There are 10 ways to get from Tours to Edinburgh by train (TGV, Eurostar), bus, car, car train, train, plane, or car ferry
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Train
best- Take the train from St Pierre Des Corps to Paris Montparnasse 1 Et 2Tgv
- Take the train from Paris Nord to London St Pancras IntlEil
- Take the train from King's Cross to Edinburgh Waverley
9h 20m£154–534Bus
cheapest- Take the bus from Tours - Édouard Vaillant Bus Station to Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station
- Take the bus from Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine) to London Victoria700
- Take the bus from London Victoria to North St David Street831
23h 50m£56–221Bus via Calais
- Take the bus from Tours - Édouard Vaillant Bus Station to Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station
- Take the bus from Paris to Calais700
- Take the bus from Calais to London Victoria700 / ...
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Edinburgh, Bus Station
19h 3m£59–177Drive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Tours to Calais-Fréthun
- Take the car train from Calais-Fréthun to Folkestone
- Drive from Folkestone to Edinburgh
13h 53mTrain to Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport, fly to Edinburgh Airport
- Take the train from St Pierre Des Corps to Aeroport Cdg2 Tgv Roissy
- Fly from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport (CDG) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)CDG - EDI
6h 10m£87–249Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Tours to Calais
- Take the car ferry from Calais to Port of Dover
- Drive from Port of Dover to Edinburgh
15h 11m£194–292Train to Nantes Atlantique Airport, fly to Edinburgh Airport
- Take the train from Saint-Pierre-des-Corps to Nantes
- Fly from Nantes Atlantique Airport (NTE) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)NTE - EDI
6h 41m£87–233Train to Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport, fly to Glasgow Airport, train
- Take the train from St Pierre Des Corps to Aeroport Cdg2 Tgv Roissy
- Fly from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport (CDG) to Glasgow Airport (GLA)CDG - GLA
- Take the train from Glasgow Queen Street to Edinburgh Waverley
6h 59m£94–304Train to Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport, fly to Newcastle, train
- Take the train from St Pierre Des Corps to Aeroport Cdg2 Tgv Roissy
- Fly from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport (CDG) to Newcastle (NCL)CDG - NCL
- Take the train from Newcastle to Edinburgh Waverley
7h 36m£92–323Train, bus to Beauvais–Tillé Airport, fly to Edinburgh Airport
- Take the train from St Pierre Des Corps to Paris Montparnasse 1 Et 2
- Take the bus from Paris, Saint-Denis Université to Paris-Beauvais Airport
- Fly from Beauvais–Tillé Airport (BVA) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)BVA - EDI
8h 11m£107–297
Tours to Edinburgh by train, foot, and subway
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Tours to Edinburgh is to bus via Calais which costs £55 - £180 and takes 19h 3m.
The fastest way to get from Tours to Edinburgh is to train and fly which takes 6h 10m and costs £85 - £250.
No, there is no direct bus from Tours station to Edinburgh station. However, there are services departing from Tours - Édouard Vaillant Bus Station and arriving at Edinburgh, Bus Station via Paris, Calais and London Victoria. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 19h 3m.
No, there is no direct train from Tours to Edinburgh. However, there are services departing from St Pierre Des Corps and arriving at Edinburgh Waverley via Montparnasse Bienvenue, Paris Nord and King's Cross. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 9h 20m.
The distance between Tours and Edinburgh is 816 miles.
The best way to get from Tours to Edinburgh without a car is to train which takes 9h 20m and costs £150 - £550.
It takes approximately 9h 20m to get from Tours to Edinburgh, including transfers.
Tours to Edinburgh bus services, operated by BlaBlaCar Bus, depart from Tours - Édouard Vaillant Bus Station.
Tours to Edinburgh train services, operated by TGV inOui, depart from St Pierre Des Corps station.
The best way to get from Tours to Edinburgh is to train which takes 9h 20m and costs £150 - £550. Alternatively, you can bus via Calais, which costs £55 - £180 and takes 19h 3m.
What companies run services between Tours, France and Edinburgh, Scotland?
You can take a train from St Pierre Des Corps to Edinburgh Waverley via Paris Montparnasse 1 Et 2, Montparnasse Bienvenue, Gare du Nord, Paris Nord, London St Pancras Intl, and King's Cross in around 9h 20m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Tours - Édouard Vaillant Bus Station to Edinburgh, Bus Station via Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station, Paris, Calais, and London Victoria in around 19h 3m.
