There are 11 ways to get from Edinburgh to Rinteln by plane, train, train (Eurostar), car, car ferry, bus, 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.
Fly to Hannover Airport, train
best- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Hannover Airport (HAJ)plane EDI - HAJ
- Take the train from Langenhagen Flughafen to Hameln, Bahnhoftrain
8h 22mFly to Bremen Airport, train
cheapest- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Bremen Airport (BRE)plane EDI - BRE
- Take the train from Bremen Hbf to Osnabrück Hbftrain
- Take the train from Osnabrück Hbf to Löhne, Remarqueplatz/Bhftrain
10h 2m€108–544Train via Hildesheim
- 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 Bruxelles Midi to Frankfurttrain 79
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Hildesheim Hauptbahnhoftrain 13
- Take the train from Hildesheim Hauptbahnhof to Rinteln Bahnhoftrain
16h 22m€432–783Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Edinburgh to Hullcar
- Take the carferry from Hull to Rotterdamcarferry
- Drive from Rotterdam to Rintelncar
21h 39m€467–577Bus, train
- Take the bus from Edinburgh, Bus Station to London Victoriabus
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Hanover central bus stationbus
- Take the train from Hannover Hauptbahnhof to Stadthagen Bahnhoftrain S1
27h 34mFly to Düsseldorf International Airport, train
- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS)plane EDI - DUS
- Take the train from Duesseldorf Flughafen to Loehne(Westf)train
8hFly to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, train
- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS)plane EDI - AMS
- Take the train from Schiphol Airport Train Station to Amersfoort Centraaltrain
- Take the train from Amersfoort Centraal to Hengelotrain
- Take the train from Hengelo to Herfordtrain
- Take the train from Herford, Bahnhof/ZOB to Rinteln Bahnhoftrain
10h 12m€124–348Train
- 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 Bruxelles Midi to Frankfurttrain 79
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Herford, Bahnhof/ZOBtrain 55
- Take the train from Herford, Bahnhof/ZOB to Rinteln Bahnhoftrain
18h 18m€447–803Train, bus via Leeds
- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to Leedstrain
- Take the bus from Leeds City Bus & Coach Station to London Victoriabus
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Hanover central bus stationbus
- Take the train from Hannover Hauptbahnhof to Stadthagen Bahnhoftrain S1
28h 18mTrain, bus
- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to Carlisletrain
- Take the bus from Bus Station to London Victoriabus 838
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Hanover central bus stationbus
- Take the train from Hannover Hauptbahnhof to Stadthagen Bahnhoftrain S1
28h 33mDrive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Edinburgh to Folkestonecar
- Take the cartrain from Folkestone to Calais-Fréthuncartrain
- Drive from Calais-Fréthun to Rintelncar
14h 6m€380–498
Edinburgh to Rinteln by train and bus
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Edinburgh to Rinteln is to fly and train which costs €120 - €350 and takes 10h 12m.
The fastest way to get from Edinburgh to Rinteln is to fly and train which takes 10h 2m and costs €100 - €550.
No, there is no direct train from Edinburgh to Rinteln. However, there are services departing from Edinburgh Waverley and arriving at Rinteln Bahnhof via London St Pancras Intl, Bruxelles Midi, Frankfurt and Hildesheim Hauptbahnhof. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 16h 22m.
The distance between Edinburgh and Rinteln is 1050 km.
The best way to get from Edinburgh to Rinteln without a car is to train via Hildesheim which takes 16h 22m and costs €430 - €800.
It takes approximately 8h 22m to get from Edinburgh to Rinteln, including transfers.
Edinburgh to Rinteln train services, operated by London North Eastern Railway Limited (LNER), depart from Edinburgh Waverley station.
Rinteln is 1h ahead of Edinburgh. It is currently 11:42 PM in Edinburgh and 12:42 AM in Rinteln.
Edinburgh to Rinteln train services, operated by London North Eastern Railway Limited (LNER), arrive at King's Cross station.
There are 807+ hotels available in Rinteln.
What companies run services between Edinburgh, Scotland and Rinteln, Germany?
You can take a train from Edinburgh Waverley to Rinteln Kollegienplatz via London Kings Cross, London St Pancras Intl, Brussels-Midi, Bruxelles Midi, Frankfurt, Hildesheim Hauptbahnhof, Rinteln Bahnhof, and Rinteln Bahnhof in around 16h 22m.
