There are 10 ways to get from Luthern to Edinburgh by train, plane, train (Trenitalia, TGV, Eurostar), bus, car, car train, train (Trenitalia, Eurostar), or car ferry
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Train to Zurich Airport, fly to Edinburgh Airport
best- Take the train from Luzern to Zürich HB
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)ZRH - EDI
5h 49m£83–215Train to Basel, fly to Edinburgh Airport
cheapest- Take the train from Luzern to Basel SBB
- Fly from Basel (BSL) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)BSL - EDI
6h 32m£76–225Train
- Take the train from Luzern to Basel SBBEc / ...
- Take the train from Basel Sbb to Paris Gare De LyonTgv
- Take the train from Paris Nord to London St Pancras IntlEil
- Take the train from King's Cross to Edinburgh Waverley
14h 7m£175–653Bus
- Take the bus from Luzern to Brussels-North train station
- Take the bus from Brussels-North train station to Calais
- Take the bus from Calais to London Victoria700 / ...
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Edinburgh, Bus Station
26h 11m£83–214Drive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Luthern to Calais-Fréthun
- Take the car train from Calais-Fréthun to Folkestone
- Drive from Folkestone to Edinburgh
16h 40mTrain to Zurich Airport, fly to Glasgow Airport, train
- Take the train from Luzern to Zürich HB
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Glasgow Airport (GLA)ZRH - GLA
- Take the train from Glasgow Queen Street to Edinburgh Waverley
8h 17m£110–300Train to Geneva International Airport, fly to Edinburgh Airport
- Take the train from Luzern to Genève-Aéroport
- Fly from Geneva International Airport (GVA) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)GVA - EDI
8h 22m£98–222Train via Strasbourg
- Take the train from Luzern to Basel SBBEc / ...
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Offenburg Bahnhof20 / ...
- Take the train from Strasbourg Bahnhof to Paris l'Est83 / ...
- Take the train from Paris Nord to London St Pancras IntlEil
- Take the train from King's Cross to Edinburgh Waverley
14h 28m£231–711Train, bus
- Take the train from Luzern to Basel SBBEc / ...
- Take the bus from Basel, Meret Oppenheim-Strasse to Gent
- Take the bus from Gent-Dampoort to Sheffield
- Take the train from Sheffield to Edinburgh Waverley
28h 46mDrive, car ferry
- Drive from Luthern to Calais
- Take the car ferry from Calais to Port of Dover
- Drive from Port of Dover to Edinburgh
17h 36m£242–362
Luthern to Edinburgh by train and bus
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Luthern to Edinburgh is to train and fly which costs £75 - £230 and takes 6h 32m.
The fastest way to get from Luthern to Edinburgh is to train and fly which takes 5h 49m and costs £80 - £220.
No, there is no direct bus from Luthern to Edinburgh station. However, there are services departing from Luzern and arriving at Edinburgh, Bus Station via Brussels-North train station, Calais and London Victoria. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 26h 11m.
No, there is no direct train from Luthern to Edinburgh. However, there are services departing from Luzern and arriving at Edinburgh Waverley via Basel SBB, Offenburg Bahnhof, Strasbourg Bahnhof, Paris Nord and King's Cross. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 14h 28m.
The distance between Luthern and Edinburgh is 828 miles.
The best way to get from Luthern to Edinburgh without a car is to train which takes 14h 7m and costs £170 - £700.
It takes approximately 5h 49m to get from Luthern to Edinburgh, including transfers.
Luthern to Edinburgh bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Luzern station.
Luthern to Edinburgh train services, operated by Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS), depart from Luzern station.
The best way to get from Luthern to Edinburgh is to train which takes 14h 7m and costs £170 - £700. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs £80 - £220 and takes 26h 11m.
What companies run services between Luthern, Switzerland and Edinburgh, Scotland?
You can take a train from Luzern to Edinburgh Waverley via Basel SBB, Basel Sbb, Paris Gare De Lyon, Gare de Lyon - Van Gogh, Gare du Nord, Paris Nord, London St Pancras Intl, and King's Cross in around 14h 7m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Luzern to Edinburgh, Bus Station via Brussels-North train station, Calais, and London Victoria in around 26h 11m.
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £40–160
Flights from Basel to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £35–130
Flights from Basel to Edinburgh Airport via London Luton
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £35–130
Flights from Basel to Edinburgh Airport via London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 17m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £35–130
Flights from Zurich Airport to Glasgow Airport via London Luton
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- £70–170
Flights from Zurich Airport to Glasgow Airport via Bristol
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 55m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- £70–170
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £35–120
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via London Luton
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- £35–120
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Birmingham
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 23m
- When
- Friday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £35–120
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Edinburgh Airport via London City
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 57m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- £120–250
Flights from Zurich Airport to Glasgow Airport via London City
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 35m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £55–260
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via London City
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 17m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £55–260
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Glasgow Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £45–240
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Basel to Edinburgh Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £75–160
Flights from Zurich Airport to Glasgow Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £60–250
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Dusseldorf
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- £90–160
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Dusseldorf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- £50–190
- Website
- flyedelweiss.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Friday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- £140–340
- Website
- brusselsairlines.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £50–190
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Basel to Edinburgh Airport via London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Monday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £60–200
- Website
- jet2.com
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £40–140
- Phone
- +41 848 446 688
- Website
- sbb.ch
Train from Luzern to Zürich HB
- Ave. Duration
- 42 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £14–27
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Luzern to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £18–40
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Luzern to Genève-Aéroport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £45–85
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
- Phone
- +41 58 580 70 70
- info@sob.ch
- Website
- sob.ch
Train from Luzern to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 2m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Schedules at
- sob.ch
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- ufficiogruppi@trenitalia.it
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Luzern to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 2m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £23–60
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- 1st Class
- £40–60
- 2nd Class
- £23–35
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- sncf-connect.com
Train from Basel Sbb to Paris Gare De Lyon
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- £30–140
- 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 27m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £55–290
- 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
- £70–160
- 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
- +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
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Basel SBB to Offenburg Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £19–40
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- konzern.oebb.at
Train from Basel SBB to Offenburg Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 23m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £27–40
- Website
- https://konzern.oebb.at/en/
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Basel SBB to Offenburg Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 47m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- £17–25
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- track.effiliation.com
Train from Strasbourg Bahnhof to Paris l'Est
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £60–150
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
Train from Sheffield to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- 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 Luzern to Brussels-North train station
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 20m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- £30–95
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Brussels-North train station to Calais
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- £17–24
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Calais to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- £12–17
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from London Victoria to Edinburgh, Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 16m
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- £20–70
- 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
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- £26–80
- Website
- https://www.nationalexpress.com/en
- Phone
- +393293958604
- info@pistoiaviaggi.com
- Website
- pistoia-viaggi.it
Bus from Basel, Meret Oppenheim-Strasse to Gent
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 24m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- pistoia-viaggi.it
- Phone
- +421 55 680 73 06
- onlinepredaj@eurobus.sk
- Website
- eurobus.sk
Bus from Gent-Dampoort to Sheffield
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 50m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- £21–25
- 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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More Questions & Answers
Luthern to Edinburgh bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Brussels-North train station.
Edinburgh is 1h behind Luthern. It is currently 10:12 PM in Luthern and 9:12 PM in Edinburgh.
Luthern to Edinburgh train services, operated by Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS), arrive at Basel SBB station.
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