There are 11 ways to get from Edinburgh to Linz by plane, train, train (Eurostar, TGV), bus, car, car train, train (Eurostar), or car ferry
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Fly to Salzburg Airport, train
best- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Salzburg Airport (SZG)plane EDI - SZG
- Take the train from Salzburg Hbf to Linz Hbftrain
6h 38m€81–274Fly to Vienna International Airport, train
cheapest- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Vienna International Airport (VIE)plane EDI - VIE
- Take the train from Flughafen Wien to Linz Hbftrain
7h 15m€75–231Train via Paris
- 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 Muenchen Hbftrain Tgv
- Take the train from München Hbf to Wels Hbftrain Drf / ...
18h 12m€227–656Bus
- Take the bus from Edinburgh, Bus Station to London Victoriabus
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Praha, Hlavní Nádražíbus
- Take the bus from Praha, Hlavní Nádraží to Linz central train stationbus 197
32h 25m€116–210Drive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Edinburgh to Folkestonecar
- Take the car train from Folkestone to Calais-Fréthuncartrain
- Drive from Calais-Fréthun to Linzcar
18h 31mFly to Linz Airport
- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Linz Airport (LNZ)plane EDI - LNZ
8h 54m€86–276Fly to Munich International Airport, train
- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Munich International Airport (MUC)plane EDI - MUC
- Take the train from Ostbahnhof to Wels Hbftrain
9h€132–357Fly to Václav Havel Airport Prague, train
- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Václav Havel Airport Prague (PRG)plane EDI - PRG
- Take the train from Praha Hlavni Nadrazi to Linz Hbftrain
10h 10m€75–210Train
- 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 Linz Hbftrain Nj
22h 21m€201–503Train, bus
- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to Sheffieldtrain
- Take the bus from Sheffield to Praha, ÚAN Florencbus
- Take the bus from Praha, ÚAN Florenc to Linz central train stationbus 197
33h 47m€126–404Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Edinburgh to Port of Dovercar
- Take the car ferry from Port of Dover to Calaiscarferry
- Drive from Calais to Linzcar
19h 44m€321–484
Edinburgh to Linz by train and foot
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Edinburgh to Linz is to fly and train which costs €75 - €210 and takes 10h 10m.
The fastest way to get from Edinburgh to Linz is to fly and train which takes 6h 38m and costs €80 - €280.
No, there is no direct bus from Edinburgh station to Linz station. However, there are services departing from Edinburgh, Bus Station and arriving at Linz central train station via London Victoria and Praha, Hlavní Nádraží. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 32h 25m.
No, there is no direct train from Edinburgh to Linz. However, there are services departing from Edinburgh Waverley and arriving at Linz Hbf via London St Pancras Intl, Paris Est, München Hbf and Wels Hbf. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 18h 12m.
The distance between Edinburgh and Linz is 1579 km.
The best way to get from Edinburgh to Linz without a car is to train via Paris which takes 18h 12m and costs €220 - €700.
It takes approximately 6h 38m to get from Edinburgh to Linz, including transfers.
Edinburgh to Linz bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Edinburgh, Bus Station.
Edinburgh to Linz train services, operated by London North Eastern Railway Limited (LNER), depart from Edinburgh Waverley station.
The best way to get from Edinburgh to Linz is to train via Paris which takes 18h 12m and costs €220 - €700. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs €110 - €210 and takes 32h 25m, you could also fly, which costs €85 - €280 and takes 8h 54m.
What companies run services between Edinburgh, Scotland and Linz, Austria?
You can take a train from Edinburgh Waverley to Linz Hbf via London Kings Cross, London St Pancras Intl, Paris Nord, Paris Est, Muenchen Hbf, München Hbf, and Wels Hbf in around 18h 12m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Edinburgh, Bus Station to Linz central train station via London Victoria and Praha, Hlavní Nádraží in around 32h 25m.
