There are 11 ways to get from Koper to Edinburgh by bus, plane, train (Trenitalia, TGV, Eurostar), night train, train, shuttle, car, car train, or car ferry
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Bus to Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport, fly to Edinburgh Airport
best- Take the bus from Koper Banka to Trieste Airportbus
- Fly from Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport (TRS) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane TRS - EDI
9h 16m£69–196Train
- Take the train from Trieste Centrale to Milano Centraletrain Fr
- Take the train from Milano Centrale to Lyon Part Dieutrain Fr
- Take the train from Lyon Part Dieu to Lille Europetrain Tgv
- Take the train from Lille Europe to London St Pancras Intltrain Eil
- Take the train from King's Cross to Edinburgh Waverleytrain
20h 22m£388–669Bus
- Take the bus from Koper to Ljubljana APbus
- Take the bus from Zgornji Brnik, Letališče Jožeta Pučnika Ljubljana to Munich Hbfbus
- Take the bus from Munich central bus station to London Victoriabus
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Edinburgh, Bus Stationbus
39h 21m£555–1,494Bus, night train, train
- Take the bus from Koper Banka to Udinebus
- Take the nighttrain from Udine to Rosenheimnighttrain Nj
- Take the nighttrain from Rosenheim to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midinighttrain Nj
- Take the train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to London St Pancras Intltrain Eil
- Take the train from King's Cross to Edinburgh Waverleytrain
29h 8m£290–555Shuttle to Ljubljana, fly to Edinburgh Airport
- Take a shuttle bus from Koper, Avtobusna Postaja to Zgornji Brnik, Letališče Jožeta Pučnika Ljubljana
- Fly from Ljubljana (LJU) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane LJU - EDI
7h 19m£174–342Shuttle to Venice Marco Polo Airport, fly to Edinburgh Airport
- Take a shuttle bus from Portorož to Venezia, Aeroporto Marco Polo di Venezia
- Fly from Venice Marco Polo Airport (VCE) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane VCE - EDI
9h 3m£80–702Bus to Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport, fly to Glasgow Airport, train
- Take the bus from Koper Banka to Trieste Airportbus
- Fly from Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport (TRS) to Glasgow Airport (GLA)plane TRS - GLA
- Take the train from Glasgow Queen Street to Edinburgh Waverleytrain
9h 19m£75–221Bus to Pula Airport, fly to Edinburgh Airport
- Take the bus from Portorož to Pula Airportbus
- Fly from Pula Airport (PUY) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane PUY - EDI
8h 57m£167–482Bus, train
- Take the bus from Trieste to Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station to London Victoriabus
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Birmingham Coach Stationbus 400 / ...
- Take the train from Birmingham New Street to Edinburgh Waverleytrain
39h 44m£269–559Drive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Koper to Calais-Fréthuncar
- Take the cartrain from Calais-Fréthun to Folkestonecartrain
- Drive from Folkestone to Edinburghcar
23h 10m£395–534Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Koper to Calaiscar
- Take the carferry from Calais to Port of Dovercarferry
- Drive from Port of Dover to Edinburghcar
24h 11m£286–467
Koper to Edinburgh by bus, night train, and train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Koper to Edinburgh is to bus and fly which costs £65 - £200 and takes 9h 16m.
The fastest way to get from Koper to Edinburgh is to shuttle and fly which takes 7h 19m and costs £170 - £350.
No, there is no direct bus from Koper to Edinburgh station. However, there are services departing from Koper and arriving at Edinburgh, Bus Station via Ljubljana, Zgornji Brnik, Letališče Jožeta Pučnika Ljubljana, Munich central bus station and London Victoria. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 39h 21m.
No, there is no direct train from Koper to Edinburgh. However, there are services departing from Trieste Centrale and arriving at Edinburgh Waverley via Milano Centrale, Lyon Part Dieu, Lille Europe and King's Cross. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 20h 22m.
The distance between Koper and Edinburgh is 1057 miles.
The best way to get from Koper to Edinburgh without a car is to bus which takes 39h 21m and costs £550 - £1,500.
It takes approximately 9h 16m to get from Koper to Edinburgh, including transfers.
Koper to Edinburgh bus services, operated by Arriva Slovenia, depart from Koper station.
Koper to Edinburgh train services, operated by Trenitalia Frecce, depart from Trieste Centrale station.
The best way to get from Koper to Edinburgh is to train which takes 20h 22m and costs £380 - £700. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs £550 - £1,500 and takes 39h 21m.
What companies run services between Koper, Slovenia and Edinburgh, Scotland?
