There are 12 ways to get from Lorient to Edinburgh by train (TGV, Eurostar), bus, train, car, car ferry, plane, or car train
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 Lorient to Paris Montparnasse 1 Et 2train Tgv
- Take the train from Paris Nord to London St Pancras Intltrain Eil
- Take the train from King's Cross to Edinburgh Waverleytrain
11h 18m£150–520Bus
cheapest- Take the bus from Lorient - Échange Bus Station to Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Paris Bercy Seine Bus Stop to London Victoriabus
- Take the bus from London Victoria Coach Station to Edinburgh Elder Street Bus Stopbus
29h 15m£65–181Bus, train
- Take the bus from Lorient to Lillebus
- Take the train from Lille Europe to London St Pancras Intltrain Eil
- Take the bus from Finchley Road / O2 Centre to Edinburgh, Bus Stationbus
21h 31m£96–383Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Lorient to Port de Roscoffcar
- Take the car ferry from Port de Roscoff to Plymouthcarferry
- Drive from Plymouth to Edinburghcar
16h 34m£155–536Train to Nantes Atlantique Airport, fly to Edinburgh Airport
- Take the train from Lorient to Nantestrain
- Fly from Nantes Atlantique Airport (NTE) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane NTE - EDI
6h 53m£96–298Drive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Lorient to Calais-Fréthuncar
- Take the car train from Calais-Fréthun to Folkestonecartrain
- Drive from Folkestone to Edinburghcar
15h 15mTrain to Rennes-Saint-Jacques Airport, fly to Edinburgh Airport
- Take the train from Lorient to Rennestrain
- Fly from Rennes-Saint-Jacques Airport (RNS) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane RNS - EDI
9h 7m£154–300Train to Brest Bretagne Airport, fly to Edinburgh Airport
- Take the train from Lorient to Bresttrain
- Fly from Brest Bretagne Airport (BES) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane BES - EDI
10h 9m£135–460Train to Rennes-Saint-Jacques Airport, fly to Glasgow Airport, train
- Take the train from Lorient to Rennestrain
- Fly from Rennes-Saint-Jacques Airport (RNS) to Glasgow Airport (GLA)plane RNS - GLA
- Take the train from Glasgow Queen Street to Edinburgh Waverleytrain
9h 48m£151–338Train to Nantes Atlantique Airport, fly to Glasgow Airport, train
- Take the train from Lorient to Nantestrain
- Fly from Nantes Atlantique Airport (NTE) to Glasgow Airport (GLA)plane NTE - GLA
- Take the train from Glasgow Queen Street to Edinburgh Waverleytrain
9h 50m£108–326Train to Brest Bretagne Airport, fly to Glasgow Airport, train
- Take the train from Lorient to Bresttrain
- Fly from Brest Bretagne Airport (BES) to Glasgow Airport (GLA)plane BES - GLA
- Take the train from Glasgow Queen Street to Edinburgh Waverleytrain
11h 6m£142–418Train to Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport, fly to Edinburgh Airport
- Take the train from Lorient to Aeroport Cdg2 Tgv Roissytrain
- Fly from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport (CDG) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane CDG - EDI
8h 36m£118–265
Lorient to Edinburgh by train, foot, and subway
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Lorient to Edinburgh is to bus which costs £60 - £190 and takes 29h 15m.
The fastest way to get from Lorient to Edinburgh is to train and fly which takes 6h 53m and costs £95 - £300.
No, there is no direct bus from Lorient station to Edinburgh. However, there are services departing from Lorient - Échange Bus Station and arriving at Edinburgh Elder Street Bus Stop via Paris Bercy Seine Bus Stop and London Victoria Coach Station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 29h 15m.
No, there is no direct train from Lorient to Edinburgh. However, there are services departing from Lorient and arriving at Edinburgh Waverley via Montparnasse Bienvenue, Paris Nord and King's Cross. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 11h 18m.
The distance between Lorient and Edinburgh is 1012 miles.
The best way to get from Lorient to Edinburgh without a car is to train which takes 11h 18m and costs £150 - £550.
It takes approximately 11h 18m to get from Lorient to Edinburgh, including transfers.
Lorient to Edinburgh bus services, operated by BlaBlaCar Bus, depart from Lorient - Échange Bus Station.
Lorient to Edinburgh train services, operated by TGV inOui, depart from Lorient station.
The best way to get from Lorient to Edinburgh is to train which takes 11h 18m and costs £150 - £550. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs £60 - £190 and takes 29h 15m.
What companies run services between Lorient, France and Edinburgh, Scotland?
You can take a train from Lorient to Edinburgh Waverley via Paris Montparnasse 1 Et 2, Montparnasse Bienvenue, Gare du Nord, Paris Nord, London St Pancras Intl, and King's Cross in around 11h 18m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Lorient - Échange Bus Station to Edinburgh Elder Street Bus Stop via Paris Bercy Seine Bus Stop and London Victoria Coach Station in around 29h 15m.
