There are 10 ways to get from Solothurn to Edinburgh by train, plane, train (TGV, Eurostar), bus, car, car train, train (Eurostar), or car ferry
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Train to Zurich Airport, fly to Edinburgh Airport
best- Take the train from Solothurn to Zürich Flughafen
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)ZRH - EDI
6h 7m£91–225Bus
cheapest- Take the bus from Bern to Luxembourg, P+R Bouillon
- Take the bus from Luxembourg P+R Bouillon to London Victoria
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Edinburgh, Bus Station
26h 39m£75–160Train
- Take the train from Basel Sbb to Paris Gare De LyonTgv
- Take the train from Paris Nord to London St Pancras IntlEil
- Take the train from King's Cross to Edinburgh Waverley
13h 32m£183–576Drive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Solothurn to Calais-Fréthun
- Take the car train from Calais-Fréthun to Folkestone
- Drive from Folkestone to Edinburgh
16h 29mTrain, train to Basel, fly to Edinburgh Airport
- Take the train from Solothurn to Olten
- Take the train from Olten to Basel SBB
- Fly from Basel (BSL) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)BSL - EDI
6h 23m£80–198Train, train to Geneva International Airport, fly to Edinburgh Airport
- Take the train from Solothurn to Renens VD
- Take the train from Renens VD to Genève-Aéroport
- Fly from Geneva International Airport (GVA) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)GVA - EDI
7h 25m£85–205Fly Basel to Glasgow Airport, train
- Fly from Basel (BSL) to Glasgow Airport (GLA)BSL - GLA
- Take the train from Glasgow Queen Street to Edinburgh Waverley
9h 10m£117–283Train via Strasbourg
- Take the train from Basel Sbb to StrasbourgTer
- Take the train from Strasbourg Bahnhof to Paris l'Est83 / ...
- Take the train from Paris Nord to London St Pancras IntlEil
- Take the train from King's Cross to Edinburgh Waverley
14h 8m£218–620Bus, train
- Take the bus from Basel, Meret Oppenheim-Strasse to Gent
- Take the bus from Gent-Dampoort to Sheffield
- Take the train from Sheffield to Edinburgh Waverley
28h 58mDrive, car ferry
- Drive from Solothurn to Calais
- Take the car ferry from Calais to Port of Dover
- Drive from Port of Dover to Edinburgh
17h 24m£245–351
Solothurn to Edinburgh by train and bus
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Solothurn to Edinburgh is to bus which costs £70 - £160 and takes 26h 39m.
The fastest way to get from Solothurn to Edinburgh is to train and fly which takes 6h 7m and costs £90 - £230.
No, there is no direct bus from Solothurn to Edinburgh station. However, there are services departing from Solothurn, Baseltor and arriving at Edinburgh, Bus Station via Bern, Bahnhof, Bern, Luxembourg P+R Bouillon and London Victoria. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 26h 39m.
No, there is no direct train from Solothurn to Edinburgh. However, there are services departing from Solothurn and arriving at Edinburgh Waverley via Olten, Basel Sbb, Strasbourg Bahnhof, Paris Nord and King's Cross. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 14h 8m.
The distance between Solothurn and Edinburgh is 849 miles.
The best way to get from Solothurn to Edinburgh without a car is to train which takes 13h 32m and costs £180 - £600.
It takes approximately 6h 7m to get from Solothurn to Edinburgh, including transfers.
Solothurn to Edinburgh bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Bern station.
Solothurn to Edinburgh train services, operated by Société Nationale des Chemins de fer Français (SNCF), depart from Basel Sbb station.
The best way to get from Solothurn to Edinburgh is to train which takes 13h 32m and costs £180 - £600. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs £70 - £160 and takes 26h 39m.
What companies run services between Solothurn, Canton of Solothurn, Switzerland and Edinburgh, Scotland?
You can take a train from Solothurn to Edinburgh Waverley via Olten, Basel Sbb, Paris Gare De Lyon, Gare de Lyon - Van Gogh, Gare du Nord, Paris Nord, London St Pancras Intl, and King's Cross in around 13h 32m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Solothurn, Baseltor to Edinburgh, Bus Station via Bern, Bahnhof, Bern, Neufeld P+R, Bern, Luxembourg P+R Bouillon, and London Victoria in around 26h 39m.
