There are 9 ways to get from Messina to Edinburgh by train, plane, ferry, bus, or shuttle
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 Catania–Fontanarossa Airport, fly to Edinburgh Airport
best- Take the train from Messina Centrale to Catania Centraletrain
- Fly from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane CTA - EDI
8h 55m£75–169Ferry, train
- Take the ferry from Messina Marittima to Villa S.Giovanniferry M1 / ...
- Take the train from Villa S.Giovanni to Torino Porta Susatrain Fr
- Take the train from Torino Porta Susa to Chambery Challes Les Eauxtrain Tgv
- Take the train from Chambery Challes Les Eaux to Lille Europetrain
- Take the train from Lille Europe to London St Pancras Intltrain Eil
- Take the train from King's Cross to Edinburgh Waverleytrain
26h 21mBus, train
- Take the bus from Messina - Piazza della Repubblica to Mons - Place Léopoldbus
- Take the train from Mons to Lille Flandrestrain Ic
- Take the train from Lille Europe to London St Pancras Intltrain Eil
- Take the train from King's Cross to Edinburgh Waverleytrain
39h 16mTrain to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport, fly to Glasgow Airport, train
- Take the train from Messina Centrale to Catania Centraletrain
- Fly from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA) to Glasgow Airport (GLA)plane CTA - GLA
- Take the train from Glasgow Queen Street to Edinburgh Waverleytrain
12h 36m£86–374Ferry, train, shuttle to Lamezia Terme International Airport, fly to Edinburgh Airport
- Take the ferry from Messina Marittima to Villa S.Giovanniferry
- Take the train from Villa S.Giovanni to Lamezia Terme C.train
- Take a shuttle bus from S. Eufemia Lamezia Terme - Stazione FS to 2º Reggimento Aves Sirio
- Fly from Lamezia Terme International Airport (SUF) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane SUF - EDI
13h 9mTrain to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport, fly to Newcastle, train
- Take the train from Messina Centrale to Catania Centraletrain
- Fly from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA) to Newcastle (NCL)plane CTA - NCL
- Take the train from Newcastle to Edinburgh Waverleytrain
12h 13m£117–238Train to Palermo Airport, fly to Edinburgh Airport
- Take the train from Messina Centrale to Palermo Centraletrain
- Fly from Palermo Airport (PMO) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane PMO - EDI
10h 23m£89–198Bus
- Take the bus from Messina - Piazza della Repubblica to Luxembourg Park&Drivebus
- Take the bus from Luxembourg P+R Bouillon to London Victoria Green Line Stationbus
- Take the bus from London Victoria to St Andrew's Housebus
47h 52mBus, train via Naples
- Take the bus from Messina Main Train Station to Naples Metropark Central Parkingbus
- Take the bus from Naples - Bus Station to Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station to London Victoriabus
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Sheffield Interchange - City Centrebus
- Take the train from Sheffield to Edinburgh Waverleytrain
2d 3h£335–619
Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Messina to Edinburgh is to train and fly which costs £70 - £170 and takes 8h 55m.
The fastest way to get from Messina to Edinburgh is to train and fly which takes 8h 55m and costs £70 - £170.
No, there is no direct bus from Messina to Edinburgh. However, there are services departing from Messina - Piazza della Repubblica and arriving at St Andrew's House via Luxembourg P+R Bouillon and London Victoria. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 47h 52m.
The distance between Messina and Edinburgh is 1614 miles.
The best way to get from Messina to Edinburgh without a car is to ferry and train which takes 26h 21m and costs .
It takes approximately 8h 55m to get from Messina to Edinburgh, including transfers.
Messina to Edinburgh bus services, operated by Onebus, depart from Messina - Piazza della Repubblica station.
Messina to Edinburgh bus services, operated by Onebus, arrive at Luxembourg Park&Drive station.
Edinburgh is 1h behind Messina. It is currently 3:00 AM in Messina and 2:00 AM in Edinburgh.
Book your Messina to Edinburgh bus tickets online with Omio.
What companies run services between Messina, Italy and Edinburgh, Scotland?
You can take a bus from Messina - Piazza della Repubblica to St Andrew's House via Luxembourg P+R Bouillon, London Victoria Green Line Station, and London Victoria in around 47h 52m.
