There are 10 ways to get from Magdeburg to Edinburgh by train, plane, train (Eurostar), car, car ferry, bus, or car train
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Train to Berlin Brandenburg Airport, fly
best- Take the train from Magdeburg Hbf to Berlin Hbftrain
- Fly from Berlin Brandenburg Airport (BER) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane BER - EDI
7h 11m£65–208Train
- Take the train from Magdeburg Hbf to Hannover Hauptbahnhoftrain 55 / ...
- Take the train from Hannover Hauptbahnhof to Köln Hbftrain 19 / ...
- Take the train from Köln Hbf 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 48m£162–526Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Magdeburg to Rotterdamcar
- Take the car ferry from Rotterdam to Hullcarferry
- Drive from Hull to Edinburghcar
21h 16m£231–355Bus via Dortmund
- Take the bus from Magdeburg to Dortmundbus
- Take the bus from DORTMUND, Hbf Nordseite, Steinstrasse to LONDON, Victoria Coach Station-Departure Hallbus
- Take the bus from London Victoria Coach Station to Edinburgh Elder Street Bus Stopbus
26h 17mTrain to Leipzig-Halle Airport, fly
- Take the train from Magdeburg Hbf to Leipzig/Halle Flughafentrain
- Fly from Leipzig-Halle Airport (LEJ) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane LEJ - EDI
7h 38m£126–300Train to Hannover Airport, fly
- Take the train from Magdeburg Hbf to Hannover Hauptbahnhoftrain
- Fly from Hannover Airport (HAJ) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane HAJ - EDI
8h 31m£109–236Train, train to Hamburg Airport, fly
- Take the train from Magdeburg Hbf to Stendal Hbftrain
- Take the train from Stendal Hbf to Hamburg Hbftrain
- Fly from Hamburg Airport (HAM) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane HAM - EDI
10h 2m£87–245Train via Enschede
- Take the train from Magdeburg Hbf to Bielefeld Hbftrain 55 / ...
- Take the train from Bielefeld Hbf to Hengelotrain
- Take the train from Hengelo 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
17h 4m£180–535Bus
- Take the bus from Magdeburg central bus station to Hanover central bus stationbus N67 / ...
- Take the bus from Hanover central bus station to London Victoriabus
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Edinburgh, Bus Stationbus
27h 5m£72–203Drive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Magdeburg to Calais-Fréthuncar
- Take the car train from Calais-Fréthun to Folkestonecartrain
- Drive from Folkestone to Edinburghcar
15h 30m
Magdeburg to Edinburgh by train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Magdeburg to Edinburgh is to train and fly which costs £65 - £210 and takes 7h 11m.
The fastest way to get from Magdeburg to Edinburgh is to train and fly which takes 7h 11m and costs £65 - £210.
No, there is no direct bus from Magdeburg to Edinburgh. However, there are services departing from Magdeburg and arriving at Edinburgh Elder Street Bus Stop via DORTMUND, Hbf Nordseite, Steinstrasse and London Victoria Coach Station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 26h 17m.
No, there is no direct train from Magdeburg to Edinburgh. However, there are services departing from Magdeburg Hbf and arriving at Edinburgh Waverley via Hannover Hauptbahnhof, Köln Hbf, Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi and King's Cross. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 14h 48m.
The distance between Magdeburg and Edinburgh is 841 miles.
The best way to get from Magdeburg to Edinburgh without a car is to train which takes 14h 48m and costs £160 - £550.
It takes approximately 7h 11m to get from Magdeburg to Edinburgh, including transfers.
Magdeburg to Edinburgh bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Magdeburg central bus station.
Magdeburg to Edinburgh train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), depart from Magdeburg Hbf station.
The best way to get from Magdeburg to Edinburgh is to train which takes 14h 48m and costs £160 - £550. Alternatively, you can bus via Dortmund, which costs and takes 26h 17m.
What companies run services between Magdeburg, Germany and Edinburgh, Scotland?
