There are 13 ways to get from Edinburgh to Como by plane, train, train (Eurostar), bus, car, car train, train (Eurostar, TGV), or car ferry
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Fly Edinburgh Airport to Milan Linate Airport, train
best- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Milan Linate Airport (LIN)plane EDI - LIN
- Take the train from Milano Forlanini to Monzatrain
- Take the train from Monza to Como S.Giovannitrain
6h 40m€91–275Fly Edinburgh Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport
cheapest- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Milano Malpensa Airport (MXP)plane EDI - MXP
6h 32m€62–199Train via Zurich
- 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 Gare de Lyon to Zürich HBtrain Tgv
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Como S. Giovannitrain Ec
16h 5m€584–1,313Bus
- Take the bus from Edinburgh, Bus Station to London Victoriabus
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Brussels Midi / Brussels South Westbus
- Take the bus from Brussels - Midi Train Station to Luganobus
29h 50m€129–224Drive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Edinburgh to Folkestonecar
- Take the car train from Folkestone to Calais-Fréthuncartrain
- Drive from Calais-Fréthun to Comocar
18h 55m€412–537Fly Edinburgh Airport to Il Caravaggio International Airport, train
- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Il Caravaggio International Airport (BGY)plane EDI - BGY
- Take the train from Milano Centrale to Como S. Giovannitrain
7h 16m€85–261Fly Edinburgh Airport to Zurich Airport, train
- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane EDI - ZRH
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Como S. Giovannitrain
8h 19m€164–462Train to Glasgow Airport, fly to Milano Malpensa Airport
- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to Glasgow Queen Streettrain
- Fly from Glasgow Airport (GLA) to Milano Malpensa Airport (MXP)plane GLA - MXP
7h 18m€70–198Train to Newcastle, fly to Il Caravaggio International Airport, train
- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to Newcastletrain
- Fly from Newcastle (NCL) to Il Caravaggio International Airport (BGY)plane NCL - BGY
- Take the train from Milano Centrale to Como S. Giovannitrain
8h 22m€111–385Fly Edinburgh Airport to Basel, train
- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Basel (BSL)plane EDI - BSL
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Zürich HBtrain
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Como S. Giovannitrain
9h 48m€189–561Train
- 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 Gare De Lyon to Milano P.Garibalditrain Tgv
- Take the train from Milano Porta Garibaldi to Como S.Giovannitrain S11
17h 20m€475–784Bus, train
- Take the bus from Edinburgh, Bus Station to London Victoria Coach Station Arrivalsbus 598 / ...
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Ghent Dampoortbus
- Take the bus from Gent to Milano, Autostazione Lampugnanobus
- Take the train from Milano Cadorna to Como Borghitrain R17 / ...
35h 26mDrive, car ferry
- Drive from Edinburgh to Port of Dovercar
- Take the car ferry from Port of Dover to Calaiscarferry
- Drive from Calais to Comocar
19h 56m€286–455
Edinburgh to Como by train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Edinburgh to Como is to fly which costs €60 - €200 and takes 6h 32m.
The fastest way to get from Edinburgh to Como is to fly which takes 6h 32m and costs €60 - €200.
No, there is no direct bus from Edinburgh station to Como. However, there are services departing from Edinburgh, Bus Station and arriving at Como via London Victoria, Brussels - Midi Train Station and Lugano. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 29h 50m.
No, there is no direct train from Edinburgh to Como. However, there are services departing from Edinburgh Waverley and arriving at Como S. Giovanni via London St Pancras Intl, Paris Nord, Paris Gare de Lyon and Zürich HB. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 16h 5m.
The distance between Edinburgh and Como is 1527 km.
The best way to get from Edinburgh to Como without a car is to train via Zurich which takes 16h 5m and costs €550 - €1400.
It takes approximately 6h 40m to get from Edinburgh to Como, including transfers.
Edinburgh to Como bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Edinburgh, Bus Station.
Edinburgh to Como train services, operated by London North Eastern Railway Limited (LNER), depart from Edinburgh Waverley station.
The best way to get from Edinburgh to Como is to train via Zurich which takes 16h 5m and costs €550 - €1400. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs €120 - €230 and takes 29h 50m, you could also fly, which costs €60 - €200 and takes 6h 32m.
What companies run services between Edinburgh, Scotland and Como, Italy?
You can take a train from Edinburgh Waverley to Como S. Giovanni via London Kings Cross, London St Pancras Intl, Paris Nord, Paris Gare de Lyon, and Zürich HB in around 16h 5m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Edinburgh, Bus Station to Como via London Victoria, Brussels - Midi Train Station, and Lugano in around 29h 50m.
