There are 11 ways to get from Europe to Scotland by train, plane, train (Eurostar), bus, car, car train, or car ferry
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Train to Frankfurt, fly to Edinburgh Airport
best- Take the train from Bad Hersfeld Bahnhof to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane FRA - EDI
8h 33m£125–288Train to Frankfurt, fly to Glasgow Airport
cheapest- Take the train from Bad Hersfeld Bahnhof to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Glasgow Airport (GLA)plane FRA - GLA
9h 53m£113–313Train
- Take the train from Eisenach Hbf to Köln Hbftrain 51
- Take the train from Köln Hbf to Bruxelles Miditrain 79
- Take the train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to London St Pancras Intltrain Eil
- Take the train from London Euston to Glasgow Centraltrain
18h 55m£303–668Bus
- Take the bus from Bebra Bahnhof to Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhebus Sev
- Take the bus from Kassel to Dortmund central bus stationbus 264 / ...
- Take the bus from DORTMUND, Hbf Nordseite, Steinstrasse to LONDON, Victoria Coach Station-Departure Hallbus
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Buchanan Bus Stationbus
27h 45mDrive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Europe to Calais-Fréthuncar
- Take the car train from Calais-Fréthun to Folkestonecartrain
- Drive from Folkestone to Glasgowcar
14h 56m£316–416Train to Frankfurt, fly to Aberdeen Airport
- Take the train from Bad Hersfeld Bahnhof to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Aberdeen Airport (ABZ)plane FRA - ABZ
10h 37m£160–345Train, train to Düsseldorf International Airport, fly to Edinburgh Airport
- Take the train from Bebra Bahnhof to Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhetrain
- Take the train from Kassel-Wilhelmshoehe to Duesseldorf Flughafentrain
- Fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane DUS - EDI
10h 50m£136–344Train, train to Cologne Bonn Airport, fly to Edinburgh Airport
- Take the train from Eisenach Hbf to Frankfurttrain
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Siegburg Bftrain
- Fly from Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane CGN - EDI
10h 28m£118–321Train, bus via Rotterdam
- Take the train from Bebra Bahnhof to Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhetrain Rb5 / ...
- Take the bus from Kassel to Rotterdam Central Stationbus 023
- Take the train from Rotterdam Centraal to London St. Pancras Int.train
- Take the train from London Euston to Glasgow Centraltrain
19h 45m£180–416Train, bus
- Take the train from Bebra Bahnhof to Frankfurttrain Re5
- Take the bus from Frankfurt central train station to London Victoriabus
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Bus Stationbus 590
33h 17m£153–309Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Europe to Calaiscar
- Take the car ferry from Calais to Port of Dovercarferry
- Drive from Port of Dover to Glasgowcar
15h 57m£205–338
Europe to Scotland by bus, train, and foot
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Europe to Scotland is to train and fly which costs £110 - £330 and takes 10h 28m.
The fastest way to get from Europe to Scotland is to train and fly which takes 8h 33m and costs £120 - £290.
No, there is no direct bus from Europe to Scotland station. However, there are services departing from Nentershausen Oderstraße and arriving at Buchanan Bus Station via Bebra Bahnhof, Kassel, DORTMUND, Hbf Nordseite, Steinstrasse and London Victoria. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 27h 45m.
The distance between Europe and Scotland is 778 miles.
The best way to get from Europe to Scotland without a car is to train which takes 18h 55m and costs £300 - £700.
It takes approximately 8h 33m to get from Europe to Scotland, including transfers.
Europe to Scotland bus services, operated by cantus Verkehrsgesellschaft mbH, depart from Bebra Bahnhof station.
The best way to get from Europe to Scotland is to train which takes 18h 55m and costs £300 - £700. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs and takes 27h 45m.
Europe to Scotland bus services, operated by cantus Verkehrsgesellschaft mbH, arrive at Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhe station.
Scotland is 1h behind Europe. It is currently 11:04 PM in Europe and 10:04 PM in Scotland.
What companies run services between Europe and Scotland?
You can take a bus from Sontra-Ulfen Mitte to Glasgow Central via Herleshausen Bahnhof, Herleshausen Bahnhof, Eisenach Hbf, Köln Hbf, Bruxelles Midi, Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi, London St Pancras Intl, and London Euston in around 18h 55m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Nentershausen Oderstraße to Buchanan Bus Station via Bebra Bahnhof, Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhe, Kassel, DORTMUND, Hbf Nordseite, Steinstrasse, LONDON, Victoria Coach Station-Departure Hall, and London Victoria in around 27h 45m.
