There are 11 ways to get from Hildesheim to Edinburgh by plane, train (Eurostar), car, car ferry, train, bus, or car train
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Fly Hannover Airport to Edinburgh Airport
best- Fly from Hannover Airport (HAJ) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane HAJ - EDI
7h 13m£126–276Fly 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
6h 24m£83–311Train 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
13h 19m£301–666Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Hildesheim to Rotterdamcar
- Take the car ferry from Rotterdam to Hullcarferry
- Drive from Hull to Edinburghcar
22h 19m£284–440Train, bus
- Take the train from Hildesheim Hbf to Loehne(Westf)train Rb
- Take the train from Loehne(Westf) to Dortmund Hbftrain Re
- Take the bus from DORTMUND, Hbf Nordseite, Steinstrasse to LONDON, Victoria Coach Station-Departure Hallbus
- Take the train from London Euston to Edinburgh Waverleytrain
22h 35mTrain 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
8h 9m£85–341Train to Frankfurt, fly to Edinburgh Airport
- Take the train from Hildesheim Hauptbahnhof to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane FRA - EDI
8h 13m£151–376Train 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
8h£127–359Train
- Take the train from Hannover Hauptbahnhof to Amsterdam Centraaltrain 77
- Take the train from Amsterdam Centraal to London St Pancras Intltrain Eil
- Take the train from King's Cross to Edinburgh Waverleytrain
15h 47m£346–726Bus
- Take the bus from Hanover central bus station to London Victoriabus N1328
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Edinburgh, Bus Stationbus Ukxn10 / ...
25h 56m£87–263Drive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Hildesheim to Calais-Fréthuncar
- Take the car train from Calais-Fréthun to Folkestonecartrain
- Drive from Folkestone to Edinburghcar
14h 49m£306–405
Hildesheim to Edinburgh by train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Hildesheim to Edinburgh is to bus which costs £85 - £270 and takes 25h 56m.
The fastest way to get from Hildesheim to Edinburgh is to fly and train which takes 6h 24m and costs £80 - £320.
No, there is no direct bus from Hildesheim station to Edinburgh station. However, there are services departing from Hildesheim central bus station and arriving at Edinburgh, Bus Station via Hanover central bus station and London Victoria. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 25h 56m.
No, there is no direct train from Hildesheim to Edinburgh. However, there are services departing from Hildesheim Hbf and arriving at Edinburgh Waverley via Hannover Hauptbahnhof, Koeln Hbf, Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi and King's Cross. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 13h 19m.
The distance between Hildesheim and Edinburgh is 622 miles.
The best way to get from Hildesheim to Edinburgh without a car is to train via Cologne which takes 13h 19m and costs £300 - £700.
It takes approximately 7h 13m to get from Hildesheim to Edinburgh, including transfers.
Hildesheim to Edinburgh bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Hanover central bus station.
Hildesheim to Edinburgh train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), depart from Hannover Hauptbahnhof station.
The best way to get from Hildesheim to Edinburgh is to fly which takes 7h 13m and costs £120 - £280. Alternatively, you can train via Cologne, which costs £300 - £700 and takes 13h 19m, you could also bus, which costs £85 - £270 and takes 25h 56m.
What companies run services between Hildesheim, Germany and Edinburgh, Scotland?
KLM, Lufthansa City, and five other airlines fly from Hannover Airport (HAJ) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI) every 4 hours. Alternatively, you can take a train from Hildesheim Hbf to Edinburgh Waverley via Hannover Hauptbahnhof, Koeln Hbf, Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi, London St Pancras Intl, and King's Cross in around 13h 19m.
