There are 10 ways to get from Europe to Scotland by train, plane, car, car ferry, bus, or car train
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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
7h 40m£128–288Train, train to Cologne Bonn Airport, fly to Edinburgh Airport
cheapest- Take the train from Bad Hersfeld Bahnhof to Frankfurttrain
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Siegburg Bftrain
- Fly from Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane CGN - EDI
9h 15m£110–295Train
- Take the train from Bebra Bahnhof to Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhetrain Rb5 / ...
- Take the train from Kassel-Wilhelmshöhe to Amsterdam Centraaltrain
- Take the train from Amsterdam Centraal to London St. Pancras Int.train
- Take the train from King's Cross to Edinburgh Waverleytrain
- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to Glasgow Queen Streettrain
18h 38m£229–456Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Europe to Rotterdamcar
- Take the car ferry from Rotterdam to Hullcarferry
- Drive from Hull to Glasgowcar
20h 31m£276–430Train, bus
- Take the train from Bebra Bahnhof to Dortmund Hbftrain 51
- Take the bus from Dortmund central bus station to London Victoriabus
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Leeds City Bus & Coach Stationbus
- Take the bus from Leeds City Bus & Coach Station to Buchanan Bus Stationbus 591 / ...
31h 26m£129–382Train to Frankfurt, fly to Glasgow Airport
- Take the train from Bad Hersfeld Bahnhof to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Glasgow Airport (GLA)plane FRA - GLA
7h 26m£116–313Train, 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 6m£136–344Train to Frankfurt, fly to Newcastle, train
- Take the train from Bad Hersfeld Bahnhof to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Newcastle (NCL)plane FRA - NCL
- Take the train from Newcastle to Edinburgh Waverleytrain
9h 1m£147–427Bus, train
- Take the bus from Kassel Kaufungen Papierfabrik to Dortmund central bus stationbus
- Take the bus from Dortmund central bus station to Amsterdam Centraal Stationbus
- Take the train from Amsterdam Centraal to London St. Pancras Int.train
- Take the train from King's Cross to Edinburgh Waverleytrain
- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to Glasgow Queen Streettrain
19h 10mDrive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Europe to Calais-Fréthuncar
- Take the car train from Calais-Fréthun to Folkestonecartrain
- Drive from Folkestone to Glasgowcar
14h 55m
Europe to Scotland by bus and train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Europe to Scotland is to train and fly which costs £110 - £300 and takes 9h 15m.
The fastest way to get from Europe to Scotland is to train and fly which takes 7h 26m and costs £110 - £320.
The distance between Europe and Scotland is 768 miles.
The best way to get from Europe to Scotland without a car is to train which takes 18h 38m and costs £220 - £460.
It takes approximately 7h 40m to get from Europe to Scotland, including transfers.
Scotland is 1h behind Europe. It is currently 1:55 PM in Europe and 12:55 PM in Scotland.
There are 1488+ hotels available in Scotland.
What companies run services between Europe and Scotland?
You can take a bus from Nentershausen Oderstraße to Glasgow Queen Street via Bebra Bahnhof, Bebra Bahnhof, Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhe, Kassel-Wilhelmshöhe, Amsterdam Centraal, London St. Pancras Int., King's Cross, and Edinburgh Waverley in around 18h 38m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £90–210
Flights from Frankfurt to Glasgow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £75–200
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £100–550
Flights from Frankfurt to Newcastle
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £95–220
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Edinburgh Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £40–250
Flights from Frankfurt to Glasgow Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £45–250
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £35–230
Flights from Frankfurt to Newcastle via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 51m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £45–270
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 57m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £110–190
Flights from Frankfurt to Newcastle via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 51m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £70–310
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Newcastle via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 21m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £55–300
- 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, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £60–140
- Website
- brusselsairlines.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Edinburgh Airport via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £55–220
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Edinburgh Airport via London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- £45–170
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Bad Hersfeld Bahnhof to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 21m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- £24–55
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Bebra Bahnhof to Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhe
- Ave. Duration
- 39 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £9–21
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Bebra Bahnhof to Dortmund Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 54m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- £45–110
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Kassel-Wilhelmshoehe to Duesseldorf Flughafen
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 2m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £45–110
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Frankfurt to Siegburg Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 6m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £26–60
- 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
- £35–50
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +49 561 766396-0
- info@cantus-bahn.de
- Website
- cantus-bahn.de
Train from Bebra Bahnhof to Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhe
- Ave. Duration
- 43 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- https://www.cantus-bahn.de/
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from Kassel-Wilhelmshöhe to Amsterdam Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 11m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £40–95
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
Train from Amsterdam Centraal to London St. Pancras Int.
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 17m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- £50–130
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- Phone
- +44 345 722 5333
- customers@lner.co.uk
- Website
- lner.co.uk
Train from King's Cross to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 6m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £110–170
- Website
- https://www.lner.co.uk/
Train from Newcastle to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 23m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £35–55
- Website
- https://www.lner.co.uk/
- 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
- £20–40
- Website
- https://www.scotrail.co.uk/
- 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
Train from Newcastle to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 27m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £60–95
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 345 600 1671
- tpecustomer.relations@tpexpress.co.uk
- Website
- tpexpress.co.uk
Train from Newcastle to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £40–75
- Website
- https://www.tpexpress.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 330 060 0500
- enquiry@sleeper.scot
- Website
- sleeper.scot
Train from Newcastle to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 43m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- £27–45
- 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
- Website
- https://www.leshuttle.com/uk-en
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Dortmund central bus station to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 55m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £40–70
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from London Victoria to Leeds City Bus & Coach Station
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £19–35
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Leeds City Bus & Coach Station to Buchanan Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 40m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £25–45
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Kassel Kaufungen Papierfabrik to Dortmund central bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £10–18
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- 08717 81 81 81
- Website
- nationalexpress.com
Bus from London Victoria to Leeds City Bus & Coach Station
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 11m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £35–90
- Website
- https://www.nationalexpress.com/en
Bus from Leeds City Bus & Coach Station to Buchanan Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 10m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £45–120
- Website
- https://www.nationalexpress.com/en
- Phone
- +38 098-888-11-08
- igoruzhanskyi@grandbus.com.ua
- Website
- grandbus.com.ua
Bus from Dortmund central bus station to Amsterdam Centraal Station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 52m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Website
- https://www.grandbus.com.ua/en
- Phone
- 01304 44 88 88
- customer.services@poferries.com
- Website
- poferries.com
Car ferry from Rotterdam to Hull
- Ave. Duration
- 11h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £140–230
- Website
- https://www.poferries.com/en
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