There are 12 ways to get from Lens to Edinburgh by train (Eurostar), train, bus, car, car train, plane, or car ferry
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Train
best- Take the train from Lille Europe to London St Pancras Intltrain Eil
- Take the train from King's Cross to Edinburgh Waverleytrain London Kings Cross - Edinburgh / ...
7h 18m£202–313Train to Brussels South Charleroi Airport, fly to Edinburgh Airport
cheapest- Take the train from Lille Flandres to Charleroi-Centraltrain
- Fly from Brussels South Charleroi Airport (CRL) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane CRL - EDI
8h 2m£63–199Train, bus
- Take the train from Lille Europe to London St Pancras Intltrain Eil
- Take the bus from Finchley Road / O2 Centre to Edinburgh, Bus Stationbus Ukxn10 / ...
11h 7m£104–188Drive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Lens to Calais-Fréthuncar
- Take the cartrain from Calais-Fréthun to Folkestonecartrain
- Drive from Folkestone to Edinburghcar
9h 35m£230–296Train, train to Brussels Airport, fly to Edinburgh Airport
- Take the train from Lens to Lille Flandrestrain
- Take the train from Lille Europe to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Miditrain
- Fly from Brussels Airport (BRU) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane BRU - EDI
6h 21m£97–253Train via London
- Take the train from Lille Europe to London St. Pancras Int.train Eurostar
- Take the train from London Euston to Edinburgh Waverleytrain London Euston - Edinburgh
10h 3m£162–308Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Lens to Calaiscar
- Take the carferry from Calais to Port of Dovercarferry
- Drive from Port of Dover to Edinburghcar
10h 31m£122–230Train to Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport, fly to Edinburgh Airport
- Take the train from Arras to Aeroport Cdg2 Tgv Roissytrain
- Fly from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport (CDG) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane CDG - EDI
6h 31m£80–220Train, bus to Beauvais–Tillé Airport, fly to Edinburgh Airport
- Take the train from Arras to Amienstrain
- Take the bus from Gare routière to Aéroportbus
- Fly from Beauvais–Tillé Airport (BVA) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane BVA - EDI
7h 53m£68–205Train, train to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, fly to Edinburgh Airport
- Take the train from Lille Europe to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Miditrain
- Take the train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to Schiphol Airporttrain
- Fly from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane AMS - EDI
7h 43m£130–318Train to Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport, fly to Glasgow Airport, train
- Take the train from Arras to Aeroport Cdg2 Tgv Roissytrain
- Fly from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport (CDG) to Glasgow Airport (GLA)plane CDG - GLA
- Take the train from Glasgow Queen Street to Edinburgh Waverleytrain
7h 19m£81–255Train, train to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, fly to Glasgow Airport
- Take the train from Lille Europe to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Miditrain
- Take the train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to Schiphol Airporttrain
- Fly from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS) to Glasgow Airport (GLA)plane AMS - GLA
- Take the train from Glasgow Queen Street to Edinburgh Waverleytrain
8h 36m£136–383
Lens to Edinburgh by train and bus
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Lens to Edinburgh is to train and fly which costs £60 - £200 and takes 8h 2m.
The fastest way to get from Lens to Edinburgh is to train and fly which takes 6h 21m and costs £95 - £260.
No, there is no direct train from Lens to Edinburgh. However, there are services departing from Lens and arriving at Edinburgh Waverley via Lille Europe and King's Cross. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 7h 18m.
The distance between Lens and Edinburgh is 583 miles.
The best way to get from Lens to Edinburgh without a car is to train which takes 7h 18m and costs £200 - £320.
It takes approximately 7h 18m to get from Lens to Edinburgh, including transfers.
Lens to Edinburgh train services, operated by Eurostar, depart from Lille Europe station.
Edinburgh is 1h behind Lens. It is currently 9:19 PM in Lens and 8:19 PM in Edinburgh.
Lens to Edinburgh train services, operated by Eurostar, arrive at London St Pancras Intl station.
Book your Lens to Edinburgh train tickets online with Omio.