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £40–130
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Edinburgh Airport via London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- £40–130
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Bristol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 36m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £40–130
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Edinburgh Airport via London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 33m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £40–130
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Edinburgh Airport via London Luton
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £40–130
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Belfast (Aldergrove)
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- £40–130
Flights from Nantes Atlantique Airport to Edinburgh Airport via London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Monday to Wednesday
- Estimated price
- £65–180
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Glasgow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £40–130
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Glasgow Airport via London Luton
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 48m
- When
- Monday to Wednesday
- Estimated price
- £40–130
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Glasgow Airport via Bristol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- £40–130
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Glasgow Airport via Belfast (Aldergrove)
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £40–130
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Glasgow Airport via London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £40–130
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Newcastle
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £40–140
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Newcastle via Belfast (Aldergrove)
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- £40–140
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Glasgow Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 57m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £95–160
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Newcastle via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 53m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £90–160
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £35–220
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Newcastle
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £40–240
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Nantes Atlantique Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £55–160
Flights from Beauvais–Tillé Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £55–190
Flights from Beauvais–Tillé Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Cork
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £55–190
Flights from Beauvais–Tillé Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- £55–190
- Website
- aerlingus.com
Flights from Nantes Atlantique Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £40–180
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Nantes Atlantique Airport to Edinburgh Airport via London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £60–190
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Newcastle via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £45–250
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- sncf-connect.com
Train from St Pierre Des Corps to Paris Montparnasse 1 Et 2
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 11m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £26–70
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from St Pierre Des Corps to Aeroport Cdg2 Tgv Roissy
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 47m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £35–90
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Saint-Pierre-des-Corps to Nantes
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 31m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- £17–55
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- track.effiliation.com
Train from St Pierre Des Corps to Paris Montparnasse 1 Et 2
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 3m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- £55–85
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
Train from St Pierre Des Corps to Aeroport Cdg2 Tgv Roissy
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 47m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £40–90
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
- 2nd Class
- £40–60
- Rail 1st Class
- £60–90
Train from Saint-Pierre-des-Corps to Nantes
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 37m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £15–40
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
- Phone
- +44 343 218 6186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from Paris Nord to London St Pancras Intl
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 27m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £55–290
- 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
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £70–160
- Website
- https://www.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/
- 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
- £17–18
- 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
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- £17–18
- 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
- 54 min
- Frequency
- Once 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
Train from Newcastle to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 41m
- Frequency
- 3 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
- £240–290
Train from Newcastle to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £28–40
- 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
- £8–25
- Website
- https://www.tpexpress.co.uk/
- Phone
- +3-389-268-0068
- Website
- blablacar.co.uk
Bus from Tours - Édouard Vaillant Bus Station to Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £7–35
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
- Phone
- +34 910 207 007
- alsa@alsa.es
- Website
- alsa.com
Bus from Tours - Édouard Vaillant Bus Station to Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- £17–55
- Website
- https://www.alsa.com/en/
- Phone
- 07001 8282
- booking@union-ivkoni.com
- Website
- union-ivkoni.com
Bus from Tours - Édouard Vaillant Bus Station to Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- £8–13
- Website
- https://union-ivkoni.com/en
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Paris to Calais
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £20–29
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Calais to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- £12–17
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from London Victoria to Edinburgh, Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 16m
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- £20–70
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine) to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 40m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £23–90
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- 08717 81 81 81
- Website
- nationalexpress.com
Bus from London Victoria to Edinburgh, Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 40m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- £26–80
- Website
- https://www.nationalexpress.com/en
Bus from London Victoria to North St David Street
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 25m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- £26–80
- Website
- https://www.nationalexpress.com/en
- Phone
- +33 (0) 9 77 40 24 20
- service.clients@aeroportbeauvais.com.
- Website
- aerobus.fr
Bus from Paris, Saint-Denis Université to Paris-Beauvais Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- £12–18
- Schedules at
- aerobus.fr
- 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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Tours to Edinburgh bus services, operated by BlaBlaCar Bus, arrive at Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station.
Edinburgh is 1h behind Tours. It is currently 8:29 AM in Tours and 7:29 AM in Edinburgh.
Tours to Edinburgh train services, operated by TGV inOui, arrive at Paris Montparnasse 1 Et 2 station.
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