There are 12 ways to get from Edinburgh to Lorient by train (Eurostar, TGV), bus, car, car ferry, plane, train, or car train
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Train
best- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to King's Cross
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Paris NordEil
- Take the train from Paris Montparnasse 1 Et 2 to LorientTgv
11h 48m€206–608Bus
cheapest- Take the bus from Edinburgh, Bus Station to London Victoria
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Paris700
- Take the bus from Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station to Lorient - Échange Bus Station
26h 39m€63–282Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Edinburgh to Poole
- Take the car ferry from Poole to St Malo Ferry Port
- Drive from St Malo Ferry Port to Lorient
16h 55m€195–442Fly Edinburgh Airport to Nantes Atlantique Airport, train
- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Nantes Atlantique Airport (NTE)EDI - NTE
- Take the train from Nantes to Lorient
8h 6m€113–273Bus via North St David Street
- Take the bus from North St David Street to London Victoria837 / ...
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine)700
- Take the bus from Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine) to Lorient
28h 10m€77–288Drive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Edinburgh to Folkestone
- Take the car train from Folkestone to Calais-Fréthun
- Drive from Calais-Fréthun to Lorient
15h 4mFly Edinburgh Airport to Rennes-Saint-Jacques Airport, train
- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Rennes-Saint-Jacques Airport (RNS)EDI - RNS
- Take the train from Rennes to Lorient
9h 24m€177–325Fly Edinburgh Airport to Brest Bretagne Airport, train
- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Brest Bretagne Airport (BES)EDI - BES
- Take the train from Brest to Lorient
10h€166–644Train to Glasgow Airport, fly to Rennes-Saint-Jacques Airport, train
- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to Glasgow Queen Street
- Fly from Glasgow Airport (GLA) to Rennes-Saint-Jacques Airport (RNS)GLA - RNS
- Take the train from Rennes to Lorient
11h 4m€186–430Train to Glasgow Airport, fly to Brest Bretagne Airport, train
- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to Glasgow Queen Street
- Fly from Glasgow Airport (GLA) to Brest Bretagne Airport (BES)GLA - BES
- Take the train from Brest to Lorient
11h 35m€165–469Train to Glasgow Airport, fly to Nantes Atlantique Airport, train
- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to Glasgow Queen Street
- Fly from Glasgow Airport (GLA) to Nantes Atlantique Airport (NTE)GLA - NTE
- Take the train from Nantes to Lorient
10h 47m€142–368Fly Edinburgh Airport to Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport, train
- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport (CDG)EDI - CDG
- Take the train from Aéroport Charles de Gaulle 2 TGV to Lorient
9h 27m€156–401
Edinburgh to Lorient by train, subway, and foot
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Edinburgh to Lorient is to bus which costs €60 - €290 and takes 26h 39m.
The fastest way to get from Edinburgh to Lorient is to fly and train which takes 8h 6m and costs €110 - €280.
No, there is no direct bus from Edinburgh station to Lorient station. However, there are services departing from Edinburgh, Bus Station and arriving at Lorient - Échange Bus Station via London Victoria and Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 26h 39m.
No, there is no direct train from Edinburgh to Lorient. However, there are services departing from Edinburgh Waverley and arriving at Lorient via London St Pancras Intl, Gare du Nord and Paris Montparnasse 1 Et 2. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 11h 48m.
The distance between Edinburgh and Lorient is 1620 km.
The best way to get from Edinburgh to Lorient without a car is to train which takes 11h 48m and costs €200 - €650.
It takes approximately 11h 48m to get from Edinburgh to Lorient, including transfers.
Edinburgh to Lorient bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Edinburgh, Bus Station.
Edinburgh to Lorient train services, operated by London North Eastern Railway Limited (LNER), depart from Edinburgh Waverley station.
The best way to get from Edinburgh to Lorient is to train which takes 11h 48m and costs €200 - €650. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs €60 - €290 and takes 26h 39m.
What companies run services between Edinburgh, Scotland and Lorient, France?
