There are 10 ways to get from France to Edinburgh by train (Eurostar), bus, car, car train, plane, car ferry, or train
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Train
best- Take the train from Paris Nord to London St Pancras Intltrain Eil
- Take the train from King's Cross to Edinburgh Waverleytrain London Kings Cross - Edinburgh / ...
7h 55m£222–362Bus
cheapest- Take the bus from Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine) to London Victoriabus 700 / ...
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Edinburgh, Bus Stationbus Ukxn10 / ...
19h 44m£57–217Drive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Paris to Calais-Fréthuncar
- Take the car train from Calais-Fréthun to Folkestonecartrain
- Drive from Folkestone to Edinburghcar
11h 10mFly Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Fly from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport (CDG) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane CDG - EDI
5h 4m£65–160Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Paris to Calaiscar
- Take the car ferry from Calais to Port of Dovercarferry
- Drive from Port of Dover to Edinburghcar
12h 22m£154–233Fly Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Fly from Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport (BOD) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane BOD - EDI
5h 33m£66–171Fly Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Fly from Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport (NCE) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane NCE - EDI
5h 41m£66–171Fly Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Glasgow Airport, train
- Fly from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport (CDG) to Glasgow Airport (GLA)plane CDG - GLA
- Take the train from Glasgow Queen Street to Edinburgh Waverleytrain
5h 54m£73–205Fly Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Newcastle, train
- Fly from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport (CDG) to Newcastle (NCL)plane CDG - NCL
- Take the train from Newcastle to Edinburgh Waverleytrain
6h 23m£92–304Train to Geneva International Airport, fly to Edinburgh Airport
- Take the train from Lyon Part Dieu to Genevetrain
- Fly from Geneva International Airport (GVA) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane GVA - EDI
7h 22m£76–216
France to Edinburgh by subway and train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from France to Edinburgh is to fly which costs £65 - £160 and takes 5h 4m.
The fastest way to get from France to Edinburgh is to fly which takes 5h 4m and costs £65 - £160.
No, there is no direct bus from France to Edinburgh station. However, there are services departing from Hôtel de Ville and arriving at Edinburgh, Bus Station via Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine) and London Victoria. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 19h 44m.
No, there is no direct train from France to Edinburgh. However, there are services departing from Cité and arriving at Edinburgh Waverley via Paris Nord and King's Cross. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 7h 55m.
The distance between France and Edinburgh is 676 miles.
The best way to get from France to Edinburgh without a car is to train which takes 7h 55m and costs £220 - £370.
It takes approximately 7h 55m to get from France to Edinburgh, including transfers.
France to Edinburgh bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine) station.
France to Edinburgh train services, operated by Eurostar, depart from Paris Nord station.
The best way to get from France to Edinburgh is to train which takes 7h 55m and costs £220 - £370. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs £55 - £220 and takes 19h 44m, you could also fly, which costs £65 - £160 and takes 5h 4m.
What companies run services between France and Edinburgh, Scotland?
You can take a subway from Cité to Edinburgh Waverley via Gare du Nord, Paris Nord, London St Pancras Intl, and King's Cross in around 7h 55m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Hôtel de Ville to Edinburgh, Bus Station via Gare de Lyon - Maison de la RATP, Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine), and London Victoria in around 19h 44m.
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £40–130
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Bristol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Monday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- £40–130
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Edinburgh Airport via London Luton
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £40–130
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Edinburgh Airport via London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 36m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £40–130
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Belfast (Aldergrove)
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- £40–130
Flights from Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £50–180
Flights from Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Bristol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £50–180
Flights from Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport to Edinburgh Airport via London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 12m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £50–180
Flights from Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Belfast (Aldergrove)
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- £50–180
Flights from Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 36m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £50–160
Flights from Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Geneva International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Monday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £50–160
Flights from Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- £50–160
Flights from Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Birmingham
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 50m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £50–160
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Glasgow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £40–140
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Glasgow Airport via London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 52m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- £40–140
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Glasgow Airport via Bristol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- £40–140
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Glasgow Airport via Belfast (Aldergrove)
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £40–140
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Glasgow Airport via London Luton
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 1m
- When
- Monday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- £40–140
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Newcastle
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £50–180
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Newcastle via Belfast (Aldergrove)
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 47m
- When
- Wednesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- £50–180
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £45–140
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Birmingham
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 23m
- When
- Friday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £45–140
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via London City
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 25m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- £55–260
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Glasgow Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 59m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £110–180
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Newcastle via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 48m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £100–200
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via London City
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Wednesday to Friday
- Estimated price
- £55–260
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £35–220
Flights from Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 36m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £45–260
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Newcastle
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £35–240
- Website
- aerlingus.com
Flights from Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £40–200
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Newcastle via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £40–260
- Website
- jet2.com
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £40–160
- Website
- brusselsairlines.com
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £55–210
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Dusseldorf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £50–210
- Phone
- +44 343 218 6186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from Paris Nord to London St Pancras Intl
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 28m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £110–190
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-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 22m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £35–55
- Website
- https://www.lner.co.uk/
- 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
- +44 344 811 0141
- Website
- scotrail.co.uk
Train from Glasgow Queen Street to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £20–40
- Website
- https://www.scotrail.co.uk/
Train from Newcastle to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £60–90
- 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 44m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £45–75
- 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 42m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- £25–45
- Website
- https://www.sleeper.scot/
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- track.effiliation.com
Train from Lyon Part Dieu to Geneve
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 57m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £20–50
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- sncf-connect.com
Train from Lyon Part Dieu to Geneve
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- £27–45
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine) to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 40m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £25–45
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from London Victoria to Edinburgh, Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 16m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £30–60
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- 08717 81 81 81
- Website
- nationalexpress.com
Bus from London Victoria to Edinburgh, Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 40m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £70–170
- Website
- https://www.nationalexpress.com/en
- Phone
- 01304 44 88 88
- customer.services@poferries.com
- Website
- poferries.com
Car ferry from Calais to Port of Dover
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- £6–17
- Website
- https://www.poferries.com/en
- Phone
- +353 818 300 400
- info@irishferries.com
- Website
- irishferries.com
Car ferry from Calais to Port of Dover
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £5–13
- Website
- https://www.irishferries.com/uk-en/Travel-to-Ireland
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France to Edinburgh bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at London Victoria station.
Edinburgh is 1h behind France. It is currently 5:46 PM in France and 4:46 PM in Edinburgh.
France to Edinburgh train services, operated by Eurostar, arrive at London St Pancras Intl station.
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