There are 9 ways to get from Edinburgh to Cottbus by plane, train, train (Eurostar), bus, car, car train, or car ferry
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Fly to Berlin Brandenburg Airport, train
best- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Berlin Brandenburg Airport (BER)plane EDI - BER
- Take the train from S Königs Wusterhausen Bhf to Cottbus, Hauptbahnhoftrain
6h 38m€83–227Train via Cologne
- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to King's Crosstrain
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Miditrain Eil
- Take the train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to Koeln Hbftrain Ice
- Take the train from Koeln Hbf to Hagen Hbftrain Re
- Take the train from Hagen Hbf to Berlin Hbftrain 19
- Take the train from S+U Berlin Hauptbahnhof to Cottbus, Hauptbahnhoftrain Re2
17h 50m€231–669Bus
- Take the bus from Edinburgh, Bus Station to London Victoriabus
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhofbus
- Take the bus from Masurenallee - Berlin to Cottbusbus
30h 24mDrive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Edinburgh to Folkestonecar
- Take the car train from Folkestone to Calais-Fréthuncartrain
- Drive from Calais-Fréthun to Cottbuscar
17h 22mFly to Dresden Airport, train
- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Dresden Airport (DRS)plane EDI - DRS
- Take the train from Dresden Bahnhof Neustadt to Cottbus, Hauptbahnhoftrain
9h 54m€166–388Fly to Wroclaw, train
- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Wroclaw (WRO)plane EDI - WRO
- Take the train from Wroclaw Glowny to Cottbus, Hauptbahnhoftrain
9h 38m€101–201Train
- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to King's Crosstrain
- Take the train from London St. Pancras Int. to Amsterdam Centraaltrain
- Take the train from Amsterdam Centraal to Berlin Hbftrain Ice
- Take the train from S+U Berlin Hauptbahnhof to Cottbus, Hauptbahnhoftrain Re2
17h 52m€173–824Train, bus
- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to Sheffieldtrain
- Take the bus from Sheffield to Praha, ÚAN Florencbus
- Take the train from Praha-Holesovice to Dresden-Neustadttrain Rj
- Take the train from Dresden Bahnhof Neustadt to Cottbus, Hauptbahnhoftrain
34h 41m€161–462Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Edinburgh to Port of Dovercar
- Take the car ferry from Port of Dover to Calaiscarferry
- Drive from Calais to Cottbuscar
18h 29m€311–457
Edinburgh to Cottbus by train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Edinburgh to Cottbus is to fly and train which costs €100 - €210 and takes 9h 38m.
The fastest way to get from Edinburgh to Cottbus is to fly and train which takes 6h 38m and costs €80 - €230.
No, there is no direct bus from Edinburgh station to Cottbus. However, there are services departing from Edinburgh, Bus Station and arriving at Cottbus via London Victoria and Masurenallee - Berlin. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 30h 24m.
No, there is no direct train from Edinburgh to Cottbus. However, there are services departing from Edinburgh Waverley and arriving at Cottbus, Hauptbahnhof via London St Pancras Intl, Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi, Koeln Hbf, Hagen Hbf and S+U Berlin Hauptbahnhof. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 17h 50m.
The distance between Edinburgh and Cottbus is 1282 km.
The best way to get from Edinburgh to Cottbus without a car is to train via Cologne which takes 17h 50m and costs €230 - €700.
It takes approximately 6h 38m to get from Edinburgh to Cottbus, including transfers.
Edinburgh to Cottbus bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Edinburgh, Bus Station.
Edinburgh to Cottbus train services, operated by London North Eastern Railway Limited (LNER), depart from Edinburgh Waverley station.
The best way to get from Edinburgh to Cottbus is to train via Cologne which takes 17h 50m and costs €230 - €700. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs and takes 30h 24m.
What companies run services between Edinburgh, Scotland and Cottbus, Germany?
You can take a train from Edinburgh Waverley to Cottbus, Hauptbahnhof via London Kings Cross, London St Pancras Intl, Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi, Koeln Hbf, Hagen Hbf, and S+U Berlin Hauptbahnhof in around 17h 50m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Edinburgh, Bus Station to Cottbus via London Victoria, Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhof, and Masurenallee - Berlin in around 30h 24m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–310
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Dresden Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €110–290
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Dresden Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €85–370
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Wroclaw via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €80–330
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €50–290
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Wroclaw via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–330
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €45–180
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport via London Luton
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €45–180
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €45–140
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Wroclaw
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €60–130
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from S Königs Wusterhausen Bhf to Cottbus, Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 52 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €15–22
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from S+U Berlin Hauptbahnhof to Cottbus, Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 29m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €20–28
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Dresden Bahnhof Neustadt to Cottbus, Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 41m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €19–27
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Wroclaw Glowny to Cottbus, Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €30–50
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from S Königs Wusterhausen Bhf to Cottbus, Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 51 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €28–32
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to Koeln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €30–80
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Hagen Hbf to Berlin Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 24m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €35–120
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from S+U Berlin Hauptbahnhof to Cottbus, Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 29m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €32–37
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- 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
- €65–130
- 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
- €65–270
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
Train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to Koeln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 51m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €35–95
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
Train from London St. Pancras Int. to Amsterdam Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 16m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €65–330
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Phone
- 0221 13 999 444
- Website
- nationalexpress.de
Train from Koeln Hbf to Hagen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 58 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €13–20
- Schedules at
- nationalexpress.de
- 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
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from London St. Pancras Int. to Amsterdam Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 4m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €110–290
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
Train from Amsterdam Centraal to Berlin Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 42m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €95–330
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- €95–140
- 1st Class
- €200–330
- Phone
- +31302035833
- info@europeansleeper.eu
- Website
- europeansleeper.eu
Train from Amsterdam Centraal to Berlin Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 43m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €20–110
- Website
- https://www.europeansleeper.eu/
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Sheffield
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 34m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €40–200
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
- Phone
- +420 221 111 122
- info@cd.cz
- Website
- cd.cz
Train from Praha-Holesovice to Dresden-Neustadt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 17m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €11–24
- Website
- https://www.cd.cz/en/default.htm
- 2nd Class
- €11–16
- 1st Class
- €18–24
- Business
- €19–21
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from Praha-Holesovice to Dresden-Neustadt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 26m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- €35–55
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket
Train from Praha-Holesovice to Dresden-Neustadt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 17m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €30–50
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/railjet
- *
- €30–45
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Edinburgh, Bus Station to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 20m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €23–90
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from London Victoria to Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 55m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €60–180
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +38 (050) 010-01-04
- orionbilet@gmail.com
- Website
- orionbus.net
Bus from Masurenallee - Berlin to Cottbus
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 9m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Website
- https://orionbus.net/en
- Phone
- +421 55 680 73 06
- onlinepredaj@eurobus.sk
- Website
- eurobus.sk
Bus from Sheffield to Praha, ÚAN Florenc
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 58m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €70–180
- Website
- https://www.eurobus.sk/en
- 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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More Questions & Answers
Edinburgh to Cottbus bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at London Victoria station.
Cottbus is 1h ahead of Edinburgh. It is currently 1:36 PM in Edinburgh and 2:36 PM in Cottbus.
Edinburgh to Cottbus train services, operated by London North Eastern Railway Limited (LNER), arrive at King's Cross station.
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