There are 14 ways to get from Edinburgh to Craiova by plane, shuttle, train, bus, train (Eurostar), car, car train, busferry, or car ferry
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Fly Edinburgh Airport to Bucharest Otopeni, shuttle
best- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Bucharest Otopeni (OTP)EDI - OTP
- Take a shuttle bus from Bucharest Otopeni Airport to Craiova
10h 37m$120–280Fly Edinburgh Airport to Bucharest Băneasa Aurel Vlaicu International Airport, train
cheapest- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Bucharest Băneasa Aurel Vlaicu International Airport (BBU)EDI - BBU
- Take the train from Bucharest to Craiova
13h 22m$83–280Train, bus
- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to Manchester Piccadilly
- Take the bus from Manchester, Coach Station to Bucharest Obor
- Take the train from Bucharest to Craiova
32h 14m$104–159Train
- 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 Wien HbfNj
- Take the train from Wien Hbf to Budapest-KeletiEc
- Take the train from Budapest-Keleti to CraiovaIc
40h 45m$329–816Drive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Edinburgh to Folkestone
- Take the car train from Folkestone to Calais-Fréthun
- Drive from Calais-Fréthun to Craiova
29h 52mFly Edinburgh Airport to Craiova Airport
- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Craiova Airport (CRA)EDI - CRA
8h 28m$104–401Train to Glasgow Airport, fly to Craiova Airport
- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to Glasgow Queen Street
- Fly from Glasgow Airport (GLA) to Craiova Airport (CRA)GLA - CRA
9h 52m$115–479Fly Edinburgh Airport to Sibiu, train
- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Sibiu (SBZ)EDI - SBZ
- Take the train from Sibiu to Craiova
15h 1m$117–399Train to Luton Airport, fly to Craiova Airport
- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to Stevenage
- Fly from Luton Airport (LTN) to Craiova Airport (CRA)LTN - CRA
10h 37m$157–485Fly Edinburgh Airport to Sofia Airport, train
- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Sofia Airport (SOF)EDI - SOF
- Take the train from Sofia to Vidin
- Take the train from Vidin to Craiova
17h 26m$102–226Bus
- Take the bus from Princes Street to Buchanan Bus Station900
- Take the bus from Buchanan Bus Station to Manchester Central Coach Station590
- Take the bus from Manchester, Coach Station to Bucharest Obor
- Take the bus from Bucharest Otopeni Airport to Craiova Benzinaria Petrom
36h 30m$109–160Train, bus and ferry
- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to Manchester PiccadillyEdinburgh - Manchester Airport / ...
- Take the busferry from Manchester Piccadilly to Craiova, Autogara Pelendava Nord
2d 2h$137–295Train, bus and ferry via Deva
- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to Manchester Piccadilly
- Take the busferry from Manchester, Coach Station to Deva
- Take the train from Deva to Craiova
2d 7h$114–261Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Edinburgh to Port of Dover
- Take the car ferry from Port of Dover to Calais
- Drive from Calais to Craiova
30h 59m$566–861
Edinburgh to Craiova by train and foot
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Edinburgh to Craiova is to bus which costs $100 - $160 and takes 36h 30m.
The fastest way to get from Edinburgh to Craiova is to fly which takes 8h 28m and costs $100 - $410.
No, there is no direct bus from Edinburgh to Craiova. However, there are services departing from Princes Street and arriving at Craiova Benzinaria Petrom via Buchanan Bus Station, Manchester, Coach Station, Bucharest Obor and Bucharest Otopeni Airport. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 36h 30m.
No, there is no direct train from Edinburgh to Craiova. However, there are services departing from Edinburgh Waverley and arriving at Craiova via London St Pancras Intl, Bruxelles-Midi, Wien Hbf and Budapest-Keleti. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 40h 45m.
The distance between Edinburgh and Craiova is 2668 km.
The best way to get from Edinburgh to Craiova without a car is to train and bus which takes 32h 14m and costs $100 - $160.
It takes approximately 10h 37m to get from Edinburgh to Craiova, including transfers.
Edinburgh to Craiova bus services, operated by Scottish Citylink Coaches Ltd, depart from Princes Street station.
Edinburgh to Craiova train services, operated by London North Eastern Railway Limited (LNER), depart from Edinburgh Waverley station.
The best way to get from Edinburgh to Craiova is to train which takes 40h 45m and costs $320 - $850. Alternatively, you can fly, which costs $100 - $410 and takes 8h 28m, you could also bus, which costs $100 - $160 and takes 36h 30m.
What companies run services between Edinburgh, Scotland and Craiova, Romania?
You can take a train from Edinburgh Waverley to Craiova via London Kings Cross, London St Pancras Intl, Bruxelles-Midi, Wien Hbf, Wien Hbf, and Budapest-Keleti in around 40h 45m. Alternatively, easyJet, Ulendo Airlink, and two other airlines fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Craiova Airport (CRA) twice daily.
