There are 9 ways to get from Potsdam to Edinburgh by train, plane, train (Eurostar), bus, car, car train, shuttle, or car ferry
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Train, fly to Edinburgh Airport
best- Take the train from S Potsdam Hauptbahnhof to Flughafen BER
- Fly from Berlin Brandenburg Airport (BER) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)BER - EDI
5h 43m£65–174Train via Cologne
- Take the train from Berlin Hbf to Wuppertal Hbf19 / ...
- Take the train from Wuppertal Hbf to Koeln HbfRb / ...
- Take the train from Koeln Hbf to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi
- Take the train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to London St Pancras IntlEil
- Take the train from King's Cross to Edinburgh Waverley
16h 11m£213–694Bus
- Take the bus from Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhof to London VictoriaN1328
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Edinburgh, Bus StationUkxn10 / ...
28h 51m£79–226Drive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Potsdam to Calais-Fréthun
- Take the car train from Calais-Fréthun to Folkestone
- Drive from Folkestone to Edinburgh
16h 25mTrain, fly to Glasgow Airport
- Take the train from S Potsdam Hauptbahnhof to Flughafen BER
- Fly from Berlin Brandenburg Airport (BER) to Glasgow Airport (GLA)BER - GLA
- Take the train from Glasgow Queen Street to Edinburgh Waverley
6h 32m£82–249Train, fly to Newcastle
- Take the train from S Potsdam Hauptbahnhof to Flughafen BER
- Fly from Berlin Brandenburg Airport (BER) to Newcastle (NCL)BER - NCL
- Take the train from Newcastle to Edinburgh Waverley
8h 48m£80–248Train
- Take the train from Berlin Hbf to Amsterdam CentraalIce
- Take the train from Amsterdam Centraal to London St. Pancras Int.
- Take the train from King's Cross to Edinburgh Waverley
17h 8m£208–786Shuttle, bus, train
- Take a shuttle bus from Berlin to Praha ÚAN Florenc
- Take the bus from Praha, ÚAN Florenc to Sheffield
- Take the train from Sheffield to Edinburgh Waverley
34h 32m£128–388Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Potsdam to Calais
- Take the car ferry from Calais to Port of Dover
- Drive from Port of Dover to Edinburgh
17h 26m£248–371
Potsdam to Edinburgh by train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Potsdam to Edinburgh is to train and fly which costs £65 - £180 and takes 5h 43m.
The fastest way to get from Potsdam to Edinburgh is to train and fly which takes 5h 43m and costs £65 - £180.
No, there is no direct bus from Potsdam station to Edinburgh station. However, there are services departing from Potsdam central train station and arriving at Edinburgh, Bus Station via Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhof and London Victoria. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 28h 51m.
No, there is no direct train from Potsdam to Edinburgh. However, there are services departing from Potsdam Hbf and arriving at Edinburgh Waverley via Berlin Hbf, Wuppertal Hbf, Koeln Hbf, Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi and King's Cross. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 16h 11m.
The distance between Potsdam and Edinburgh is 767 miles.
The best way to get from Potsdam to Edinburgh without a car is to train via Cologne which takes 16h 11m and costs £210 - £700.
It takes approximately 5h 43m to get from Potsdam to Edinburgh, including transfers.
Potsdam to Edinburgh bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhof station.
Potsdam to Edinburgh train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), depart from Berlin Hbf station.
The best way to get from Potsdam to Edinburgh is to train via Cologne which takes 16h 11m and costs £210 - £700. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs £75 - £230 and takes 28h 51m.
What companies run services between Potsdam, Germany and Edinburgh, Scotland?
You can take a train from Potsdam Hbf to Edinburgh Waverley via Berlin Hbf, Wuppertal Hbf, Koeln Hbf, Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi, London St Pancras Intl, and King's Cross in around 16h 11m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Potsdam central train station to Edinburgh, Bus Station via Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhof and London Victoria in around 28h 51m.
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 46m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £40–240
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Glasgow Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £45–250
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Newcastle via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 46m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £45–250
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Edinburgh Airport via London City
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- £55–260
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Glasgow Airport via London City
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- When
- Tuesday to Friday
- Estimated price
- £60–270
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Newcastle via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £60–290
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £40–160
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Glasgow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- £55–160
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Glasgow Airport via London Luton
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- £55–160
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Glasgow Airport via Bristol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- When
- Wednesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £55–160
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £40–130
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Glasgow Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 27m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £65–260
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Newcastle via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £70–280
- Website
- brusselsairlines.com
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £55–200
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Dusseldorf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £90–260
- Website
- flysas.com
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £55–210
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Edinburgh Airport via London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Monday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- £60–100
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from S Potsdam Hauptbahnhof to Flughafen BER
- Ave. Duration
- 48 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £9–14
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Berlin Hbf to Wuppertal Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 38m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £40–130
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Koeln Hbf to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 52m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £27–70
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- 0221 13 999 444
- Website
- nationalexpress.de
Train from Wuppertal Hbf to Koeln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 45 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £8–13
- Schedules at
- nationalexpress.de
- Phone
- +44 343 218 6186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from Koeln Hbf to Brussel-Zuid / 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 5m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £75–290
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
Train from Amsterdam Centraal to London St. Pancras Int.
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 17m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- £55–320
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Phone
- +32 70 79 79 79
- Website
- belgiantrain.be
Train from Koeln Hbf to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 8m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- £17–25
- Website
- https://www.belgiantrain.be/en
- 2nd Class
- £17–25
- 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 5m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £70–160
- Website
- https://www.lner.co.uk/
Train from Newcastle to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 24m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £21–40
- 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
Train from Newcastle to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 41m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- £60–80
- Website
- https://www.sleeper.scot/
- Sleeper Berth Classic
- £210–230
- Sleeper Seat
- £60–80
- Sleeper Berth Club Solo
- £240–290
Train from Newcastle to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 27m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £28–40
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.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
- +44 345 600 1671
- tpecustomer.relations@tpexpress.co.uk
- Website
- tpexpress.co.uk
Train from Newcastle to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 44m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £8–25
- Website
- https://www.tpexpress.co.uk/
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from Berlin Hbf to Amsterdam Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £80–290
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- £80–130
- 1st Class
- £170–290
Train from Amsterdam Centraal to London St. Pancras Int.
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 17m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- £85–270
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhof to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 5m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- £55–140
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from London Victoria to Edinburgh, Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 16m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- £20–75
- 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
- +36 70 282 1827
- info@eurobusways.com
- Website
- eurobusways.com
Shuttle from Berlin to Praha ÚAN Florenc
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- £40–65
- Schedules at
- eurobusways.com
- Phone
- +421 55 680 73 06
- onlinepredaj@eurobus.sk
- Website
- eurobus.sk
Bus from Praha, ÚAN Florenc to Sheffield
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 58m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- £50–130
- 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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Potsdam to Edinburgh bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at London Victoria station.
Edinburgh is 1h behind Potsdam. It is currently 11:36 AM in Potsdam and 10:36 AM in Edinburgh.
Potsdam to Edinburgh train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), arrive at Wuppertal Hbf station.
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