There are 10 ways to get from Edinburgh to Loches by train, bus, car, car train, plane, or car ferry
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Train, bus
best- 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 Aeroport Cdg2 Tgv Roissy to St Pierre Des Corpstrain Tgv
- Take the bus from Tours to Lochesbus
12h 35m€348–565Bus
cheapest- Take the bus from Edinburgh, Bus Station to London Victoriabus
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Lillebus
- Take the bus from Lille to Toursbus
- Take the bus from Tours to Lochesbus
26h 4m€95–173Train, bus via Birmingham
- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to Birmingham New Streettrain
- Take the bus from Newhall Street to London Victoriabus
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine)bus 700
- Take the train from Paris Bercy to Tourstrain Ter
- Take the bus from Tours to Lochesbus
23h 58m€224–452Drive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Edinburgh to Folkestonecar
- Take the car train from Folkestone to Calais-Fréthuncartrain
- Drive from Calais-Fréthun to Lochescar
14h 23m€334–434Fly Edinburgh Airport to Tours Val De Loire Airport, bus
- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Tours Val De Loire Airport (TUF)plane EDI - TUF
- Take the bus from Tours to Lochesbus
8h 34m€115–444Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Edinburgh to Port of Dovercar
- Take the car ferry from Port of Dover to Calaiscarferry
- Drive from Calais to Lochescar
15h 45m€215–354Fly Edinburgh Airport to Nantes Atlantique Airport, train, bus
- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Nantes Atlantique Airport (NTE)plane EDI - NTE
- Take the train from Nantes to Tourstrain
- Take the bus from Tours to Lochesbus
9h 12m€96–271Fly Edinburgh Airport to Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport, train, bus
- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport (CDG)plane EDI - CDG
- Take the train from Aeroport Cdg2 Tgv Roissy to St Pierre Des Corpstrain
- Take the bus from Tours to Lochesbus
9h 4m€130–315Train to Glasgow Airport, fly to Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport, train, bus
- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to Glasgow Queen Streettrain
- Fly from Glasgow Airport (GLA) to Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport (CDG)plane GLA - CDG
- Take the train from Aeroport Cdg2 Tgv Roissy to St Pierre Des Corpstrain
- Take the bus from Tours to Lochesbus
9h 48m€128–344Fly Edinburgh Airport to Beauvais–Tillé Airport, bus, train
- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Beauvais–Tillé Airport (BVA)plane EDI - BVA
- Take the bus from Paris-Beauvais Airport to Paris, Saint-Denis Universitébus
- Take the train from Paris Montparnasse 1 Et 2 to St Pierre Des Corpstrain
- Take the bus from Tours to Lochesbus
10h 35m€103–297
Edinburgh to Loches by train and bus
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Edinburgh to Loches is to bus which costs €95 - €180 and takes 26h 4m.
The fastest way to get from Edinburgh to Loches is to fly and bus which takes 8h 34m and costs €110 - €450.
No, there is no direct bus from Edinburgh station to Loches. However, there are services departing from Edinburgh, Bus Station and arriving at Loches via London Victoria, Lille, Vaucanson and Tours. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 26h 4m.
The distance between Edinburgh and Loches is 1437 km.
The best way to get from Edinburgh to Loches without a car is to train and bus which takes 12h 35m and costs €340 - €600.
It takes approximately 12h 35m to get from Edinburgh to Loches, including transfers.
Edinburgh to Loches bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Edinburgh, Bus Station.
Edinburgh to Loches bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at London Victoria station.
Loches is 1h ahead of Edinburgh. It is currently 5:08 AM in Edinburgh and 6:08 AM in Loches.
There are 491+ hotels available in Loches.
What companies run services between Edinburgh, Scotland and Loches, France?
You can take a bus from Edinburgh, Bus Station to Loches via London Victoria, Lille, Tours, Vaucanson, Gare de Tours 6, and Tours in around 26h 4m.
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Nantes Atlantique Airport via London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Sunday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €90–200
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–180
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport via London Luton
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €65–180
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport via Belfast (Aldergrove)
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €65–180
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport via Bristol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €65–180
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 51m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–160
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport via Bristol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 2m
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €60–160
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Tours Val De Loire Airport via Porto
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 55m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €110–470
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Tours Val De Loire Airport via London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €100–430
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Nantes Atlantique Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €45–160
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Nantes Atlantique Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €45–160
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Beauvais–Tillé Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €40–160
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Beauvais–Tillé Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 56m
- When
- Tuesday and Monday
- Estimated price
- €40–160
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Nantes Atlantique Airport via Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–330
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 58m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €50–280
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 49m
- When
- Wednesday, Tuesday, Friday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €110–240
- Website
- aerlingus.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Tours Val De Loire Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 47m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €120–600
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Nantes Atlantique Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €65–330
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Nantes Atlantique Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–350
- 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
- €140–200
- 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
- €140–240
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- sncf-connect.com
Train from Aeroport Cdg2 Tgv Roissy to St Pierre Des Corps
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €60–100
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Paris Montparnasse 1 Et 2 to St Pierre Des Corps
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 4m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €45–75
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Rome2Rio's guide to Société Nationale des Chemins de fer Français (SNCF)
Contact Details
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- track.effiliation.com
Train from Aeroport Cdg2 Tgv Roissy to St Pierre Des Corps
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 46m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €45–95
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
Train from Paris Bercy to Tours
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 24m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €35–80
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
Train from Nantes to Tours
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 39m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €30–65
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
Train from Paris Montparnasse 1 Et 2 to St Pierre Des Corps
- Ave. Duration
- 57 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €35–75
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Birmingham New Street
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 1m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €200–290
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 345 528 0253
- Website
- avantiwestcoast.co.uk
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Birmingham New Street
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 14m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €140–240
- Website
- https://www.avantiwestcoast.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
- Estimated price
- €135
- Website
- https://www.leshuttle.com/uk-en
- Standard fare
- €135
- 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
- €23–45
- Website
- https://www.scotrail.co.uk/
- Phone
- 0800 031 8542
- Passengerassistance@lumo.co.uk.
- Website
- lumo.co.uk
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Glasgow Queen Street
- Ave. Duration
- 53 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €10–18
- Website
- https://www.lumo.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 330 060 0500
- enquiry@sleeper.scot
- Website
- sleeper.scot
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Glasgow Queen Street
- Ave. Duration
- 57 min
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- €14–25
- Website
- https://www.sleeper.scot/
- Phone
- 3635
- Website
- sncf-connect.com
Bus from Tours to Loches
- Ave. Duration
- 57 min
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €8–13
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
- Phone
- +33 806 70 33 33
- Website
- remi-centrevaldeloire.fr
Bus from Tours to Loches
- Ave. Duration
- 57 min
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €3
- Schedules at
- remi-centrevaldeloire.fr
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.fr
Bus from Newhall Street to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €13–23
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from London Victoria to Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine)
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 15m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €30–55
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Edinburgh, Bus Station to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 5m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €40–70
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from London Victoria to Lille
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 45m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €20–35
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Lille to Tours
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 25m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €30–55
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +33 (0) 9 77 40 24 20
- service.clients@aeroportbeauvais.com.
- Website
- aerobus.fr
Bus from Paris-Beauvais Airport to Paris, Saint-Denis Université
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €5–20
- Schedules at
- aerobus.fr
- Phone
- +353 818 300 400
- info@irishferries.fr
- Website
- irishferries.com
Car ferry from Port of Dover to Calais
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €8–50
- Website
- https://www.irishferries.com/uk-en/Travel-to-Ireland
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