There are 10 ways to get from Fribourg to Edinburgh by train, plane, train (TGV, Eurostar), bus, car, car train, or car ferry
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Train to Geneva International Airport, fly to Edinburgh Airport
best- Take the train from Fribourg/Freiburg to Genève-Aéroporttrain
- Fly from Geneva International Airport (GVA) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane GVA - EDI
6h 52m£99–273Train via Lille
- Take the train from Fribourg/Freiburg to Genèvetrain Ic1 / ...
- Take the train from Genève to Marne-la-Vallée-Chessy TGVtrain Tgv
- Take the train from Marne La Vallee Chessy to Lille Europetrain Tgv
- Take the train from Lille Europe to London St Pancras Intltrain Eil
- Take the train from King's Cross to Edinburgh Waverleytrain
14h 13m£343–913Bus
- Take the bus from Bern to Luxembourg, P+R Bouillonbus
- Take the bus from Luxembourg P+R Bouillon to London Victoriabus
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Edinburgh, Bus Stationbus
26h 43m£99–282Drive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Fribourg to Calais-Fréthuncar
- Take the car train from Calais-Fréthun to Folkestonecartrain
- Drive from Folkestone to Edinburghcar
16h 40mTrain to Zurich Airport, fly to Edinburgh Airport
- Take the train from Fribourg/Freiburg to Zürich Flughafentrain
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane ZRH - EDI
6h 42m£112–316Train to Geneva International Airport, fly to Glasgow Airport, train
- Take the train from Fribourg/Freiburg to Genève-Aéroporttrain
- Fly from Geneva International Airport (GVA) to Glasgow Airport (GLA)plane GVA - GLA
- Take the train from Glasgow Queen Street to Edinburgh Waverleytrain
7h 42m£122–338Train to Basel, fly to Edinburgh Airport
- Take the train from Bern to Basel SBBtrain
- Fly from Basel (BSL) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane BSL - EDI
7h 11m£99–293Train
- Take the train from Fribourg/Freiburg to Yverdon-les-Bainstrain S30
- Take the train from Vallorbe to Paris Gare De Lyontrain Tgv
- Take the train from Paris Nord to London St Pancras Intltrain Eil
- Take the train from King's Cross to Edinburgh Waverleytrain
14h 52m£323–556Train, bus
- Take the train from Bern to Basel SBBtrain Ic6 / ...
- Take the bus from Basel, Meret Oppenheim-Strasse to Gentbus
- Take the bus from Gent-Dampoort to Sheffieldbus
- Take the train from Sheffield to Edinburgh Waverleytrain
31h 2mDrive, car ferry
- Drive from Fribourg to Calaiscar
- Take the car ferry from Calais to Port of Dovercarferry
- Drive from Port of Dover to Edinburghcar
17h 40m£216–361
Fribourg to Edinburgh by train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Fribourg to Edinburgh is to train and fly which costs £95 - £280 and takes 6h 52m.
The fastest way to get from Fribourg to Edinburgh is to train and fly which takes 6h 42m and costs £110 - £320.
No, there is no direct train from Fribourg to Edinburgh. However, there are services departing from Fribourg/Freiburg and arriving at Edinburgh Waverley via Genève, Marne La Vallee Chessy, Lille Europe and King's Cross. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 14h 13m.
The distance between Fribourg and Edinburgh is 880 miles.
The best way to get from Fribourg to Edinburgh without a car is to train via Lille which takes 14h 13m and costs £340 - £950.
It takes approximately 6h 52m to get from Fribourg to Edinburgh, including transfers.
Fribourg to Edinburgh train services, operated by Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS), depart from Fribourg/Freiburg station.
The best way to get from Fribourg to Edinburgh is to train via Lille which takes 14h 13m and costs £340 - £950. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs £95 - £290 and takes 26h 43m.
Edinburgh is 1h behind Fribourg. It is currently 5:09 AM in Fribourg and 4:09 AM in Edinburgh.
Fribourg to Edinburgh train services, operated by Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS), arrive at Genève station.
What companies run services between Fribourg, Switzerland and Edinburgh, Scotland?
You can take a train from Fribourg/Freiburg to Edinburgh Waverley via Genève, Marne-la-Vallée-Chessy TGV, Marne La Vallee Chessy, Lille Europe, London St Pancras Intl, and King's Cross in around 14h 13m. Alternatively, you can take a train from Fribourg/Freiburg to Edinburgh, Bus Station via Bern, Bern, Hauptbahnhof, Bern, Neufeld P+R, Bern, Luxembourg P+R Bouillon, and London Victoria in around 26h 43m.
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £45–130
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via London Luton
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 43m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £45–130
Flights from Zurich Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £45–160
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Glasgow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- £55–160
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Glasgow Airport via Bristol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 7m
- When
- Monday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £55–160
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Glasgow Airport via London Luton
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- £55–160
Flights from Basel to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £50–180
Flights from Basel to Edinburgh Airport via London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 40m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £50–180
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via London City
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- £55–260
Flights from Zurich Airport to Edinburgh Airport via London City
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 7m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- £120–230
- Website
- brusselsairlines.com
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £55–210
Flights from Zurich Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £50–200
- Website
- jet2.com
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- £35–150
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Glasgow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- £55–200
- Website
- flyedelweiss.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £150–320
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Basel to Edinburgh Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Tuesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- £75–280
- Phone
- +41 848 446 688
- Website
- sbb.ch
Train from Fribourg/Freiburg to Genève-Aéroport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 48m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £35–120
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Fribourg/Freiburg to Genève
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 38m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £35–110
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Genève to Marne-la-Vallée-Chessy TGV
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 4m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- £140–430
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Fribourg/Freiburg to Zürich Flughafen
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 46m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £45–140
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Bern to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 56 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £30–90
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Fribourg/Freiburg to Yverdon-les-Bains
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £14–45
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- sncf-connect.com
Train from Marne La Vallee Chessy to Lille Europe
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 6m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £40–65
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Vallorbe to Paris Gare De Lyon
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £75–130
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- track.effiliation.com
Train from Marne La Vallee Chessy to Lille Europe
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 12m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- £30–75
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
- Phone
- +44 343 218 6186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from Lille Europe to London St Pancras Intl
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £70–130
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
Train from Paris Nord to London St Pancras Intl
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 28m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £120–210
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from Lille Europe to London St Pancras Intl
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- £25–60
- 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/
- 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 Sheffield to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 48m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £140–200
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Bern to Luxembourg, P+R Bouillon
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 50m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £27–50
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from London Victoria to Edinburgh, Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 16m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £35–65
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +420 222 222 221
- info@regiojet.cz
- Website
- regiojet.com
Bus from Luxembourg P+R Bouillon to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 20m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- £30–50
- Website
- https://regiojet.com/
- Phone
- 08717 81 81 81
- Website
- nationalexpress.com
Bus from London Victoria to Edinburgh, Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 40m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- £70–170
- Website
- https://www.nationalexpress.com/en
- Phone
- +393293958604
- info@pistoiaviaggi.com
- Website
- pistoia-viaggi.it
Bus from Basel, Meret Oppenheim-Strasse to Gent
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 36m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- pistoia-viaggi.it
- Phone
- +421 55 680 73 06
- onlinepredaj@eurobus.sk
- Website
- eurobus.sk
Bus from Gent-Dampoort to Sheffield
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 50m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- £27–31
- Website
- https://www.eurobus.sk/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
- £8–19
- 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
- £5–40
- Website
- https://www.irishferries.com/uk-en/Travel-to-Ireland
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