There are 7 ways to get from Karlstad to Edinburgh by train, plane, train (Eurostar), or bus
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Train to Gothenburg-Landvetter Airport, fly
best- Take the train from Karlstad Centralstation to Göteborg Centralstationtrain
- Fly from Gothenburg-Landvetter Airport (GOT) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane GOT - EDI
7h 39m£75–246Train via Cologne
- Take the train from Karlstad Centralstation to Hallsberg stationtrain
- Take the train from Hallsberg station to Hamburg Hbftrain 345
- Take the train from Hamburg Hbf to Köln Hbftrain 43 / ...
- Take the train from Köln 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
28h 10m£405–769Bus, train
- Take the bus from Karlstad Centralstation to Jönköping Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Jönköping Bus Station to Copenhagen Ingerslevsgadebus
- Take the bus from Copenhagen Busterminal to Brussels-North train stationbus
- Take the bus from Brussel Eurolines Busstation to Sheffieldbus
- Take the train from Sheffield to Edinburgh Waverleytrain
42h 50m£309–550Train, train to Oslo Airport, Gardermoen, fly
- Take the train from Karlstad Centralstation to Kongsvingertrain
- Take the train from Kongsvinger stasjon to Lillestrøm stasjontrain
- Fly from Oslo Airport, Gardermoen (OSL) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane OSL - EDI
8h 3m£88–202Train to Stockholm-Arlanda Airport, fly
- Take the train from Karlstad Centralstation to Stockholm Centralstationtrain
- Fly from Stockholm-Arlanda Airport (ARN) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane ARN - EDI
8h 7m£114–272Train
- Take the train from Karlstad Centralstation to Göteborg Centralstationtrain
- Take the train from Göteborg Centralstation to Hamburg Hbftrain
- Take the train from Hamburg Hbf to Amsterdam Centraaltrain
- Take the train from Amsterdam Centraal to London St. Pancras Int.train
- Take the train from King's Cross to Edinburgh Waverleytrain
30h 24mBus
- Take the bus from Karlstad Bus Station Drottninggatan to Norrköping Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Norrköping to Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhofbus N32
- Take the bus from Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhof to London Victoriabus
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Edinburgh, Bus Stationbus
2d£187–454
Karlstad to Edinburgh by train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Karlstad to Edinburgh is to train and fly which costs £75 - £250 and takes 7h 39m.
The fastest way to get from Karlstad to Edinburgh is to train and fly which takes 7h 39m and costs £75 - £250.
No, there is no direct bus from Karlstad station to Edinburgh station. However, there are services departing from Karlstad Bus Station Drottninggatan and arriving at Edinburgh, Bus Station via Norrköping, Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhof and London Victoria. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 2 days 0h.
No, there is no direct train from Karlstad station to Edinburgh. However, there are services departing from Karlstad Centralstation and arriving at Edinburgh Waverley via Hallsberg station, Hamburg Hbf, Köln Hbf, Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi and King's Cross. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 28h 10m.
The distance between Karlstad and Edinburgh is 783 miles.
The best way to get from Karlstad to Edinburgh without a car is to train via Cologne which takes 28h 10m and costs £400 - £800.
It takes approximately 7h 39m to get from Karlstad to Edinburgh, including transfers.
Karlstad to Edinburgh bus services, operated by Vy Buss, depart from Karlstad Bus Station Drottninggatan.
Karlstad to Edinburgh train services, operated by Swedish Railways (SJ), depart from Karlstad Centralstation.
The best way to get from Karlstad to Edinburgh is to train via Cologne which takes 28h 10m and costs £400 - £800. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs £180 - £460 and takes 2 days 0h.
What companies run services between Karlstad, Sweden and Edinburgh, Scotland?
You can take a train from Karlstad Centralstation to Edinburgh Waverley via Hallsberg station, Hamburg Hbf, Köln Hbf, Bruxelles Midi, Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi, London St Pancras Intl, and King's Cross in around 28h 10m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Karlstad Bus Station Drottninggatan to Edinburgh, Bus Station via Norrköping Bus Station, Norrköping, Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhof, and London Victoria in around 2d.
