There are 12 ways to get from Geilenkirchen to Edinburgh by train, plane, train (Eurostar), bus, car, car train, or car ferry
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Train to Düsseldorf International Airport, fly to Edinburgh Airport
best- Take the train from Geilenkirchen to Duesseldorf Hbftrain
- Fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane DUS - EDI
5h 37mTrain to Weeze Airport, fly to Edinburgh Airport
cheapest- Take the train from Geilenkirchen, Bf to Krefeld Hbftrain
- Fly from Weeze Airport (NRN) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane NRN - EDI
6h 40m£70–217Train
- Take the train from Aachen, Hbf to Bruxelles Miditrain 79
- Take the train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to London St Pancras Intltrain Eil
- Take the train from King's Cross to Edinburgh Waverleytrain
9h 36m£265–463Bus
- Take the bus from Maastricht to London Victoriabus N870
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Edinburgh, Bus Stationbus Ukn13 / ...
22h 18m£81–169Drive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Geilenkirchen to Calais-Fréthuncar
- Take the cartrain from Calais-Fréthun to Folkestonecartrain
- Drive from Folkestone to Edinburghcar
11h 59m£263–343Train, train to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, fly to Edinburgh Airport
- Take the train from Sittard to Eindhoven Centraaltrain
- Take the train from Eindhoven Centraal to Schiphol Airport Train Stationtrain
- Fly from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane AMS - EDI
7h 24m£82–235Train to Brussels Airport, fly to Edinburgh Airport
- Take the train from Aachen, Hbf to Brussels-Nordtrain
- Fly from Brussels Airport (BRU) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane BRU - EDI
6h 55m£105–261Train to Cologne Bonn Airport, fly to Edinburgh Airport
- Take the train from MG Rheydt Hbf to Flughafen Köln/Bonn Bftrain
- Fly from Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane CGN - EDI
6h 22m£73–197Train, bus to Brussels South Charleroi Airport, fly to Edinburgh Airport
- Take the train from Aachen Hbf to Liege-Guilleminstrain
- Take the bus from Liège Rue du Plan Inclined to Charleroi Airportbus
- Fly from Brussels South Charleroi Airport (CRL) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane CRL - EDI
7h 30m£71–218Train, train to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, fly to Glasgow Airport
- Take the train from Sittard to Eindhoven Centraaltrain
- Take the train from Eindhoven Centraal to Schiphol Airport Train Stationtrain
- Fly from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS) to Glasgow Airport (GLA)plane AMS - GLA
- Take the train from Glasgow Queen Street to Edinburgh Waverleytrain
8h 23m£88–280Train via London
- Take the train from Aachen, Hbf to Bruxelles Miditrain 79
- Take the train from Brussel-Zuid to London St. Pancras Int.train
- Take the train from London Euston to Edinburgh Waverleytrain
13h 26m£145–383Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Geilenkirchen to Calaiscar
- Take the carferry from Calais to Port of Dovercarferry
- Drive from Port of Dover to Edinburghcar
13h 1m£170–301
Geilenkirchen to Edinburgh by train
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Geilenkirchen to Edinburgh is to train and bus and fly which costs £70 - £220 and takes 7h 30m.
The fastest way to get from Geilenkirchen to Edinburgh is to train and fly which takes 6h 22m and costs £70 - £200.
No, there is no direct bus from Geilenkirchen to Edinburgh station. However, there are services departing from Geilenkirchen, Sittarder Strasse and arriving at Edinburgh, Bus Station via Maastricht and London Victoria. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 22h 18m.
No, there is no direct train from Geilenkirchen to Edinburgh. However, there are services departing from Geilenkirchen and arriving at Edinburgh Waverley via Aachen, Hbf, Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi and King's Cross. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 9h 36m.
The distance between Geilenkirchen and Edinburgh is 581 miles.
The best way to get from Geilenkirchen to Edinburgh without a car is to train which takes 9h 36m and costs £260 - £470.
It takes approximately 5h 37m to get from Geilenkirchen to Edinburgh, including transfers.
Geilenkirchen to Edinburgh bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Maastricht station.
Geilenkirchen to Edinburgh train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), depart from Aachen, Hbf station.
The best way to get from Geilenkirchen to Edinburgh is to train which takes 9h 36m and costs £260 - £470. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs £80 - £170 and takes 22h 18m.
What companies run services between Geilenkirchen, Germany and Edinburgh, Scotland?
You can take a train from Geilenkirchen to Edinburgh Waverley via Aachen, Hbf, Bruxelles Midi, Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi, London St Pancras Intl, and King's Cross in around 9h 36m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Geilenkirchen, Sittarder Strasse to Edinburgh, Bus Station via Sittard, Station Sittard, Sittard, Maastricht, Maastricht, and London Victoria in around 22h 18m.