You can take a train from Edinburgh Waverley to Lorient via London Kings Cross, London St Pancras Intl, Paris Nord, Gare du Nord, Montparnasse Bienvenue, and Paris Montparnasse 1 Et 2 in around 11h 48m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Edinburgh, Bus Station to Lorient - Échange Bus Station via London Victoria, Paris, and Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station in around 26h 39m.
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Rennes-Saint-Jacques Airport via London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 38m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €120–270
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Brest Bretagne Airport via London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €140–250
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Rennes-Saint-Jacques Airport via London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 45m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €110–470
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Brest Bretagne Airport via London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 40m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €120–350
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Brest Bretagne Airport via Belfast (Aldergrove), London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 35m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €120–350
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Nantes Atlantique Airport via London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €90–170
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Nantes Atlantique Airport via Geneva
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €90–170
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 53m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €45–150
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport via Bristol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €45–150
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport via Belfast (Aldergrove)
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 3m
- When
- Monday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €45–150
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Nantes Atlantique Airport via Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- €55–290
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Rennes-Saint-Jacques Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €120–270
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Brest Bretagne Airport via Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 48m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–460
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Rennes-Saint-Jacques Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 2m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €95–500
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Brest Bretagne Airport via Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Monday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €120–350
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Nantes Atlantique Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–300
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €45–270
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Nantes Atlantique Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–310
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Rennes-Saint-Jacques Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €95–500
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Brest Bretagne Airport via Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €140–250
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Rennes-Saint-Jacques Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 2m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €95–500
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Brest Bretagne Airport via Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Monday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €120–350
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Nantes Atlantique Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–300
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Nantes Atlantique Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €65–190
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Nantes Atlantique Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 40m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €90–220
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Nantes Atlantique Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €85–330
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Nantes Atlantique Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €80–320
- Website
- aerlingus.com
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Nantes Atlantique Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 5m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €45–220
- 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
- €65–140
- 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
- €80–330
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- sncf-connect.com
Train from Paris Montparnasse 1 Et 2 to Lorient
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €55–140
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Nantes to Lorient
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 42m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €40–60
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Rennes to Lorient
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 28m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €22–40
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
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Contact Details
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- track.effiliation.com
Train from Paris Montparnasse 1 Et 2 to Lorient
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 33m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €65–130
- 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 Lorient
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €30–45
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
Train from Rennes to Lorient
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 42m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €29
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
Train from Brest to Lorient
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 36m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- €21–29
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
Train from Aéroport Charles de Gaulle 2 TGV to Lorient
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €100–220
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
- 2nd Class
- €100–150
- Rail 1st Class
- €150–220
- 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
- +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
- €20–21
- Website
- https://www.scotrail.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
- €65–90
- Website
- https://www.sleeper.scot/
- Sleeper Berth Classic
- €240–260
- Sleeper Seat
- €65–90
- Sleeper Berth Club Solo
- €260–300
- 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
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €24–85
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from London Victoria to Paris
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 15m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €28–110
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from London Victoria to Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine)
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 20m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €28–110
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine) to Lorient
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €21–85
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +3-389-268-0068
- Website
- blablacar.co.uk
Bus from London Victoria to Paris
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 41m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €30–110
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
Bus from Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station to Lorient - Échange Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 35m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- €24–90
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
- Phone
- 07001 8282
- booking@union-ivkoni.com
- Website
- union-ivkoni.com
Bus from London Victoria to Paris
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 30m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €15–23
- Website
- https://union-ivkoni.com/en
- Phone
- 08717 81 81 81
- Website
- nationalexpress.com
Bus from North St David Street to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 20m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €28–95
- Website
- https://www.nationalexpress.com/en
- Phone
- +44 3456 091 024
- contactcentre@brittanyferries.gg
- Website
- condorferries.co.uk
Car ferry from Poole to St Malo Ferry Port
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 45m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- €50–230
- Website
- https://www.condorferries.co.uk/
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More Questions & Answers
Edinburgh to Lorient bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at London Victoria station.
Lorient is 1h ahead of Edinburgh. It is currently 9:54 AM in Edinburgh and 10:54 AM in Lorient.
Edinburgh to Lorient train services, operated by London North Eastern Railway Limited (LNER), arrive at King's Cross station.
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