- Website
- flyulendo.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Craiova Airport via Birmingham
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 7m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $85–380
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Craiova Airport via Luton Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 5m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $85–380
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Craiova Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 7h
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $130–430
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Craiova Airport via Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 5m
- When
- Monday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $120–400
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Craiova Airport via Charleroi
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 35m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $85–380
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Craiova Airport via Birmingham
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 50m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $85–370
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Craiova Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 47m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $120–420
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Craiova Airport via Luton Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 20m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $85–370
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Craiova Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 45m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $100–400
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Craiova Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Bologna
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 15m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $85–380
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Bucharest Băneasa Aurel Vlaicu International Airport via Charleroi
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 15m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $55–240
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Sibiu via Luton Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 15m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $80–360
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Sibiu via Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 15m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $110–380
Flights from Luton Airport to Craiova Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $85–360
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $70–210
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 25m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $70–210
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Bucharest Băneasa Aurel Vlaicu International Airport via Krakow
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 37m
- When
- Monday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $75–250
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $55–160
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Sofia Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 45m
- When
- Monday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $55–160
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $95–390
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 55m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $95–390
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Sibiu via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $150–600
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Sofia Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $95–380
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Bucharest Băneasa Aurel Vlaicu International Airport via Krakow
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 2m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $75–250
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $100–380
- Phone
- +44 345 600 1671
- tpecustomer.relations@tpexpress.co.uk
- Website
- tpexpress.co.uk
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Manchester Piccadilly
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 14m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $60–95
- Website
- https://www.tpexpress.co.uk/
- Phone
- 0219521
- petitii@cfrcalatori.ro
- Website
- cfrcalatori.ro
Train from Bucharest to Craiova
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 51m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $21–23
- Website
- https://www.cfrcalatori.ro/en/
Train from Sibiu to Craiova
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 6m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $23–25
- Website
- https://www.cfrcalatori.ro/en/
Train from Vidin to Craiova
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 13m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $13–15
- Website
- https://www.cfrcalatori.ro/en/
Train from Deva to Craiova
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 14m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $24–26
- Website
- https://www.cfrcalatori.ro/en/
- Phone
- 0351/40.91.53
- info@softrans.ro
- Website
- softrans.ro
Train from Bucharest to Craiova
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 19m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $11–12
- Schedules at
- softrans.ro
- 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
- $75–160
- Website
- https://www.lner.co.uk/
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Stevenage
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $80–200
- 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
- $85–380
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Phone
- +32 70 79 79 79
- Website
- belgiantrain.be
Train from Bruxelles-Midi to Wien Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 36m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $110–170
- Website
- https://www.belgiantrain.be/en
- 2nd Class
- $110–170
- 1st Class
- $180–260
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from Wien Hbf to Budapest-Keleti
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 39m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $22–65
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket
Train from Wien Hbf to Budapest-Keleti
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 37m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $45–70
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/railjet
- *
- $45–70
- Phone
- +36 (1) 3 49 49 49
- info@mavcsoport.hu
- Website
- jegy.mav.hu
Train from Budapest-Keleti to Craiova
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 14m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $32–37
- Website
- https://jegy.mav.hu/
- 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
- +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
- $23–24
- 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
- $23–24
- Website
- https://www.lumo.co.uk/
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Stevenage
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 54m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $55–140
- 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
- $80–110
- Website
- https://www.sleeper.scot/
- Sleeper Berth Classic
- $280–310
- Sleeper Seat
- $80–110
- Sleeper Berth Club Solo
- $310–350
- Phone
- +35929311111
- onlineticket@bdz.bg
- Website
- bdz.bg
Train from Sofia to Vidin
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $9–16
- Website
- https://www.bdz.bg/en
- 2nd Class
- $9–14
- 1st Class
- $13–16
- Phone
- 0371.503.503
- office@direct-aeroport.ro
- Website
- direct-aeroport.ro
Shuttle from Bucharest Otopeni Airport to Craiova
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $32–37
- Schedules at
- direct-aeroport.ro
- Phone
- +40 230 562 929
- tarsin_irlanda@yahoo.com
- Website
- tarsin.ro
Bus from Manchester, Coach Station to Bucharest Obor
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 32m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $30–40
- Schedules at
- tarsin.ro
- Phone
- 0141 352 4444
- info@citylink.co.uk
- Website
- citylink.co.uk
Bus from Princes Street to Buchanan Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 18m
- Frequency
- Every 5 minutes
- Estimated price
- $12–18
- Website
- https://www.citylink.co.uk/
- Phone
- 08717 81 81 81
- Website
- nationalexpress.com
Bus from Buchanan Bus Station to Manchester Central Coach Station
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $40–65
- Website
- https://www.nationalexpress.com/en
- Phone
- +4-021-312.03.45
- Website
- comantotrans.autogari.ro
Bus from Bucharest Otopeni Airport to Craiova Benzinaria Petrom
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $12–23
- Schedules at
- comantotrans.autogari.ro
- Phone
- 0040263701919
- latinoexpres@yahoo.com
- Website
- latinoexpres.ro
Busferry from Manchester Piccadilly to Craiova, Autogara Pelendava Nord
- Ave. Duration
- 45h 51m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $75–200
- Schedules at
- latinoexpres.ro
- Phone
- +40 239 629 822
- office@transmarian.ro
- Website
- transmarian.ro
Busferry from Manchester, Coach Station to Deva
- Ave. Duration
- 45h 5m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $28–140
- Schedules at
- transmarian.ro
- 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
- $40–50
- Website
- https://www.irishferries.com/uk-en/Travel-to-Ireland
- Car
- $90–220
- On Foot
- $40–50
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Edinburgh to Craiova bus services, operated by Scottish Citylink Coaches Ltd, arrive at Buchanan Bus Station.
Craiova is 2h ahead of Edinburgh. It is currently 3:43 PM in Edinburgh and 5:43 PM in Craiova.
Edinburgh to Craiova train services, operated by London North Eastern Railway Limited (LNER), arrive at King's Cross station.
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