There are 6 ways to get from Raleigh to Edinburgh by plane, train, or bus
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Fly Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Edinburgh Airport
best- Fly from Raleigh-Durham International Airport (RDU) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane RDU - EDI
12h 38m£310–1,112Fly Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Glasgow Airport, train
cheapest- Fly from Raleigh-Durham International Airport (RDU) to Glasgow Airport (GLA)plane RDU - GLA
- Take the train from Glasgow Queen Street to Edinburgh Waverleytrain
13h 27m£153–477Fly Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Dundee Riverside Airport, train
- Fly from Raleigh-Durham International Airport (RDU) to Dundee Riverside Airport (DND)plane RDU - DND
- Take the train from Dundee to Edinburgh Waverleytrain
17h 22m£238–935Fly Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Newcastle, train
- Fly from Raleigh-Durham International Airport (RDU) to Newcastle (NCL)plane RDU - NCL
- Take the train from Newcastle to Edinburgh Waverleytrain
15h 11m£206–866Bus to Wilmington International Airport, fly to Edinburgh Airport
- Take the bus from Raleigh Bus Station to Wilmington Cape Fear Public Transitbus
- Fly from Wilmington International Airport (ILM) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane ILM - EDI
17h 24m£179–659Bus to Richmond International Airport, fly to Edinburgh Airport
- Take the bus from Raleigh Bus Station to Richmondbus
- Fly from Richmond International Airport (RIC) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane RIC - EDI
16h 43m£294–796
Raleigh-Durham International Airport (RDU) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Raleigh to Edinburgh is to bus and fly which costs £290 - £800 and takes 16h 43m.
The fastest way to get from Raleigh to Edinburgh is to fly which takes 12h 38m and costs £310 - £1,200.
The distance between Raleigh and Edinburgh is 3714 miles.
It takes approximately 12h 38m to get from Raleigh to Edinburgh, including transfers.
Edinburgh is 5h ahead of Raleigh. It is currently 5:44 PM in Raleigh and 10:44 PM in Edinburgh.
There are 2557+ hotels available in Edinburgh.
What companies run services between Raleigh, NC, USA and Edinburgh, Scotland?
Icelandair, JetBlue Airways, and seven other airlines fly from Raleigh-Durham International Airport (RDU) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI) every 4 hours.
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 5m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £180–850
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 15m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £160–600
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via New York JFK
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £140–550
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Glasgow Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 5m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £180–850
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Glasgow Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 15m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- £160–650
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Dundee Riverside Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £220–850
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Dundee Riverside Airport via New York JFK, London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 28m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £220–850
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Dundee Riverside Airport via Philadelphia, London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 17m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £220–850
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Dundee Riverside Airport via Dublin, London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £260–1,200
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Dundee Riverside Airport via Baltimore, London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 15m
- When
- Tuesday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- £220–900
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Dundee Riverside Airport via Washington Dulles, London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £220–850
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Dundee Riverside Airport via Boston, London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 25m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £220–850
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Newcastle via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 50m
- When
- Monday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- £180–700
Flights from Wilmington International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Philadelphia
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 24m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £140–600
Flights from Wilmington International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Charlotte, Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 41m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £160–600
Flights from Richmond International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Philadelphia
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 53m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £150–600
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via New York JFK
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 46m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £140–550
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 45m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £170–650
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Boston
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 45m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- £140–550
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Newcastle via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 25m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £200–750
Flights from Wilmington International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 4m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £170–650
Flights from Wilmington International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Boston
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £140–600
Flights from Richmond International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via New York JFK
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 46m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £150–600
Flights from Richmond International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Boston
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 38m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £150–600
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via New York JFK
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 46m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £140–550
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 45m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £170–650
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Boston
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 45m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- £140–550
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Newcastle via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 25m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £200–750
Flights from Wilmington International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 4m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £170–650
Flights from Wilmington International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Boston
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £140–600
Flights from Richmond International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via New York JFK
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 46m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £150–600
Flights from Richmond International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Boston
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 38m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £150–600
