There are 12 ways to get from Leipzig to Edinburgh by plane, train (Eurostar), bus, car, car train, train, or car ferry
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Fly Leipzig-Halle Airport to Edinburgh Airport
best- Fly from Leipzig-Halle Airport (LEJ) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane LEJ - EDI
6h 49m£116–289Train to Berlin Brandenburg Airport, fly to Edinburgh Airport
cheapest- Take the train from Leipzig Hbf to S Südkreuz Bhftrain
- Fly from Berlin Brandenburg Airport (BER) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane BER - EDI
6h 29m£61–229Train
- Take the train from Leipzig Hbf to Frankfurttrain 50 / ...
- Take the train from Frankfurt 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
14h 45m£191–588Bus
- Take the bus from Leipzig central train station to Dortmund central bus stationbus 023 / ...
- Take the bus from DORTMUND, Hbf Nordseite, Steinstrasse to LONDON, Victoria Coach Station-Departure Hallbus
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Edinburgh, Bus Stationbus
26h 13m£93–217Drive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Leipzig to Calais-Fréthuncar
- Take the car train from Calais-Fréthun to Folkestonecartrain
- Drive from Folkestone to Edinburghcar
16h 52mTrain to Dresden Airport, fly to Edinburgh Airport
- Take the train from Leipzig Hbf to Dresden Bahnhof Neustadttrain
- Fly from Dresden Airport (DRS) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane DRS - EDI
8h 49m£136–340Train to Frankfurt, fly to Edinburgh Airport
- Take the train from Leipzig Hbf to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane FRA - EDI
8h 9m£120–307Fly Leipzig-Halle Airport to Glasgow Airport, train
- Fly from Leipzig-Halle Airport (LEJ) to Glasgow Airport (GLA)plane LEJ - GLA
- Take the train from Glasgow Queen Street to Edinburgh Waverleytrain
10h 46m£143–314Train, bus to Václav Havel Airport Prague, fly to Edinburgh Airport
- Take the train from Leipzig Hbf to Dresden Hauptbahnhoftrain
- Take the bus from Dresden central station to Praha, ÚAN Florencbus
- Fly from Václav Havel Airport Prague (PRG) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane PRG - EDI
9h 16m£80–224Train via Hamm
- Take the train from Leipzig Hbf to Hammtrain 55 / ...
- Take the train from Hamm to Venlotrain
- Take the train from Venlo to Rotterdam Centraaltrain
- Take the train from Rotterdam Centraal to London St. Pancras Int.train
- Take the train from King's Cross to Edinburgh Waverleytrain
20h 4m£182–650Bus, train
- Take the bus from Leipzig Hbf Ostseite to Praha, ÚAN Florencbus
- Take the bus from Praha, ÚAN Florenc to Sheffieldbus
- Take the train from Sheffield to Edinburgh Waverleytrain
33h 6m£104–353Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Leipzig to Calaiscar
- Take the car ferry from Calais to Port of Dovercarferry
- Drive from Port of Dover to Edinburghcar
17h 53m£239–357
Leipzig to Edinburgh by train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Leipzig to Edinburgh is to train and bus and fly which costs £75 - £230 and takes 9h 16m.
The fastest way to get from Leipzig to Edinburgh is to train and fly which takes 6h 29m and costs £60 - £230.
No, there is no direct bus from Leipzig station to Edinburgh station. However, there are services departing from Leipzig central train station and arriving at Edinburgh, Bus Station via DORTMUND, Hbf Nordseite, Steinstrasse and London Victoria. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 26h 13m.
No, there is no direct train from Leipzig to Edinburgh. However, there are services departing from Leipzig Hbf and arriving at Edinburgh Waverley via Frankfurt, Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi and King's Cross. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 14h 45m.
The distance between Leipzig and Edinburgh is 731 miles.
The best way to get from Leipzig to Edinburgh without a car is to train which takes 14h 45m and costs £190 - £600.
It takes approximately 6h 49m to get from Leipzig to Edinburgh, including transfers.
Leipzig to Edinburgh bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Leipzig central train station.
Leipzig to Edinburgh train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), depart from Leipzig Hbf station.
The best way to get from Leipzig to Edinburgh is to fly which takes 6h 49m and costs £110 - £290. Alternatively, you can train, which costs £190 - £600 and takes 14h 45m, you could also bus, which costs £90 - £220 and takes 26h 13m.
What companies run services between Leipzig, Germany and Edinburgh, Scotland?
