There are 9 ways to get from Edinburgh to Transylvania by train, plane, bus, train (Eurostar), car, car train, busferry, 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.
Train to Glasgow Airport, fly to Tirgu Mures
best- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to Glasgow Queen Streettrain
- Fly from Glasgow Airport (GLA) to Tirgu Mures (TGM)plane GLA - TGM
16h 35m$125–343Train, bus
cheapest- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to Manchester Piccadillytrain
- Take the bus from Manchester, Coach Station to Cluj-Napoca, Autogara Sens Vestbus
- Take the bus from Cluj-Napoca, Autogara Sens Vest to Târgu Mureşbus
28h 16m$93–151Train
- 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 Wien HBFtrain Nj
- Take the train from Wien Hbf to Alba Iuliatrain 347
- Take the train from Alba Iulia to Chirileu h.train
38h 52m$454–873Drive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Edinburgh to Folkestonecar
- Take the car train from Folkestone to Calais-Fréthuncartrain
- Drive from Calais-Fréthun to Transylvaniacar
29h 48mFly Edinburgh Airport to Tirgu Mures
- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Tirgu Mures (TGM)plane EDI - TGM
14h 18m$100–328Train to Glasgow Airport, fly to Cluj-Napoca, bus
- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to Glasgow Queen Streettrain
- Fly from Glasgow Airport (GLA) to Cluj-Napoca (CLJ)plane GLA - CLJ
- Take the bus from Cluj-Napoca to Târgu Mureşbus
13h 19m$99–302Bus
- Take the bus from Edinburgh, Bus Station to Finchley Road / O2 Centrebus Ukxn10 / ...
- Take the bus from London Stonebridge to Târgu Mureșbus
45h 57mTrain, bus and ferry, bus
- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to Manchester Piccadillytrain
- Take the busferry from Manchester Piccadilly to Turdabusferry
- Take the bus from Turda to Târgu Mureșbus
2d$147–311Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Edinburgh to Port of Dovercar
- Take the car ferry from Port of Dover to Calaiscarferry
- Drive from Calais to Transylvaniacar
30h 55m$546–811
Glasgow Airport (GLA) to Tirgu Mures (TGM) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Edinburgh to Transylvania is to train and bus which costs $90 - $160 and takes 28h 16m.
The fastest way to get from Edinburgh to Transylvania is to train and fly and bus which takes 13h 19m and costs $95 - $310.
No, there is no direct bus from Edinburgh station to Transylvania. However, there are services departing from Edinburgh, Bus Station and arriving at Band via Finchley Road / O2 Centre, Prince Charles Drive, London Stonebridge and Târgu Mureș. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 45h 57m.
The distance between Edinburgh and Transylvania is 2360 km.
The best way to get from Edinburgh to Transylvania without a car is to train and bus which takes 28h 16m and costs $90 - $160.
It takes approximately 16h 35m to get from Edinburgh to Transylvania, including transfers.
Edinburgh to Transylvania bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Edinburgh, Bus Station.
The best way to get from Edinburgh to Transylvania is to train which takes 38h 52m and costs $450 - $900. Alternatively, you can fly, which costs $100 - $330 and takes 14h 18m, you could also bus, which costs and takes 45h 57m.
Edinburgh to Transylvania bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Finchley Road / O2 Centre station.
There are 360+ hotels available in Transylvania.
What companies run services between Edinburgh, Scotland and Transylvania, Romania?
You can take a train from Edinburgh Waverley to Transylvania via London Kings Cross, London St Pancras Intl, Bruxelles-Midi, Wien HBF, Wien Hbf, Alba Iulia, and Chirileu h. in around 38h 52m. Alternatively, Ryanair, Ulendo Airlink, and two other airlines fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Tirgu Mures (TGM) 5 times a week.
- Website
- flyulendo.com
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Tirgu Mures via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 14h
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $65–330
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Tirgu Mures via London Luton
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 45m
- When
- Wednesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $60–270
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Tirgu Mures via Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 15m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $85–310
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Tirgu Mures via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 55m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $95–340
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Tirgu Mures via London Luton
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 50m
- When
- Monday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $60–280
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Tirgu Mures via Charleroi
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 15m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $60–280
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Cluj-Napoca via Milan Malpensa
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 15m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $55–250
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Cluj-Napoca via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 5m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $60–260
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Cluj-Napoca via London Luton
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 55m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- $55–250
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Cluj-Napoca via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 5m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $70–270
- Website
- hisky.aero
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Cluj-Napoca via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 35m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $95–330
- 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
- $23–25
- 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 Piccadilly
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 14m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $55–95
- Website
- https://www.tpexpress.co.uk/
- 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
- $75–150
- 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
- $75–290
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Phone
- +32 70 79 79 79
- Website
- belgiantrain.be
Train from Bruxelles-Midi to Wien HBF
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 36m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- $110–170
- Website
- https://www.belgiantrain.be/en
- 2nd Class
- $110–170
- 1st Class
- $180–260
Train from Wien Hbf to Alba Iulia
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 9m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $150–220
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/
- Phone
- 0219521
- petitii@cfrcalatori.ro
- Website
- cfrcalatori.ro
Train from Alba Iulia to Chirileu h.
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $11–13
- Website
- https://www.cfrcalatori.ro/en/
- 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
- +40 230 562 929
- tarsin_irlanda@yahoo.com
- Website
- tarsin.ro
Bus from Manchester, Coach Station to Cluj-Napoca, Autogara Sens Vest
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 27m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $30–45
- Schedules at
- tarsin.ro
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Cluj-Napoca, Autogara Sens Vest to Târgu Mureş
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $13–18
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Cluj-Napoca to Târgu Mureş
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $5–12
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Edinburgh, Bus Station to Finchley Road / O2 Centre
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 50m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $27–90
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Turda to Târgu Mureș
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $10–14
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- 0259 471 690
- Website
- autogenn.ro
Bus from Cluj-Napoca, Autogara Sens Vest to Târgu Mureş
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 54m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $6–9
- Schedules at
- autogenn.ro
- Phone
- 0724 122 272
- contact@euro-fratello.ro
- Website
- euro-fratello.ro
Bus from London Stonebridge to Târgu Mureș
- Ave. Duration
- 34h 41m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Schedules at
- euro-fratello.ro
- Phone
- 0040263701919
- latinoexpres@yahoo.com
- Website
- latinoexpres.ro
Busferry from Manchester Piccadilly to Turda
- Ave. Duration
- 40h 28m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $80–200
- Schedules at
- latinoexpres.ro
- Phone
- +4-0745-384.691
- Website
- alextour.autogari.ro
Bus from Turda to Târgu Mureș
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 31m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Schedules at
- alextour.autogari.ro
- Phone
- +40743919764
- Website
- olteanutravel.autogari.ro
Bus from Turda to Târgu Mureș
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 14m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Schedules at
- olteanutravel.autogari.ro
- Phone
- +40749-25.90.91
- Website
- lazartransneamt.autogari.ro
Bus from Turda to Târgu Mureș
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Schedules at
- lazartransneamt.autogari.ro
- 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
- $40–50
- Website
- https://www.irishferries.com/uk-en/Travel-to-Ireland
- Car
- $90–220
- On Foot
- $40–50
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