There are 11 ways to get from Edinburgh to Leipzig by plane, train (Eurostar), bus, car, car train, train, night train, or car ferry
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Fly Edinburgh Airport to Leipzig-Halle Airport
best- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Leipzig-Halle Airport (LEJ)plane EDI - LEJ
7h 20m€133–353Fly Edinburgh Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport, train
cheapest- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Berlin Brandenburg Airport (BER)plane EDI - BER
- Take the train from S Südkreuz Bhf to Leipzig Hbftrain
6h 48m€107–275Train
- 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 Bruxelles Midi to Frankfurttrain 79
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Leipzig Hbftrain 50 / ...
14h 53m€432–735Bus
- Take the bus from Edinburgh, Bus Station to London Victoriabus
- Take the bus from LONDON, Victoria Coach Station-Departure Hall to DORTMUND, Hbf Nordseite, Steinstrassebus
- Take the bus from Dortmund central bus station to Leipzig central train stationbus 023 / ...
27h 25m€146–251Drive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Edinburgh to Folkestonecar
- Take the cartrain from Folkestone to Calais-Fréthuncartrain
- Drive from Calais-Fréthun to Leipzigcar
16h 48m€397–514Fly Edinburgh Airport to Dresden Airport, train
- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Dresden Airport (DRS)plane EDI - DRS
- Take the train from Dresden Bahnhof Neustadt to Leipzig Hbftrain
8h 58m€180–463Train to Newcastle, fly to Berlin Brandenburg Airport, train
- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to Newcastletrain
- Fly from Newcastle (NCL) to Berlin Brandenburg Airport (BER)plane NCL - BER
- Take the train from S Südkreuz Bhf to Leipzig Hbftrain
7h 55m€143–405Fly Edinburgh Airport to Frankfurt, train
- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Frankfurt (FRA)plane EDI - FRA
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Leipzig Hbftrain
8h 38m€177–411Train via Cologne
- 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 Köln Hbftrain Trn / ...
- Take the train from Köln Hbf to Leipzig Hbftrain 51 / ...
16h 29m€432–805Train, night train
- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to London Eustontrain
- Take the train from London St. Pancras Int. to Amsterdam Centraaltrain
- Take the nighttrain from Amsterdam Centraal to Kassel-Wilhelmshoehenighttrain Nj
- Take the train from Kassel-Wilhelmshoehe to Halle(Saale)Hbftrain Re
21h 58m€235–582Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Edinburgh to Port of Dovercar
- Take the carferry from Port of Dover to Calaiscarferry
- Drive from Calais to Leipzigcar
17h 55m€290–468
Edinburgh to Leipzig by train
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Edinburgh to Leipzig is to fly and train which costs €100 - €280 and takes 6h 48m.
The fastest way to get from Edinburgh to Leipzig is to fly and train which takes 6h 48m and costs €100 - €280.
No, there is no direct bus from Edinburgh station to Leipzig station. However, there are services departing from Edinburgh, Bus Station and arriving at Leipzig central train station via LONDON, Victoria Coach Station-Departure Hall and Dortmund central bus station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 27h 25m.
No, there is no direct train from Edinburgh to Leipzig. However, there are services departing from Edinburgh Waverley and arriving at Leipzig Hbf via London St Pancras Intl, Bruxelles Midi and Frankfurt. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 14h 53m.
The distance between Edinburgh and Leipzig is 1170 km.
The best way to get from Edinburgh to Leipzig without a car is to train which takes 14h 53m and costs €430 - €750.
It takes approximately 7h 20m to get from Edinburgh to Leipzig, including transfers.
Edinburgh to Leipzig bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Edinburgh, Bus Station.
Edinburgh to Leipzig train services, operated by London North Eastern Railway Limited (LNER), depart from Edinburgh Waverley station.
The best way to get from Edinburgh to Leipzig is to fly which takes 7h 20m and costs €130 - €360. Alternatively, you can train, which costs €430 - €750 and takes 14h 53m, you could also bus, which costs €140 - €260 and takes 27h 25m.