What companies run services between Lens, Hauts-de-France, France and Edinburgh, Scotland?
You can take a train from Lens to Edinburgh Waverley via Lille Flandres, Gare Rue De Tournai, Gare Lille Europe, Lille Europe, London St Pancras Intl, and King's Cross in around 7h 18m.
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 47m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £45–140
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Bristol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 41m
- When
- Monday, Sunday, Thursday, and Tuesday
- Estimated price
- £45–140
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Edinburgh Airport via London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- £45–140
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Edinburgh Airport via London Luton
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £45–140
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Birmingham
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £45–140
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 31m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £50–170
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Edinburgh Airport via Birmingham
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Sunday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £50–170
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Edinburgh Airport via London Luton
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £50–170
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Glasgow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 46m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £45–160
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Glasgow Airport via London Luton
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- £45–160
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Glasgow Airport via Bristol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Monday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £45–160
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Glasgow Airport via London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 12m
- When
- Sunday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £45–160
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Glasgow Airport via Birmingham
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £45–160
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Glasgow Airport via Belfast (Aldergrove)
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 27m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £45–160
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Glasgow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £50–200
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Glasgow Airport via Birmingham
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- £50–200
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Glasgow Airport via London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 32m
- When
- Monday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £50–200
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Glasgow Airport via Belfast (Aldergrove)
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- £50–200
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Glasgow Airport via London Luton
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- £50–200
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Brussels Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £35–210
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £40–240
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Glasgow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £40–250
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Brussels Airport to Edinburgh Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Tuesday to Thursday
- Estimated price
- £70–190
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Edinburgh Airport via London City
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Monday to Thursday
- Estimated price
- £95–210
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Glasgow Airport via London City
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 44m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Tuesday, Monday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £95–220
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Brussels South Charleroi Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £30–140
Flights from Beauvais–Tillé Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Tuesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £40–160
Flights from Beauvais–Tillé Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 57m
- When
- Tuesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £40–160
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 51m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £40–230
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Glasgow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £40–250
- Website
- brusselsairlines.com
Flights from Brussels Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £70–180
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Brussels Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £70–240
- 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 Lille Europe to London St Pancras Intl
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £65–110
- Website
- Eurostar
Train from Lille Europe to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £26–45
- Website
- Eurostar
Train from Lille Europe to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £26–45
- Website
- Eurostar
Train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to Schiphol Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £45–80
- Website
- Eurostar
Train from Lille Europe to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £26–45
- Website
- Eurostar
Train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to Schiphol Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £45–80
- 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)
- 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
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Lens to Lille Flandres
- Ave. Duration
- 40 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- £5–11
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Arras to Aeroport Cdg2 Tgv Roissy
- Ave. Duration
- 48 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £22–45
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Lille Flandres to Charleroi-Central
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £15–35
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Arras to Amiens
- Ave. Duration
- 38 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £9–19
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Arras to Aeroport Cdg2 Tgv Roissy
- Ave. Duration
- 48 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £22–45
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Lille Europe to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 34 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £18–29
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Arras to Aeroport Cdg2 Tgv Roissy
- Ave. Duration
- 53 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £27–45
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Lille Europe to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 34 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £18–29
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Arras to Aeroport Cdg2 Tgv Roissy
- Ave. Duration
- 53 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £27–45
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Lille Europe to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 34 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £18–29
- Website
- TGV inOui
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Lille Europe to London St. Pancras Int.
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- £25–55
- 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
- +44 330 060 0500
- enquiry@sleeper.scot
- 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
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 Glasgow Queen Street to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 59 min
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- £15–24
- Website
- Caledonian Sleeper
- 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
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
Train from Glasgow Queen Street to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 49 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- £8–16
- Website
- Lumo
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Finchley Road / O2 Centre to Edinburgh, Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 50m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £35–65
- Website
- Flixbus
- Phone
- 09 70 15 01 50
- contact@oise-mobilite.fr
- Website
- Oise - Réseau de l'Oise
Bus from Gare routière to Aéroport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £1
- Website
- Oise - Réseau de l'Oise
- 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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