There are 10 ways to get from Stuttgart to Edinburgh by plane, train (Eurostar), bus, car, car train, train, or car ferry
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Fly Stuttgart Airport to Edinburgh Airport
best- Fly from Stuttgart Airport (STR) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane STR - EDI
5h 6m£83–195Train
- Take the train from Hauptbahnhof to Köln Hbftrain 42 / ...
- Take the train from Köln Hbf to Bruxelles Miditrain 79
- Take the train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to London St Pancras Intltrain Eil
- Take the train from King's Cross to Edinburgh Waverleytrain
12h 31m£278–570Bus
- Take the bus from Kornwestheim to Luxembourg, P+R Bouillonbus N36
- Take the bus from Luxembourg P+R Bouillon to London Victoriabus
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Edinburgh, Bus Stationbus
25h 57m£88–263Drive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Stuttgart to Calais-Fréthuncar
- Take the car train from Calais-Fréthun to Folkestonecartrain
- Drive from Folkestone to Edinburghcar
16h 2mTrain to Frankfurt, fly to Edinburgh Airport
- Take the train from Hauptbahnhof to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane FRA - EDI
5h 41m£117–277Fly Stuttgart Airport to Glasgow Airport, train
- Fly from Stuttgart Airport (STR) to Glasgow Airport (GLA)plane STR - GLA
- Take the train from Glasgow Queen Street to Edinburgh Waverleytrain
7h 51m£104–380Train, train to Zurich Airport, fly to Edinburgh Airport
- Take the train from Hauptbahnhof to Schaffhausentrain
- Take the train from Schaffhausen to Zürich Flughafentrain
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane ZRH - EDI
8h 23m£120–304Train to Munich International Airport, fly to Edinburgh Airport
- Take the train from Hauptbahnhof to München Hbftrain
- Fly from Munich International Airport (MUC) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane MUC - EDI
8h 27m£118–319Bus via Leeds
- Take the bus from Stuttgart to Frankfurt, Hauptbahnhof FOBbus
- Take the bus from Frankfurt central train station to London Victoriabus
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Leeds City Bus & Coach Stationbus 426 / ...
- Take the bus from Leeds City Bus & Coach Station to Edinburgh, Bus Stationbus 183 / ...
34h 18mDrive, car ferry
- Drive from Stuttgart to Calaiscar
- Take the car ferry from Calais to Port of Dovercarferry
- Drive from Port of Dover to Edinburghcar
17h 8m£199–334
Stuttgart to Edinburgh by train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Stuttgart to Edinburgh is to fly which costs £80 - £200 and takes 5h 6m.
The fastest way to get from Stuttgart to Edinburgh is to fly which takes 5h 6m and costs £80 - £200.
No, there is no direct bus from Stuttgart to Edinburgh station. However, there are services departing from Stuttgart and arriving at Edinburgh, Bus Station via Frankfurt central train station, London Victoria and Leeds City Bus & Coach Station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 34h 18m.
No, there is no direct train from Stuttgart to Edinburgh. However, there are services departing from Hauptbahnhof and arriving at Edinburgh Waverley via Köln Hbf, Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi and King's Cross. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 12h 31m.
The distance between Stuttgart and Edinburgh is 751 miles.
The best way to get from Stuttgart to Edinburgh without a car is to train which takes 12h 31m and costs £270 - £600.
It takes approximately 5h 6m to get from Stuttgart to Edinburgh, including transfers.
Stuttgart to Edinburgh bus services, operated by GrandBus, depart from Stuttgart station.
Stuttgart to Edinburgh train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), depart from Hauptbahnhof station.
The best way to get from Stuttgart to Edinburgh is to fly which takes 5h 6m and costs £80 - £200. Alternatively, you can train, which costs £270 - £600 and takes 12h 31m, you could also bus, which costs £85 - £270 and takes 25h 57m.
What companies run services between Stuttgart, Germany and Edinburgh, Scotland?
