There are 7 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
21h 42m£302–613Fly Gimpo International Airport to Edinburgh Airport
cheapest- Fly from Gimpo International Airport (GMP) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane GMP - EDI
22h 3m£161–612Train 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 47m£365–598Train 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
23h 5m£268–1,047Fly Gimpo International Airport to Glasgow Airport, train
- Fly from Gimpo International Airport (GMP) to Glasgow Airport (GLA)plane GMP - GLA
- Take the train from Glasgow Queen Street to Edinburgh Waverleytrain
25h 53m£444–2,247Train 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
23h 44m£362–1,003Fly 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
25h 15m£231–752
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 £160 - £650 and takes 22h 3m.
The fastest way to get from Seoul to Edinburgh is to train and fly which takes 21h 42m and costs £300 - £650.
The distance between Seoul and Edinburgh is 5419 miles.
It takes approximately 21h 42m to get from Seoul to Edinburgh, including transfers.
Edinburgh is 8h behind Seoul. It is currently 2:36 AM in Seoul and 6:36 PM in Edinburgh.
There are 2634+ hotels available in Edinburgh.
What companies run services between Seoul, South Korea and Edinburgh, Scotland?
Asiana Airlines, Hainan, and eight other airlines fly from Gimpo International Airport (GMP) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI) twice daily.
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Incheon International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 46m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £210–900
Flights from Gimpo International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Osaka Kansai, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 55m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £200–800
Flights from Incheon International Airport to Glasgow Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 37m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £210–900
Flights from Incheon International Airport to Newcastle via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £240–1,100
Flights from Gimpo International Airport to Glasgow Airport via Osaka Kansai, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 55m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £200–800
Flights from Incheon International Airport to Manchester Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £210–900
Flights from Gimpo International Airport to Manchester Airport via Osaka Kansai, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 45m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £200–800
- Website
- hainanairlines.com
Flights from Incheon International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 19h
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £170–850
Flights from Gimpo International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 24h
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £140–700
Flights from Gimpo International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Gimhae, Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 17m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- £140–750
Flights from Gimpo International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Cheju, Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 37m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £140–750
Flights from Gimpo International Airport to Manchester Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £140–700
Flights from Gimpo International Airport to Manchester Airport via Cheju, Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 17m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- £150–750
Flights from Gimpo International Airport to Manchester Airport via Gimhae, Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 20m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- £150–750
- Website
- flysas.com
Flights from Gimpo International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Osaka Kansai, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 55m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £200–800
Flights from Incheon International Airport to Manchester Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £160–650
Flights from Gimpo International Airport to Manchester Airport via Tokyo Haneda, Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 21h
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £150–600
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Incheon International Airport to Glasgow Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £240–1,100
Flights from Gimpo International Airport to Glasgow Airport via Beijing Capital, Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £140–700
Flights from Incheon International Airport to Manchester Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £240–1,100
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Incheon International Airport to Newcastle via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £260–1,100
Flights from Gimpo International Airport to Glasgow Airport via Osaka Kansai, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 55m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £200–800
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Incheon International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Budapest
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 10m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- £230–950
Flights from Incheon International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 30m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- £160–650
- Website
- norwegian.com
Flights from Gimpo International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Tokyo Haneda, Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 55m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £150–600
Flights from Gimpo International Airport to Manchester Airport via Beijing Capital, Stockholm
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 40m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £130–650
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Incheon International Airport to Glasgow Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 15m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- £210–850
- Website
- jet2.com
Flights from Incheon International Airport to Newcastle via Budapest
- Ave. Duration
- 18h
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- £270–1,100
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Incheon International Airport to Manchester Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £220–900
- Phone
- +82 1599 7788
- Website
- airportrailroad.com
Train from Seoul Station to Incheon Int'l Airport T1
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 1m
- Frequency
- Every 10 minutes
- Estimated price
- £2–3
- Website
- https://www.airportrailroad.com/intro
- 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/
- Phone
- +44 345 722 5333
- customers@lner.co.uk
- Website
- lner.co.uk
Train from Newcastle to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 21m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £35–55
- Website
- https://www.lner.co.uk/
Train from Newcastle to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 31m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £60–90
- 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 45m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £40–75
- Website
- https://www.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/
- 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
- £24–40
- Website
- https://www.sleeper.scot/
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