There are 10 ways to get from Edinburgh to Rinteln by train (Eurostar), car, car ferry, bus, car train, 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 Aachen Hbftrain Ice
- Take the train from Aachen, Hbf to Herford, Bahnhof/ZOBtrain 14
13h 53m€355–739Fly 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 Herford, Bahnhof/ZOBtrain
9h 14m€101–460Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Edinburgh to Hullcar
- Take the car ferry from Hull to Rotterdamcarferry
- Drive from Rotterdam to Rintelncar
21h 39m€330–513Bus
- Take the bus from Edinburgh, Bus Station to London Victoriabus
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Hanover central bus stationbus
- Take the bus from Hannover Hauptbahnhof to Stadthagen Bahnhofbus S1
28h 26m€119–312Drive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Edinburgh to Folkestonecar
- Take the car train from Folkestone to Calais-Fréthuncartrain
- Drive from Calais-Fréthun to Rintelncar
14h 6m€352–458Bus, train
- Take the bus from Edinburgh, Bus Station to Newcastle Coach Stationbus 598 / ...
- Take the bus from Newcastle Coach Station to London Victoriabus 598
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Hanover central bus stationbus
- Take the train from Hannover Hauptbahnhof to Stadthagen Bahnhoftrain S1
30h 14mFly to Hannover Airport, train
- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Hannover Airport (HAJ)plane EDI - HAJ
- Take the train from Langenhagen Flughafen to Hameln, Bahnhoftrain
8h 24mFly 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
7h 34mFly to Cologne Bonn Airport, train
- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN)plane EDI - CGN
- Take the train from Köln Hbf to Herford, Bahnhof/ZOBtrain
8h 49m€116–344Fly to Weeze Airport, train
- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Weeze Airport (NRN)plane EDI - NRN
- Take the train from Duisburg Hbf to Loehne(Westf)train
9h 11m
Edinburgh to Rinteln by train and bus
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Edinburgh to Rinteln is to bus which costs €110 - €320 and takes 28h 26m.
The fastest way to get from Edinburgh to Rinteln is to fly and train which takes 8h 49m and costs €110 - €350.
No, there is no direct bus from Edinburgh station to Rinteln. However, there are services departing from Edinburgh, Bus Station and arriving at Rinteln Pferdemarkt via London Victoria, Hannover Hauptbahnhof and Stadthagen Bahnhof. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 28h 26m.
No, there is no direct train from Edinburgh to Rinteln. However, there are services departing from Edinburgh Waverley and arriving at Rinteln via London St Pancras Intl, Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi, Aachen, Hbf and Herford. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 13h 53m.
The distance between Edinburgh and Rinteln is 1468 km.
The best way to get from Edinburgh to Rinteln without a car is to train which takes 13h 53m and costs €350 - €750.
It takes approximately 13h 53m to get from Edinburgh to Rinteln, including transfers.
Edinburgh to Rinteln bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Edinburgh, Bus Station.
Edinburgh to Rinteln train services, operated by London North Eastern Railway Limited (LNER), depart from Edinburgh Waverley station.
The best way to get from Edinburgh to Rinteln is to train which takes 13h 53m and costs €350 - €750. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs €110 - €320 and takes 28h 26m.
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, Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi, Aachen, Hbf, Herford, Rinteln, and Rinteln Bahnhof in around 13h 53m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Edinburgh, Bus Station to Rinteln Pferdemarkt via London Victoria, Hanover central bus station, Hannover Hauptbahnhof, and Stadthagen Bahnhof in around 28h 26m.
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Hannover Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 38m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–370
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €45–270
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Bremen Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 31m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–380
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Hannover Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 52m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €130–460
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Hannover Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €140–490
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €95–350
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Bremen Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–550
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Hannover Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Wednesday, Saturday, and Monday
- Estimated price
- €160–270
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Saturday, and Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €110–230
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–160
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €85–170
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Bremen Airport via London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €55–250
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Weeze Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €29–200
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Hannover Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 10m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €85–430
- Website
- aerlingus.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €85–210
- Phone
- +44 (0)3457 225 333
- 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/
- Phone
- +44 (0)3432 186 186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 4m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €110–210
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
Train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to Aachen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 9m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €45–85
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to Aachen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €28–110
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Aachen, Hbf to Herford, Bahnhof/ZOB
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 7m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €50–190
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Bremen Hbf to Osnabrück Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €22–85
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Köln Hbf to Herford, Bahnhof/ZOB
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 16m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €35–140
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +44 (0) 8443 35 35 35
- Website
- leshuttle.com
Car train from Folkestone to Calais-Fréthun
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €137
- Website
- https://www.leshuttle.com/uk-en
- Standard fare
- €137
- Phone
- +49 30 311682904
- Website
- bahn.com
Train from Hannover Hauptbahnhof to Stadthagen Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 39 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- https://www.bahn.com/en
Train from Langenhagen Flughafen to Hameln, Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 4m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- https://www.bahn.com/en
- Phone
- +49 221 13 999 444
- Website
- nationalexpress.de
Train from Duesseldorf Flughafen to Loehne(Westf)
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Schedules at
- nationalexpress.de
Train from Duisburg Hbf to Loehne(Westf)
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 58m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Schedules at
- nationalexpress.de
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Bremen Hbf to Osnabrück Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 16m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €23–35
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- 01806 / 600161
- dialog@nordwestbahn.de
- Website
- nordwestbahn.de
Train from Bremen Hbf to Osnabrück Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €55–180
- Website
- https://www.nordwestbahn.de/
- Phone
- 0180 6 9 27 37 27
- info@eurobahn.de
- Website
- eurobahn.de
Train from Osnabrück Hbf to Herford, Bahnhof/ZOB
- Ave. Duration
- 36 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €12–17
- Website
- https://www.eurobahn.de/en/
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from Osnabrück Hbf to Herford, Bahnhof/ZOB
- Ave. Duration
- 42 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €5–12
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.fr
Bus from Edinburgh, Bus Station to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 5m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- €45–80
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from London Victoria to Hanover central bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 40m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €65–110
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from London Victoria to Hanover central bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 40m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €65–110
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +44 (0)3717 81 81 81
- Website
- nationalexpress.com
Bus from Edinburgh, Bus Station to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 45m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €75–200
- Website
- https://www.nationalexpress.com/en
Bus from Edinburgh, Bus Station to Newcastle Coach Station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €22–55
- Website
- https://www.nationalexpress.com/en
Bus from Newcastle Coach Station to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 10m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €60–150
- Website
- https://www.nationalexpress.com/en
- Phone
- +49 30 311682904
- Website
- bahn.com
Bus from Hannover Hauptbahnhof to Stadthagen Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €7–9
- Website
- https://www.bahn.com/en
- Phone
- 01304 44 88 88
- customer.services@poferries.com
- Website
- poferries.com
Car ferry from Hull to Rotterdam
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 45m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- €200–320
- Website
- https://www.poferries.com/en
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More Questions & Answers
Edinburgh to Rinteln bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at London Victoria station.
Rinteln is 1h ahead of Edinburgh. It is currently 6:38 PM in Edinburgh and 7:38 PM in Rinteln.
Edinburgh to Rinteln train services, operated by London North Eastern Railway Limited (LNER), arrive at King's Cross station.
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