There are 11 ways to get from Lindau to Edinburgh by train, plane, train (TGV, Eurostar), bus, car, car train, train (Eurostar), 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 to Zurich Airport, fly
best- Take the train from Bregenz to Zürich Flughafentrain
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane ZRH - EDI
7h 28m£87–313Train to Allgäu Airport, Memmingen, fly
cheapest- Take the train from Lindau-Insel to Memmingentrain
- Fly from Allgäu Airport, Memmingen (FMM) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane FMM - EDI
9h 21m£67–203Train via Paris
- Take the train from Friedrichsh. Stadtbahnhof to Radolfzell Bahnhoftrain Re3
- Take the train from Radolfzell Bahnhof to Offenburg Bahnhoftrain Re2
- Take the train from Offenburg to Paris Esttrain Tgv
- Take the train from Paris Nord to London St Pancras Intltrain Eil
- Take the train from King's Cross to Edinburgh Waverleytrain
15h 38m£319–567Train, bus
- Take the train from Bregenz to Zürich HBtrain Ec
- Take the bus from Zurich to Brussels-North Stationbus
- Take the bus from Brussel Eurolines Busstation to Sheffieldbus
- Take the train from Sheffield to Edinburgh Waverleytrain
30h 47mDrive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Lindau to Calais-Fréthuncar
- Take the car train from Calais-Fréthun to Folkestonecartrain
- Drive from Folkestone to Edinburghcar
17h 47mTrain, train to Munich International Airport, fly
- Take the train from Lindau-Insel to Pasingtrain
- Take the train from Pasing to Flughafen Münchentrain
- Fly from Munich International Airport (MUC) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane MUC - EDI
8h 21m£118–273Train, train to Stuttgart Airport, fly
- Take the train from Friedrichsh. Stadtbahnhof to Ulm Hauptbahnhoftrain
- Take the train from Ulm Hauptbahnhof to Wendlingentrain
- Fly from Stuttgart Airport (STR) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane STR - EDI
8h 52m£103–252Train, train to Basel, fly
- Take the train from Bregenz to Zürich HBtrain
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Basel SBBtrain
- Fly from Basel (BSL) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane BSL - EDI
9h 25m£122–398Train
- Take the train from Lindau, Reutin Bahnhof to Frankfurttrain 62 / ...
- 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
17h 20m£315–606Bus
- Take the bus from Lindau to Munich central bus stationbus
- Take the bus from Munich central bus station to London Victoriabus
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Edinburgh, Bus Stationbus
34h 31m£110–307Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Lindau to Calaiscar
- Take the car ferry from Calais to Port of Dovercarferry
- Drive from Port of Dover to Edinburghcar
18h 48m£224–335
Lindau to Edinburgh by train and foot
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Lindau to Edinburgh is to train and fly which costs £65 - £210 and takes 9h 21m.
The fastest way to get from Lindau to Edinburgh is to train and fly which takes 7h 28m and costs £85 - £320.
No, there is no direct bus from Lindau to Edinburgh station. However, there are services departing from Lindau and arriving at Edinburgh, Bus Station via Munich central bus station and London Victoria. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 34h 31m.
No, there is no direct train from Lindau to Edinburgh. However, there are services departing from Lindau-Insel and arriving at Edinburgh Waverley via Friedrichsh. Stadtbahnhof, Radolfzell Bahnhof, Offenburg, Paris Nord and King's Cross. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 15h 38m.
The distance between Lindau and Edinburgh is 866 miles.
The best way to get from Lindau to Edinburgh without a car is to train via Paris which takes 15h 38m and costs £310 - £600.
It takes approximately 7h 28m to get from Lindau to Edinburgh, including transfers.
Lindau to Edinburgh bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Lindau station.
Lindau to Edinburgh train services, operated by DB ZugBus Regionalverkehr Alb-Bodensee GmbH (RAB), depart from Friedrichsh. Stadtbahnhof station.
The best way to get from Lindau to Edinburgh is to train via Paris which takes 15h 38m and costs £310 - £600. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs £110 - £310 and takes 34h 31m.
What companies run services between Lindau, Bavaria, Germany and Edinburgh, Scotland?
You can take a train from Lindau-Insel to Edinburgh Waverley via Friedrichsh. Stadtbahnhof, Radolfzell Bahnhof, Offenburg, Paris Est, Paris Nord, London St Pancras Intl, and King's Cross in around 15h 38m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Lindau to Edinburgh, Bus Station via Munich central bus station and London Victoria in around 34h 31m.
