There are 11 ways to get from Hanover to Edinburgh by plane, train (Eurostar), car, car ferry, bus, train, or car train
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly Hannover Airport to Edinburgh Airport
best- Fly from Hannover Airport (HAJ) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane HAJ - EDI
6h 29m£102–184Fly Hannover Airport to Glasgow Airport, train
cheapest- Fly from Hannover Airport (HAJ) to Glasgow Airport (GLA)plane HAJ - GLA
- Take the train from Glasgow Queen Street to Edinburgh Waverleytrain
7h 11m£76–232Train via Cologne
- Take the train from Hannover Hauptbahnhof to Köln Hbftrain 19 / ...
- Take the train from Koeln Hbf to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Miditrain
- Take the train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to London St Pancras Intltrain Eil
- Take the train from King's Cross to Edinburgh Waverleytrain
12h 42m£321–646Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Hanover to Rotterdamcar
- Take the carferry from Rotterdam to Hullcarferry
- Drive from Hull to Edinburghcar
21h 58m£276–445Bus
- Take the bus from Hanover central bus station to London Victoriabus N1328
- Take the bus from London Victoria to St Andrew's Housebus Ukn13
25h 1m£99–165Train to Bremen Airport, fly to Edinburgh Airport
- Take the train from Hannover Hauptbahnhof to Bremen Hbftrain
- Fly from Bremen Airport (BRE) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane BRE - EDI
7h 23m£79–303Train to Düsseldorf International Airport, fly to Edinburgh Airport
- Take the train from Hannover Hauptbahnhof to D-Flughafen Bftrain
- Fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane DUS - EDI
6h 55m£125–380Train to Frankfurt, fly to Edinburgh Airport
- Take the train from Hannover Hauptbahnhof to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane FRA - EDI
7h 8m£149–438Train
- Take the train from Hannover Hbf to Amsterdam Centraaltrain
- Take the train from Amsterdam Centraal to London St Pancras Intltrain Eil
- Take the train from King's Cross to Edinburgh Waverleytrain
14h 26mTrain via Amsterdam
- Take the train from Hannover Hauptbahnhof to Hengelotrain 77
- Take the train from Hengelo to Amsterdam Centraaltrain Ice
- Take the train from Amsterdam Centraal to London St. Pancras Int.train
- Take the train from London Euston to Edinburgh Waverleytrain
17h 10m£234–544Drive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Hanover to Calais-Fréthuncar
- Take the cartrain from Calais-Fréthun to Folkestonecartrain
- Drive from Folkestone to Edinburghcar
14h 28m£302–400
Hanover to Edinburgh by train
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Hanover to Edinburgh is to bus which costs £95 - £170 and takes 25h 1m.
The fastest way to get from Hanover to Edinburgh is to fly which takes 6h 29m and costs £100 - £190.
No, there is no direct bus from Hanover station to Edinburgh. However, there are services departing from Hanover central bus station and arriving at St Andrew's House via London Victoria. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 25h 1m.
No, there is no direct train from Hanover to Edinburgh. However, there are services departing from Hannover Hauptbahnhof and arriving at Edinburgh Waverley via Koeln Hbf, Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi and King's Cross. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 12h 42m.
The distance between Hanover and Edinburgh is 599 miles.
The best way to get from Hanover to Edinburgh without a car is to train via Cologne which takes 12h 42m and costs £320 - £650.
It takes approximately 6h 29m to get from Hanover to Edinburgh, including transfers.
Hanover to Edinburgh bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Hanover central bus station.
Hanover to Edinburgh train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), depart from Hannover Hauptbahnhof station.
The best way to get from Hanover to Edinburgh is to fly which takes 6h 29m and costs £100 - £190. Alternatively, you can train via Cologne, which costs £320 - £650 and takes 12h 42m, you could also bus, which costs £95 - £170 and takes 25h 1m.
What companies run services between Hanover, Germany and Edinburgh, Scotland?
KLM, Scandinavian Airlines, and six other airlines fly from Hannover Airport (HAJ) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI) every 3 hours. Alternatively, you can take a train from Hannover Hauptbahnhof to Edinburgh Waverley via Koeln Hbf, Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi, London St Pancras Intl, and King's Cross in around 12h 42m.