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Glasgow Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 23m
- When
- Thursday, Monday, Wednesday, Saturday, Sunday, and Tuesday
- Estimated price
- £100–250
Flights from Frankfurt to Aberdeen Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 23m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, Saturday, Thursday, and Monday
- Estimated price
- £85–400
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 42m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £100–140
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Edinburgh Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £45–250
Flights from Frankfurt to Glasgow Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 33m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £45–250
Flights from Frankfurt to Aberdeen Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 3m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £60–320
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £40–230
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £100–200
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £65–180
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £65–150
- Website
- brusselsairlines.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Edinburgh Airport via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £60–220
- Website
- aerlingus.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Glasgow Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £85–270
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Bad Hersfeld Bahnhof to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 21m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £22–55
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Eisenach Hbf to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 34m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £65–170
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Köln Hbf to Bruxelles Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 43m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £35–85
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Bebra Bahnhof to Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhe
- Ave. Duration
- 39 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £8–21
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Kassel-Wilhelmshoehe to Duesseldorf Flughafen
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 2m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- £40–110
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Eisenach Hbf to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 49m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £30–80
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Frankfurt to Siegburg Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 6m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £24–60
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Bad Hersfeld Bahnhof to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 51m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- £26–40
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Bebra Bahnhof to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 53m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- £29–45
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +32 70 79 79 79
- Website
- belgiantrain.be
Train from Köln Hbf to Bruxelles Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 54m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- £35–70
- Website
- https://www.belgiantrain.be/en
- Phone
- +44 343 218 6186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to London St Pancras Intl
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 1m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £100–180
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Phone
- +44 345 528 0253
- Website
- avantiwestcoast.co.uk
Train from London Euston to Glasgow Central
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 31m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £140–240
- Website
- https://www.avantiwestcoast.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 330 060 0500
- enquiry@sleeper.scot
- Website
- sleeper.scot
Train from London Euston to Glasgow Central
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 28m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- £100–190
- Website
- https://www.sleeper.scot/
- Phone
- +44 (0) 8443 35 35 35
- Website
- leshuttle.com
Car train from Calais-Fréthun to Folkestone
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £117
- Website
- https://www.leshuttle.com/uk-en
- Standard fare
- £117
- Phone
- +49 561 766396-0
- info@cantus-bahn.de
- Website
- cantus-bahn.de
Train from Bebra Bahnhof to Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhe
- Ave. Duration
- 46 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- https://www.cantus-bahn.de/
- Phone
- 0221 13 999 444
- Website
- nationalexpress.de
Train from Kassel-Wilhelmshoehe to Duesseldorf Flughafen
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 12m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Schedules at
- nationalexpress.de
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from Rotterdam Centraal to London St. Pancras Int.
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 29m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- £45–110
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- Phone
- +49 561 766396-0
- info@cantus-bahn.de
- Website
- cantus-bahn.de
Bus from Bebra Bahnhof to Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhe
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 47m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- https://www.cantus-bahn.de/
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.fr
Bus from Kassel to Dortmund central bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- £9–16
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from London Victoria to Buchanan Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 15m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £40–70
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Kassel to Rotterdam Central Station
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 20m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £26–45
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Frankfurt central train station to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 45m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £45–80
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +48 801 22 33 44
- bilety@sindbad.pl
- Website
- sindbad.pl
Bus from DORTMUND, Hbf Nordseite, Steinstrasse to LONDON, Victoria Coach Station-Departure Hall
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 25m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £45–95
- Website
- https://www.sindbad.pl/en/home
- Phone
- 08717 81 81 81
- Website
- nationalexpress.com
Bus from London Victoria to Buchanan Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 35m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- £75–190
- Website
- https://www.nationalexpress.com/en
Bus from London Victoria to Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 50m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £75–180
- Website
- https://www.nationalexpress.com/en
- Phone
- +353 818 300 400
- info@irishferries.fr
- Website
- irishferries.com
Car ferry from Calais to Port of Dover
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £6–40
- Website
- https://www.irishferries.com/uk-en/Travel-to-Ireland
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