There are 11 ways to get from Edinburgh to Lech by plane, train, train (Eurostar, TGV), bus, night train, train (Eurostar), car, car train, or car ferry
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Fly to Zurich Airport, train
best- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane EDI - ZRH
- Take the train from Zuerich Hb to St. Anton Am Arlbergtrain
9h 21m€123–355Train via Feldkirch
- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to King's Crosstrain
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Paris Nordtrain Eil
- Take the train from Paris Est to Zuerich Hbtrain Tgv
- Take the train from Zuerich Hb to Feldkirchtrain Rjx
- Take the train from Feldkirch to Langen Am Arlbergtrain Rjx / ...
16h 45m€484–760Bus
- Take the bus from Edinburgh, Bus Station to London Victoriabus
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Nuremberg central bus stationbus
- Take the bus from Nuremberg central bus station to Garmisch-Partenkirchen stationbus N34 / ...
- Take the bus from Garmisch-Partenkirchen to Reutte Bahnhofbus
- Take the bus from Reutte Bahnhof to Lech Schlosskopfbus 110
37h 19mTrain, night train
- 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 nighttrain from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to Salzburg Hbfnighttrain Nj
- Take the train from Salzburg Hbf to St. Anton Am Arlbergtrain Rjx
24h 33m€387–690Fly to Innsbruck Airport, train
- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Innsbruck Airport (INN)plane EDI - INN
- Take the train from Innsbruck Hauptbahnhof to Langen Am Arlbergtrain
7h 41m€133–446Fly to Munich International Airport, train
- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Munich International Airport (MUC)plane EDI - MUC
- Take the train from Muenchen Ost to Kufsteintrain
- Take the train from Kufstein to St. Anton Am Arlbergtrain
10h 26m€136–346Fly to Frankfurt, train
- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Frankfurt (FRA)plane EDI - FRA
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Ulm Hauptbahnhoftrain
- Take the train from Ulm Hauptbahnhof to Lindau, Reutin Bahnhoftrain
- Take the train from Bregenz to Langen Am Arlbergtrain
12h 14m€171–420Train
- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to King's Crosstrain
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Paris Nordtrain Eil
- Take the train from Paris Gare de Lyon to Zürich HBtrain Tgv
- Take the train from Zuerich Hb to St. Anton Am Arlbergtrain Rjx
16h 47m€567–922Train, drive
- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to London Eustontrain
- Take the train from London St Pancras to Bruxelles-Miditrain Trn
- Take the train from Bruxelles-Midi to Bonn Hbftrain Nj / ...
- Take the train from Bonn Hbf to Oberstdorftrain 55
- Drive from Baad / Kleinwalsertal to Lechcar
26h 15m€337–639Drive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Edinburgh to Folkestonecar
- Take the cartrain from Folkestone to Calais-Fréthuncartrain
- Drive from Calais-Fréthun to Lechcar
18h 59m€428–565Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Edinburgh to Port of Dovercar
- Take the carferry from Port of Dover to Calaiscarferry
- Drive from Calais to Lechcar
20h€321–519
Edinburgh to Lech by train, foot, and bus
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Edinburgh to Lech is to fly and train which costs €120 - €360 and takes 9h 21m.
The fastest way to get from Edinburgh to Lech is to fly and train which takes 7h 41m and costs €130 - €450.
No, there is no direct bus from Edinburgh station to Lech. However, there are services departing from Edinburgh, Bus Station and arriving at Lech Schlosskopf via London Victoria, Nuremberg central bus station, Garmisch-Partenkirchen and Reutte Bahnhof. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 37h 19m.
No, there is no direct train from Edinburgh to Lech. However, there are services departing from Edinburgh Waverley and arriving at Langen Am Arlberg via London St Pancras Intl, Paris Est, Zuerich Hb and Feldkirch. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 16h 45m.
The distance between Edinburgh and Lech is 1470 km.
The best way to get from Edinburgh to Lech without a car is to train via Feldkirch which takes 16h 45m and costs €480 - €800.
It takes approximately 9h 21m to get from Edinburgh to Lech, including transfers.
Edinburgh to Lech bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Edinburgh, Bus Station.
Edinburgh to Lech train services, operated by London North Eastern Railway Limited (LNER), depart from Edinburgh Waverley station.
The best way to get from Edinburgh to Lech is to train via Feldkirch which takes 16h 45m and costs €480 - €800. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs and takes 37h 19m.
What companies run services between Edinburgh, Scotland and Lech, Austria?