What companies run services between Edinburgh, Scotland and Leipzig, Germany?
Lufthansa and Lufthansa City fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Leipzig-Halle Airport (LEJ) 3 times a day. Alternatively, you can take a train from Edinburgh Waverley to Leipzig Hbf via London Kings Cross, London St Pancras Intl, Brussels-Midi, Bruxelles Midi, and Frankfurt in around 14h 53m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Leipzig-Halle Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €130–360
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–320
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Dresden Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €140–410
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 56m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–330
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €55–300
Flights from Newcastle to Berlin Brandenburg Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 48m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–330
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Frankfurt via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 3m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €45–270
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–180
Flights from Newcastle to Berlin Brandenburg Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €130–310
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport via Dusseldorf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €110–170
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport via Cologne Bonn
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €110–170
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Dresden Airport via Dusseldorf
- Ave. Duration
- 10h
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €160–240
Flights from Newcastle to Berlin Brandenburg Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €55–170
Flights from Newcastle to Berlin Brandenburg Airport via Dusseldorf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €55–170
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €65–180
- Website
- jet2.com
Flights from Newcastle to Berlin Brandenburg Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €130–240
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 Newcastle
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 21m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €45–70
- 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 Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 1m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €140–230
- Website
- Eurostar
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 1m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €140–230
- Website
- Eurostar
Train from Bruxelles-Midi to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €80–140
- Website
- Eurostar
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Bruxelles Midi to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 2m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €70–150
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Frankfurt to Leipzig Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 12m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €65–140
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from S Südkreuz Bhf to Leipzig Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 11m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €28–60
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Dresden Bahnhof Neustadt to Leipzig Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 2m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €20–45
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from S Südkreuz Bhf to Leipzig Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 11m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €28–60
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Frankfurt to Leipzig Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 12m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €65–140
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Bruxelles-Midi to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 53m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €35–85
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Köln Hbf to Leipzig Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 43m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €100–220
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
- 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 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Dresden Bahnhof Neustadt to Leipzig Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €18–75
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
- Phone
- +43 (0) 5 1717
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
Train from Dresden Bahnhof Neustadt to Leipzig Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 9m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €25–31
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Newcastle
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 29m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €60–95
- Website
- Cross Country
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Newcastle
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 44m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €40–70
- Website
- TransPennine Express
- Phone
- +44 330 060 0500
- Website
- Caledonian Sleeper
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Newcastle
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €30–50
- 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 Bruxelles-Midi to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €40–60
- Website
- Belgian Railways
Train from London St. Pancras Int. to Amsterdam Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 46m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- €100–160
- Website
- Belgian Railways
- 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
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from London St. Pancras Int. to Amsterdam Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 16m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €60–130
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Night train from Amsterdam Centraal to Kassel-Wilhelmshoehe
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 59m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €45–95
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
- Phone
- +43 (0) 51717
- Website
- Nightjet
Night train from Amsterdam Centraal to Kassel-Wilhelmshoehe
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 59m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €30–99
- Website
- Nightjet
- Sleeper Carriage
- €96–99
- Couchette Carriage
- €60–75
- Seating Carriage
- €30–40
- Phone
- +49 30 21300130
- info@abellio-mitteldeutschland.de
- Website
- Abellio GmbH
Train from Kassel-Wilhelmshoehe to Halle(Saale)Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €30–45
- Schedules at
- Abellio GmbH
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Edinburgh, Bus Station to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 5m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €50–80
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Dortmund central bus station to Leipzig central train station
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 50m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €30–55
- Website
- Flixbus
- Phone
- +48 77 443 44 44
- bilety@sindbad.pl
- Website
- Sindbad
Bus from LONDON, Victoria Coach Station-Departure Hall to DORTMUND, Hbf Nordseite, Steinstrasse
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €65–120
- Website
- Sindbad
- 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 Leipzig bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at London Victoria station.
Leipzig is 1h ahead of Edinburgh. It is currently 3:20 PM in Edinburgh and 4:20 PM in Leipzig.
Edinburgh to Leipzig train services, operated by London North Eastern Railway Limited (LNER), arrive at King's Cross station.
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