There are 11 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 29m£84–193Bus
cheapest- Take the bus from Sittard, Station Sittard to Maastricht, Station Maastrichtbus 30
- Take the bus from Maastricht to London Victoriabus
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Edinburgh, Bus Stationbus
23h 18m£59–156Train
- Take the train from Herzogenrath to Liège-Guilleminstrain S43 / ...
- Take the train from Liège-Guillemins to Bruxelles-Miditrain Ic / ...
- Take the train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to London St Pancras Intltrain Eil
- Take the train from King's Cross to Edinburgh Waverleytrain
10h 24m£134–447Train, bus
- Take the train from Herzogenrath to Liège-Guilleminstrain S43 / ...
- Take the train from Liège-Guillemins to Brussels-Nordtrain Ic / ...
- Take the bus from Brussel Eurolines Busstation to Sheffieldbus
- Take the train from Sheffield to Edinburgh Waverleytrain
19h 9m£83–274Drive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Geilenkirchen to Calais-Fréthuncar
- Take the car train from Calais-Fréthun to Folkestonecartrain
- Drive from Folkestone to Edinburghcar
11h 58mTrain to Eindhoven Airport, fly to Edinburgh Airport
- Take the train from Sittard to Eindhoventrain
- Fly from Eindhoven Airport (EIN) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane EIN - EDI
7h 52m£80–186Train, train to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, fly to Edinburgh Airport
- Take the train from Sittard to Utrecht Centraaltrain
- Take the train from Utrecht Centraal to Schiphol Airporttrain
- Fly from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane AMS - EDI
7h 10m£91–221Train to Weeze Airport, fly to Edinburgh Airport
- Take the train from Geilenkirchen, Bf to Krefeld Hbftrain
- Fly from Weeze Airport (NRN) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane NRN - EDI
6h 37m£88–208Train, train to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, fly to Glasgow Airport
- Take the train from Sittard to Utrecht Centraaltrain
- Take the train from Utrecht Centraal to Schiphol Airporttrain
- Fly from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS) to Glasgow Airport (GLA)plane AMS - GLA
- Take the train from Glasgow Queen Street to Edinburgh Waverleytrain
8h 7m£103–249Train, bus to Brussels South Charleroi Airport, fly to Edinburgh Airport
- Take the train from Herzogenrath to Liège-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
8h 5m£63–190Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Geilenkirchen to Calaiscar
- Take the car ferry from Calais to Port of Dovercarferry
- Drive from Port of Dover to Edinburghcar
13h 4m£169–269
Geilenkirchen to Edinburgh by train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Geilenkirchen to Edinburgh is to bus which costs £55 - £160 and takes 23h 18m.
The fastest way to get from Geilenkirchen to Edinburgh is to train and fly which takes 5h 29m and costs £80 - £200.
No, there is no direct bus from Geilenkirchen to Edinburgh station. However, there are services departing from Geilenkirchen, Bauchem Sittarder Straße and arriving at Edinburgh, Bus Station via Sittard, Station Sittard, Maastricht and London Victoria. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 23h 18m.
No, there is no direct train from Geilenkirchen to Edinburgh. However, there are services departing from Geilenkirchen and arriving at Edinburgh Waverley via Herzogenrath, Liège-Guillemins, Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi and King's Cross. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 10h 24m.
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 10h 24m and costs £130 - £450.
It takes approximately 5h 29m to get from Geilenkirchen to Edinburgh, including transfers.
Geilenkirchen to Edinburgh bus services, operated by Arriva NL, depart from Sittard, Station Sittard.
Geilenkirchen to Edinburgh train services, operated by Belgian Railways (NMBS/SNCB), depart from Herzogenrath station.
The best way to get from Geilenkirchen to Edinburgh is to train which takes 10h 24m and costs £130 - £450. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs £55 - £160 and takes 23h 18m.
What companies run services between Geilenkirchen, Germany and Edinburgh, Scotland?
You can take a train from Geilenkirchen to Edinburgh Waverley via Herzogenrath, Liège-Guillemins, Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi, London St Pancras Intl, and King's Cross in around 10h 24m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Geilenkirchen, Bauchem Sittarder Straße to Edinburgh, Bus Station via Sittard-Geleen, Sittard Station, Sittard, Station Sittard, Maastricht, Station Maastricht, Maastricht, and London Victoria in around 23h 18m.