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 15m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £160–600
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via New York JFK
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £140–550
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Glasgow Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 15m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- £160–650
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Newcastle via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 50m
- When
- Monday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- £180–700
Flights from Wilmington International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Philadelphia
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 24m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £140–600
Flights from Richmond International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Philadelphia
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 53m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £150–600
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Montreal
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 15m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £140–600
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Glasgow Airport via Newark
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 31m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £140–550
Flights from Wilmington International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Newark
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 28m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £140–600
Flights from Richmond International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Washington Dulles
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 42m
- When
- Thursday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £150–600
Flights from Richmond International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Newark
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 24m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £150–600
- Website
- jetblue.com
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Boston
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 39m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £140–550
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via New York JFK
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 54m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £140–550
Flights from Wilmington International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Boston
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £140–600
Flights from Richmond International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Boston
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 27m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £150–600
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 45m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £200–800
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Glasgow Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 35m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £200–800
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Newcastle via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 13h
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- £230–900
Flights from Richmond International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Newark
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 24m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £150–600
- Website
- loganair.co.uk
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Dundee Riverside Airport via Philadelphia, London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 21m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £220–850
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Dundee Riverside Airport via Washington Dulles, London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £220–850
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Dundee Riverside Airport via New York JFK, London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 37m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £220–850
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Dundee Riverside Airport via Boston, London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 25m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £220–850
- Website
- aircanada.com
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Montreal
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 15m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £140–600
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Glasgow Airport via Newark
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £140–550
Flights from Richmond International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Newark
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 24m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £150–600
- Website
- icelandair.com
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Reykjavik Keflavik Nas
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £190–700
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Glasgow Airport via Reykjavik Keflavik Nas
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £140–440
- Website
- aerlingus.com
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 5m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £180–850
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Glasgow Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 5m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £180–850
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Glasgow Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 10m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £170–650
- Phone
- +44 344 811 0141
- Website
- scotrail.co.uk
Train from Glasgow Queen Street to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £13–35
- Website
- https://www.scotrail.co.uk/
- Standard
- £13–18
- 1st Class
- £23–35
Train from Dundee to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 28m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £16–40
- Website
- https://www.scotrail.co.uk/
- Standard
- £16–22
- 1st Class
- £27–40
- Phone
- +44 345 722 5333
- customers@lner.co.uk
- Website
- lner.co.uk
Train from Dundee to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 16m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- £55–75
- Website
- https://www.lner.co.uk/
- Anytime Day Single
- £55–75
Train from Newcastle to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 21m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £75–110
- Website
- https://www.lner.co.uk/
- Anytime Day Single
- £75–110
Train from Dundee to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £30–75
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
- Standard
- £30–50
- 1st Class
- £50–75
Train from Newcastle to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £55–160
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
- Standard
- £55–85
- 1st Class
- £110–160
- Phone
- +44 330 060 0500
- enquiry@sleeper.scot
- Website
- sleeper.scot
Train from Dundee to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 37m
- Frequency
- 6 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
- £230–270
Train from Newcastle to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 42m
- Frequency
- Twice 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
- 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
- £24–60
- Website
- https://www.tpexpress.co.uk/
- Standard
- £24–35
- 1st Class
- £45–60
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Contact Details
- Phone
- +1 214-849-8100
- ifsr@greyhound.com
- Website
- greyhound.com
Bus from Raleigh Bus Station to Wilmington Cape Fear Public Transit
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £18–35
- Website
- https://www.greyhound.com/
Bus from Raleigh Bus Station to Richmond
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £18–35
- Website
- https://www.greyhound.com/
- Phone
- +1 (855) 626-8585
- Website
- flixbus.com
Bus from Raleigh Bus Station to Richmond
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- £13–23
- Schedules at
- flixbus.com
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