There are 13 ways to get from Scotland to Ostend by train (Eurostar), train, bus, car, car train, plane, or car ferry
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Train
best- Take the train from Glasgow Central to London Eustontrain
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Miditrain Eil
- Take the train from Bruxelles-Midi to Ostendetrain Ic / ...
9h 17m€136–597Bus
cheapest- Take the bus from Buchanan Bus Station to London Victoriabus
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Doverbus 700 / ...
- Take the bus from Dover to Calaisbus 700 / ...
- Take the bus from Calais to Brugesbus 814
19h 15m€58–135Train, bus
- Take the train from Glasgow Central to London Eustontrain Glasgow Central - London Euston
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Brugesbus N814 / ...
13h 44m€96–341Drive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Glasgow to Folkestonecar
- Take the car train from Folkestone to Calais-Fréthuncartrain
- Drive from Calais-Fréthun to Ostendcar
9h 16mFly Glasgow Airport to Brussels Airport, train
- Fly from Glasgow Airport (GLA) to Brussels Airport (BRU)plane GLA - BRU
- Take the train from Brussels Airport-Zaventem to Gand-Saint-Pierretrain
- Take the train from Gand-Saint-Pierre to Ostendetrain
7h 51m€98–224Train, bus via Sheffield
- Take the train from Glasgow Central to Sheffieldtrain
- Take the bus from Sheffield to Gent-Dampoortbus
- Take the train from Gand-Dampoort to Ostendetrain Ic
17h 15m€86–204Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Glasgow to Port of Dovercar
- Take the car ferry from Port of Dover to Calaiscarferry
- Drive from Calais to Ostendcar
10h 23m€180–257Fly Edinburgh Airport to Brussels South Charleroi Airport, bus, train
- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Brussels South Charleroi Airport (CRL)plane EDI - CRL
- Take the bus from Charleroi Airport to Brussels Midi / Brussels South Westbus
- Take the train from Bruxelles-Midi to Ostendetrain
6h 43m€77–198Fly Edinburgh Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, train
- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS)plane EDI - AMS
- Take the train from Schiphol Airport to Antwerpen-Centraaltrain
- Take the train from Anvers-Central to Ostendetrain
7h 29m€100–329Fly Aberdeen Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, train
- Fly from Aberdeen Airport (ABZ) to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS)plane ABZ - AMS
- Take the train from Schiphol Airport to Antwerpen-Centraaltrain
- Take the train from Anvers-Central to Ostendetrain
7h 27m€132–399Fly Glasgow Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, train
- Fly from Glasgow Airport (GLA) to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS)plane GLA - AMS
- Take the train from Schiphol Airport to Antwerpen-Centraaltrain
- Take the train from Anvers-Central to Ostendetrain
7h 18m€100–334Fly Inverness Dalcross Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, train
- Fly from Inverness Dalcross Airport (INV) to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS)plane INV - AMS
- Take the train from Schiphol Airport to Antwerpen-Centraaltrain
- Take the train from Anvers-Central to Ostendetrain
7h 40m€151–388Fly Edinburgh Airport to Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport, train
- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport (CDG)plane EDI - CDG
- Take the train from Aeroport Cdg2 Tgv Roissy to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Miditrain
- Take the train from Bruxelles-Midi to Ostendetrain
8h 17m€97–348
Scotland to Ostend by train and foot
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Scotland to Ostend is to bus which costs €55 - €140 and takes 19h 15m.
The fastest way to get from Scotland to Ostend is to fly and bus and train which takes 6h 43m and costs €75 - €200.
No, there is no direct bus from Scotland station to Ostend. However, there are services departing from Buchanan Bus Station and arriving at Oostende Gouwelozestraat via London Victoria, Dover, Calais and Brugge Station perron C7. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 19h 15m.
No, there is no direct train from Scotland to Ostend. However, there are services departing from Glasgow Central and arriving at Ostende via London St Pancras Intl and Bruxelles-Midi. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 9h 17m.
The distance between Scotland and Ostend is 1127 km.
The best way to get from Scotland to Ostend without a car is to train which takes 9h 17m and costs €130 - €600.
It takes approximately 9h 17m to get from Scotland to Ostend, including transfers.
Scotland to Ostend bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Buchanan Bus Station.
Scotland to Ostend train services, operated by Avanti West Coast, depart from Glasgow Central station.
The best way to get from Scotland to Ostend is to train which takes 9h 17m and costs €130 - €600. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs €55 - €140 and takes 19h 15m.
What companies run services between Scotland and Ostend, Belgium?
