There are 11 ways to get from Edinburgh to Hitchin by train, bus, car, or plane
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Train
best- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to Stevenagetrain
4h 3m£44–149Bus
cheapest- Take the bus from Edinburgh, Bus Station to Finchley Road / O2 Centrebus Ukx010 / ...
- Take the bus from Finchley Road Station to Luton Station Interchangebus 757
10h 54m£31–93Drive 336.4 mi
- Drive from Edinburgh to Hitchincar 336.4 mi
6h 14m£82–118Fly Edinburgh Airport to Luton Airport, line 100 bus
- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Luton Airport (LTN)plane EDI - LTN
- Take the bus from Luton Station Interchange to West Hillbus
3h 43m£38–136Train via Peterborough
- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to Peterboroughtrain Edinburgh - London Kings Cross / ...
- Take the train from Peterborough to Hitchintrain Peterborough - Horsham / ...
4h 43m£80–118Train, bus
- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to Sheffieldtrain
- Take the train from Sheffield to Nottinghamtrain
- Take the bus from Broad Marsh Bus Station to Luton Station Interchangebus 230 / ...
8h 48m£72–239Fly Edinburgh Airport to London City Airport, train
- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to London City Airport (LCY)plane EDI - LCY
- Take the train from Farringdon to Hitchintrain
4h 12m£100–280Fly Edinburgh Airport to London Heathrow Airport, train
- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to London Heathrow Airport (LHR)plane EDI - LHR
- Take the train from Farringdon to Hitchintrain
4h 30m£98–274Train to Glasgow Airport, fly to Luton Airport
- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to Glasgow Queen Streettrain
- Fly from Glasgow Airport (GLA) to Luton Airport (LTN)plane GLA - LTN
4h 26m£44–181Fly Edinburgh Airport to London Gatwick Airport, train
- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to London Gatwick Airport (LGW)plane EDI - LGW
- Take the train from Gatwick Airport to Hitchintrain
4h 28m£54–160Fly Edinburgh Airport to London Stansted Airport, train
- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to London Stansted Airport (STN)plane EDI - STN
- Take the train from Cambridge to Hitchintrain
4h 28m£46–150
Edinburgh to Hitchin by train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Edinburgh to Hitchin is to bus which costs £30 - £95 and takes 10h 54m.
The fastest way to get from Edinburgh to Hitchin is to fly and line 100 bus which takes 3h 43m and costs £35 - £140.
No, there is no direct bus from Edinburgh station to Hitchin. However, there are services departing from Edinburgh, Bus Station and arriving at West Hill via Finchley Road Station and Luton Station Interchange. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 10h 54m.
No, there is no direct train from Edinburgh to Hitchin. However, there are services departing from Edinburgh Waverley and arriving at Hitchin via Stevenage. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 4h 3m.
The distance between Edinburgh and Hitchin is 369 miles. The road distance is 338.3 miles.
The best way to get from Edinburgh to Hitchin without a car is to train which takes 4h 3m and costs £40 - £150.
It takes approximately 4h 3m to get from Edinburgh to Hitchin, including transfers.
Edinburgh to Hitchin bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Edinburgh, Bus Station.
Edinburgh to Hitchin train services, operated by Lumo, depart from Edinburgh Waverley station.
The best way to get from Edinburgh to Hitchin is to train which takes 4h 3m and costs £40 - £150. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs £30 - £95 and takes 10h 54m.
What companies run services between Edinburgh, Scotland and Hitchin, England?
Lumo operates a train from Edinburgh Waverley to Stevenage 5 times a day. Tickets cost £40–100 and the journey takes 3h 54m. London North Eastern Railway Limited (LNER) also services this route twice daily. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Edinburgh, Bus Station to West Hill via Finchley Road / O2 Centre, Finchley Road Station, and Luton Station Interchange in around 10h 54m.