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £40–170
Flights from Allgäu Airport, Memmingen to Edinburgh Airport via London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 25m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- £40–170
Flights from Munich International Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £60–190
Flights from Basel to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £40–170
Flights from Basel to Edinburgh Airport via London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 12m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £40–170
Flights from Basel to Edinburgh Airport via London Luton
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £40–170
Flights from Basel to Edinburgh Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Wednesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £40–170
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Munich International Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £100–280
Flights from Munich International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 13m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £100–280
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £95–420
Flights from Basel to Edinburgh Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- £75–160
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Munich International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 36m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £50–270
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 21m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £50–280
- Website
- brusselsairlines.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 36m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £50–200
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Dusseldorf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £90–180
Flights from Munich International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Dusseldorf
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £95–220
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £55–170
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Edinburgh Airport via London City
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 35m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- £120–220
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Edinburgh Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £130–200
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £40–240
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- £55–290
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Allgäu Airport, Memmingen to Edinburgh Airport via London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- £40–170
Flights from Basel to Edinburgh Airport via London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £50–150
- Website
- flyedelweiss.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £40–240
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Allgäu Airport, Memmingen to Edinburgh Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £40–170
- Phone
- +41 848 446 688
- Website
- sbb.ch
Train from Bregenz to Zürich Flughafen
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 17m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £35–110
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Bregenz to Zürich HB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 28m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £35–120
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Zürich HB to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- £27–80
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from Bregenz to Zürich Flughafen
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 17m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- £20–40
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket
- Phone
- +49 731 1550-0
- servicecenter@dbregiobus-rab.de
- Website
- meine-rab.de
Train from Friedrichsh. Stadtbahnhof to Radolfzell Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 45 min
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £8–10
- Schedules at
- meine-rab.de
Train from Friedrichsh. Stadtbahnhof to Ulm Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £12–16
- Schedules at
- meine-rab.de
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Friedrichsh. Stadtbahnhof to Radolfzell Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 7m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £10–16
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Radolfzell Bahnhof to Offenburg Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 3m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £28–45
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Lindau-Insel to Memmingen
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 42m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- £15–23
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Lindau-Insel to Pasing
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 59m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £35–55
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Pasing to Flughafen München
- Ave. Duration
- 52 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- £8–12
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Ulm Hauptbahnhof to Wendlingen
- Ave. Duration
- 30 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £11–16
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Radolfzell Bahnhof to Offenburg Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 6m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- £23–55
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Friedrichsh. Stadtbahnhof to Ulm Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 11m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £15–40
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Lindau, Reutin Bahnhof to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 37m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £55–140
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Frankfurt to Bruxelles Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 47m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £55–140
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +49 (0) 7531 915109
- info@sbb-deutschland.de
- Website
- sbb-deutschland.de
Train from Radolfzell Bahnhof to Offenburg Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- £11–15
- Schedules at
- sbb-deutschland.de
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- sncf-connect.com
Train from Offenburg to Paris Est
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £75–130
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
- Phone
- +44 343 218 6186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from Paris Nord to London St Pancras Intl
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 28m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £110–190
- 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
- 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
- +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
- +49 821 899 825 44
- servus@arverio.de
- Website
- arverio-by.de
Train from Lindau-Insel to Memmingen
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 19m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Schedules at
- arverio-by.de
Train from Lindau-Insel to Pasing
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 12m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Schedules at
- arverio-by.de
- Phone
- +393293958604
- info@pistoiaviaggi.com
- Website
- pistoia-viaggi.it
Bus from Zurich to Brussels-North Station
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 35m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- pistoia-viaggi.it
- 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
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Lindau to Munich central bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £9–17
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Munich central bus station to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 50m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £70–120
- 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
- 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
- Phone
- 01304 44 88 88
- customer.services@poferries.com
- Website
- poferries.com
Car ferry from Calais to Port of Dover
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- £6–17
- Website
- https://www.poferries.com/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
- £5–13
- Website
- https://www.irishferries.com/uk-en/Travel-to-Ireland
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More Questions & Answers
Lindau to Edinburgh bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Munich central bus station.
Edinburgh is 1h behind Lindau. It is currently 1:13 PM in Lindau and 12:13 PM in Edinburgh.
Lindau to Edinburgh train services, operated by DB ZugBus Regionalverkehr Alb-Bodensee GmbH (RAB), arrive at Radolfzell Bahnhof station.
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