- Website
- flysas.com
Flights from Gothenburg-Landvetter Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £70–180
Flights from Oslo Airport, Gardermoen to Edinburgh Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £45–250
Flights from Oslo Airport, Gardermoen to Edinburgh Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £65–250
Flights from Stockholm-Arlanda Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £65–210
Flights from Stockholm-Arlanda Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 17m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £65–210
Flights from Stockholm-Arlanda Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 57m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £50–260
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Gothenburg-Landvetter Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £50–260
Flights from Oslo Airport, Gardermoen to Edinburgh Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £45–250
Flights from Stockholm-Arlanda Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 57m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £50–260
- Website
- norwegian.com
Flights from Stockholm-Arlanda Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £50–130
Flights from Stockholm-Arlanda Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 11m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- £50–130
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Gothenburg-Landvetter Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- £45–180
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Gothenburg-Landvetter Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Dusseldorf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £50–220
- Website
- norwegian.com
Flights from Oslo Airport, Gardermoen to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £40–150
- Phone
- +46 77 175 75 75
- kundservice@sj.se
- Website
- sj.se
Train from Karlstad Centralstation to Göteborg Centralstation
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 32m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £27–45
- Website
- https://www.sj.se/en/
Train from Karlstad Centralstation to Hallsberg station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £13–24
- Website
- https://www.sj.se/en/
Train from Hallsberg station to Hamburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 6m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- £100–180
- Website
- https://www.sj.se/en/
Train from Karlstad Centralstation to Kongsvinger
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 29m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- £15–26
- Website
- https://www.sj.se/en/
Train from Karlstad Centralstation to Stockholm Centralstation
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 48m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £35–60
- Website
- https://www.sj.se/en/
Train from Göteborg Centralstation to Hamburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 59m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- £90–160
- Website
- https://www.sj.se/en/
- Phone
- 0550-875 61
- info@tagakeriet.se
- Website
- tagakeriet.se
Train from Karlstad Centralstation to Göteborg Centralstation
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- £30–50
- Website
- Tågab
Train from Karlstad Centralstation to Hallsberg station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £16–26
- Website
- Tågab
Train from Karlstad Centralstation to Stockholm Centralstation
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- £40–65
- Website
- Tågab
- Phone
- +46 8 580 971 66
- kundservice@vrresa.se
- Website
- vrresa.se
Train from Karlstad Centralstation to Göteborg Centralstation
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 49m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- £19–30
- Website
- https://mtrx.travel/en
Train from Karlstad Centralstation to Stockholm Centralstation
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 58m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- £25–40
- Website
- https://mtrx.travel/en
- Phone
- +46 77 175 75 75
- Website
- sj.se
Train from Karlstad Centralstation to Hallsberg station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 12m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- £13–23
- Website
- https://www.sj.se/en
Train from Karlstad Centralstation to Kongsvinger
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 36m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- £15–26
- Website
- https://www.sj.se/en
Train from Karlstad Centralstation to Stockholm Centralstation
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 46m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- £35–60
- Website
- https://www.sj.se/en
- Phone
- +46 771 15 15 15
- info@tagkompaniet.se
- Website
- vy.se
Train from Karlstad Centralstation to Hallsberg station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 21m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Schedules at
- vy.se
Train from Karlstad Centralstation to Kongsvinger
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 56m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Schedules at
- vy.se
Train from Kongsvinger stasjon to Lillestrøm stasjon
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 4m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Schedules at
- vy.se
Train from Karlstad Centralstation to Stockholm Centralstation
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 34m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Schedules at
- vy.se
- Phone
- +46 77 144 41 11
- Website
- vy.se
Train from Karlstad Centralstation to Hallsberg station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- £10–15
- Schedules at
- vy.se
Train from Karlstad Centralstation to Kongsvinger
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 49m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- £11–16
- Schedules at
- vy.se
Train from Kongsvinger stasjon to Lillestrøm stasjon
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- £7–10
- Schedules at
- vy.se
Train from Karlstad Centralstation to Stockholm Centralstation
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 17m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- £21–35
- Schedules at
- vy.se
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Hamburg Hbf to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 2m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £65–150
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Köln Hbf to Bruxelles Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 54m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £30–80
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +49 221 800 20 80
- info@msm-gruppe.de
- Website
- msm-gruppe.de
Train from Hamburg Hbf to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 22m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- msm-gruppe.de
- Phone
- +44 343 218 6186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from Köln Hbf to Bruxelles Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 56m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- £50–95
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
Train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to London St Pancras Intl
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 4m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £90–160
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
Train from Amsterdam Centraal to London St. Pancras Int.
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 17m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- £140–240
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Phone
- +32 70 79 79 79
- Website
- belgiantrain.be
Train from Köln Hbf to Bruxelles Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 24m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- £40–75
- Website
- https://www.belgiantrain.be/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/
Train from Sheffield to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 48m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £130–190
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
- Phone
- +47 61 05 19 10
- tog@vy.no
- Website
- vy.no
Train from Kongsvinger stasjon to Lillestrøm stasjon
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 9m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £14–21
- Website
- https://www.vy.no/en
- Book at
- https://www.vy.no/en/buy-tickets/train-and-bus-tickets
- Website
- govolta.nl
Train from Hamburg Hbf to Amsterdam Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 5m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Schedules at
- govolta.nl
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from Amsterdam Centraal to London St. Pancras Int.
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 17m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- £50–130
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- Phone
- +47 407 05070
- buss@vy.no
- Website
- vybuss.no
Bus from Karlstad Centralstation to Jönköping Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 34m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £30–60
- Website
- https://www.vybuss.com/
Bus from Jönköping Bus Station to Copenhagen Ingerslevsgade
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 15m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- £65–120
- Website
- https://www.vybuss.com/
Bus from Karlstad Bus Station Drottninggatan to Norrköping Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- £35–65
- Website
- https://www.vybuss.com/
- Phone
- 0550-66 15 70
- Website
- bergslagstaget.se
Bus from Karlstad Centralstation to Jönköping Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 18m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- £90–120
- Website
- BT Buss
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Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Copenhagen Busterminal to Brussels-North train station
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 15m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- £50–90
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Norrköping to Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 5m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £60–110
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhof to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 11m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- £60–110
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from London Victoria to Edinburgh, Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 16m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £30–60
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.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
- Phone
- 08717 81 81 81
- Website
- nationalexpress.com
Bus from London Victoria to Edinburgh, Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 40m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £70–170
- Website
- https://www.nationalexpress.com/en
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More Questions & Answers
Karlstad to Edinburgh bus services, operated by Vy Buss, arrive at Norrköping Bus Station.
Edinburgh is 1h behind Karlstad. It is currently 5:47 AM in Karlstad and 4:47 AM in Edinburgh.
Karlstad to Edinburgh train services, operated by Swedish Railways (SJ), arrive at Hallsberg station.
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