There are 9 ways to get from Edinburgh to Erlangen by plane, train (Eurostar), bus, car, car train, train, or car ferry
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Fly Edinburgh Airport to Nuremberg Airport
best- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Nuremberg Airport (NUE)plane EDI - NUE
6h 38m€84–226Train to Glasgow Airport, fly to Nuremberg Airport
cheapest- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to Glasgow Queen Streettrain
- Fly from Glasgow Airport (GLA) to Nuremberg Airport (NUE)plane GLA - NUE
8h 4m€83–275Train
- 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 Frankfurt(M) Flughafen Fernbftrain Ice
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Nürnberg Hbftrain 41 / ...
14h 22m€394–896Bus
- Take the bus from Edinburgh, Bus Station to London Victoriabus Ukxn10 / ...
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Nuremberg central bus stationbus N870 / ...
29h 25m€129–335Drive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Edinburgh to Folkestonecar
- Take the car train from Folkestone to Calais-Fréthuncartrain
- Drive from Calais-Fréthun to Erlangencar
15h 39m€381–495Fly Edinburgh Airport to Frankfurt, train
- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Frankfurt (FRA)plane EDI - FRA
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Nürnberg Hbftrain
7h 53m€155–428Fly Edinburgh Airport to Munich International Airport, train
- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Munich International Airport (MUC)plane EDI - MUC
- Take the train from München Hbf to Erlangentrain
8h€153–352Train via Würzburg
- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to London Eustontrain
- Take the train from London St. Pancras Int. to Brussel-Zuidtrain
- Take the train from Bruxelles Midi to Frankfurttrain 79
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Würzburg Hbftrain 41 / ...
- Take the train from Würzburg Hbf to Erlangentrain
17h 35m€286–792Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Edinburgh to Port of Dovercar
- Take the car ferry from Port of Dover to Calaiscarferry
- Drive from Calais to Erlangencar
16h 47m€268–428
Edinburgh to Erlangen by train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Edinburgh to Erlangen is to fly which costs €80 - €230 and takes 6h 38m.
The fastest way to get from Edinburgh to Erlangen is to fly which takes 6h 38m and costs €80 - €230.
No, there is no direct bus from Edinburgh station to Erlangen station. However, there are services departing from Edinburgh, Bus Station and arriving at Erlangen train station via London Victoria and Nuremberg central bus station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 29h 25m.
No, there is no direct train from Edinburgh to Erlangen. However, there are services departing from Edinburgh Waverley and arriving at Erlangen via London St Pancras Intl, Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi, Frankfurt and Nürnberg Hbf. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 14h 22m.
The distance between Edinburgh and Erlangen is 1230 km.
The best way to get from Edinburgh to Erlangen without a car is to train which takes 14h 22m and costs €390 - €900.
It takes approximately 6h 38m to get from Edinburgh to Erlangen, including transfers.
Edinburgh to Erlangen bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Edinburgh, Bus Station.
Edinburgh to Erlangen train services, operated by London North Eastern Railway Limited (LNER), depart from Edinburgh Waverley station.
The best way to get from Edinburgh to Erlangen is to fly which takes 6h 38m and costs €80 - €230. Alternatively, you can train, which costs €390 - €900 and takes 14h 22m, you could also bus, which costs €120 - €340 and takes 29h 25m.
What companies run services between Edinburgh, Scotland and Erlangen, Germany?
KLM, Lufthansa, and three other airlines fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Nuremberg Airport (NUE) every 4 hours. Alternatively, you can take a train from Edinburgh Waverley to Erlangen via London Kings Cross, London St Pancras Intl, Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi, Frankfurt, and Nürnberg Hbf in around 14h 22m.
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Nuremberg Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 58m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–380
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Nuremberg Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 15m
- 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
- €45–260
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Munich International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–330
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Nuremberg Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 51m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €120–420
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–210
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €110–250
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Munich International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €110–250
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Nuremberg Airport via Budapest
- Ave. Duration
- 8h
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €65–180
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Nuremberg Airport via London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 22m
- When
- Wednesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €65–200
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Nuremberg Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €95–450
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Nuremberg Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €90–430
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Nuremberg Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 55m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €85–410
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Nuremberg Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €75–280
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Munich International Airport via Cologne Bonn
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Thursday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €100–230
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Munich International Airport via Dusseldorf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €100–230
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €80–180
- Website
- brusselsairlines.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Munich International Airport via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €80–270
- Phone
- +44 (0)3457 225 333
- customers@lner.co.uk
- Website
- lner.co.uk
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to King's Cross
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 8m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €160–220
- Website
- https://www.lner.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 (0)3432 186 186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 4m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €120–210
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to Frankfurt(M) Flughafen Fernbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 49m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €70–280
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Frankfurt to Nürnberg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 17m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €40–170
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Frankfurt to Nürnberg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 17m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €40–170
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from München Hbf to Erlangen
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 29m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €35–140
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Bruxelles Midi to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 48m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €70–280
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Frankfurt to Würzburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €24–100
- 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
- Estimated price
- €137
- Website
- https://www.leshuttle.com/uk-en
- Standard fare
- €137
- Phone
- +44 (0)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
- €24–45
- 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
- €11–20
- 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
- €15–26
- Website
- https://www.sleeper.scot/
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to London Euston
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 23m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- €130–230
- Website
- https://www.sleeper.scot/
- Phone
- +44 (0)345 528 0253
- Website
- avantiwestcoast.co.uk
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to London Euston
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 47m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €170–290
- Website
- https://www.avantiwestcoast.co.uk/
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from London St. Pancras Int. to Brussel-Zuid
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €40–85
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- Phone
- +32 70 79 79 79
- Website
- belgiantrain.be
Train from Bruxelles Midi to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 37m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €65–140
- Website
- https://www.belgiantrain.be/en
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Würzburg Hbf to Erlangen
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 26m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €26–40
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact DetailsContact Details
- 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
- €45–80
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from London Victoria to Nuremberg central bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 55m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €80–140
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +44 (0)3717 81 81 81
- Website
- nationalexpress.com
Bus from Edinburgh, Bus Station to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 45m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €80–200
- Website
- https://www.nationalexpress.com/en
- 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
- €22–65
- Website
- https://www.irishferries.com/uk-en/Travel-to-Ireland
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More Questions & Answers
Edinburgh to Erlangen bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at London Victoria station.
Erlangen is 1h ahead of Edinburgh. It is currently 11:03 PM in Edinburgh and 12:03 AM in Erlangen.
Edinburgh to Erlangen train services, operated by London North Eastern Railway Limited (LNER), arrive at King's Cross station.
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