There are 11 ways to get from Edinburgh to Papenburg by train (Eurostar), car, car ferry, train, bus, car train, or plane
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Train
best- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to King's Crosstrain
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Miditrain Eil
- Take the train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to Koeln Hbftrain Ice
- Take the train from Köln Hbf to Papenburg, Bahnhoftrain 35
14h 4m€188–483Bus
cheapest- Take the bus from Edinburgh, Bus Station to London Victoriabus
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Amsterdam Sloterdijkbus 814
- Take the bus from Amsterdam Sloterdijk to Leer ZOBbus N44 / ...
26h 57m€77–164Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Edinburgh to Hullcar
- Take the car ferry from Hull to Rotterdamcarferry
- Drive from Rotterdam to Papenburgcar
20h 9m€222–320Train, bus
- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to Sheffieldtrain
- Take the bus from Sheffield to Brussel Eurolines Busstationbus
- Take the bus from Brussels Boulevard du Roi Albert II to Duisburg Mercatorstrassebus
- Take the train from Duisburg Hbf to Papenburg, Bahnhoftrain 35
24h 19mDrive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Edinburgh to Folkestonecar
- Take the car train from Folkestone to Calais-Fréthuncartrain
- Drive from Calais-Fréthun to Papenburgcar
14h 20mTrain via Amsterdam
- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to King's Crosstrain
- Take the train from London St. Pancras Int. to Amsterdam Centraaltrain
- Take the train from Amsterdam Centraal to Rheinetrain Ice
- Take the train from Rheine, Bahnhof to Papenburg, Bahnhoftrain 35
15h 9m€192–556Fly Edinburgh Airport to Bremen Airport, train
- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Bremen Airport (BRE)plane EDI - BRE
- Take the train from Bremen Hbf to Leer(Ostfriesl)train
9h 37m€88–260Fly Edinburgh Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport, train
- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS)plane EDI - DUS
- Take the train from D-Flughafen Bf to Papenburg, Bahnhoftrain
8h 26m€118–244Fly Edinburgh Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, train
- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS)plane EDI - AMS
- Take the train from Schiphol Airport to Amersfoort Centraaltrain
- Take the train from Amersfoort Centraal to Rheinetrain
- Take the train from Rheine, Bahnhof to Papenburg, Bahnhoftrain
10h 7m€125–327Train to Glasgow Airport, fly to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, train
- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to Glasgow Queen Streettrain
- Fly from Glasgow Airport (GLA) to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS)plane GLA - AMS
- Take the train from Schiphol Airport to Amersfoort Centraaltrain
- Take the train from Amersfoort Centraal to Rheinetrain
- Take the train from Rheine, Bahnhof to Papenburg, Bahnhoftrain
10h 59m€139–357Train to Manchester Airport, fly to Düsseldorf International Airport, train
- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to Manchester Airporttrain
- Fly from Manchester Airport (MAN) to Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS)plane MAN - DUS
- Take the train from D-Flughafen Bf to Papenburg, Bahnhoftrain
11h 10m€128–360
Edinburgh to Papenburg by train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Edinburgh to Papenburg is to bus which costs €75 - €170 and takes 26h 57m.
The fastest way to get from Edinburgh to Papenburg is to fly and train which takes 8h 26m and costs €110 - €250.
No, there is no direct bus from Edinburgh station to Papenburg. However, there are services departing from Edinburgh, Bus Station and arriving at Papenburg, AOK via London Victoria, Amsterdam Sloterdijk and Leer(Ostfriesl) ZOB. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 26h 57m.
No, there is no direct train from Edinburgh to Papenburg. However, there are services departing from Edinburgh Waverley and arriving at Papenburg, Bahnhof via London St Pancras Intl, Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi and Köln Hbf. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 14h 4m.
The distance between Edinburgh and Papenburg is 1509 km.
The best way to get from Edinburgh to Papenburg without a car is to train which takes 14h 4m and costs €180 - €490.