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Hannover Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £50–280
Flights from Bremen Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 58m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £50–300
Flights from Hannover Airport to Glasgow Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £50–280
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £35–220
Flights from Frankfurt to Edinburgh Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £40–230
- Website
- flysas.com
Flights from Hannover Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £50–280
Flights from Hannover Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £80–330
Flights from Bremen Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 58m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £50–300
Flights from Frankfurt to Edinburgh Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £40–230
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Hannover Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £100–340
Flights from Hannover Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 43m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £90–310
Flights from Bremen Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 25m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- £100–350
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £75–260
Flights from Frankfurt to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £85–230
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Hannover Airport to Edinburgh Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £90–180
Flights from Hannover Airport to Glasgow Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Thursday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £110–240
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 2m
- When
- Wednesday, Monday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £95–200
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Hannover Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 10m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £75–360
Flights from Hannover Airport to Glasgow Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 55m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- £75–360
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Hannover Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 47m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £65–330
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Bremen Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 5m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £120–200
Flights from Hannover Airport to Glasgow Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Tuesday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- £60–250
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Bremen Airport to Edinburgh Airport via London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- £45–210
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £65–150
- Website
- brusselsairlines.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Edinburgh Airport via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £50–190
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Hannover Hauptbahnhof to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £45–210
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Hannover Hauptbahnhof to Bremen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £19–85
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Hannover Hauptbahnhof to D-Flughafen Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 28m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £40–190
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Hannover Hauptbahnhof to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 21m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £50–230
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Hannover Hauptbahnhof to Hengelo
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 11m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £35–160
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
- Phone
- +44 (0)3432 186 186
- Website
- Eurostar
Train from Koeln Hbf to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 56m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- £55–95
- Website
- Eurostar
Train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to London St Pancras Intl
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 1m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £90–160
- Website
- Eurostar
Train from Amsterdam Centraal to London St Pancras Intl
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 17m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £140–250
- Website
- Eurostar
Train from King's Cross to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £130–190
- Website
- London North Eastern Railway Limited (LNER)
Train from King's Cross to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £130–190
- Website
- London North Eastern Railway Limited (LNER)
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Hannover Hauptbahnhof to Bremen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 19m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £25–45
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- Österreichische Bundesbahnen
Train from Hannover Hauptbahnhof to Bremen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- £26–40
- Website
- Österreichische Bundesbahnen
Train from Hannover Hauptbahnhof to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 3m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- £60–90
- Website
- Österreichische Bundesbahnen
- Phone
- +44 (0)344 811 0141
- Website
- ScotRail
Train from Glasgow Queen Street to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- £20–40
- Website
- ScotRail
- Phone
- 0800 031 8542
- Passengerassistance@lumo.co.uk.
- Website
- Lumo
Train from Glasgow Queen Street to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 49 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- £8–16
- Website
- Lumo
- Phone
- +44 330 060 0500
- enquiry@sleeper.scot
- Website
- Caledonian Sleeper
Train from Glasgow Queen Street to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 59 min
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- £15–24
- Website
- Caledonian Sleeper
Train from London Euston to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 32m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- £130–210
- Website
- Caledonian Sleeper
- service@govolta.nl
- Website
- GoVolta
Train from Hannover Hbf to Amsterdam Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 39m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Website
- GoVolta
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Hengelo to Amsterdam Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- £14–30
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Amsterdam Centraal to London St. Pancras Int.
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 17m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- £55–120
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
- 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
- £140–240
- Website
- Avanti West Coast
- Phone
- +44 (0) 8443 35 35 35
- Website
- LeShuttle
Car train from Calais-Fréthun to Folkestone
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £117
- Website
- LeShuttle
- Standard fare
- £117
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Hanover central bus station to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 50m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £55–100
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from London Victoria to St Andrew's House
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 15m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £40–70
- Website
- Flixbus
- Phone
- 01304 44 88 88
- customer.services@poferries.com
- Website
- P&O Ferries
Car ferry from Rotterdam to Hull
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 45m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- £160–270
- Website
- P&O Ferries
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Booking & Getting There
Hanover to Edinburgh bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at London Victoria station.
Edinburgh is 1h behind Hanover. It is currently 8:54 PM in Hanover and 7:54 PM in Edinburgh.
Hanover to Edinburgh train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), arrive at Köln Hbf station.
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