You can take a train from Glasgow Central to Ostende via London Euston, London St Pancras Intl, and Bruxelles-Midi in around 9h 17m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Buchanan Bus Station to Oostende Gouwelozestraat via London Victoria, Dover, Calais, Bruges, and Brugge Station perron C7 in around 19h 15m.
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 34m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €55–170
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol via London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Monday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €55–170
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €50–180
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol via London Luton
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 31m
- When
- Monday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €50–180
Flights from Inverness Dalcross Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol via London Luton
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €85–250
Flights from Inverness Dalcross Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol via London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €85–250
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 53m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €45–160
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport via Belfast (Aldergrove)
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Monday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €45–160
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Brussels Airport via Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €45–270
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €45–270
Flights from Aberdeen Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 31m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €55–340
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 33m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €40–260
Flights from Inverness Dalcross Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €60–350
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Aberdeen Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €55–340
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €40–260
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €45–280
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Brussels Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 40m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €65–160
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Brussels South Charleroi Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €45–150
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Brussels South Charleroi Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €45–150
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Brussels Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 46m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €130–270
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Brussels Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 42m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- €80–320
- Website
- aerlingus.com
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Brussels Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €65–160
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Brussels South Charleroi Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €35–150
- Phone
- +44 345 528 0253
- Website
- avantiwestcoast.co.uk
Train from Glasgow Central to London Euston
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €55–160
- Website
- https://www.avantiwestcoast.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 330 060 0500
- enquiry@sleeper.scot
- Website
- sleeper.scot
Train from Glasgow Central to London Euston
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 20m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €65–250
- Website
- https://www.sleeper.scot/
- Phone
- +44 343 218 6186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 4m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €70–330
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
Train from Schiphol Airport to Antwerpen-Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 3m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €35–120
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
Train from Aeroport Cdg2 Tgv Roissy to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €35–140
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Phone
- +32 70 79 79 79
- Website
- belgiantrain.be
Train from Bruxelles-Midi to Ostende
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 12m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- €11–17
- Website
- https://www.belgiantrain.be/en
- 2nd Class
- €11–17
- 1st Class
- €17–26
Train from Brussels Airport-Zaventem to Gand-Saint-Pierre
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €15–17
- Website
- https://www.belgiantrain.be/en
- 2nd Class
- €15–17
- 1st Class
- €20–23
Train from Gand-Saint-Pierre to Ostende
- Ave. Duration
- 38 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- €7–11
- Website
- https://www.belgiantrain.be/en
- 2nd Class
- €7–11
- 1st Class
- €11–17
Train from Gand-Dampoort to Ostende
- Ave. Duration
- 52 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €8–12
- Website
- https://www.belgiantrain.be/en
- 2nd Class
- €8–12
- 1st Class
- €12–18
Train from Anvers-Central to Ostende
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 47m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €12–18
- Website
- https://www.belgiantrain.be/en
- 2nd Class
- €12–18
- 1st Class
- €19–28
- Phone
- +44 (0) 8443 35 35 35
- Website
- leshuttle.com
Car train from Folkestone to Calais-Fréthun
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- https://www.leshuttle.com/uk-en
Train from Glasgow Central to Sheffield
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €50–170
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from Schiphol Airport to Antwerpen-Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 3m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €22–40
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- sncf-connect.com
Train from Aeroport Cdg2 Tgv Roissy to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 33m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €30–90
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from London Victoria to Bruges
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 30m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €35–80
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Buchanan Bus Station to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 20m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €26–90
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from London Victoria to Dover
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €12–17
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Dover to Calais
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €6–9
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Calais to Bruges
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €11–16
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +421 55 680 73 06
- onlinepredaj@eurobus.sk
- Website
- eurobus.sk
Bus from Sheffield to Gent-Dampoort
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 50m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €24–28
- Website
- https://www.eurobus.sk/en
- info@flibco.com
- Website
- flibco.com
Bus from Charleroi Airport to Brussels Midi / Brussels South West
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €15–20
- Website
- https://www.flibco.com/en
- Phone
- +353 818 300 400
- info@irishferries.com
- Website
- irishferries.com
Car ferry from Port of Dover to Calais
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €35–45
- Website
- https://www.irishferries.com/uk-en/Travel-to-Ireland
- Car
- €75–190
- On Foot
- €35–45
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Scotland to Ostend bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at London Victoria station.
Ostend is 1h ahead of Scotland. It is currently 3:01 AM in Scotland and 4:01 AM in Ostend.
Scotland to Ostend train services, operated by Avanti West Coast, arrive at London Euston station.
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