There are 11 ways to get from Rennes to Edinburgh by train (TGV, Eurostar), train, ferry, bus, car, car ferry, car train, or plane
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Train
best- Take the train from Rennes to Paris Montparnasse 1 Et 2train Tgv
- Take the train from Paris Nord to London St Pancras Intltrain Eil
- Take the train from King's Cross to Edinburgh Waverleytrain
9h 42m£293–483Train to Nantes Atlantique Airport, fly to Edinburgh Airport
cheapest- Take the train from Rennes to Nantestrain
- Fly from Nantes Atlantique Airport (NTE) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane NTE - EDI
6h 16m£82–244Train, ferry
- Take the train from Pontchaillou to St Malotrain Ter
- Take the ferry from Saint-Malo to Portsmouthferry
- Take the train from Southampton Central to Birmingham New Streettrain
- Take the train from Birmingham New Street to Edinburgh Waverleytrain
21h 30m£258–489Bus
- Take the bus from Rennes - 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 Edinburgh, Bus Stationbus
23h 29m£91–286Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Rennes to Port of Cherbourgcar
- Take the carferry from Port of Cherbourg to Poolecarferry
- Drive from Poole to Edinburghcar
15h 13m£148–529Bus, ferry, train
- Take the bus from Rennes-Gare Routiere to Cherbourg-Garebus
- Take the ferry from Port of Cherbourg to Portsmouth International Portferry
- Take the train from Southampton Central to Edinburgh Waverleytrain
23h 41m£372–533Drive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Rennes to Calais-Fréthuncar
- Take the cartrain from Calais-Fréthun to Folkestonecartrain
- Drive from Folkestone to Edinburghcar
13h 16m£285–375Fly Rennes-Saint-Jacques Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Fly from Rennes-Saint-Jacques Airport (RNS) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane RNS - EDI
7h£111–281Fly Rennes-Saint-Jacques Airport to Glasgow Airport, train
- Fly from Rennes-Saint-Jacques Airport (RNS) to Glasgow Airport (GLA)plane RNS - GLA
- Take the train from Glasgow Queen Street to Edinburgh Waverleytrain
8h 34m£112–336Fly Rennes-Saint-Jacques Airport to Newcastle, train
- Fly from Rennes-Saint-Jacques Airport (RNS) to Newcastle (NCL)plane RNS - NCL
- Take the train from Newcastle to Edinburgh Waverleytrain
10h 11m£173–360Train to Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport, fly to Edinburgh Airport
- Take the train from Rennes to Aeroport Cdg2 Tgv Roissytrain
- Fly from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport (CDG) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane CDG - EDI
6h 47m£120–289
Rennes to Edinburgh by train, foot, and subway
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Rennes to Edinburgh is to train and fly which costs £80 - £250 and takes 6h 16m.
The fastest way to get from Rennes to Edinburgh is to train and fly which takes 6h 16m and costs £80 - £250.
No, there is no direct bus from Rennes station to Edinburgh station. However, there are services departing from Rennes - Bus Station and arriving at Edinburgh, Bus Station via Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station and London Victoria. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 23h 29m.
No, there is no direct train from Rennes to Edinburgh. However, there are services departing from Rennes and arriving at Edinburgh Waverley via Montparnasse Bienvenue, Paris Nord and King's Cross. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 9h 42m.
The distance between Rennes and Edinburgh is 900 miles.
The best way to get from Rennes to Edinburgh without a car is to train which takes 9h 42m and costs £290 - £490.
It takes approximately 9h 42m to get from Rennes to Edinburgh, including transfers.
Rennes to Edinburgh bus services, operated by BlaBlaCar Bus, depart from Rennes - Bus Station.
Rennes to Edinburgh train services, operated by TGV inOui, depart from Rennes station.
The best way to get from Rennes to Edinburgh is to train which takes 9h 42m and costs £290 - £490. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs £90 - £290 and takes 23h 29m, you could also fly, which costs £110 - £290 and takes 7h.
What companies run services between Rennes, France and Edinburgh, Scotland?
You can take a train from Rennes to Edinburgh Waverley via Paris Montparnasse 1 Et 2, Montparnasse Bienvenue, Gare du Nord, Paris Nord, London St Pancras Intl, and King's Cross in around 9h 42m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Rennes - Bus Station to Edinburgh, Bus Station via Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station and London Victoria in around 23h 29m.
