There are 10 ways to get from Vienna to Edinburgh by plane, train (Eurostar), bus, night train, train, car, car train, or car ferry
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Fly Vienna International Airport to Edinburgh Airport
best- Fly from Vienna International Airport (VIE) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane VIE - EDI
5h 34m£64–182Train to Bratislava Airport, fly to Edinburgh Airport
cheapest- Take the train from Wien Hbf to Bratislava Hlavna Stanicatrain
- Fly from Bratislava Airport (BTS) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane BTS - EDI
6h 45m£62–180Train
- Take the train from Wien Hbf to Frankfurt(Main)Hbftrain Ice
- Take the train from Frankfurt 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
17h 57m£387–764Bus
- Take the bus from Vienna, International Busterminal (VIB) to Praha, ÚAN Florencbus 060 / ...
- Take the bus from Praha, ÚAN Florenc to London Victoriabus
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Edinburgh, Bus Stationbus
32h 20m£128–340Night train, train
- Take the night train from Wien Hbf to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midinighttrain Nj
- Take the train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to London St Pancras Intltrain Eil
- Take the train from King's Cross to Edinburgh Waverleytrain
22h 52m£265–472Fly Vienna International Airport to Glasgow Airport, train
- Fly from Vienna International Airport (VIE) to Glasgow Airport (GLA)plane VIE - GLA
- Take the train from Glasgow Queen Street to Edinburgh Waverleytrain
7h 54m£70–257Fly Vienna International Airport to Newcastle, train
- Fly from Vienna International Airport (VIE) to Newcastle (NCL)plane VIE - NCL
- Take the train from Newcastle to Edinburgh Waverleytrain
7h£81–276Train, bus
- Take the train from Wien Hbf to Bratislava hl.st.train
- Take the train from Bratislava hl.st. to Trenčíntrain
- Take the bus from Trenčín to Sheffieldbus
- Take the train from Sheffield to Edinburgh Waverleytrain
38h 20mDrive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Vienna to Calais-Fréthuncar
- Take the car train from Calais-Fréthun to Folkestonecartrain
- Drive from Folkestone to Edinburghcar
20h 20mDrive, car ferry
- Drive from Vienna to Calaiscar
- Take the car ferry from Calais to Port of Dovercarferry
- Drive from Port of Dover to Edinburghcar
21h 26m£286–460
Vienna to Edinburgh by train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Vienna to Edinburgh is to fly which costs £60 - £190 and takes 5h 34m.
The fastest way to get from Vienna to Edinburgh is to fly which takes 5h 34m and costs £60 - £190.
No, there is no direct bus from Vienna to Edinburgh station. However, there are services departing from Vienna, International Busterminal (VIB) and arriving at Edinburgh, Bus Station via Praha, ÚAN Florenc and London Victoria. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 32h 20m.
No, there is no direct train from Vienna to Edinburgh. However, there are services departing from Wien Hbf and arriving at Edinburgh Waverley via Frankfurt, Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi and King's Cross. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 17h 57m.
The distance between Vienna and Edinburgh is 1024 miles.
The best way to get from Vienna to Edinburgh without a car is to train which takes 17h 57m and costs £380 - £800.
It takes approximately 5h 34m to get from Vienna to Edinburgh, including transfers.
Vienna to Edinburgh bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Vienna, International Busterminal (VIB) station.
Vienna to Edinburgh train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), depart from Wien Hbf station.
The best way to get from Vienna to Edinburgh is to fly which takes 5h 34m and costs £60 - £190. Alternatively, you can train, which costs £380 - £800 and takes 17h 57m, you could also bus, which costs £120 - £340 and takes 32h 20m.
What companies run services between Vienna, Austria and Edinburgh, Scotland?
Ryanair, Jet2.com, and two other airlines fly from Vienna International Airport (VIE) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI) twice daily. Alternatively, you can take a train from Wien Hbf to Edinburgh Waverley via Frankfurt(Main)Hbf, Frankfurt, Bruxelles Midi, Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi, London St Pancras Intl, and King's Cross in around 17h 57m.
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Glasgow Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £55–280
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Newcastle via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £60–300
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- When
- Tuesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- £45–120
Flights from Bratislava Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £40–150
Flights from Bratislava Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- £40–150
- Website
- jet2.com
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- £50–170
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Glasgow Airport via Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £50–170
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Newcastle
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £60–200
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Glasgow Airport via London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Wednesday, Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £50–170
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Glasgow Airport via Berlin Brandenburg
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- £55–170
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £70–270
- Website
- brusselsairlines.com
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £70–280
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Newcastle via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £90–330
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Wien Hbf to Frankfurt(Main)Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 24m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £110–280
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Frankfurt to Bruxelles Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 1m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £60–150
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +44 343 218 6186
- Website
- eurostar.com
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
- +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/
Train from Newcastle to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £35–55
- Website
- https://www.lner.co.uk/
- Phone
- +43 51717
- Website
- nightjet.com
Night train from Wien Hbf to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 20m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- £55–140
- Website
- https://www.nightjet.com/en/#/home
- Sleeper Carriage
- £100–140
- Couchette Carriage
- £80–95
- Seating Carriage
- £55–65
- 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/
Train from Newcastle to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 44m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- £30–55
- Website
- https://www.sleeper.scot/
Train from Newcastle to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 27m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £60–90
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
Train from Sheffield to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £130–190
- 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 46m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £40–75
- Website
- https://www.tpexpress.co.uk/
Train from Wien Hbf to Bratislava Hlavna Stanica
- Ave. Duration
- 56 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £11–21
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/
Train from Wien Hbf to Bratislava Hlavna Stanica
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 9m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £13–20
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/railjet
- *
- £13–20
- Website
- slovakrail.sk
Train from Wien Hbf to Bratislava hl.st.
- Ave. Duration
- 56 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Schedules at
- slovakrail.sk
Train from Bratislava hl.st. to Trenčín
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Schedules at
- slovakrail.sk
- Phone
- +420 222 222 221
- info@regiojet.cz
- Website
- regiojet.com
Train from Bratislava hl.st. to Trenčín
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £5–10
- Website
- https://regiojet.com/
- 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
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.fr
Bus from Vienna, International Busterminal (VIB) to Praha, ÚAN Florenc
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £18–30
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Praha, ÚAN Florenc to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 10m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £80–140
- 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
- Phone
- +359 700 20 544
- Website
- ardatur.bg
Bus from Vienna, International Busterminal (VIB) to Praha, ÚAN Florenc
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- £19–30
- Website
- https://ardatur.bg/en/
- Phone
- +420 222 222 221
- info@regiojet.cz
- Website
- regiojet.com
Bus from Praha, ÚAN Florenc to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 30m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- £75–120
- 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
- Phone
- +421 55 680 73 06
- onlinepredaj@eurobus.sk
- Website
- eurobus.sk
Bus from Trenčín to Sheffield
- Ave. Duration
- 30h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £75–160
- Website
- https://www.eurobus.sk/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
Vienna to Edinburgh bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Praha, ÚAN Florenc station.
Edinburgh is 1h behind Vienna. It is currently 12:50 PM in Vienna and 11:50 AM in Edinburgh.
Vienna to Edinburgh train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), arrive at Frankfurt(Main)Hbf station.
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