- 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 Hannover Airport to Glasgow Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £55–290
Flights from Bremen Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 58m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £55–300
Flights from Frankfurt to Edinburgh Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £45–240
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £40–220
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Hannover Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £100–380
Flights from Hannover Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 43m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £95–360
Flights from Bremen Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 25m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- £110–400
Flights from Frankfurt to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £90–170
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Hannover Airport to Edinburgh Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £110–230
Flights from Hannover Airport to Glasgow Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Thursday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £110–220
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 13m
- When
- Thursday, Sunday, Monday, Friday, Saturday, and Tuesday
- Estimated price
- £95–140
- 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
- £65–320
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Hannover Airport to Glasgow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £65–200
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £65–140
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Hannover Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- £75–350
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Bremen Airport to Edinburgh Airport via London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- £50–210
- 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
- £85–170
- Website
- brusselsairlines.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Edinburgh Airport via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £55–210
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Hannover Hauptbahnhof to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £45–150
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Koeln Hbf to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 52m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- £35–110
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Hannover Hauptbahnhof to Bremen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £19–65
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Hildesheim Hauptbahnhof to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- £50–160
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Hannover Hauptbahnhof to D-Flughafen Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 27m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £40–140
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Hannover Hauptbahnhof to Amsterdam Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 33m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- £70–230
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +44 (0)3432 186 186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from Koeln Hbf to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 54m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- £55–110
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
Train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to London St Pancras Intl
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 1m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £95–180
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
Train from Amsterdam Centraal to London St Pancras Intl
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 17m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- £150–270
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Phone
- +44 (0)3457 225 333
- customers@lner.co.uk
- Website
- lner.co.uk
Train from King's Cross to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 6m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £120–180
- Website
- https://www.lner.co.uk/
- Phone
- +49 69 9999 3640
- info@startgmbh.com
- Website
- startgmbh.com
Train from Hildesheim Hbf to Loehne(Westf)
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £16–22
- Schedules at
- startgmbh.com
- Phone
- +49 221 13 999 444
- Website
- nationalexpress.de
Train from Loehne(Westf) to Dortmund Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 21m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Schedules at
- nationalexpress.de
- Phone
- +44 (0)345 528 0253
- Website
- avantiwestcoast.co.uk
Train from London Euston to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 44m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £140–240
- Website
- https://www.avantiwestcoast.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 330 060 0500
- enquiry@sleeper.scot
- Website
- sleeper.scot
Train from London Euston to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 32m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- £110–200
- Website
- https://www.sleeper.scot/
Train from Glasgow Queen Street to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 59 min
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- £13–23
- Website
- https://www.sleeper.scot/
- Phone
- +44 (0)344 811 0141
- Website
- scotrail.co.uk
Train from Glasgow Queen Street to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- £20–40
- Website
- https://www.scotrail.co.uk/
- Phone
- 0800 031 8542
- Passengerassistance@lumo.co.uk.
- Website
- lumo.co.uk
Train from Glasgow Queen Street to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 49 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- £9–17
- Website
- https://www.lumo.co.uk/
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Hannover Hauptbahnhof to Bremen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 19m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £20–30
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- konzern.oebb.at
Train from Hannover Hauptbahnhof to Bremen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £26–40
- Website
- https://konzern.oebb.at/en/
- Phone
- +44 (0) 8443 35 35 35
- Website
- leshuttle.com
Car train from Calais-Fréthun to Folkestone
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £117
- Website
- https://www.leshuttle.com/uk-en
- Standard fare
- £117
- Phone
- +48 77 443 44 44
- bilety@sindbad.pl
- Website
- sindbad.pl
Bus from DORTMUND, Hbf Nordseite, Steinstrasse to LONDON, Victoria Coach Station-Departure Hall
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 25m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £45–90
- Website
- https://www.sindbad.pl/en/home
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.fr
Bus from Hanover central bus station to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 50m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £50–90
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from London Victoria to Edinburgh, Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 16m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- £35–65
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +44 (0)3717 81 81 81
- Website
- nationalexpress.com
Bus from London Victoria to Edinburgh, Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 40m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £65–170
- Website
- https://www.nationalexpress.com/en
- Phone
- 01304 44 88 88
- customer.services@poferries.com
- Website
- poferries.com
Car ferry from Rotterdam to Hull
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 45m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- £160–260
- Website
- https://www.poferries.com/en
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Hildesheim to Edinburgh bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at London Victoria station.
Edinburgh is 1h behind Hildesheim. It is currently 5:13 AM in Hildesheim and 4:13 AM in Edinburgh.
Hildesheim to Edinburgh train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), arrive at Köln Hbf station.
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