There are 8 ways to get from Sandbach to Edinburgh by train, bus, car, or plane
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Train
best- Take the train from Crewe to Edinburgh Waverleytrain London Euston - Edinburgh / ...
4h 36m£55–140Bus
cheapest- Take the bus from Shudehill Interchange to Buchanan Bus Stationbus Ukn30 / ...
- Take the bus from Buchanan Bus Station to Princes Streetbus Uk090
8h 9m£34–61Drive 230.2 mi
- Drive from Sandbach to Edinburghcar 230.2 mi
4h 5m£58–83Train to Liverpool, fly to Edinburgh Airport
- Take the train from Crewe to Liverpool South Parkwaytrain
- Fly from Liverpool (LPL) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane LPL - EDI
5h 43m£69–169Line 130 bus, train
- Take the bus from Bus Station to Manchester Airport The Stationbus 130
- Take the train from Manchester Airport to Edinburgh Waverleytrain Manchester Airport - Edinburgh
7h 55mTrain to Birmingham Airport, fly to Edinburgh Airport
- Take the train from Crewe to Birmingham Internationaltrain
- Fly from Birmingham Airport (BHX) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane BHX - EDI
5h 9m£47–137Fly Manchester Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Fly from Manchester Airport (MAN) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane MAN - EDI
6h 10m£64–146Train to Birmingham Airport, fly to Glasgow Airport, train
- Take the train from Crewe to Birmingham Internationaltrain
- Fly from Birmingham Airport (BHX) to Glasgow Airport (GLA)plane BHX - GLA
- Take the train from Glasgow Queen Street to Edinburgh Waverleytrain
5h 59m£56–172
Sandbach to Edinburgh by bus and train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Sandbach to Edinburgh is to bus which costs £30 - £65 and takes 8h 9m.
The fastest way to get from Sandbach to Edinburgh is to drive which takes 4h 5m and costs £55 - £85.
The distance between Sandbach and Edinburgh is 248 miles. The road distance is 231.5 miles.
The best way to get from Sandbach to Edinburgh without a car is to train which takes 4h 36m and costs £55 - £140.
It takes approximately 4h 36m to get from Sandbach to Edinburgh, including transfers.
The best way to get from Sandbach to Edinburgh is to train which takes 4h 36m and costs £55 - £140. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs £30 - £65 and takes 8h 9m, you could also fly, which costs £60 - £150 and takes 6h 10m.
Yes, the driving distance between Sandbach to Edinburgh is 232 miles. It takes approximately 4h 5m to drive from Sandbach to Edinburgh.
There are 2557+ hotels available in Edinburgh.
What companies run services between Sandbach, England and Edinburgh, Scotland?
Avanti West Coast operates a train from Crewe to Edinburgh Waverley every 4 hours. Tickets cost £85–140 and the journey takes 3h 14m. Caledonian Sleeper also services this route 6 times a week. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Military Arms PH to Princes Street via Bus Station, Macclesfield, Manchester Piccadilly, Piccadilly Gardens, Shudehill Interchange, and Buchanan Bus Station in around 8h 9m.
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Liverpool to Edinburgh Airport via Belfast (Aldergrove)
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 33m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- £60–170
Flights from Liverpool to Edinburgh Airport via Belfast City
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £60–170
Flights from Liverpool to Edinburgh Airport via Derry
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £60–170
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £22–70
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Belfast (Aldergrove)
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £22–70
Flights from Manchester Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Belfast (Aldergrove)
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 46m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £50–160
Flights from Manchester Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Belfast City
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- £50–160
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Glasgow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £21–75
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Glasgow Airport via Belfast (Aldergrove)
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- £21–75
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Liverpool to Edinburgh Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £45–120
Flights from Manchester Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 26m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £45–120
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Glasgow Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £45–70
- Website
- aerlingus.com
Flights from Liverpool to Edinburgh Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- £35–170
Flights from Manchester Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Belfast City
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 16m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £35–150
Flights from Manchester Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 6m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £35–160
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- £45–130
- Phone
- +44 345 528 0253
- Website
- avantiwestcoast.co.uk
Train from Crewe to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 14m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £85–140
- Website
- https://www.avantiwestcoast.co.uk/
Train from Crewe to Liverpool South Parkway
- Ave. Duration
- 27 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £10–18
- Website
- https://www.avantiwestcoast.co.uk/
Train from Crewe to Birmingham International
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £21–35
- Website
- https://www.avantiwestcoast.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 330 060 0500
- enquiry@sleeper.scot
- Website
- sleeper.scot
Train from Crewe to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 57m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- £55–95
- Website
- https://www.sleeper.scot/
Train from Crewe to Birmingham International
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 4m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- £13–23
- Website
- https://www.sleeper.scot/
- Phone
- +44 333 311 0039
- contact.wmr@wmtrains.co.uk
- Website
- westmidlandsrailway.co.uk
Train from Crewe to Liverpool South Parkway
- Ave. Duration
- 33 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £10–26
- Website
- https://www.westmidlandsrailway.co.uk/
Train from Crewe to Birmingham International
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 26m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- £21–55
- Website
- https://www.westmidlandsrailway.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 345 600 1671
- tpecustomer.relations@tpexpress.co.uk
- Website
- tpexpress.co.uk
Train from Manchester Airport to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 33m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £80–150
- Website
- https://www.tpexpress.co.uk/
Train from Crewe to Birmingham International
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 28m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £30–45
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
- Phone
- 03333 211 202
- Website
- tfw.wales
Train from Crewe to Birmingham International
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 17m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £24–45
- Website
- https://tfw.wales/
- 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
- £20–40
- Website
- https://www.scotrail.co.uk/
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Shudehill Interchange to Buchanan Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- £19–35
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Buchanan Bus Station to Princes Street
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 19m
- Frequency
- Every 10 minutes
- Estimated price
- £4–7
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- 0141 352 4444
- info@citylink.co.uk
- Website
- citylink.co.uk
Bus from Buchanan Bus Station to Princes Street
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- Frequency
- Every 10 minutes
- Estimated price
- £9–14
- Website
- https://www.citylink.co.uk/
- Phone
- 01782 332337
- info@dgbus.co.uk
- Website
- dgbus.co.uk
Bus from Bus Station to Manchester Airport The Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- https://www.dgbus.co.uk/
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