You can take a vehicle from Koper to Edinburgh Waverley via Trieste Centrale, Milano Centrale, Lyon Part Dieu, Lille Europe, London St Pancras Intl, and King's Cross in around 20h 22m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Koper to Edinburgh, Bus Station via Ljubljana AP, Ljubljana, Zgornji Brnik, Letališče Jožeta Pučnika Ljubljana, Munich central bus station, and London Victoria in around 39h 21m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £75–270
Flights from Ljubljana to Edinburgh Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £100–200
Flights from Venice Marco Polo Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Thursday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- £70–240
Flights from Venice Marco Polo Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 52m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £70–240
Flights from Pula Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Monday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £85–300
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 10m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £50–210
Flights from Ljubljana to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £80–210
Flights from Venice Marco Polo Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £50–110
Flights from Venice Marco Polo Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £50–110
Flights from Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport to Glasgow Airport via London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 45m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- £70–170
Flights from Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport to Glasgow Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- £60–220
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Beauvais
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 25m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £55–170
Flights from Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 5m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- £55–170
Flights from Venice Marco Polo Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- £45–120
Flights from Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport to Glasgow Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 25m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £70–170
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Ljubljana to Edinburgh Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £65–320
Flights from Venice Marco Polo Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 36m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £50–250
- Website
- jet2.com
Flights from Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport to Glasgow Airport via Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 20m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £60–190
Flights from Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport to Glasgow Airport via Krakow
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 5m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- £60–200
Flights from Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport to Glasgow Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 25m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £60–200
Flights from Pula Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £65–210
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport to Edinburgh Airport via London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 25m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- £55–170
Flights from Venice Marco Polo Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £45–130
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Ljubljana to Edinburgh Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 42m
- When
- Friday and Monday
- Estimated price
- £70–330
- Website
- brusselsairlines.com
Flights from Venice Marco Polo Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 55m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- £50–190
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Pula Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Dusseldorf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £55–230
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- Trenitalia Frecce
Train from Trieste Centrale to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 6m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £50–100
- Schedules at
- Trenitalia Frecce
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- Trenitalia
Train from Milano Centrale to Lyon Part Dieu
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 39m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- £45–75
- Website
- Trenitalia
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Lyon Part Dieu to Lille Europe
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 7m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £110–180
- Website
- TGV inOui
- Phone
- +32 70 79 79 79
- Website
- Belgian Railways
Train from Lyon Part Dieu to Lille Europe
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 24m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- £95–190
- Website
- Belgian Railways
- Phone
- +44 (0)3432 186 186
- Website
- Eurostar
Train from Lille Europe to London St Pancras Intl
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £65–110
- 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 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
- +43 (0) 51717
- Website
- Nightjet
Night train from Udine to Rosenheim
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 35m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £24–82
- Website
- Nightjet
- Sleeper Carriage
- £81–82
- Couchette Carriage
- £50–60
- Seating Carriage
- £24–29
Night train from Rosenheim to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 24m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- £40–110
- Website
- Nightjet
- Sleeper Carriage
- £90–110
- Couchette Carriage
- £65–80
- Seating Carriage
- £40–50
- 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
- £19–40
- 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
- £13–23
- Website
- Caledonian Sleeper
Train from Birmingham New Street to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 7m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £180–260
- Website
- Cross Country
- Phone
- +44 (0)345 528 0253
- Website
- Avanti West Coast
Train from Birmingham New Street to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 17m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £120–200
- 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
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Koper Banka to Trieste Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- £3–6
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Munich central bus station to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 35m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £75–130
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from London Victoria to Edinburgh, Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 16m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £35–65
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Koper Banka to Udine
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 59m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- £5–10
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Koper Banka to Trieste Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- £3–6
- Website
- Flixbus
- Phone
- +386 090 74 11
- info@arriva.si
- Website
- Arriva Slovenia
Bus from Koper to Ljubljana AP
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 29m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £8–9
- Website
- Arriva Slovenia
- Phone
- +386 1 320 4530
- info@goopti.com
- Website
- GoOpti
Bus from Zgornji Brnik, Letališče Jožeta Pučnika Ljubljana to Munich Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 19m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- £410–1,100
- Website
- GoOpti
Shuttle from Portorož to Venezia, Aeroporto Marco Polo di Venezia
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 31m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- £24–550
- Website
- GoOpti
- Shared
- £24
- Private
- £133
Bus from Portorož to Pula Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 14m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- £90–260
- Website
- GoOpti
- Phone
- +44 (0)3717 81 81 81
- Website
- National Express
Bus from London Victoria to Edinburgh, Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 40m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- £70–180
- Website
- National Express
Bus from London Victoria to Birmingham Coach Station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £22–55
- Website
- National Express
- Phone
- +386 (0) 31 30 41 41
- info@zup-prevozi.eu
- Website
- zup-prevozi.eu
Shuttle from Koper, Avtobusna Postaja to Zgornji Brnik, Letališče Jožeta Pučnika Ljubljana
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 48m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- £75–95
- Schedules at
- zup-prevozi.eu
- Economy class
- £75–95
- Phone
- +3 318 576 2228
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
Bus from Trieste to Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 20m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £95–180
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
Bus from Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 26m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- £30–60
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
- 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
- £8–50
- Website
- Irish Ferries
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Koper to Edinburgh bus services, operated by Arriva Slovenia, arrive at Ljubljana AP station.
Edinburgh is 1h behind Koper. It is currently 2:45 PM in Koper and 1:45 PM in Edinburgh.
Koper to Edinburgh train services, operated by Trenitalia Frecce, arrive at Milano Centrale station.
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