It takes approximately 14h 4m to get from Edinburgh to Papenburg, including transfers.
Edinburgh to Papenburg bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Edinburgh, Bus Station.
Edinburgh to Papenburg train services, operated by London North Eastern Railway Limited (LNER), depart from Edinburgh Waverley station.
The best way to get from Edinburgh to Papenburg is to train which takes 14h 4m and costs €180 - €490. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs €75 - €170 and takes 26h 57m.
What companies run services between Edinburgh, Scotland and Papenburg, Germany?
You can take a train from Edinburgh Waverley to Papenburg, Bahnhof via London Kings Cross, London St Pancras Intl, Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi, and Köln Hbf in around 14h 4m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Edinburgh, Bus Station to Papenburg, AOK via London Victoria, Amsterdam Sloterdijk, and Leer(Ostfriesl) ZOB in around 26h 57m.
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 33m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €45–160
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol via London Luton
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €45–160
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol via Birmingham
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €45–160
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol via London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Monday and Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €45–160
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €50–180
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol via London Luton
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 34m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €50–180
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol via London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €50–180
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol via Birmingham
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €50–180
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Bremen Airport via Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 38m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–380
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €45–270
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €40–260
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 33m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €40–260
Flights from Manchester Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 36m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €40–260
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Bremen Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €110–430
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–210
Flights from Manchester Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €75–300
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €70–180
Flights from Manchester Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €65–190
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- €110–240
Flights from Manchester Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €65–280
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €40–260
Flights from Manchester Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- €45–280
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Bremen Airport via London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €50–170
- 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
- €65–120
- 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 1m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €70–240
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
Train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to Koeln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €45–90
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
Train from London St. Pancras Int. to Amsterdam Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 16m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €65–300
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to Koeln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €30–65
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Köln Hbf to Papenburg, Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 14m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €20–40
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Duisburg Hbf to Papenburg, Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 27m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €46–52
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Rheine, Bahnhof to Papenburg, Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 59 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €29–33
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Bremen Hbf to Leer(Ostfriesl)
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 21m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €18–29
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from D-Flughafen Bf to Papenburg, Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 39m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €30–50
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Sheffield
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 49m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €40–200
- 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
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from London St. Pancras Int. to Amsterdam Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 4m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €120–280
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
Train from Amsterdam Centraal to Rheine
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 24m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €30–110
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- €30–50
- 1st Class
- €60–110
Train from Schiphol Airport to Amersfoort Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 40 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €10–28
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- €10–15
- 1st Class
- €17–28
Train from Amersfoort Centraal to Rheine
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 48m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €25–85
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- €25–40
- 1st Class
- €50–85
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Bremen Hbf to Leer(Ostfriesl)
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €17–24
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- 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
- €20–21
- Website
- https://www.scotrail.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 345 600 1671
- tpecustomer.relations@tpexpress.co.uk
- Website
- tpexpress.co.uk
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 31m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €30–130
- Website
- https://www.tpexpress.co.uk/
- 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
- €32–37
- Website
- https://www.eurobus.sk/en
- Website
- global.flixbus.com
Bus from Brussels Boulevard du Roi Albert II to Duisburg Mercatorstrasse
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Schedules at
- global.flixbus.com
Bus from Edinburgh, Bus Station to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 20m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €25–55
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from London Victoria to Amsterdam Sloterdijk
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 30m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €35–80
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Amsterdam Sloterdijk to Leer ZOB
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €17–30
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- 01304 44 88 88
- customer.services@poferries.com
- Website
- poferries.com
Car ferry from Hull to Rotterdam
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 45m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €110–150
- Website
- https://www.poferries.com/en
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More Questions & Answers
Edinburgh to Papenburg bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at London Victoria station.
Papenburg is 1h ahead of Edinburgh. It is currently 6:26 PM in Edinburgh and 7:26 PM in Papenburg.
Edinburgh to Papenburg train services, operated by London North Eastern Railway Limited (LNER), arrive at King's Cross station.
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