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Rennes-Saint-Jacques Airport to Edinburgh Airport via London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 35m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £100–270
Flights from Rennes-Saint-Jacques Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Geneva
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 45m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £100–270
Flights from Rennes-Saint-Jacques Airport to Glasgow Airport via London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 31m
- When
- Friday, Sunday, and Monday
- Estimated price
- £100–290
Flights from Rennes-Saint-Jacques Airport to Glasgow Airport via Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £100–290
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 46m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £45–150
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Bristol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 41m
- When
- Monday, Sunday, Thursday, and Tuesday
- Estimated price
- £45–150
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Edinburgh Airport via London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- £45–150
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Edinburgh Airport via London Luton
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £45–150
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Birmingham
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £45–150
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Rennes-Saint-Jacques Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- £75–390
Flights from Nantes Atlantique Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £50–260
Flights from Rennes-Saint-Jacques Airport to Glasgow Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £80–410
Flights from Rennes-Saint-Jacques Airport to Newcastle via Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 41m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £75–410
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 51m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £40–230
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Rennes-Saint-Jacques Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £80–400
Flights from Rennes-Saint-Jacques Airport to Glasgow Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £80–410
Flights from Rennes-Saint-Jacques Airport to Newcastle via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £80–430
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Nantes Atlantique Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £50–140
- Website
- aerlingus.com
Flights from Nantes Atlantique Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £45–240
- Website
- brusselsairlines.com
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £55–200
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Rennes to Paris Montparnasse 1 Et 2
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 33m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £60–100
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Rennes to Aeroport Cdg2 Tgv Roissy
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 26m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- £70–120
- Website
- TGV inOui
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Rennes to Paris Montparnasse 1 Et 2
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 12m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £50–100
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Pontchaillou to St Malo
- Ave. Duration
- 49 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £10–22
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Rennes to Nantes
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 17m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £21–45
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Rennes to Aeroport Cdg2 Tgv Roissy
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 37m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- £55–120
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
- Phone
- +44 (0)3432 186 186
- Website
- Eurostar
Train from Paris Nord to London St Pancras Intl
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 28m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £110–190
- 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 Newcastle to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 24m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £40–60
- Website
- London North Eastern Railway Limited (LNER)
Train from Southampton Central to Birmingham New Street
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 36m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £75–110
- Website
- Cross Country
Train from Birmingham New Street to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 7m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £180–260
- Website
- Cross Country
Train from Southampton Central to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 56m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £260–370
- Website
- Cross Country
Train from Newcastle to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £65–95
- Website
- Cross Country
- Phone
- +44 (0)345 528 0253
- Website
- Avanti West Coast
Train from Birmingham New Street to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 17m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £120–200
- Website
- Avanti West Coast
- Phone
- +44 (0) 8443 35 35 35
- Website
- LeShuttle
Car train from Calais-Fréthun to Folkestone
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £117
- Website
- LeShuttle
- Standard fare
- £117
- 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
- £15–25
- 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 46m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £40–75
- Website
- TransPennine Express
- Phone
- +3 318 576 2228
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
Bus from Rennes - Bus Station to Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- £26–50
- 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
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from London Victoria to Edinburgh, Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 16m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £35–65
- Website
- Flixbus
- Phone
- +44 (0)3717 81 81 81
- Website
- National Express
Bus from London Victoria to Edinburgh, Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 40m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- £70–180
- Website
- National Express
- Phone
- +33 806 07 95 30
- contact@capcotentin.fr
- Website
- Cap Cotentin
Bus from Rennes-Gare Routiere to Cherbourg-Gare
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- £1–2
- Schedules at
- Cap Cotentin
- Pre-purchased ticket
- £1
- On board ticket
- £2
- Phone
- 0330 159 7000
- reservations@brittanyferries.com
- Website
- brittany-ferries.co.uk
Ferry from Saint-Malo to Portsmouth
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 35m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- £50–95
- Book at
- brittany-ferries.co.uk
Car ferry from Port of Cherbourg to Poole
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- £21–330
- Schedules at
- brittany-ferries.co.uk
- Book at
- brittany-ferries.co.uk
- Single Ticket
- £45–85
- Car Single Ticket
- £120–330
Ferry from Port of Cherbourg to Portsmouth International Port
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 10m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- £110–160
- Website
- Brittany Ferries (Condor Ferries)
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More Questions & Answers
Rennes to Edinburgh bus services, operated by BlaBlaCar Bus, arrive at Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station.
Edinburgh is 1h behind Rennes. It is currently 4:38 PM in Rennes and 3:38 PM in Edinburgh.
Rennes to Edinburgh train services, operated by TGV inOui, arrive at Paris Montparnasse 1 Et 2 station.
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