38 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €6–15
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
- Phone
- +44 (0) 8443 35 35 35
- Website
- leshuttle.com
Car train from Folkestone to Calais-Fréthun
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €136
- Website
- https://www.leshuttle.com/uk-en
- Standard fare
- €136
- 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
- €170–280
- 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
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- €120–220
- Website
- https://www.sleeper.scot/
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from London St. Pancras Int. to Brussel-Zuid
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 1m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €40–95
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
Train from Frankfurt to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 23m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €7–18
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- Phone
- +41 848 446 688
- Website
- sbb.ch
Train from Zürich HB to Mulhouse
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 19m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €45–130
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
- 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
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- €40–70
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Luxembourg to Colmar
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €20–35
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Basel Euroairport FR to Colmar
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €4–8
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +420 222 222 221
- info@regiojet.com
- Website
- regiojet.com
Bus from London Victoria to Luxembourg P+R Bouillon
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 30m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €40–60
- Website
- https://regiojet.com/
- Phone
- +3-389-268-0068
- Website
- blablacar.co.uk
Bus from Luxembourg to Colmar
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €21–40
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
Bus from Basel Euroairport FR to Colmar
- Ave. Duration
- 45 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €5–9
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
Bus from Brussels - Midi Train Station to Colmar
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 40m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €35–70
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
- Phone
- +353 818 300 400
- info@irishferries.fr
- Website
- irishferries.com
Car ferry from Port of Dover to Calais
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €8–50
- Website
- https://www.irishferries.com/uk-en/Travel-to-Ireland
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More Questions & Answers
Edinburgh to Colmar bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at London Victoria station.
Colmar is 1h ahead of Edinburgh. It is currently 11:29 PM in Edinburgh and 12:29 AM in Colmar.
Edinburgh to Colmar train services, operated by London North Eastern Railway Limited (LNER), arrive at King's Cross station.
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