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- £65–160
Flights from Eindhoven Airport to Edinburgh Airport via London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 17m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £30–170
Flights from Eindhoven Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 25m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- £45–190
Flights from Eindhoven Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 35m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £50–190
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £40–140
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Edinburgh Airport via Birmingham
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £40–140
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Edinburgh Airport via London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £40–140
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Glasgow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £45–160
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Glasgow Airport via Birmingham
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- £45–160
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Glasgow Airport via London Luton
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £45–160
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £35–250
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
- 4h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £100–200
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Edinburgh Airport via London City
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 27m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £110–190
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Glasgow Airport via London City
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- £140–260
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Eindhoven Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £50–160
Flights from Weeze Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £55–170
Flights from Brussels South Charleroi Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £35–120
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Eindhoven Airport to Edinburgh Airport via London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £60–150
Flights from Brussels South Charleroi Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £24–120
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £60–150
- Website
- jet2.com
Flights from Eindhoven Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Salzburg
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 50m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- £60–210
- Phone
- 0221 13 999 444
- Website
- nationalexpress.de
Train from Geilenkirchen to Duesseldorf Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £11–16
- Schedules at
- nationalexpress.de
Train from Geilenkirchen, Bf to Krefeld Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 57 min
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- £10–15
- Schedules at
- nationalexpress.de
- Phone
- +32 70 79 79 79
- Website
- belgiantrain.be
Train from Herzogenrath to Liège-Guillemins
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £6–10
- Website
- https://www.belgiantrain.be/en
- 2nd Class
- £6–10
- 1st Class
- £10–15
Train from Liège-Guillemins to Bruxelles-Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- £9–13
- Website
- https://www.belgiantrain.be/en
- 2nd Class
- £9–13
- 1st Class
- £14–20
Train from Liège-Guillemins to Brussels-Nord
- Ave. Duration
- 49 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- £9–13
- Website
- https://www.belgiantrain.be/en
- 2nd Class
- £9–13
- 1st Class
- £13–20
- Phone
- 0800-0232 545
- Website
- arriva.nl
Train from Herzogenrath to Liège-Guillemins
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 19m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £12–14
- Website
- https://www.arriva.nl/en/
- 2nd Class
- £12–14
Train from Sittard to Eindhoven
- Ave. Duration
- 45 min
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- £14–17
- Website
- https://www.arriva.nl/en/
- 2nd Class
- £14–17
Train from Sittard to Utrecht Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 33m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- £29–32
- Website
- https://www.arriva.nl/en/
- 2nd Class
- £29–32
Train from Utrecht Centraal to Schiphol Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 42 min
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- £9–10
- Website
- https://www.arriva.nl/en/
- 2nd Class
- £9–10
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Liège-Guillemins to Bruxelles-Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 49 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £26–29
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Liège-Guillemins to Brussels-Nord
- Ave. Duration
- 56 min
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £26–29
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Geilenkirchen, Bf to Krefeld Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 47 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £21–25
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +44 343 218 6186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from Liège-Guillemins to Bruxelles-Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 44 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- £30–65
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Standard
- £30–45
- Comfort
- £30–50
- Premium
- £50–65
Train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to London St Pancras Intl
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 1m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £60–210
- 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
- £55–140
- Website
- https://www.lner.co.uk/
Train from Sheffield to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 48m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £35–180
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.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
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from Sittard to Eindhoven
- Ave. Duration
- 46 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- £16
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
Train from Sittard to Utrecht Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £25–26
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
Train from Utrecht Centraal to Schiphol Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 31 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- £7–20
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- £7–12
- 1st Class
- £12–20
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Geilenkirchen, Bf to Krefeld Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 57 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £11–16
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/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
- £17–18
- Website
- https://www.scotrail.co.uk/
- Phone
- +421 55 680 73 06
- onlinepredaj@eurobus.sk
- Website
- eurobus.sk
Bus from Brussel Eurolines Busstation to Sheffield
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 42m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- £29–33
- Website
- https://www.eurobus.sk/en
- info@flibco.com
- Website
- flibco.com
Bus from Liège Rue du Plan Inclined to Charleroi Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £13–18
- Website
- https://www.flibco.com/en
- Phone
- 0800-0232 545
- Website
- arriva.nl
Bus from Sittard, Station Sittard to Maastricht, Station Maastricht
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 9m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £7–10
- Website
- https://www.arriva.nl/en/
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Bus from Sittard, Station Sittard to Maastricht, Station Maastricht
- Ave. Duration
- 33 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Maastricht to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 35m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £28–80
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from London Victoria to Edinburgh, Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 16m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £20–50
- 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 20m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £25–60
- 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
- £25–45
- 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
- £30–40
- Website
- https://www.irishferries.com/uk-en/Travel-to-Ireland
- Car
- £65–160
- On Foot
- £30–40
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Geilenkirchen to Edinburgh bus services, operated by Arriva NL, arrive at Maastricht, Station Maastricht.
Edinburgh is 1h behind Geilenkirchen. It is currently 6:43 AM in Geilenkirchen and 5:43 AM in Edinburgh.
Geilenkirchen to Edinburgh train services, operated by Belgian Railways (NMBS/SNCB), arrive at Liège-Guillemins station.
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