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £45–170
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Edinburgh Airport via London Luton
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £45–170
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Edinburgh Airport via Birmingham
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £45–170
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Edinburgh Airport via London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Monday, Sunday, and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- £45–170
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Glasgow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 36m
- When
- Friday, Monday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £50–190
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Glasgow Airport via London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, Wednesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £50–190
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Glasgow Airport via London Luton
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 26m
- When
- Friday, Sunday, and Thursday
- Estimated price
- £50–190
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Glasgow Airport via Belfast (Aldergrove)
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £50–190
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Glasgow Airport via Birmingham
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- £50–190
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £35–230
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 28m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £40–250
Flights from Brussels Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £35–210
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Glasgow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 31m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £40–250
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 57m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £90–200
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Edinburgh Airport via London City
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £100–210
Flights from Brussels Airport to Edinburgh Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Friday, Saturday, Tuesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £75–180
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Glasgow Airport via London City
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £110–220
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Weeze Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £45–150
Flights from Brussels South Charleroi Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £40–150
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £65–130
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £65–130
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Tuesday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- £85–270
- Website
- brusselsairlines.com
Flights from Brussels Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £70–200
- Website
- aerlingus.com
Flights from Brussels Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £60–150
- Phone
- +49 221 13 999 444
- Website
- National Express
Train from Geilenkirchen to Duesseldorf Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Schedules at
- National Express
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Aachen, Hbf to Bruxelles Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £22–50
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Geilenkirchen, Bf to Krefeld Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 47 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £8–19
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Aachen, Hbf to Brussels-Nord
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 6m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £21–45
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Aachen Hbf to Liege-Guillemins
- Ave. Duration
- 23 min
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £7–15
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Aachen, Hbf to Bruxelles Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £22–50
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
- Phone
- +44 (0)3432 186 186
- Website
- Eurostar
Train from Aachen, Hbf to Bruxelles Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 12m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- £45–80
- Website
- Eurostar
Train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to London St Pancras Intl
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 1m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £110–190
- Website
- Eurostar
Train from Aachen Hbf to Liege-Guillemins
- Ave. Duration
- 27 min
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- £15–25
- Website
- Eurostar
Train from Aachen, Hbf to Bruxelles Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 12m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- £45–80
- Website
- Eurostar
- Phone
- +32 70 79 79 79
- Website
- Belgian Railways
Train from Aachen, Hbf to Bruxelles Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 17m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £22–35
- Website
- Belgian Railways
Train from Aachen, Hbf to Brussels-Nord
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £22–35
- Website
- Belgian Railways
Train from Aachen Hbf to Liege-Guillemins
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 2m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £7–11
- Website
- Belgian Railways
Train from Aachen, Hbf to Bruxelles Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 17m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £22–35
- Website
- Belgian Railways
Train from King's Cross to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £130–180
- Website
- London North Eastern Railway Limited (LNER)
- Phone
- +44 (0) 8443 35 35 35
- customer.support@eurotunnel.com
- Website
- LeShuttle
Car train from Calais-Fréthun to Folkestone
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £117
- Website
- LeShuttle
- Standard fare
- £117
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Sittard to Eindhoven Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 46 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- £7–14
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Eindhoven Centraal to Schiphol Airport Train Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 27m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £11–23
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Sittard to Eindhoven Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 46 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- £7–14
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Eindhoven Centraal to Schiphol Airport Train Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 27m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £11–23
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Brussel-Zuid to London St. Pancras Int.
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- £30–70
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
- Phone
- 0800-0232 545
- Website
- Arriva NL
Train from Sittard to Eindhoven Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 45 min
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- £10–16
- Website
- Arriva NL
- Second Class Single
- £10–16
Train from Eindhoven Centraal to Schiphol Airport Train Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 32m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- £15–23
- Website
- Arriva NL
- Second Class Single
- £15–23
Train from Aachen Hbf to Liege-Guillemins
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 33m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £7–12
- Website
- Arriva NL
- Second Class Single
- £7–12
Train from Sittard to Eindhoven Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 45 min
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- £10–16
- Website
- Arriva NL
- Second Class Single
- £10–16
Train from Eindhoven Centraal to Schiphol Airport Train Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 32m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- £15–23
- Website
- Arriva NL
- Second Class Single
- £15–23
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Geilenkirchen, Bf to Krefeld Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 57 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £8–35
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from MG Rheydt Hbf to Flughafen Köln/Bonn Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 4m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £9–40
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
- Phone
- +44 (0)344 811 0141
- Website
- ScotRail
Train from Glasgow Queen Street to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £18–30
- Website
- ScotRail
- Phone
- 0345 528 0409
- customerexperience@lumo.co.uk
- Website
- Lumo
Train from Glasgow Queen Street to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 49 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- £8–14
- Website
- Lumo
- Phone
- +44 (0)345 528 0253
- Website
- Avanti West Coast
Train from London Euston to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 44m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £130–220
- Website
- Avanti West Coast
- Phone
- +44 330 060 0500
- Website
- Caledonian Sleeper
Train from London Euston to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 32m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- £90–130
- Website
- Caledonian Sleeper
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Maastricht to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £35–55
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from London Victoria to Edinburgh, Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 15m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £40–65
- Website
- Flixbus
- Phone
- +44 (0)3717 81 81 81
- Website
- National Express
Bus from London Victoria to Edinburgh, Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 50m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £55–100
- Website
- National Express
- Phone
- +352 50 55 62 63 10
- info@flibco.com
- Website
- Flibco
Bus from Liège Rue du Plan Inclined to Charleroi Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £11–20
- Website
- Flibco
- Phone
- +353 818 300 400
- info@irishferries.fr
- Website
- Irish Ferries
Car ferry from Calais to Port of Dover
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £25–75
- Website
- Irish Ferries
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Booking & Getting There
Geilenkirchen to Edinburgh bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at London Victoria station.
Edinburgh is 1h behind Geilenkirchen. It is currently 10:59 AM in Geilenkirchen and 9:59 AM in Edinburgh.
Geilenkirchen to Edinburgh train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), arrive at Bruxelles Midi station.
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