There are 11 ways to get from Edinburgh to Maidstone by train, bus, car, or plane
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Train via Strood
best- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to King's Crosstrain Edinburgh - London Kings Cross / ...
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Stroodtrain St Pancras International - Faversham / ...
5h 42m£179–259Fly Edinburgh Airport to London Stansted Airport, train
cheapest- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to London Stansted Airport (STN)plane EDI - STN
- Take the train from Stratford International to Stroodtrain
- Take the train from Strood to Maidstone Westtrain
5h 22m£62–148Bus
- Take the bus from Edinburgh, Bus Station to Finchley Road / O2 Centrebus Ukxn10 / ...
- Take the bus from London Stonebridge to Maidstonebus
10h 57mDrive 405.1 mi
- Drive from Edinburgh to Maidstonecar 405.1 mi
7h 18m£99–143Fly Edinburgh Airport to London City Airport, train
- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to London City Airport (LCY)plane EDI - LCY
- Take the train from Stratford International to Stroodtrain
- Take the train from Strood to Maidstone Westtrain
4h 56m£102–262Train
- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to London Eustontrain Edinburgh - London Euston
- Take the train from London Bridge to Maidstone Easttrain London Charing Cross - Maidstone East / ...
7h 31m£89–369Fly Edinburgh Airport to London Heathrow Airport, train
- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to London Heathrow Airport (LHR)plane EDI - LHR
- Take the train from London Charing Cross to Maidstone Easttrain
5h 12m£96–298Fly Edinburgh Airport to London Gatwick Airport, train
- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to London Gatwick Airport (LGW)plane EDI - LGW
- Take the train from Gatwick Airport to London Bridgetrain
- Take the train from London Bridge to Maidstone Easttrain
5h 5m£64–166Fly Edinburgh Airport to Luton Airport, train
- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Luton Airport (LTN)plane EDI - LTN
- Take the train from Luton Airport Parkway to London Bridgetrain
- Take the train from London Bridge to Maidstone Easttrain
5h 19m£72–178Train to Glasgow Airport, fly to London City Airport, train
- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to Glasgow Queen Streettrain
- Fly from Glasgow Airport (GLA) to London City Airport (LCY)plane GLA - LCY
- Take the train from Stratford International to Stroodtrain
5h 43m£106–275Fly Edinburgh Airport to Birmingham Airport, train
- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Birmingham Airport (BHX)plane EDI - BHX
- Take the train from Birmingham International to London Eustontrain
- Take the train from London Bridge to Maidstone Easttrain
5h 56m£88–238
Edinburgh to Maidstone by train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Edinburgh to Maidstone is to fly and train which costs £60 - £150 and takes 5h 22m.
The fastest way to get from Edinburgh to Maidstone is to fly and train which takes 4h 56m and costs £100 - £270.
No, there is no direct bus from Edinburgh station to Maidstone. However, there are services departing from Edinburgh, Bus Station and arriving at Maidstone via Finchley Road / O2 Centre, Prince Charles Drive and London Stonebridge. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 10h 57m.
No, there is no direct train from Edinburgh to Maidstone. However, there are services departing from Edinburgh Waverley and arriving at Maidstone West via London St Pancras Intl and Strood. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 5h 42m.
The distance between Edinburgh and Maidstone is 436 miles. The road distance is 407.5 miles.
The best way to get from Edinburgh to Maidstone without a car is to train via Strood which takes 5h 42m and costs £170 - £260.
It takes approximately 5h 42m to get from Edinburgh to Maidstone, including transfers.
Edinburgh to Maidstone bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Edinburgh, Bus Station.
Edinburgh to Maidstone train services, operated by London North Eastern Railway Limited (LNER), depart from Edinburgh Waverley station.
The best way to get from Edinburgh to Maidstone is to train via Strood which takes 5h 42m and costs £170 - £260. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs and takes 10h 57m.
What companies run services between Edinburgh, Scotland and Maidstone, England?
You can take a train from Edinburgh Waverley to Maidstone West via London Kings Cross, London St Pancras Intl, and Strood in around 5h 42m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Edinburgh, Bus Station to Maidstone via Finchley Road / O2 Centre, Prince Charles Drive, Harrow Road /North Circular Rd, and London Stonebridge in around 10h 57m.