Eurowings, Lufthansa, and two other airlines fly from Stuttgart Airport (STR) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI) twice daily. Alternatively, you can take a train from Hauptbahnhof to Edinburgh Waverley via Köln Hbf, Bruxelles Midi, Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi, London St Pancras Intl, and King's Cross in around 12h 31m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £90–350
Flights from Frankfurt to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £100–200
Flights from Munich International Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £90–340
Flights from Munich International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 19m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £90–340
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- £170–350
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Glasgow Airport via Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £170–350
Flights from Zurich Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 17m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, Thursday, Saturday, Monday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £170–330
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Edinburgh Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £45–260
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Glasgow Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 8m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £50–290
Flights from Munich International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £55–300
- Website
- flyedelweiss.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 17m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, Thursday, Saturday, Monday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £170–330
- Website
- brusselsairlines.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Edinburgh Airport via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £60–230
Flights from Zurich Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £60–240
Flights from Munich International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £60–250
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Glasgow Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Tuesday, Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £100–190
Flights from Zurich Airport to Edinburgh Airport via London City
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 7m
- When
- Tuesday to Thursday
- Estimated price
- £100–220
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £60–170
Flights from Munich International Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £70–180
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £60–140
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Hauptbahnhof to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 16m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £55–130
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Köln Hbf to Bruxelles Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 54m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £35–85
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Hauptbahnhof to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 12m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £28–70
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Hauptbahnhof to Schaffhausen
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 17m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £29–70
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Hauptbahnhof to München Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 46m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £35–90
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from Hauptbahnhof to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 17m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £30–75
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
Train from Hauptbahnhof to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 12m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £17–40
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
Train from Hauptbahnhof to München Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 57m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £22–50
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- Phone
- +44 343 218 6186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from Köln Hbf to Bruxelles Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 56m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- £60–100
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
Train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to London St Pancras Intl
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 1m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £100–170
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Phone
- +32 70 79 79 79
- Website
- belgiantrain.be
Train from Köln Hbf to Bruxelles Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 8m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £35–70
- Website
- https://www.belgiantrain.be/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 6m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £110–170
- 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
- +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
- £20–40
- Website
- https://www.scotrail.co.uk/
- Phone
- 0800 031 8542
- Passengerassistance@lumo.co.uk.
- Website
- lumo.co.uk
Train from Glasgow Queen Street to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 49 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- £8–16
- Website
- https://www.lumo.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 330 060 0500
- enquiry@sleeper.scot
- Website
- sleeper.scot
Train from Glasgow Queen Street to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 59 min
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- £12–21
- Website
- https://www.sleeper.scot/
- Phone
- +41 848 446 688
- Website
- sbb.ch
Train from Schaffhausen to Zürich Flughafen
- Ave. Duration
- 47 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £15–45
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
- Phone
- +43 1 89900
- meinenachricht@westbahn.at
- Website
- westbahn.at
Train from Hauptbahnhof to München Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 24m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- £35–70
- Website
- https://westbahn.at/en/
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- sncf-connect.com
Train from Hauptbahnhof to München Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 26m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £40–70
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.fr
Bus from Kornwestheim to Luxembourg, P+R Bouillon
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 55m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £21–40
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from London Victoria to Edinburgh, Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 16m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £35–65
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Frankfurt central train station to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 45m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £45–85
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from London Victoria to Leeds City Bus & Coach Station
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £19–35
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Leeds City Bus & Coach Station to Edinburgh, Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £19–35
- 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
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- £30–50
- Website
- https://regiojet.com/
- Phone
- 08717 81 81 81
- Website
- nationalexpress.com
Bus from London Victoria to Edinburgh, Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 40m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £70–170
- Website
- https://www.nationalexpress.com/en
Bus from London Victoria to Leeds City Bus & Coach Station
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £35–90
- Website
- https://www.nationalexpress.com/en
Bus from Leeds City Bus & Coach Station to Edinburgh, Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £35–90
- Website
- https://www.nationalexpress.com/en
- Phone
- +38 098-888-11-08
- igoruzhanskyi@grandbus.com.ua
- Website
- grandbus.com.ua
Bus from Stuttgart to Frankfurt, Hauptbahnhof FOB
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 55m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Website
- https://www.grandbus.com.ua/en
- Phone
- 01304 44 88 88
- customer.services@poferries.com
- Website
- poferries.com
Car ferry from Calais to Port of Dover
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- £20–27
- Website
- https://www.poferries.com/en
- Phone
- +353 818 300 400
- info@irishferries.fr
- Website
- irishferries.com
Car ferry from Calais to Port of Dover
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £6–40
- Website
- https://www.irishferries.com/uk-en/Travel-to-Ireland
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More Questions & Answers
Stuttgart to Edinburgh bus services, operated by GrandBus, arrive at Frankfurt, Hauptbahnhof FOB station.
Edinburgh is 1h behind Stuttgart. It is currently 11:54 PM in Stuttgart and 10:54 PM in Edinburgh.
Stuttgart to Edinburgh train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), arrive at Köln Hbf station.
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