There are 12 ways to get from Edinburgh to Heerlen by train (Eurostar), train, bus, car, car train, plane, or car ferry
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Train
best- 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 Bruxelles-Midi to Liège-Guilleminstrain Ic / ...
- Take the train from Liège-Guillemins to Heerlentrain S43
9h 36m€270–461Bus
cheapest- Take the bus from Edinburgh, Bus Station to London Victoriabus Ukxn10 / ...
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Maastrichtbus N870
20h 50m€72–139Train, bus
- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to Sheffieldtrain
- Take the bus from Sheffield to Brussel Eurolines Busstationbus
- Take the train from Brussels-Nord to Liège-Guilleminstrain Ic / ...
- Take the train from Liège-Guillemins to Heerlentrain S43
17h 52m€223–322Drive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Edinburgh to Folkestonecar
- Take the car train from Folkestone to Calais-Fréthuncartrain
- Drive from Calais-Fréthun to Heerlencar
11h 43mFly to Düsseldorf International Airport, train
- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS)plane EDI - DUS
- Take the train from Duesseldorf Hbf to Herzogenrathtrain
6h 36mDrive, car ferry
- Drive from Edinburgh to Port of Dovercar
- Take the car ferry from Port of Dover to Calaiscarferry
- Drive from Calais to Heerlencar
12h 55m€187–288Fly to Brussels Airport, train
- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Brussels Airport (BRU)plane EDI - BRU
- Take the train from Brussels Airport-Zaventem to Liège-Guilleminstrain
- Take the train from Liège-Guillemins to Heerlentrain
6h 54m€99–263Fly to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, train
- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS)plane EDI - AMS
- Take the train from Schiphol Airport Train Station to Eindhoventrain
- Take the train from Eindhoven to Heerlentrain
7h 24m€89–251Fly to Cologne Bonn Airport, train
- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN)plane EDI - CGN
- Take the train from Köln Hbf to Aachen, Hbftrain
6h 13m€85–243Fly to Brussels South Charleroi Airport, train
- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Brussels South Charleroi Airport (CRL)plane EDI - CRL
- Take the train from Charleroi-Central to Liège-Guilleminstrain
- Take the train from Liège-Guillemins to Heerlentrain
7h 45m€85–227Fly to Frankfurt, train
- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Frankfurt (FRA)plane EDI - FRA
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Aachen, Hbftrain
7h 36m€151–361Fly to Weeze Airport, train
- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Weeze Airport (NRN)plane EDI - NRN
- Take the train from Weeze Bahnhof to Krefeld Hbftrain
- Take the train from Krefeld Hbf to Herzogenrath, Bftrain
8h 1m
Edinburgh to Heerlen by train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Edinburgh to Heerlen is to bus which costs €70 - €140 and takes 20h 50m.
The fastest way to get from Edinburgh to Heerlen is to fly and train which takes 6h 13m and costs €85 - €250.
No, there is no direct train from Edinburgh to Heerlen. However, there are services departing from Edinburgh Waverley and arriving at Heerlen via London St Pancras Intl, Bruxelles-Midi and Liège-Guillemins. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 9h 36m.
The distance between Edinburgh and Heerlen is 1155 km.
The best way to get from Edinburgh to Heerlen without a car is to train which takes 9h 36m and costs €270 - €470.
It takes approximately 9h 36m to get from Edinburgh to Heerlen, including transfers.
Edinburgh to Heerlen train services, operated by London North Eastern Railway Limited (LNER), depart from Edinburgh Waverley station.
The best way to get from Edinburgh to Heerlen is to train which takes 9h 36m and costs €270 - €470. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs €70 - €140 and takes 20h 50m.
Heerlen is 1h ahead of Edinburgh. It is currently 2:54 AM in Edinburgh and 3:54 AM in Heerlen.
Edinburgh to Heerlen train services, operated by London North Eastern Railway Limited (LNER), arrive at King's Cross station.
What companies run services between Edinburgh, Scotland and Heerlen, Netherlands?
You can take a train from Edinburgh Waverley to Heerlen via London Kings Cross, London St Pancras Intl, Bruxelles-Midi, and Liège-Guillemins in around 9h 36m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Edinburgh, Bus Station to Heerlen via London Victoria, Maastricht, and Maastricht in around 20h 50m.