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Luton Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £24–120
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Luton Airport via Belfast (Aldergrove)
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £24–120
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Luton Airport via Belfast City
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £24–120
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Luton Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 11m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £22–95
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Luton Airport via Belfast (Aldergrove)
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £22–95
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to London Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £28–110
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to London Gatwick Airport via Belfast (Aldergrove)
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- £28–110
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to London Gatwick Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 47m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £28–110
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to London Stansted Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £19–90
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to London Stansted Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £19–90
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to London City Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 31m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £70–210
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to London City Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- £70–210
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to London City Airport via Belfast City
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £70–210
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to London Heathrow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 33m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £60–200
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Belfast City
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £60–200
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 42m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £60–260
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to London Stansted Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £25–100
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to London Stansted Airport via Belfast (Aldergrove)
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £25–100
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Luton Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £50–140
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to London Gatwick Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £55–130
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to London Stansted Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 32m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £45–150
- Website
- aerlingus.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to London City Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- £70–210
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to London City Airport via Belfast City
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £70–210
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Belfast City
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £60–200
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 42m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £60–260
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to London City Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- £60–330
- Phone
- 0800 031 8542
- Passengerassistance@lumo.co.uk.
- Website
- lumo.co.uk
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Stevenage
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 54m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- £40–100
- Website
- https://www.lumo.co.uk/
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Glasgow Queen Street
- Ave. Duration
- 53 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £17–18
- Website
- https://www.lumo.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 345 722 5333
- customers@lner.co.uk
- Website
- lner.co.uk
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Stevenage
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £60–150
- Website
- https://www.lner.co.uk/
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Peterborough
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 38m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £65–95
- Website
- https://www.lner.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 330 060 0500
- enquiry@sleeper.scot
- Website
- sleeper.scot
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Peterborough
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 46m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- £65–85
- Website
- https://www.sleeper.scot/
- Sleeper Berth Classic
- £210–230
- Sleeper Seat
- £65–85
- Sleeper Berth Club Solo
- £290–340
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Glasgow Queen Street
- Ave. Duration
- 57 min
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- £60–75
- Website
- https://www.sleeper.scot/
- Sleeper Berth Classic
- £210–230
- Sleeper Seat
- £60–75
- Sleeper Berth Club Solo
- £230–260
- Phone
- 0345 026 4700
- Website
- thameslinkrailway.com
Train from Peterborough to Hitchin
- Ave. Duration
- 47 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £15–22
- Website
- https://www.thameslinkrailway.com/
Train from Farringdon to Hitchin
- Ave. Duration
- 38 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- £12–24
- Website
- https://www.thameslinkrailway.com/
Train from Gatwick Airport to Hitchin
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 18m
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- £15–30
- Website
- https://www.thameslinkrailway.com/
Train from Cambridge to Hitchin
- Ave. Duration
- 33 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £10–16
- Website
- https://www.thameslinkrailway.com/
Train from Peterborough to Hitchin
- Ave. Duration
- 44 min
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- £20–26
- Website
- https://www.greatnorthernrail.com/
Train from Cambridge to Hitchin
- Ave. Duration
- 37 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £8–16
- Website
- https://www.greatnorthernrail.com/
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Sheffield
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 34m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £35–170
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
- Phone
- 03457 125 678
- Website
- eastmidlandsrailway.co.uk
Train from Sheffield to Nottingham
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £5–12
- Website
- https://www.eastmidlandsrailway.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 800 200 6060
- enquiries@northernrailway.co.uk
- Website
- northernrailway.co.uk
Train from Sheffield to Nottingham
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £5–17
- Website
- https://www.northernrailway.co.uk/
- 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
- £17–18
- Website
- https://www.scotrail.co.uk/
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 Finchley Road / O2 Centre
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 50m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £20–80
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- 0344 801 7261
- Website
- greenline.co.uk
Bus from Finchley Road Station to Luton Station Interchange
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 14m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- £9–14
- Website
- https://www.greenline.co.uk/timetables-search/
- Phone
- 0344 800 44 11
- Website
- arrivabus.co.uk
Bus from Luton Station Interchange to West Hill
- Ave. Duration
- 31 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- £2
- Website
- https://www.arrivabus.co.uk/herts-and-essex/
- Phone
- 08717 81 81 81
- Website
- nationalexpress.com
Bus from Broad Marsh Bus Station to Luton Station Interchange
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £30–50
- Website
- https://www.nationalexpress.com/en
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More Questions & Answers
Edinburgh to Hitchin bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Finchley Road / O2 Centre station.
Edinburgh to Hitchin train services, operated by Lumo, arrive at Stevenage station.
Yes, the driving distance between Edinburgh to Hitchin is 338 miles. It takes approximately 6h 14m to drive from Edinburgh to Hitchin.
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