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £65–120
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Glasgow Airport via Geneva
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 30m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- £50–180
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Glasgow Airport via Pisa
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 50m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £50–180
Flights from Lamezia Terme International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Geneva
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 5m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- £60–220
Flights from Lamezia Terme International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Innsbruck
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £60–220
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Newcastle via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 40m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £55–190
Flights from Palermo Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Geneva
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 10m
- When
- Tuesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- £55–210
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 5m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- £60–140
Flights from Lamezia Terme International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday
- Estimated price
- £60–220
Flights from Lamezia Terme International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Pisa
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 20m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- £60–220
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Newcastle via Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 15m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £65–120
Flights from Palermo Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £55–140
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Glasgow Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 9h
- When
- Thursday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- £65–290
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Newcastle via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 40m
- When
- Thursday to Friday
- Estimated price
- £65–300
- Website
- jet2.com
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- £35–160
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Newcastle via Geneva
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 30m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- £50–190
- Website
- flyedelweiss.com
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Glasgow Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 5m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £65–280
- Website
- flyulendo.com
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Glasgow Airport via Milan Malpensa
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 25m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £35–160
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Lamezia Terme International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Stuttgart
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £50–220
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Newcastle via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £65–300
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- Trenitalia
Train from Messina Centrale to Catania Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 1m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £10–17
- Website
- Trenitalia
Train from Torino Porta Susa to Chambery Challes Les Eaux
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- £21–35
- Website
- Trenitalia
Train from Messina Centrale to Catania Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 1m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £10–17
- Website
- Trenitalia
Train from Villa S.Giovanni to Lamezia Terme C.
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 18m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £11–18
- Website
- Trenitalia
Train from Messina Centrale to Catania Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 1m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £10–17
- Website
- Trenitalia
Train from Messina Centrale to Palermo Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 56m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £23–40
- Website
- Trenitalia
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- Trenitalia Intercity
Train from Messina Centrale to Catania Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 19m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- £8–18
- Website
- Trenitalia Intercity
Train from Messina Centrale to Catania Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 19m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- £8–18
- Website
- Trenitalia Intercity
Train from Villa S.Giovanni to Lamezia Terme C.
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 9m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £9–20
- Website
- Trenitalia Intercity
Train from Messina Centrale to Catania Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 19m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- £8–18
- Website
- Trenitalia Intercity
Train from Messina Centrale to Palermo Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 4m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- £20–45
- Website
- Trenitalia Intercity
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- Trenitalia Frecce
Train from Villa S.Giovanni to Torino Porta Susa
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 50m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £160–340
- Schedules at
- Trenitalia Frecce
Train from Villa S.Giovanni to Lamezia Terme C.
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 9m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £13–26
- Schedules at
- Trenitalia Frecce
- Phone
- +39 06 8937 1892
- Website
- Italo Treno
Train from Villa S.Giovanni to Torino Porta Susa
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 48m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £140–290
- Website
- Italo Treno
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Torino Porta Susa to Chambery Challes Les Eaux
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 36m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £30–55
- Website
- TGV inOui
- Phone
- +44 (0)3432 186 186
- Website
- Eurostar
Train from Chambery Challes Les Eaux to Lille Europe
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- £180–320
- Website
- Eurostar
Train from Lille Europe to London St Pancras Intl
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £65–120
- Website
- Eurostar
Train from Lille Europe to London St Pancras Intl
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £65–120
- 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)
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)
Train from Newcastle to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 24m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £40–60
- Website
- London North Eastern Railway Limited (LNER)
- Phone
- +32 70 79 79 79
- Website
- Belgian Railways
Train from Mons to Lille Flandres
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 6m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £10–21
- Website
- Belgian Railways
- 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
- £20–40
- 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
- Phone
- +44 330 060 0500
- enquiry@sleeper.scot
- 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 Newcastle to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 43m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- £40–65
- Website
- Caledonian Sleeper
Train from Newcastle to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £65–95
- Website
- Cross Country
Train from Sheffield to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 48m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £140–200
- Website
- Cross Country
Train from Newcastle to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 46m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £40–75
- Website
- TransPennine Express
- Phone
- +39 0362 185 0590
- info@onebus.it
- Website
- Onebus
Bus from Messina - Piazza della Repubblica to Mons - Place Léopold
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 49m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Website
- Onebus
Bus from Messina - Piazza della Repubblica to Luxembourg Park&Drive
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 21m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Website
- Onebus
Shuttle from S. Eufemia Lamezia Terme - Stazione FS to 2º Reggimento Aves Sirio
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 23m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £3
- Schedules at
- lameziamultiservizi.it
- Phone
- +420 222 222 221
- info@regiojet.com
- Website
- RegioJet
Bus from Luxembourg P+R Bouillon to London Victoria Green Line Station
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 20m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- £35–55
- Website
- RegioJet
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from London Victoria to St Andrew's House
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 15m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £40–70
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from London Victoria to Sheffield Interchange - City Centre
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £18–30
- Website
- Flixbus
- Phone
- +39 06 88 93 82 32
- Website
- Itabus S.p.A.
Bus from Messina Main Train Station to Naples Metropark Central Parking
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 5m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £26–55
- Website
- Itabus S.p.A.
- Phone
- +3 318 576 2228
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
Bus from Naples - Bus Station to Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 25m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £120–230
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
Bus from Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 21m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- £30–60
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
- Phone
- +44 (0)3717 81 81 81
- Website
- National Express
Bus from London Victoria to Sheffield Interchange - City Centre
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £30–75
- Website
- National Express
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- Trenitalia
Ferry from Messina Marittima to Villa S.Giovanni
- Ave. Duration
- 20 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- Trenitalia
Ferry from Messina Marittima to Villa S.Giovanni
- Ave. Duration
- 20 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- Trenitalia
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