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Rennes-Saint-Jacques Airport to Edinburgh Airport via London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 47m
- When
- Friday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- £120–230
Flights from Rennes-Saint-Jacques Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Geneva
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 5m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £120–230
Flights from Brest Bretagne Airport to Edinburgh Airport via London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £75–200
Flights from Brest Bretagne Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £75–200
Flights from Rennes-Saint-Jacques Airport to Glasgow Airport via London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 27m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £120–280
Flights from Rennes-Saint-Jacques Airport to Glasgow Airport via Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- When
- Monday to Thursday
- Estimated price
- £120–280
Flights from Nantes Atlantique Airport to Glasgow Airport via London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £55–160
Flights from Nantes Atlantique Airport to Glasgow Airport via London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- £60–180
Flights from Nantes Atlantique Airport to Glasgow Airport via Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £55–160
Flights from Brest Bretagne Airport to Glasgow Airport via London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £95–300
Flights from Brest Bretagne Airport to Glasgow Airport via Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 47m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £95–300
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £40–130
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Edinburgh Airport via London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- £40–130
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Bristol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Monday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- £40–130
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Edinburgh Airport via London Luton
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £40–130
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Edinburgh Airport via London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £40–130
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Belfast (Aldergrove)
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- £40–130
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Nantes Atlantique Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £40–240
Flights from Brest Bretagne Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £75–400
Flights from Rennes-Saint-Jacques Airport to Glasgow Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 45m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- £75–410
Flights from Nantes Atlantique Airport to Glasgow Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £45–260
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £35–220
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Rennes-Saint-Jacques Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 45m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- £70–400
Flights from Rennes-Saint-Jacques Airport to Glasgow Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 45m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- £75–410
Flights from Nantes Atlantique Airport to Glasgow Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £45–260
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Nantes Atlantique Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £55–150
- Website
- aerlingus.com
Flights from Nantes Atlantique Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £35–180
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Nantes Atlantique Airport to Edinburgh Airport via London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £50–140
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- sncf-connect.com
Train from Lorient to Paris Montparnasse 1 Et 2
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 7m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £40–100
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Lorient to Nantes
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 43m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- £35–130
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Lorient to Rennes
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 24m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £19–28
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Lorient to Aeroport Cdg2 Tgv Roissy
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 12m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- £65–120
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- track.effiliation.com
Train from Lorient to Paris Montparnasse 1 Et 2
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £75–170
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
- 2nd Class
- £75–120
- Rail 1st Class
- £120–170
Train from Lorient to Nantes
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 48m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £28–32
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
Train from Lorient to Rennes
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £26–60
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
- 2nd Class
- £26–40
- Rail 1st Class
- £40–60
Train from Lorient to Brest
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 38m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £26
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
- 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
- £50–210
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
Train from Lille Europe to London St Pancras Intl
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £65–220
- 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
- £55–140
- Website
- https://www.lner.co.uk/
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from Lille Europe to London St Pancras Intl
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- £35–120
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- £35–55
- 1st Class
- £70–120
- 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
- +44 344 811 0141
- Website
- scotrail.co.uk
Train from Glasgow Queen Street to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £17–18
- Website
- https://www.scotrail.co.uk/
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Lorient to Lille
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 50m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £35–110
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Finchley Road / O2 Centre to Edinburgh, Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 50m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £20–50
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +3-389-268-0068
- Website
- blablacar.co.uk
Bus from Lorient - Échange Bus Station to Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 35m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- £21–65
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
Bus from Paris Bercy Seine Bus Stop to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 55m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- £21–80
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
- Phone
- 07001 8282
- booking@union-ivkoni.com
- Website
- union-ivkoni.com
Bus from Paris Bercy Seine Bus Stop to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 30m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- £17–25
- Website
- https://union-ivkoni.com/en
- Phone
- 0141 352 4444
- enquiries@megabus.com
- Website
- uk.megabus.com
Bus from London Victoria Coach Station to Edinburgh Elder Street Bus Stop
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 10m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £26–40
- Website
- https://uk.megabus.com
- Phone
- 0330 159 7000
- reservations@brittanyferries.com
- Website
- brittany-ferries.co.uk
Car ferry from Port de Roscoff to Plymouth
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 10m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £27–340
- Schedules at
- brittany-ferries.co.uk
- Book at
- brittany-ferries.co.uk
- Adult
- £27–35
- Car
- £55–85
- Single Ticket
- £40–80
- Single Ticket Car
- £85–340
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More Questions & Answers
Lorient to Edinburgh bus services, operated by BlaBlaCar Bus, arrive at Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station.
Edinburgh is 1h behind Lorient. It is currently 5:57 PM in Lorient and 4:57 PM in Edinburgh.
Lorient to Edinburgh train services, operated by TGV inOui, arrive at Paris Montparnasse 1 Et 2 station.
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