There are 11 ways to get from Edinburgh to Modena by plane, train (Eurostar, Trenitalia), train, bus, car, car train, train (Eurostar, TGV, Trenitalia), or car ferry
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly Edinburgh Airport to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport
best- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport (BLQ)EDI - BLQ
6h 14m€86–490Fly Edinburgh Airport to Milan Linate Airport, train
cheapest- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Milan Linate Airport (LIN)EDI - LIN
- Take the train from Milano Centrale to Modena
8h 16m€75–310Train
- 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 Gare De Lyon to Milano CentraleFr
- Take the train from Milano Centrale to ModenaIc
18h 23m€232–664Train, bus
- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to Sheffield
- Take the bus from Sheffield to Gent-Dampoort
- Take the bus from Gent to Bologna
34h 46mDrive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Edinburgh to Folkestone
- Take the car train from Folkestone to Calais-Fréthun
- Drive from Calais-Fréthun to Modena
20h 55mTrain to Glasgow Airport, fly to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport
- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to Glasgow Queen Street
- Fly from Glasgow Airport (GLA) to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport (BLQ)GLA - BLQ
8h 43m€105–564Fly Edinburgh Airport to Venice Marco Polo Airport, train
- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Venice Marco Polo Airport (VCE)EDI - VCE
- Take the train from Venezia Mestre to Bologna Centrale
8h 2m€98–544Fly Edinburgh Airport to Il Caravaggio International Airport, train
- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Il Caravaggio International Airport (BGY)EDI - BGY
- Take the train from Milano Centrale to Modena
8h 51m€113–251Train via Lyon
- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to King's Cross
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Lille EuropeEil
- Take the train from Lille Europe to Lyon Part DieuTgv
- Take the train from Lyon Part Dieu to Milano CentraleFr
- Take the train from Milano Centrale to ModenaIc
19h 4m€240–791Bus
- Take the bus from Edinburgh, Bus Station to London Victoria
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Paris700
- Take the bus from Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine) to Parma
- Take the bus from Parma - Viale Toschi to Modena - Autostazione
35h 55m€104–297Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Edinburgh to Port of Dover
- Take the car ferry from Port of Dover to Calais
- Drive from Calais to Modena
21h 55m€341–497
Edinburgh to Modena by train and bus
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Edinburgh to Modena is to fly which costs €85 - €490 and takes 6h 14m.
The fastest way to get from Edinburgh to Modena is to fly which takes 6h 14m and costs €85 - €490.
No, there is no direct bus from Edinburgh station to Modena. However, there are services departing from Edinburgh, Bus Station and arriving at Modena - Autostazione via London Victoria, Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine) and Parma - Viale Toschi. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 35h 55m.
No, there is no direct train from Edinburgh to Modena. However, there are services departing from Edinburgh Waverley and arriving at Modena via London St Pancras Intl, Lille Europe, Lyon Part Dieu and Milano Centrale. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 19h 4m.
The distance between Edinburgh and Modena is 1689 km.
The best way to get from Edinburgh to Modena without a car is to train which takes 18h 23m and costs €230 - €700.
It takes approximately 6h 14m to get from Edinburgh to Modena, including transfers.
Edinburgh to Modena bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Edinburgh, Bus Station.
Edinburgh to Modena train services, operated by London North Eastern Railway Limited (LNER), depart from Edinburgh Waverley station.
The best way to get from Edinburgh to Modena is to fly which takes 6h 14m and costs €85 - €490. Alternatively, you can train, which costs €230 - €700 and takes 18h 23m, you could also bus, which costs €100 - €300 and takes 35h 55m.
What companies run services between Edinburgh, Scotland and Modena, Italy?
Ryanair, Lufthansa, and two other airlines fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport (BLQ) 4 times a day. Alternatively, you can take a train from Edinburgh Waverley to Modena via London Kings Cross, London St Pancras Intl, Paris Nord, Gare du Nord, Gare de Lyon - Diderot, Paris Gare De Lyon, and Milano Centrale in around 18h 23m.
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–330
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 51m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–320
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Milan Linate Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 42m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €95–350
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Venice Marco Polo Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €95–350
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €65–170
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €85–190
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Venice Marco Polo Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €70–210
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Il Caravaggio International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 34m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–140
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Il Caravaggio International Airport via Charleroi
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €75–140
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 22m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €85–330
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €80–320
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Milan Linate Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–350
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Venice Marco Polo Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 51m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–350
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Milan Linate Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €50–210
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Milan Linate Airport via Birmingham
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €50–210
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Milan Linate Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €50–210
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Venice Marco Polo Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €65–170
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Venice Marco Polo Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 40m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €65–170
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–360
- Website
- brusselsairlines.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Venice Marco Polo Airport via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 40m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €75–280
- 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
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €70–140
- 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 27m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €85–310
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Lille Europe
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €100–280
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Paris Gare De Lyon to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 38m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €60–150
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Venezia Mestre to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 47m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €9–28
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- 1st Class
- €20–28
Train from Lyon Part Dieu to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 37m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €50–140
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Milano Centrale to Modena
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 1m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €12–25
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Venezia Mestre to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 47m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €12–21
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Milano Centrale to Modena
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €28–65
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
Train from Venezia Mestre to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 21m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €19–40
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Sheffield
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 49m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €40–190
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.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
- 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
- €230–260
- Sleeper Seat
- €65–90
- Sleeper Berth Club Solo
- €260–300
- Phone
- +39 06 8937 1892
- Website
- italotreno.it
Train from Venezia Mestre to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €15–40
- Website
- https://www.italotreno.it/en
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Lille Europe
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €40–140
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- €40–65
- 1st Class
- €85–140
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- sncf-connect.com
Train from Lille Europe to Lyon Part Dieu
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 6m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €65–170
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
- Phone
- +421 55 680 73 06
- onlinepredaj@eurobus.sk
- Website
- eurobus.sk
Bus from Sheffield to Gent-Dampoort
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 50m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €24–28
- Website
- https://www.eurobus.sk/en
- Phone
- +393293958604
- info@pistoiaviaggi.com
- Website
- pistoia-viaggi.it
Bus from Gent to Bologna
- Ave. Duration
- 18h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- pistoia-viaggi.it
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Edinburgh, Bus Station to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 20m
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- €25–85
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from London Victoria to Paris
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 35m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- €22–80
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine) to Parma
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 55m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €55–130
- 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
- €21–70
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
- Phone
- +39081/969167
- servizioclienti@leonettiroma.it
- Website
- leonettiroma.it
Bus from Parma - Viale Toschi to Modena - Autostazione
- Ave. Duration
- 47 min
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €3–5
- Website
- https://www.leonettiroma.it/
- 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 Modena bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at London Victoria station.
Modena is 1h ahead of Edinburgh. It is currently 12:44 AM in Edinburgh and 1:44 AM in Modena.
Edinburgh to Modena train services, operated by London North Eastern Railway Limited (LNER), arrive at King's Cross station.
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