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Milan Linate Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–240
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Sunday, Wednesday, Monday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €50–90
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €70–220
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Basel
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 4m
- When
- Saturday, Monday, Sunday, Tuesday, Friday, and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €75–230
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Milan Linate Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 3m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–360
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 Basel via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 41m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–390
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €45–120
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Il Caravaggio International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €40–160
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Il Caravaggio International Airport via Charleroi
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 1m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €40–160
Flights from Newcastle to Il Caravaggio International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €35–110
Flights from Newcastle to Il Caravaggio International Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 25m
- When
- Friday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- €35–110
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Monday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €160–330
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €200–380
- Website
- flyedelweiss.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €200–380
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Basel via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 21m
- When
- Tuesday, Saturday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €100–290
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Milan Linate Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €110–400
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 Basel via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €120–470
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Dusseldorf
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- €60–220
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Zurich Airport via Dusseldorf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €95–240
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Zurich Airport via Cologne Bonn
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €95–240
- Website
- brusselsairlines.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Milan Linate Airport via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €80–300
- Website
- luxair.lu
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Luxembourg
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €85–550
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Il Caravaggio International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €50–210
- Website
- flyulendo.com
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €60–120
- Phone
- +39 02 7249 4494
- my-link@trenord.it
- Website
- trenord.it
Train from Milano Forlanini to Monza
- Ave. Duration
- 21 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €2–3
- Website
- https://www.trenord.it/en/
Train from Monza to Como S.Giovanni
- Ave. Duration
- 43 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- €2–3
- Website
- https://www.trenord.it/en/
Train from Milano Porta Garibaldi to Como S.Giovanni
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 1m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €4–6
- Website
- https://www.trenord.it/en/
Train from Milano Cadorna to Como Borghi
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €4–6
- Website
- https://www.trenord.it/en/
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- ufficiogruppi@trenitalia.it
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Monza to Como S.Giovanni
- Ave. Duration
- 26 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €5–9
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- 1st Class
- €5–8
- 2nd Class
- €6–9
- 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
- €140–210
- Website
- https://www.lner.co.uk/
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Newcastle
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 21m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €45–65
- 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
- +41 848 446 688
- Website
- sbb.ch
Train from Paris Gare de Lyon to Zürich HB
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 4m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- €220–650
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Zürich HB to Como S. Giovanni
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €75–220
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Milano Centrale to Como S. Giovanni
- Ave. Duration
- 40 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €17–50
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Basel SBB to Zürich HB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- €30–95
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Milano Porta Garibaldi to Como S.Giovanni
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 1m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €17–50
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
- 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
- +44 344 811 0141
- Website
- scotrail.co.uk
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Glasgow Queen Street
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- €23–45
- 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
- €10–18
- 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
- €14–25
- Website
- https://www.sleeper.scot/
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Newcastle
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €35–70
- Website
- https://www.sleeper.scot/
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Newcastle
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 29m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €70–110
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 345 600 1671
- tpecustomer.relations@tpexpress.co.uk
- Website
- tpexpress.co.uk
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Newcastle
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 44m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €50–90
- Website
- https://www.tpexpress.co.uk/
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- sncf-connect.com
Train from Paris Gare De Lyon to Milano P.Garibaldi
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 7m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €180–290
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-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 London Victoria to Ghent Dampoort
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 45m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €26–45
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +420 222 222 221
- info@regiojet.com
- Website
- regiojet.com
Bus from London Victoria to Brussels Midi / Brussels South West
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 30m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €25–40
- Website
- https://regiojet.com/
- Phone
- +3-389-268-0068
- Website
- blablacar.co.uk
Bus from Brussels - Midi Train Station to Lugano
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 35m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €60–110
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
- Phone
- 08717 81 81 81
- Website
- nationalexpress.com
Bus from Edinburgh, Bus Station to London Victoria Coach Station Arrivals
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 45m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €80–210
- Website
- https://www.nationalexpress.com/en
- Phone
- +393293958604
- info@pistoiaviaggi.com
- Website
- pistoia-viaggi.it
Bus from Gent to Milano, Autostazione Lampugnano
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 23m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- pistoia-viaggi.it
- 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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Edinburgh to Como bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at London Victoria station.
Como is 1h ahead of Edinburgh. It is currently 10:10 PM in Edinburgh and 11:10 PM in Como.
Edinburgh to Como train services, operated by London North Eastern Railway Limited (LNER), arrive at King's Cross station.
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