You can take a train from Edinburgh Waverley to Lech Dorfhus via London Kings Cross, London St Pancras Intl, Paris Nord, Paris Est, Zuerich Hb, Feldkirch, Langen Am Arlberg, and Langen a. A. Bahnhof in around 16h 45m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Edinburgh, Bus Station to Lech Schlosskopf via London Victoria, Nuremberg central bus station, Garmisch-Partenkirchen station, Garmisch-Partenkirchen, and Reutte Bahnhof in around 37h 19m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Zurich Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 42m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–330
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €130–300
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Munich International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €130–300
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–370
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Munich International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 23m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–360
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Frankfurt via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 8m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €45–280
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Wednesday, Monday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €60–230
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Innsbruck Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €100–370
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €85–240
- Website
- flyedelweiss.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €60–320
- Website
- brusselsairlines.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Zurich Airport via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €65–250
- Website
- jet2.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Innsbruck Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €110–350
- Phone
- +43 (0)5 1717
- Website
- Railjet
Train from Zuerich Hb to St. Anton Am Arlberg
- *
- €29–45
Train from Zuerich Hb to Feldkirch
- *
- €22–35
Train from Feldkirch to Langen Am Arlberg
- *
- €13–19
Train from Salzburg Hbf to St. Anton Am Arlberg
- *
- €40–65
Train from Innsbruck Hauptbahnhof to Langen Am Arlberg
- *
- €21–35
Train from Kufstein to St. Anton Am Arlberg
- *
- €28–45
Train from Bregenz to Langen Am Arlberg
- *
- €17–26
Train from Zuerich Hb to St. Anton Am Arlberg
- *
- €29–45
Train from Zuerich Hb to St. Anton Am Arlberg
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 21m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €55–95
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Zuerich Hb to Feldkirch
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €40–65
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Paris Gare de Lyon to Zürich HB
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 4m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- €200–320
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Zuerich Hb to St. Anton Am Arlberg
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 21m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €55–95
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to King's Cross
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 8m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €150–220
- Website
- London North Eastern Railway Limited (LNER)
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to King's Cross
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 8m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €150–220
- Website
- London North Eastern Railway Limited (LNER)
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to King's Cross
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 8m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €150–220
- Website
- London North Eastern Railway Limited (LNER)
- Phone
- +44 (0)3432 186 186
- Website
- Eurostar
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Paris Nord
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 28m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €180–290
- Website
- Eurostar
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 1m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €140–240
- Website
- Eurostar
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Paris Nord
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 28m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €180–290
- Website
- Eurostar
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Paris Est to Zuerich Hb
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 28m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €120–170
- Website
- TGV inOui
- Phone
- +43 (0) 5 1717
- Website
- ÖBB Intercity
Train from Feldkirch to Langen Am Arlberg
- Ave. Duration
- 37 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €5–9
- Website
- ÖBB Intercity
- Website
- ÖBB Intercity
Train from Innsbruck Hauptbahnhof to Langen Am Arlberg
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 16m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €12–22
- Website
- ÖBB Intercity
- Website
- ÖBB Intercity
Train from Bregenz to Langen Am Arlberg
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €9–16
- Website
- ÖBB Intercity
- Website
- ÖBB Intercity
- Phone
- _AUSTRIAN_RAILWAYS_(ÖBB)
- Website
- Austrian Railways
Train from Feldkirch to Langen Am Arlberg
- Ave. Duration
- 37 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €7–13
- Website
- Austrian Railways
Train from Innsbruck Hauptbahnhof to Langen Am Arlberg
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 16m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €18–35
- Website
- Austrian Railways
Train from Bregenz to Langen Am Arlberg
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €13–23
- Website
- Austrian Railways
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Feldkirch to Langen Am Arlberg
- Ave. Duration
- 40 min
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €7–14
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Innsbruck Hauptbahnhof to Langen Am Arlberg
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €17–35
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Frankfurt to Ulm Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 13m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €40–80
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Ulm Hauptbahnhof to Lindau, Reutin Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 41m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €20–40
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Bonn Hbf to Oberstdorf
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 58m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €85–160
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
- Phone
- +43 (0) 51717
- Website
- Nightjet
Night train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to Salzburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 50m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €50–140
- Website
- Nightjet
- Sleeper Carriage
- €110–140
- Couchette Carriage
- €80–95
- Seating Carriage
- €50–60
- Phone
- +43 1 89900
- service@westbahn.at
- Website
- Westbahn
Train from Salzburg Hbf to St. Anton Am Arlberg
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 39m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €55–95
- Website
- Westbahn
Train from Kufstein to St. Anton Am Arlberg
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 12m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €35–55
- Website
- Westbahn
- Phone
- +49 30 200 73-0
- kommunikation@transdev.de
- Website
- Transdev GmbH
Train from Muenchen Ost to Kufstein
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €16–24
- Schedules at
- Transdev GmbH
Train from Kufstein to St. Anton Am Arlberg
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €8–15
- Website
- Railways of Slovak Republic (ZSSK)
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Frankfurt to Ulm Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €30–55
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Ulm Hauptbahnhof to Lindau, Reutin Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 36m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €21
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
- Phone
- +44 (0)345 528 0253
- Website
- Avanti West Coast
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to London Euston
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 47m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €160–260
- Website
- Avanti West Coast
- Phone
- +44 330 060 0500
- Website
- Caledonian Sleeper
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to London Euston
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 23m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- €110–150
- Website
- Caledonian Sleeper
- Phone
- +32 70 79 79 79
- Website
- Belgian Railways
Train from London St Pancras to Bruxelles-Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €70–110
- Website
- Belgian Railways
Train from Bruxelles-Midi to Bonn Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 58m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €45–75
- Website
- Belgian Railways
- Phone
- +44 (0) 8443 35 35 35
- customer.support@eurotunnel.com
- Website
- LeShuttle
Car train from Folkestone to Calais-Fréthun
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €140
- Website
- LeShuttle
- Standard fare
- €140
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Edinburgh, Bus Station to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 5m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- €50–80
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from London Victoria to Nuremberg central bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 45m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €95–140
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Nuremberg central bus station to Garmisch-Partenkirchen station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- €22–35
- Website
- Flixbus
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Bus from Garmisch-Partenkirchen to Reutte Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 2m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
- Phone
- +43 512 56 16 16
- info@vvt.at
- Website
- vvt.at
Bus from Reutte Bahnhof to Lech Schlosskopf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 47m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €14–21
- Schedules at
- vvt.at
- Phone
- +353 818 300 400
- info@irishferries.fr
- Website
- Irish Ferries
Car ferry from Port of Dover to Calais
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €30–90
- Website
- Irish Ferries
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Booking & Getting There
Edinburgh to Lech bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at London Victoria station.
Lech is 1h ahead of Edinburgh. It is currently 4:22 AM in Edinburgh and 5:22 AM in Lech.
Edinburgh to Lech train services, operated by London North Eastern Railway Limited (LNER), arrive at King's Cross station.
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