Lufthansa flies from Leipzig-Halle Airport (LEJ) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI) once daily. Alternatively, you can take a train from Leipzig Hbf to Edinburgh Waverley via Frankfurt, Bruxelles Midi, Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi, London St Pancras Intl, and King's Cross in around 14h 45m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Leipzig-Halle Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 3m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £100–250
Flights from Dresden Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £95–250
Flights from Dresden Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 30m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- £95–250
Flights from Frankfurt to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £75–190
Flights from Leipzig-Halle Airport to Glasgow Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 5m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- £120–200
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Edinburgh Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £60–240
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 7m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £40–240
Flights from Frankfurt to Edinburgh Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £40–230
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Edinburgh Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 8m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £45–240
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £40–160
Flights from Dresden Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 35m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £60–260
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £45–150
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Edinburgh Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- £45–150
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £40–120
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £35–130
- Website
- brusselsairlines.com
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £50–200
Flights from Frankfurt to Edinburgh Airport via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £50–190
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Edinburgh Airport via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £50–190
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Dusseldorf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £50–190
Flights from Dresden Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Dusseldorf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £110–230
- Website
- flysas.com
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £55–210
Flights from Frankfurt to Edinburgh Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £40–230
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Edinburgh Airport via London City
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 27m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £55–250
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Dresden Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 10m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £80–410
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- £45–110
- Website
- jet2.com
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- £45–140
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Leipzig Hbf to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £26–80
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Frankfurt to Bruxelles Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 1m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £40–120
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Leipzig Hbf to S Südkreuz Bhf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £17–50
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Leipzig Hbf to Dresden Bahnhof Neustadt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 1m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £11–35
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Leipzig Hbf to Dresden Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £15–35
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Leipzig Hbf to Hamm
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £26–70
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +44 343 218 6186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to London St Pancras Intl
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 4m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £65–250
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
Train from Rotterdam Centraal to London St. Pancras Int.
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 29m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- £50–320
- 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 5m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £60–140
- Website
- https://www.lner.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
- +49 30 300 137 300
- info@flixbus.de
- Website
- flixtrain.de
Train from Leipzig Hbf to S Südkreuz Bhf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £5–15
- Website
- https://www.flixtrain.com/
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Leipzig Hbf to Dresden Bahnhof Neustadt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 27m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £16–24
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Leipzig Hbf to Dresden Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 37m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £17–24
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from Leipzig Hbf to Dresden Bahnhof Neustadt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £24–35
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket
- Phone
- +44 344 811 0141
- Website
- scotrail.co.uk
Train from Glasgow Queen Street to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- £17–18
- 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
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- £17–18
- Website
- https://www.lumo.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 330 060 0500
- enquiry@sleeper.scot
- Website
- sleeper.scot
Train from Glasgow Queen Street to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- £60–75
- Website
- https://www.sleeper.scot/
- Sleeper Berth Classic
- £210–230
- Sleeper Seat
- £60–75
- Sleeper Berth Club Solo
- £230–260
- Phone
- 0180 6 9 27 37 27
- info@eurobahn.de
- Website
- eurobahn.de
Train from Hamm to Venlo
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 31m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £22–35
- Website
- https://www.eurobahn.de/en/
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from Venlo to Rotterdam Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 1m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £24–26
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
Train from Rotterdam Centraal to London St. Pancras Int.
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 29m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- £180–380
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
Train from Sheffield to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 48m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £35–180
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Leipzig central train station to Dortmund central bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- £18–45
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from London Victoria to Edinburgh, Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 16m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £20–65
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Dresden central station to Praha, ÚAN Florenc
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £11–40
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +48 801 22 33 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
- £55–100
- Website
- https://www.sindbad.pl/en/home
- Phone
- 01204 327509
- info@atlantictravel.co.uk
- Website
- atlantictravel.co.uk
Bus from London Victoria to Edinburgh, Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 5m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- Atlantic Travel GB Ltd
- 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
- £25–75
- Website
- https://www.nationalexpress.com/en
- Phone
- +420 222 222 221
- info@regiojet.cz
- Website
- regiojet.com
Bus from Dresden central station to Praha, ÚAN Florenc
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £7–11
- Website
- https://regiojet.com/
- Phone
- 07001 8282
- booking@union-ivkoni.com
- Website
- union-ivkoni.com
Bus from Dresden central station to Praha, ÚAN Florenc
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- £5–8
- Website
- https://union-ivkoni.com/en
Bus from Leipzig Hbf Ostseite to Praha, ÚAN Florenc
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- £9–14
- Website
- https://union-ivkoni.com/en
- Phone
- +421 55 680 73 06
- onlinepredaj@eurobus.sk
- Website
- eurobus.sk
Bus from Praha, ÚAN Florenc to Sheffield
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 58m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- £60–160
- Website
- https://www.eurobus.sk/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
- £65–170
- On Foot
- £30–40
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Leipzig to Edinburgh bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Dortmund central bus station.
Edinburgh is 1h behind Leipzig. It is currently 4:08 PM in Leipzig and 3:08 PM in Edinburgh.
Leipzig to Edinburgh train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), arrive at Frankfurt station.
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