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £40–170
Flights from Basel to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £45–140
Flights from Basel to Edinburgh Airport via London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 8m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £45–140
Flights from Basel to Edinburgh Airport via London Luton
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £45–140
Flights from Basel to Edinburgh Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £45–140
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £35–130
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Birmingham
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 40m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- £35–130
Flights from Basel to Glasgow Airport via London Luton
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £35–190
Flights from Basel to Glasgow Airport via London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 37m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £40–190
Flights from Basel to Glasgow Airport via Bristol
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 10m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- £40–190
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Edinburgh Airport via London City
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £55–270
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via London City
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 46m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- £55–270
Flights from Basel to Glasgow Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 41m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £60–300
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Basel to Edinburgh Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 28m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £70–160
Flights from Basel to Glasgow Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £70–280
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Basel to Glasgow Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 28m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £45–270
- Website
- flyedelweiss.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 22m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £40–230
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Dusseldorf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £95–170
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Dusseldorf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £50–190
- Website
- brusselsairlines.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £55–200
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Basel to Edinburgh Airport via London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £60–170
- Website
- jet2.com
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- £35–160
- Phone
- +41 848 446 688
- Website
- sbb.ch
Train from Solothurn to Zürich Flughafen
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 11m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £25–45
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Solothurn to Olten
- Ave. Duration
- 17 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- £10–16
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Olten to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 39 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- £9–18
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Solothurn to Renens VD
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 19m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £26–27
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Renens VD to Genève-Aéroport
- Ave. Duration
- 42 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £14–28
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- sncf-connect.com
Train from Basel Sbb to Paris Gare De Lyon
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 4m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £35–130
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
- Phone
- +44 343 218 6186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from Paris Nord to London St Pancras Intl
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 28m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- £65–250
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Phone
- +44 345 722 5333
- customers@lner.co.uk
- Website
- lner.co.uk
Train from King's Cross to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £70–160
- Website
- https://www.lner.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 (0) 8443 35 35 35
- Website
- leshuttle.com
Car train from Calais-Fréthun to Folkestone
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- https://www.leshuttle.com/uk-en
- Phone
- +41 58 580 70 70
- info@sob.ch
- Website
- sob.ch
Train from Olten to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 26 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Schedules at
- sob.ch
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- ufficiogruppi@trenitalia.it
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Olten to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 27 min
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- £5–9
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- 1st Class
- £5–8
- 2nd Class
- £6–9
- Phone
- +49 (0) 7531 915109
- info@sbb-deutschland.de
- Website
- sbb-deutschland.de
Train from Olten to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 28 min
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- £2–3
- Schedules at
- sbb-deutschland.de
- Phone
- +44 344 811 0141
- Website
- scotrail.co.uk
Train from Glasgow Queen Street to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- £17–18
- Website
- https://www.scotrail.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 330 060 0500
- enquiry@sleeper.scot
- Website
- sleeper.scot
Train from Glasgow Queen Street to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- £60–75
- Website
- https://www.sleeper.scot/
- Sleeper Berth Classic
- £210–230
- Sleeper Seat
- £60–75
- Sleeper Berth Club Solo
- £230–260
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- track.effiliation.com
Train from Basel Sbb to Strasbourg
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 23m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- £26–27
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
Train from Strasbourg Bahnhof to Paris l'Est
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £45–150
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
Train from Sheffield to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £35–180
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Bern to Luxembourg, P+R Bouillon
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 50m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- £24–45
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from London Victoria to Edinburgh, Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 16m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- £21–70
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +420 222 222 221
- info@regiojet.cz
- Website
- regiojet.com
Bus from Luxembourg P+R Bouillon to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 20m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- £26–40
- Website
- https://regiojet.com/
- Phone
- 08717 81 81 81
- Website
- nationalexpress.com
Bus from London Victoria to Edinburgh, Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 25m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £27–70
- Website
- https://www.nationalexpress.com/en
- Phone
- +393293958604
- info@pistoiaviaggi.com
- Website
- pistoia-viaggi.it
Bus from Basel, Meret Oppenheim-Strasse to Gent
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 24m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- pistoia-viaggi.it
- Phone
- +421 55 680 73 06
- onlinepredaj@eurobus.sk
- Website
- eurobus.sk
Bus from Gent-Dampoort to Sheffield
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 50m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- £21–25
- Website
- https://www.eurobus.sk/en
- Phone
- +353 818 300 400
- info@irishferries.com
- Website
- irishferries.com
Car ferry from Calais to Port of Dover
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £30–40
- Website
- https://www.irishferries.com/uk-en/Travel-to-Ireland
- Car
- £65–170
- On Foot
- £30–40
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More Questions & Answers
Solothurn to Edinburgh bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Luxembourg, P+R Bouillon station.
Edinburgh is 1h behind Solothurn. It is currently 8:13 AM in Solothurn and 7:13 AM in Edinburgh.
Solothurn to Edinburgh train services, operated by Société Nationale des Chemins de fer Français (SNCF), arrive at Strasbourg station.
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