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €55–160
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol via Birmingham
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €55–160
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol via London Luton
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €55–160
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €45–270
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Brussels Airport via Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €40–260
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 31m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €40–250
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Frankfurt via Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 1m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €45–270
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Brussels South Charleroi Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €35–160
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Weeze Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €50–170
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €120–250
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Brussels Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €110–220
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–320
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–250
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–210
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €55–160
- Website
- aerlingus.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €60–150
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Brussels Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €75–220
- Website
- brusselsairlines.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Brussels Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–210
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Brussels South Charleroi Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €29–120
- 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
- €130–200
- 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 1m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €110–190
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
Train from Bruxelles-Midi to Liège-Guillemins
- Ave. Duration
- 48 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €30–55
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
Train from Köln Hbf to Aachen, Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 37 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €20–35
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Phone
- +32 70 79 79 79
- Website
- belgiantrain.be
Train from Bruxelles-Midi to Liège-Guillemins
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 3m
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- €24–45
- Website
- https://www.belgiantrain.be/en
Train from Liège-Guillemins to Heerlen
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 6m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €13–22
- Website
- https://www.belgiantrain.be/en
Train from Brussels-Nord to Liège-Guillemins
- Ave. Duration
- 52 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- €23–40
- Website
- https://www.belgiantrain.be/en
Train from Brussels Airport-Zaventem to Liège-Guillemins
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €21–40
- Website
- https://www.belgiantrain.be/en
Train from Köln Hbf to Aachen, Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 43 min
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €16–28
- Website
- https://www.belgiantrain.be/en
Train from Charleroi-Central to Liège-Guillemins
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 17m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €23–40
- Website
- https://www.belgiantrain.be/en
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Bruxelles-Midi to Liège-Guillemins
- Ave. Duration
- 47 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €18–45
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Brussels-Nord to Liège-Guillemins
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €18–40
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Brussels Airport-Zaventem to Liège-Guillemins
- Ave. Duration
- 47 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €16–40
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Köln Hbf to Aachen, Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 33 min
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €12–29
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Frankfurt to Aachen, Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 26m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €40–100
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Krefeld Hbf to Herzogenrath, Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €13–30
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- 0800-0232 545
- Website
- arriva.nl
Train from Liège-Guillemins to Heerlen
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 6m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €12–14
- Website
- https://www.arriva.nl/en/
- 2nd Class
- €12–14
Train from Schiphol Airport Train Station to Eindhoven
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 18m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €26–30
- Website
- https://www.arriva.nl/en/
- 2nd Class
- €26–30
Train from Eindhoven to Heerlen
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €21–23
- Website
- https://www.arriva.nl/en/
- 2nd Class
- €21–23
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Sheffield
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 49m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €160–230
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
- 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
- 0221 13 999 444
- Website
- nationalexpress.de
Train from Duesseldorf Hbf to Herzogenrath
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 2m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Schedules at
- nationalexpress.de
Train from Krefeld Hbf to Herzogenrath, Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 49 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Schedules at
- nationalexpress.de
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from Schiphol Airport Train Station to Eindhoven
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 33m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €13–35
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
Train from Eindhoven to Heerlen
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 3m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €10–25
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Köln Hbf to Aachen, Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €18–27
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Krefeld Hbf to Herzogenrath, Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 9m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €19–28
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- konzern.oebb.at
Train from Köln Hbf to Aachen, Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 43 min
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €20–30
- Website
- https://konzern.oebb.at/en/
- Phone
- 0203 6688 9477
- dialog@rhein-ruhr-bahn.de
- Website
- rhein-ruhr-bahn.de
Train from Weeze Bahnhof to Krefeld Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 39 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Schedules at
- rhein-ruhr-bahn.de
- Phone
- +421 55 680 73 06
- onlinepredaj@eurobus.sk
- Website
- eurobus.sk
Bus from Sheffield to Brussel Eurolines Busstation
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 42m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €32–37
- Website
- https://www.eurobus.sk/en
- 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
- €40–70
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from London Victoria to Maastricht
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 5m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €30–60
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- 01304 44 88 88
- customer.services@poferries.com
- Website
- poferries.com
Car ferry from Port of Dover to Calais
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €8–21
- Website
- https://www.poferries.com/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
- €6–16
- Website
- https://www.irishferries.com/uk-en/Travel-to-Ireland
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