There are 12 ways to get from Paderborn to Edinburgh by train, plane, train (Eurostar), bus, car, car train, or car ferry
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Train to Düsseldorf International Airport, fly
best- Take the train from Paderborn Hbf to Duesseldorf Flughafen
- Fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)DUS - EDI
6h 20m£103–218Train to Weeze Airport, fly
cheapest- Take the train from Paderborn Hbf to Essen Hbf
- Fly from Weeze Airport (NRN) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)NRN - EDI
8h 5m£71–220Train via Brussels
- Take the train from Paderborn Hbf to Hamm(Westf)HbfRe
- Take the train from Hamm to Köln Hbf10 / ...
- Take the train from Köln Hbf to Bruxelles Midi79
- Take the train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to London St Pancras IntlEil
- Take the train from King's Cross to Edinburgh Waverley
12h 38m£201–596Train, bus
- Take the train from Paderborn Hbf to Essen HbfRe
- Take the bus from Essen central train station to Brussels-North train station081
- Take the bus from Brussel Eurolines Busstation to Sheffield
- Take the train from Sheffield to Edinburgh Waverley
22h 29m£94–281Drive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Paderborn to Calais-Fréthun
- Take the car train from Calais-Fréthun to Folkestone
- Drive from Folkestone to Edinburgh
13h 51mTrain to Hannover Airport, fly
- Take the train from Paderborn Hbf to Hannover Flughafen
- Fly from Hannover Airport (HAJ) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)HAJ - EDI
8h 21mTrain, train to Cologne Bonn Airport, fly
- Take the train from Paderborn Hbf to Hamm(Westf)Hbf
- Take the train from Hamm(Westf)Hbf to Koeln Messe/Deutz
- Fly from Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)CGN - EDI
7h 13m£96–250Train, train to Frankfurt, fly
- Take the train from Paderborn Hbf to Kassel-Wilhelmshoehe
- Take the train from Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhe to Frankfurt
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)FRA - EDI
7h 49m£124–289Train, train to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, fly
- Take the train from Paderborn Hbf to Duisburg Hbf
- Take the train from Duisburg Hbf to Arnhem Centraal
- Take the train from Arnhem Centraal to Schiphol Airport
- Fly from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)AMS - EDI
8h 30m£116–265Train
- Take the train from Paderborn Hbf to Hamm(Westf)HbfRe
- Take the train from Hamm to Venlo
- Take the train from Venlo to Rotterdam Centraal
- Take the train from Rotterdam Centraal to London St. Pancras Int.
- Take the train from King's Cross to Edinburgh Waverley
15h 56m£190–586Bus
- Take the bus from Bielefeld Brackwede train station to London VictoriaN1328
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Edinburgh, Bus StationUkxn10 / ...
24h 12m£71–202Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Paderborn to Calais
- Take the car ferry from Calais to Port of Dover
- Drive from Port of Dover to Edinburgh
14h 52m£202–303
Paderborn to Edinburgh by train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Paderborn to Edinburgh is to bus which costs £70 - £210 and takes 24h 12m.
The fastest way to get from Paderborn to Edinburgh is to train and fly which takes 6h 20m and costs £100 - £220.
No, there is no direct bus from Paderborn to Edinburgh station. However, there are services departing from Paderborn and arriving at Edinburgh, Bus Station via Bielefeld Brackwede train station and London Victoria. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 24h 12m.
No, there is no direct train from Paderborn to Edinburgh. However, there are services departing from Paderborn Hbf and arriving at Edinburgh Waverley via Hamm, Köln Hbf, Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi and King's Cross. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 12h 38m.
The distance between Paderborn and Edinburgh is 647 miles.
The best way to get from Paderborn to Edinburgh without a car is to train via Brussels which takes 12h 38m and costs £200 - £600.
It takes approximately 6h 20m to get from Paderborn to Edinburgh, including transfers.
Paderborn to Edinburgh bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Bielefeld Brackwede train station.
Paderborn to Edinburgh train services, operated by National Express, depart from Paderborn Hbf station.
The best way to get from Paderborn to Edinburgh is to train via Brussels which takes 12h 38m and costs £200 - £600. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs £70 - £210 and takes 24h 12m.
What companies run services between Paderborn, Germany and Edinburgh, Scotland?
You can take a train from Paderborn Hbf to Edinburgh Waverley via Hamm(Westf)Hbf, Hamm, Köln Hbf, Bruxelles Midi, Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi, London St Pancras Intl, and King's Cross in around 12h 38m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Paderborn to Edinburgh, Bus Station via Bielefeld Brackwede train station and London Victoria in around 24h 12m.