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to London Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £25–100
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to London Gatwick Airport via Belfast (Aldergrove)
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 21m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £25–100
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to London Gatwick Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £25–100
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Luton Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £21–100
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Luton Airport via Belfast (Aldergrove)
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Wednesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £21–100
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Luton Airport via Belfast City
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £21–100
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to London Stansted Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £19–90
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to London Stansted Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £19–90
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to London Stansted Airport via Belfast (Aldergrove)
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Tuesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £19–90
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Birmingham Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £22–75
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Birmingham Airport via Belfast (Aldergrove)
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 7m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £22–75
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to London City Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 31m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £70–200
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to London City Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- £70–200
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to London City Airport via Belfast City
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £70–200
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to London Heathrow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 33m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £60–220
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Belfast City
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £60–220
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 42m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £60–220
Flights from Glasgow Airport to London City Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 29m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £70–200
Flights from Glasgow Airport to London City Airport via Belfast City
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £70–200
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to London Stansted Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £20–80
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to London Stansted Airport via Belfast (Aldergrove)
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £20–80
- Website
- aerlingus.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to London City Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- £70–200
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to London City Airport via Belfast City
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £70–200
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Belfast City
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £60–220
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 42m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £60–220
Flights from Glasgow Airport to London City Airport via Belfast City
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £70–200
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Birmingham Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £35–160
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to London Gatwick Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £45–85
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Luton Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £40–85
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to London Stansted Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 32m
- When
- Monday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £40–110
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Birmingham Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- £40–75
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to London City Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 47m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £55–320
- 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
- £150–220
- Website
- https://www.lner.co.uk/
- Anytime Day Single
- £150–220
- Phone
- +44 345 322 7021
- Website
- southeasternrailway.co.uk
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Strood
- Ave. Duration
- 33 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £17–25
- Website
- https://www.southeasternrailway.co.uk/
- Anytime Day SIngle
- £17–25
Train from Stratford International to Strood
- Ave. Duration
- 26 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £14–20
- Website
- https://www.southeasternrailway.co.uk/
- Anytime Day SIngle
- £14–20
Train from Strood to Maidstone West
- Ave. Duration
- 26 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £6–9
- Website
- https://www.southeasternrailway.co.uk/
- Anytime Day SIngle
- £6–9
Train from London Bridge to Maidstone East
- Ave. Duration
- 53 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £19–29
- Website
- https://www.southeasternrailway.co.uk/
- Anytime Day SIngle
- £19–29
Train from London Charing Cross to Maidstone East
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 2m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £20–30
- Website
- https://www.southeasternrailway.co.uk/
- Anytime Day SIngle
- £20–30
- Phone
- 0345 026 4700
- Website
- thameslinkrailway.com
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Strood
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £16–35
- Website
- https://www.thameslinkrailway.com/
- Anytime Day Single
- £16–23
- Anytime Day Single 1st Class
- £23–35
Train from Gatwick Airport to London Bridge
- Ave. Duration
- 28 min
- Frequency
- Every 10 minutes
- Estimated price
- £13–27
- Website
- https://www.thameslinkrailway.com/
- Anytime Day Single
- £13–19
- Anytime Day Single 1st Class
- £19–27
Train from Luton Airport Parkway to London Bridge
- Ave. Duration
- 48 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- £16–35
- Website
- https://www.thameslinkrailway.com/
- Anytime Day Single
- £16–23
- Anytime Day Single 1st Class
- £23–35
- Phone
- +44 345 528 0253
- Website
- avantiwestcoast.co.uk
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to London Euston
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 47m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £150–340
- Website
- https://www.avantiwestcoast.co.uk/
- Anytime Single
- £150–210
- Anytime Single 1st Class
- £240–340
Train from Birmingham International to London Euston
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £35–120
- Website
- https://www.avantiwestcoast.co.uk/
- Anytime Single
- £35–55
- Anytime Single 1st Class
- £80–120
- Phone
- +44 330 060 0500
- enquiry@sleeper.scot
- Website
- sleeper.scot
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to London Euston
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 23m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £65–90
- Website
- https://www.sleeper.scot/
- Sleeper Berth Classic
- £210–240
- Sleeper Seat
- £65–90
- Sleeper Berth Club Solo
- £310–360
Train from Birmingham International to London Euston
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 26m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- £60–80
- Website
- https://www.sleeper.scot/
- Sleeper Berth Classic
- £210–230
- Sleeper Seat
- £60–80
- Sleeper Berth Club Solo
- £240–280
- Phone
- +44 3451 27 29 20
- Website
- southernrailway.com
Train from Gatwick Airport to London Bridge
- Ave. Duration
- 37 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £10–14
- Website
- https://www.southernrailway.com/
- Anytime Day Single
- £10–14
- Phone
- +44 344 811 0141
- Website
- scotrail.co.uk
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Glasgow Queen Street
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £13–35
- Website
- https://www.scotrail.co.uk/
- Standard
- £13–18
- 1st Class
- £23–35
- Phone
- +44 333 311 0039
- contact.wmr@wmtrains.co.uk
- Website
- westmidlandsrailway.co.uk
Train from Birmingham International to London Euston
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Website
- https://www.westmidlandsrailway.co.uk/
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Edinburgh, Bus Station to Finchley Road / O2 Centre
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 50m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £30–55
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- 0724 122 272
- contact@euro-fratello.ro
- Website
- euro-fratello.ro
Bus from London Stonebridge to Maidstone
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Schedules at
- euro-fratello.ro
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Edinburgh to Maidstone bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Finchley Road / O2 Centre station.
Edinburgh to Maidstone train services, operated by London North Eastern Railway Limited (LNER), arrive at King's Cross station.
Yes, the driving distance between Edinburgh to Maidstone is 407 miles. It takes approximately 7h 18m to drive from Edinburgh to Maidstone.
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