You can take a train from Magdeburg Hbf to Edinburgh Waverley via Hannover Hauptbahnhof, Köln Hbf, Bruxelles Midi, Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi, London St Pancras Intl, and King's Cross in around 14h 48m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Magdeburg to Edinburgh Elder Street Bus Stop via Dortmund, DORTMUND, Hbf Nordseite, Steinstrasse, LONDON, Victoria Coach Station-Departure Hall, and London Victoria Coach Station in around 26h 17m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Leipzig-Halle Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 33m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £100–250
Flights from Hannover Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 33m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £100–190
Flights from Hannover Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 30m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- £100–190
Flights from Hamburg Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 6m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £65–270
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 7m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £40–230
Flights from Hannover Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £45–270
Flights from Hamburg Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £40–240
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Hannover Airport to Edinburgh Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 18m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £110–210
Flights from Hamburg Airport to Edinburgh Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £55–260
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £35–120
Flights from Hamburg Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 10m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- £50–150
- Website
- flysas.com
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £50–210
Flights from Hannover Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £45–270
Flights from Hamburg Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £60–230
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £40–150
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £40–150
- 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 Hamburg Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £55–210
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Dusseldorf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £45–190
Flights from Hamburg Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Dusseldorf
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 35m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £80–180
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Edinburgh Airport via London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Monday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- £55–100
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Hannover Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £65–340
- Website
- aerlingus.com
Flights from Hamburg Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 25m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- £40–200
- Phone
- +49 30 514 88 88 88
- info@odeg.de
- Website
- odeg.de
Train from Magdeburg Hbf to Berlin Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £13–18
- Schedules at
- odeg.de
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Magdeburg Hbf to Berlin Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 24m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- £17–50
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Magdeburg Hbf to Hannover Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £8–26
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Hannover Hauptbahnhof to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £21–65
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Köln Hbf to Bruxelles Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 54m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £26–55
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Magdeburg Hbf to Leipzig/Halle Flughafen
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 3m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £15–35
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Magdeburg Hbf to Stendal Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 36 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £18
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Stendal Hbf to Hamburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 42m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £19–45
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Magdeburg Hbf to Bielefeld Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 37m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- £27–55
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +44 343 218 6186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from Köln Hbf to Bruxelles Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 56m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- £30–85
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
Train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to London St Pancras Intl
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 1m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £60–210
- 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
- £50–280
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Phone
- +32 70 79 79 79
- Website
- belgiantrain.be
Train from Köln Hbf to Bruxelles Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 24m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- £17–24
- Website
- https://www.belgiantrain.be/en
- 2nd Class
- £17–24
- 1st Class
- £26–40
- 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
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Magdeburg Hbf to Stendal Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 48 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £10–15
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- info@flixbus.de
- Website
- flixtrain.de
Train from Stendal Hbf to Hamburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 38m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- £9–27
- Website
- https://www.flixtrain.com/
- Phone
- 0180 6 9 27 37 27
- info@eurobahn.de
- Website
- eurobahn.de
Train from Bielefeld Hbf to Hengelo
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 14m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £22–35
- Website
- https://www.eurobahn.de/en/
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from Hengelo to Rotterdam Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 17m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £25–28
- 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
- £150–240
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 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
- +38 (050) 010-01-04
- orionbilet@gmail.com
- Website
- orionbus.net
Bus from Magdeburg to Dortmund
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 33m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Website
- https://orionbus.net/en
- 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
- £50–70
- Website
- https://www.sindbad.pl/en/home
- 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
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Magdeburg central bus station to Hanover central bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £7–13
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Hanover central bus station to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 50m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- £45–130
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from London Victoria to Edinburgh, Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 16m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £20–50
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +38 (044) 444 00 44
- Website
- grandes-tour.com.ua
Bus from Magdeburg central bus station to Hanover central bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 52m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Website
- https://grandes-tour.com.ua/en
- 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
- £26–60
- Website
- https://www.nationalexpress.com/en
- Phone
- 01304 44 88 88
- customer.services@poferries.com
- Website
- poferries.com
Car ferry from Rotterdam to Hull
- Ave. Duration
- 11h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £95–150
- Website
- https://www.poferries.com/en
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Magdeburg to Edinburgh bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Hanover central bus station.
Edinburgh is 1h behind Magdeburg. It is currently 1:12 PM in Magdeburg and 12:12 PM in Edinburgh.
Magdeburg to Edinburgh train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), arrive at Hannover Hauptbahnhof station.
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