There are 11 ways to get from Edinburgh to Mainz by plane, train (Eurostar), train, bus, night train, car, car train, or car ferry
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Fly Edinburgh Airport to Frankfurt
best- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Frankfurt (FRA)EDI - FRA
5h 1m€108–244Bus
cheapest- Take the bus from Edinburgh, Bus Station to London VictoriaUkxn10 / ...
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Frankfurt central train stationN870 / ...
26h 15m€84–240Train
- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to King's Cross
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-MidiEil
- Take the train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to Frankfurt(M) Flughafen FernbfIce
11h 34m€195–618Train, bus
- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to Sheffield
- Take the bus from Sheffield to Brussel Eurolines Busstation
- Take the train from Brussels-Nord to Mainz HbfNj
21h 28m€97–277Train, night train
- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to King's Cross
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-MidiEil
- Take the night train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to Mainz HbfNj
14h 28m€168–735Train to Glasgow Airport, fly to Frankfurt
- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to Glasgow Queen Street
- Fly from Glasgow Airport (GLA) to Frankfurt (FRA)GLA - FRA
5h 49m€112–339Train to Newcastle, fly to Frankfurt
- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to Newcastle
- Fly from Newcastle (NCL) to Frankfurt (FRA)NCL - FRA
6h 10m€120–345Fly Edinburgh Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport, train
- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS)EDI - DUS
- Take the train from Düsseldorf Hbf to Frankfurt
6h 40m€127–333Fly Edinburgh Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport, train
- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN)EDI - CGN
- Take the train from Siegburg Bf to Frankfurt
6h 27m€115–301Drive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Edinburgh to Folkestone
- Take the car train from Folkestone to Calais-Fréthun
- Drive from Calais-Fréthun to Mainz
13h 55mDrive, car ferry
- Drive from Edinburgh to Port of Dover
- Take the car ferry from Port of Dover to Calais
- Drive from Calais to Mainz
15h 2m€244–354
Edinburgh to Mainz by train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Edinburgh to Mainz is to bus which costs €80 - €240 and takes 26h 15m.
The fastest way to get from Edinburgh to Mainz is to fly which takes 5h 1m and costs €100 - €250.
No, there is no direct bus from Edinburgh station to Mainz station. However, there are services departing from Edinburgh, Bus Station and arriving at Mainz central train station via London Victoria and Frankfurt central train station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 26h 15m.
No, there is no direct train from Edinburgh to Mainz. However, there are services departing from Edinburgh Waverley and arriving at Mainz, Römisches Theater via London St Pancras Intl, Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi and Frankfurt. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 11h 34m.
The distance between Edinburgh and Mainz is 1069 km.
The best way to get from Edinburgh to Mainz without a car is to train which takes 11h 34m and costs €190 - €650.
It takes approximately 5h 1m to get from Edinburgh to Mainz, including transfers.
Edinburgh to Mainz bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Edinburgh, Bus Station.
Edinburgh to Mainz train services, operated by London North Eastern Railway Limited (LNER), depart from Edinburgh Waverley station.
The best way to get from Edinburgh to Mainz is to fly which takes 5h 1m and costs €100 - €250. Alternatively, you can train, which costs €190 - €650 and takes 11h 34m, you could also bus, which costs €80 - €240 and takes 26h 15m.
What companies run services between Edinburgh, Scotland and Mainz, Germany?
Lufthansa, KLM, and Brussels Airlines fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Frankfurt (FRA) 5 times a day. Alternatively, you can take a train from Edinburgh Waverley to Mainz, Römisches Theater via London Kings Cross, London St Pancras Intl, Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi, Frankfurt(M) Flughafen Fernbf, and Frankfurt in around 11h 34m.
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Frankfurt via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €45–260
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Frankfurt via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 58m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €45–260
Flights from Newcastle to Frankfurt via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 48m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €45–260
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €45–280
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Frankfurt via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €120–250
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Frankfurt via London City
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 38m
- When
- Monday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €120–250
Flights from Newcastle to Frankfurt via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 11m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–300
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €110–240
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €100–220
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €85–210
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €80–240
Flights from Newcastle to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Tuesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €100–250
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Tuesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €80–330
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Newcastle to Frankfurt via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €50–280
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €70–190
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €70–190
- Website
- brusselsairlines.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Frankfurt via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €60–230
- Website
- aerlingus.com
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Frankfurt via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €75–240
- 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/
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Newcastle
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 21m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €26–45
- Website
- https://www.lner.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 343 218 6186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 4m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €70–330
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to Frankfurt(M) Flughafen Fernbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 48m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €50–140
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Düsseldorf Hbf to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 17m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €28–80
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Siegburg Bf to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 51 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €25–65
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Sheffield
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 34m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €40–200
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Newcastle
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 27m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €30–45
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
- Phone
- +32 70 79 79 79
- Website
- belgiantrain.be
Train from Brussels-Nord to Mainz Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 7m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €30–50
- Website
- https://www.belgiantrain.be/en
- 2nd Class
- €30–50
- 1st Class
- €50–75
Night train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to Mainz Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 16m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €30–50
- Website
- https://www.belgiantrain.be/en
- 2nd Class
- €30–50
- 1st Class
- €50–75
- Phone
- +43 51717
- Website
- nightjet.com
Night train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to Mainz Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 16m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €40–261
- Website
- https://www.nightjet.com/en/#/home
- Sleeper Carriage
- €259–261
- Couchette Carriage
- €130–160
- Seating Carriage
- €40–55
- Phone
- +44 344 811 0141
- Website
- scotrail.co.uk
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Glasgow Queen Street
- Ave. Duration
- 51 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- €20–21
- 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
- €20–21
- 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
- €65–90
- Website
- https://www.sleeper.scot/
- Sleeper Berth Classic
- €240–260
- Sleeper Seat
- €65–90
- Sleeper Berth Club Solo
- €260–300
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Newcastle
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 46m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €70–90
- Website
- https://www.sleeper.scot/
- Sleeper Berth Classic
- €240–260
- Sleeper Seat
- €70–90
- Sleeper Berth Club Solo
- €280–330
- Phone
- +44 345 600 1671
- tpecustomer.relations@tpexpress.co.uk
- Website
- tpexpress.co.uk
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Newcastle
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 44m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €10–23
- Website
- https://www.tpexpress.co.uk/
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from Düsseldorf Hbf to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €30–110
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- €30–50
- 1st Class
- €65–110
- 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
- +421 55 680 73 06
- onlinepredaj@eurobus.sk
- Website
- eurobus.sk
Bus from Sheffield to Brussel Eurolines Busstation
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 42m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €26–31
- Website
- https://www.eurobus.sk/en
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 London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 20m
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- €24–85
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from London Victoria to Frankfurt central train station
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 15m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €55–150
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- 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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More Questions & Answers
Edinburgh to Mainz bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at London Victoria station.
Mainz is 1h ahead of Edinburgh. It is currently 6:36 PM in Edinburgh and 7:36 PM in Mainz.
Edinburgh to Mainz train services, operated by London North Eastern Railway Limited (LNER), arrive at King's Cross station.
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