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £35–220
Flights from Hannover Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 16m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £45–270
Flights from Frankfurt to Edinburgh Airport via Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £40–220
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 28m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £40–240
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £100–200
Flights from Hannover Airport to Edinburgh Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 16m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £120–220
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Edinburgh Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 7m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £90–190
Flights from Frankfurt to Edinburgh Airport via London City
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- £60–250
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Edinburgh Airport via London City
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 36m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £110–190
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Monday to Wednesday
- Estimated price
- £60–170
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £45–140
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Edinburgh Airport via Birmingham
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £45–140
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Edinburgh Airport via London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £45–140
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Hannover Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £80–440
Flights from Frankfurt to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £75–180
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- £55–140
Flights from Weeze Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £30–150
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £60–160
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £50–170
- Website
- brusselsairlines.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Edinburgh Airport via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £50–190
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Hannover Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £220–490
- Phone
- 0221 13 999 444
- Website
- nationalexpress.de
Train from Paderborn Hbf to Duesseldorf Flughafen
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 3m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- £26–40
- Schedules at
- nationalexpress.de
Train from Paderborn Hbf to Hamm(Westf)Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 40 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £12–19
- Schedules at
- nationalexpress.de
Train from Hamm to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 52m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- £22–35
- Schedules at
- nationalexpress.de
Train from Paderborn Hbf to Essen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 33m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £21–30
- Schedules at
- nationalexpress.de
Train from Hamm(Westf)Hbf to Koeln Messe/Deutz
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 47m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £22–35
- Schedules at
- nationalexpress.de
Train from Paderborn Hbf to Kassel-Wilhelmshoehe
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £16–24
- Schedules at
- nationalexpress.de
Train from Paderborn Hbf to Duisburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 47m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- £24–35
- Schedules at
- nationalexpress.de
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Paderborn Hbf to Duesseldorf Flughafen
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 54m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £30–45
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Paderborn Hbf to Hamm(Westf)Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 41 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £24–27
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Hamm to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 39m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £15–35
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Köln Hbf to Bruxelles Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 54m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £28–65
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Paderborn Hbf to Essen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 28m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £21–35
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Hamm(Westf)Hbf to Koeln Messe/Deutz
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £15–35
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Paderborn Hbf to Kassel-Wilhelmshoehe
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- £19–30
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhe to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 26m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £13–50
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Paderborn Hbf to Duisburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 42m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £21–40
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Duisburg Hbf to Arnhem Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 1m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £21–40
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- 0180 6 9 27 37 27
- info@eurobahn.de
- Website
- eurobahn.de
Train from Paderborn Hbf to Hamm(Westf)Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 53 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £13–19
- Website
- https://www.eurobahn.de/en/
Train from Hamm to Venlo
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 31m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £22–35
- Website
- https://www.eurobahn.de/en/
- Phone
- +44 343 218 6186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from Köln Hbf to Bruxelles Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 52m
- 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 4m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £75–290
- 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
- £60–340
- 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
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £70–160
- Website
- https://www.lner.co.uk/
Train from Sheffield to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £35–180
- 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 30 311682904
- Website
- bahn.com
Train from Paderborn Hbf to Hannover Flughafen
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 8m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- https://www.bahn.com/en
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhe to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- £25–35
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- 069 450099650
- Kundenservice-Linie10@vias-online.de
- Website
- vias-online.de
Train from Duisburg Hbf to Arnhem Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 29m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £14–20
- Schedules at
- vias-online.de
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from Duisburg Hbf to Arnhem Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £14–45
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- £14–22
- 1st Class
- £27–45
Train from Arnhem Centraal to Schiphol Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £20
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
Train from Venlo to Rotterdam Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 1m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £25
- 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
- £210–250
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- Phone
- +31 85 004 3110
- Website
- traincharter.eu
Train from Hamm to Venlo
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 31m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Website
- https://traincharter.eu/
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Essen central train station to Brussels-North train station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £15–40
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Bielefeld Brackwede train station to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 10m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £45–120
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from London Victoria to Edinburgh, Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 16m
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- £21–65
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- 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
- £23–27
- Website
- https://www.eurobus.sk/en
- Phone
- 08717 81 81 81
- Website
- nationalexpress.com
Bus from London Victoria to Edinburgh, Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 25m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £26–75
- Website
- https://www.nationalexpress.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
- £30–40
- Website
- https://www.irishferries.com/uk-en/Travel-to-Ireland
- Car
- £65–170
- On Foot
- £30–40
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Paderborn to Edinburgh bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at London Victoria station.
Edinburgh is 1h behind Paderborn. It is currently 9:15 AM in Paderborn and 8:15 AM in Edinburgh.
Paderborn to Edinburgh train services, operated by National Express, arrive at Hamm(Westf)Hbf station.
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