There are 8 ways to get from Seoul to Edinburgh by train or plane
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Train to Incheon International Airport, fly to Edinburgh Airport
best- Take the train from Seoul Station to Incheon Int'l Airport T1train
- Fly from Incheon International Airport (ICN) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane ICN - EDI
20h 2m£272–563Fly Gimpo International Airport to Glasgow Airport, train
cheapest- Fly from Gimpo International Airport (GMP) to Glasgow Airport (GLA)plane GMP - GLA
- Take the train from Glasgow Queen Street to Edinburgh Waverleytrain
27h 2m£138–480Train to Incheon International Airport, fly to Glasgow Airport, train
- Take the train from Seoul Station to Incheon Int'l Airport T1train
- Fly from Incheon International Airport (ICN) to Glasgow Airport (GLA)plane ICN - GLA
- Take the train from Glasgow Queen Street to Edinburgh Waverleytrain
21h 27m£319–491Fly Gimpo International Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Fly from Gimpo International Airport (GMP) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane GMP - EDI
22h 42m£151–432Train to Incheon International Airport, fly to Newcastle, train
- Take the train from Seoul Station to Incheon Int'l Airport T1train
- Fly from Incheon International Airport (ICN) to Newcastle (NCL)plane ICN - NCL
- Take the train from Newcastle to Edinburgh Waverleytrain
21h 38m£222–837Train to Incheon International Airport, fly to Manchester Airport, train
- Take the train from Seoul Station to Incheon Int'l Airport T1train
- Fly from Incheon International Airport (ICN) to Manchester Airport (MAN)plane ICN - MAN
- Take the train from Manchester Airport to Edinburgh Waverleytrain
24h£272–633Fly Gimpo International Airport to Dundee Riverside Airport, train
- Fly from Gimpo International Airport (GMP) to Dundee Riverside Airport (DND)plane GMP - DND
- Take the train from Dundee to Edinburgh Waverleytrain
25h 1m£189–735Fly Gimpo International Airport to Manchester Airport, train
- Fly from Gimpo International Airport (GMP) to Manchester Airport (MAN)plane GMP - MAN
- Take the train from Manchester Airport to Edinburgh Waverleytrain
31h 25m£181–512
Incheon International Airport (ICN) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Seoul to Edinburgh is to fly which costs £150 - £440 and takes 22h 42m.
The fastest way to get from Seoul to Edinburgh is to train and fly which takes 20h 2m and costs £270 - £600.
The distance between Seoul and Edinburgh is 5419 miles.
It takes approximately 20h 2m to get from Seoul to Edinburgh, including transfers.
Edinburgh is 9h behind Seoul. It is currently 11:01 AM in Seoul and 2:01 AM in Edinburgh.
There are 2557+ hotels available in Edinburgh.
What companies run services between Seoul, South Korea and Edinburgh, Scotland?
Air China, Hainan, and three other airlines fly from Gimpo International Airport (GMP) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI) 4 times a week.
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Gimpo International Airport to Glasgow Airport via Beijing Capital, Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 25m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £140–450
Flights from Incheon International Airport to Glasgow Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 16m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £180–750
Flights from Incheon International Airport to Newcastle via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 17h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £210–850
Flights from Incheon International Airport to Manchester Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 40m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £180–700
Flights from Gimpo International Airport to Dundee Riverside Airport via Beijing Capital, London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £180–650
Flights from Gimpo International Airport to Dundee Riverside Airport via Tokyo Haneda, London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 5m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £330–1,000
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Incheon International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 17m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £190–750
Flights from Incheon International Airport to Glasgow Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 42m
- When
- Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £190–750
Flights from Incheon International Airport to Newcastle via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 17m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £210–800
Flights from Incheon International Airport to Manchester Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 32m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £180–700
- Website
- hainanairlines.com
Flights from Incheon International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 45m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £150–470
Flights from Gimpo International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 10m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £140–420
Flights from Gimpo International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Cheju, Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 2m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £140–450
Flights from Gimpo International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Gimhae, Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 55m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £140–450
Flights from Gimpo International Airport to Manchester Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 25m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £140–430
Flights from Gimpo International Airport to Manchester Airport via Gimhae, Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 10m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £150–450
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Gimpo International Airport to Glasgow Airport via Beijing Capital, Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 55m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £140–460
Flights from Incheon International Airport to Manchester Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 50m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £210–800
- Website
- loganair.co.uk
Flights from Gimpo International Airport to Dundee Riverside Airport via Beijing Capital, London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £180–650
Flights from Gimpo International Airport to Dundee Riverside Airport via Tokyo Haneda, London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 5m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £330–1,000
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Incheon International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 20m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- £210–700
Flights from Incheon International Airport to Manchester Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £200–700
- Website
- csair.com
Flights from Gimpo International Airport to Glasgow Airport via Beijing Daxing, London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 40h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £120–460
Flights from Incheon International Airport to Glasgow Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £190–700
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Gimpo International Airport to Glasgow Airport via Beijing Capital, London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 5m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- £140–460
Flights from Incheon International Airport to Newcastle via Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 50m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £210–750
- Website
- jet2.com
Flights from Incheon International Airport to Newcastle via Budapest
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 30m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £220–800
Flights from Incheon International Airport to Manchester Airport via Budapest
- Ave. Duration
- 17h
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £190–700
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Incheon International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 25m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £200–750
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Incheon International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 40m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- £140–450
- Website
- aerlingus.com
Flights from Gimpo International Airport to Glasgow Airport via Beijing Capital, Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 25m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £140–450
- Website
- brusselsairlines.com
Flights from Gimpo International Airport to Manchester Airport via Beijing Capital, Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 55m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- £130–450
- Phone
- +82 1599 7788
- Website
- arex.or.kr
Train from Seoul Station to Incheon Int'l Airport T1
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 1m
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- £2–3
- Website
- http://www.arex.or.kr/main.do
- 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
- £17–18
- Website
- https://www.scotrail.co.uk/
Train from Dundee to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 28m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £11–27
- Website
- https://www.scotrail.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 345 722 5333
- customers@lner.co.uk
- Website
- 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/
Train from Dundee to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 16m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- £13–17
- Website
- https://www.lner.co.uk/
Train from Newcastle to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £20–40
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
Train from Dundee to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £6–20
- 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
- £8–17
- Website
- https://www.tpexpress.co.uk/
Train from Manchester Airport to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 34m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £40–80
- Website
- https://www.tpexpress.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 330 060 0500
- enquiry@sleeper.scot
- Website
- sleeper.scot
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
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
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