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Salzburg Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 8m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €80–430
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Vienna International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–310
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Munich International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 18m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–330
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €50–290
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Salzburg Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €100–200
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Vienna International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 7m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–270
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €95–360
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Munich International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 23m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €95–360
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–310
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Linz Airport via Alicante–Elche
- Ave. Duration
- 10h
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €95–320
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Linz Airport via London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 22m
- When
- Monday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €65–270
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Linz Airport via Knock, London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 35m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €75–280
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Vienna International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €45–150
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €50–140
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Salzburg Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €100–200
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Vienna International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €75–300
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Vienna International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 7m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–270
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Salzburg Airport via Bristol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €65–240
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €60–200
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €50–190
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €50–190
- Website
- jet2.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Salzburg Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €35–240
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Vienna International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €40–140
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €50–160
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Salzburg Airport via Dusseldorf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €100–250
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Vienna International Airport via Dusseldorf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €60–250
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Munich International Airport via Dusseldorf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €100–250
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Linz Airport via London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 48m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €70–260
- Website
- brusselsairlines.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Vienna International Airport via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €60–260
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Munich International Airport via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €70–270
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €60–240
Train from Salzburg Hbf to Linz Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €22–35
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/railjet
- *
- €22–35
Train from Flughafen Wien to Linz Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 41m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €30–50
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/railjet
- *
- €30–50
- Phone
- +43 1 89900
- meinenachricht@westbahn.at
- Website
- westbahn.at
Train from Salzburg Hbf to Linz Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 12m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €14–35
- Website
- https://westbahn.at/en/
Train from München Hbf to Wels Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 31m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €29–80
- Website
- https://westbahn.at/en/
Train from Ostbahnhof to Wels Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 21m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €30–80
- Website
- https://westbahn.at/en/
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from Salzburg Hbf to Linz Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 19m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €9–35
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket?cref=oebb-header
Train from Flughafen Wien to Linz Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 54m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €14–50
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket?cref=oebb-header
Train from Salzburg Hbf to Linz Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 26m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €9–40
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from Salzburg Hbf to Linz Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 14m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €10
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket
Train from Praha Hlavni Nadrazi to Linz Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €19–35
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket
- Phone
- +48 22 322 22 22
- infokraj@intercity.pl
- Website
- intercity.pl
Train from Salzburg Hbf to Linz Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- €8–16
- Website
- https://www.intercity.pl/en/
- 2nd Class
- €8–12
- 1st Class
- €12–16
- 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
- €50–120
- Website
- https://www.lner.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 343 218 6186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Paris Nord
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 28m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €75–290
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 4m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €70–270
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- sncf-connect.com
Train from Paris Est to Muenchen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 51m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €65–150
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
- 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
- +420 221 111 122
- info@cd.cz
- Website
- cd.cz
Train from Praha Hlavni Nadrazi to Linz Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 53m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €12–28
- Website
- https://www.cd.cz/en/default.htm
- Phone
- +32 70 79 79 79
- Website
- belgiantrain.be
Train from Bruxelles-Midi to Linz Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 9m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- €80–120
- Website
- https://www.belgiantrain.be/en
- 2nd Class
- €80–120
- 1st Class
- €130–190
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Sheffield
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 49m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €40–200
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
- 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
- €25–65
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Praha, Hlavní Nádraží to Linz central train station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €15–27
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Praha, ÚAN Florenc to Linz central train station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €15–26
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +420 222 222 221
- info@regiojet.cz
- Website
- regiojet.com
Bus from London Victoria to Praha, Hlavní Nádraží
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 20m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €75–120
- Website
- https://regiojet.com/
- Phone
- +421 55 680 73 06
- onlinepredaj@eurobus.sk
- Website
- eurobus.sk
Bus from Sheffield to Praha, ÚAN Florenc
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 58m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €70–180
- Website
- https://www.eurobus.sk/en
- 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
- €27–45
- 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
- €35–45
- Website
- https://www.irishferries.com/uk-en/Travel-to-Ireland
- Car
- €75–190
- On Foot
- €35–45
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Edinburgh to Linz bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at London Victoria station.
Linz is 1h ahead of Edinburgh. It is currently 4:44 PM in Edinburgh and 5:44 PM in Linz.
Edinburgh to Linz train services, operated by London North Eastern Railway Limited (LNER), arrive at King's Cross station.
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