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Hannover Airport via Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 41m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–390
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €50–300
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Bremen Airport via Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 9m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–450
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €45–300
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 33m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–190
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol via London Luton
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €60–190
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol via Birmingham
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €60–190
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol via London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €60–190
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Hannover Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €100–220
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 57m
- When
- Friday, Wednesday, Sunday, and Monday
- Estimated price
- €110–200
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Hannover Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €90–450
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Bremen Airport via Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €85–230
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Hannover Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €130–260
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Bremen Airport via London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 57m
- When
- Saturday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €60–260
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €80–160
- Phone
- +49 30 311682904
- Website
- DB Bus
Train from Langenhagen Flughafen to Hameln, Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 4m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- DB Bus
Train from Hannover Hauptbahnhof to Stadthagen Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 39 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- DB Bus
Train from Hannover Hauptbahnhof to Stadthagen Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 39 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- DB Bus
Train from Hannover Hauptbahnhof to Stadthagen Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 39 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- DB Bus
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to King's Cross
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 8m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €150–220
- Website
- London North Eastern Railway Limited (LNER)
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to King's Cross
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 8m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €150–220
- Website
- London North Eastern Railway Limited (LNER)
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Leeds
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 27m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €90–130
- Website
- London North Eastern Railway Limited (LNER)
- Phone
- +44 (0)3432 186 186
- Website
- Eurostar
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 1m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €140–240
- Website
- Eurostar
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 1m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €140–240
- Website
- Eurostar
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Bruxelles Midi to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 48m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €65–140
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Frankfurt to Hildesheim Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 26m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €50–110
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Bremen Hbf to Osnabrück Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €20–45
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Bruxelles Midi to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 2m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €65–140
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Frankfurt to Herford, Bahnhof/ZOB
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 44m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €70–150
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
- Phone
- +32 70 79 79 79
- Website
- Belgian Railways
Train from Bruxelles Midi to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €70–110
- Website
- Belgian Railways
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Hildesheim Hauptbahnhof to Rinteln Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €15–70
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Bremen Hbf to Osnabrück Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 16m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €26–120
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Osnabrück Hbf to Löhne, Remarqueplatz/Bhf
- Ave. Duration
- 30 min
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €10–45
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Herford, Bahnhof/ZOB to Rinteln Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 33 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €10–50
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Herford, Bahnhof/ZOB to Rinteln Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 33 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €10–50
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
- Phone
- +49 221 13 999 444
- Website
- National Express
Train from Duesseldorf Flughafen to Loehne(Westf)
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Schedules at
- National Express
- Phone
- 01806 / 600161
- dialog@nordwestbahn.de
- Website
- NordWestBahn
Train from Bremen Hbf to Osnabrück Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €29
- Website
- NordWestBahn
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixtrain.de
- Website
- FlixTrain GmbH
Train from Bremen Hbf to Osnabrück Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €9–14
- Website
- FlixTrain GmbH
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Schiphol Airport Train Station to Amersfoort Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 40 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €5–11
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Amersfoort Centraal to Hengelo
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 14m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €12–23
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Hengelo to Herford
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 53m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €16–30
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
- Phone
- 0180 6 9 27 37 27
- info@eurobahn.de
- Website
- Eurobahn
Train from Hengelo to Herford
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €24–35
- Website
- Eurobahn
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Leeds
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €120–180
- Website
- Cross Country
- Phone
- +44 (0)345 528 0253
- Website
- Avanti West Coast
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Carlisle
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 12m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €40–65
- Website
- Avanti West Coast
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Carlisle
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €35–60
- Website
- TransPennine Express
- Phone
- +44 330 060 0500
- Website
- Caledonian Sleeper
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Carlisle
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 28m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- €27–40
- Website
- Caledonian Sleeper
- Phone
- +44 (0) 8443 35 35 35
- customer.support@eurotunnel.com
- Website
- LeShuttle
Car train from Folkestone to Calais-Fréthun
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €140
- Website
- LeShuttle
- Standard fare
- €140
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Edinburgh, Bus Station to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 5m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €50–80
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from London Victoria to Hanover central bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 40m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €70–110
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Leeds City Bus & Coach Station to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €28–45
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from London Victoria to Hanover central bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 40m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €70–110
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from London Victoria to Hanover central bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 40m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €70–110
- Website
- Flixbus
- Phone
- +44 (0)3717 81 81 81
- Website
- National Express
Bus from Leeds City Bus & Coach Station to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €35–65
- Website
- National Express
Bus from Bus Station to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 45m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €55–100
- Website
- National Express
- Phone
- +44 01304 44 88 88
- customer.services@poferries.com
- Website
- P&O Ferries
Car ferry from Hull to Rotterdam
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 45m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- €320–360
- Website
- P&O Ferries
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