There are 10 ways to get from Weimar to Edinburgh by train, plane, train (Eurostar), bus, car, car train, or car ferry
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Train to Leipzig-Halle Airport, fly
best- Take the train from Weimar to Halle(Saale)Hbftrain
- Fly from Leipzig-Halle Airport (LEJ) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane LEJ - EDI
8h 3m£131–324Bus
cheapest- Take the bus from Weimar central train station to Frankfurt central train stationbus
- Take the bus from Frankfurt to London Victoriabus
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Edinburgh, Bus Stationbus
26h 59m£51–104Train
- Take the train from Weimar to Köln Hbftrain 51
- 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
15h 55m£179–526Drive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Weimar to Calais-Fréthuncar
- Take the car train from Calais-Fréthun to Folkestonecartrain
- Drive from Folkestone to Edinburghcar
15h 59mTrain to Nuremberg Airport, fly
- Take the train from Erfurt Hbf to Nürnberg Hbftrain
- Fly from Nuremberg Airport (NUE) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane NUE - EDI
8h 34m£89–278Train to Frankfurt, fly
- Take the train from Erfurt Hbf to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane FRA - EDI
8h 3m£113–299Train, train to Hannover Airport, fly
- Take the train from Weimar to Göttingentrain
- Take the train from Göttingen to Hannover Hauptbahnhoftrain
- Fly from Hannover Airport (HAJ) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane HAJ - EDI
10h 7m£130–276Train to Berlin Brandenburg Airport, fly
- Take the train from Erfurt Hbf to S Südkreuz Bhftrain
- Fly from Berlin Brandenburg Airport (BER) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane BER - EDI
7h 25m£73–265Train, bus
- Take the train from Weimar to Heilbad Heiligenstadttrain Re1
- Take the train from Heilbad Heiligenstadt to Kassel-Wilhelmshoehetrain Re / ...
- Take the bus from Kassel to Ghent Dampoortbus
- Take the bus from Gent-Dampoort to Sheffieldbus
- Take the train from Sheffield to Edinburgh Waverleytrain
28h£122–299Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Weimar to Calaiscar
- Take the car ferry from Calais to Port of Dovercarferry
- Drive from Port of Dover to Edinburghcar
17h£231–346
Weimar to Edinburgh by train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Weimar to Edinburgh is to bus which costs £50 - £110 and takes 26h 59m.
The fastest way to get from Weimar to Edinburgh is to train and fly which takes 7h 25m and costs £70 - £270.
No, there is no direct bus from Weimar station to Edinburgh station. However, there are services departing from Weimar central train station and arriving at Edinburgh, Bus Station via Frankfurt and London Victoria. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 26h 59m.
No, there is no direct train from Weimar to Edinburgh. However, there are services departing from Weimar and arriving at Edinburgh Waverley via Köln Hbf, Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi and King's Cross. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 15h 55m.
The distance between Weimar and Edinburgh is 785 miles.
The best way to get from Weimar to Edinburgh without a car is to train which takes 15h 55m and costs £170 - £550.
It takes approximately 8h 3m to get from Weimar to Edinburgh, including transfers.
Weimar to Edinburgh bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Weimar central train station.
Weimar to Edinburgh train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), depart from Weimar station.
The best way to get from Weimar to Edinburgh is to train which takes 15h 55m and costs £170 - £550. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs £50 - £110 and takes 26h 59m.
What companies run services between Weimar, Germany and Edinburgh, Scotland?
You can take a train from Weimar to Edinburgh Waverley via Köln Hbf, Bruxelles Midi, Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi, London St Pancras Intl, and King's Cross in around 15h 55m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Weimar central train station to Edinburgh, Bus Station via Frankfurt and London Victoria in around 26h 59m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Leipzig-Halle Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 3m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £100–250
Flights from Nuremberg Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £85–210
Flights from Frankfurt to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £75–190
Flights from Hannover Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £110–200
Flights from Hannover Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 30m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- £110–200
- Website
- flysas.com
Flights from Nuremberg Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £55–310
Flights from Nuremberg Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 58m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £50–280
Flights from Frankfurt to Edinburgh Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £35–230
Flights from Hannover Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £45–280
Flights from Hannover Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 5m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £70–270
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £55–210
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Nuremberg Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 58m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £50–280
Flights from Frankfurt to Edinburgh Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £35–230
Flights from Hannover Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £45–280
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 7m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £40–230
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Nuremberg Airport to Edinburgh Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- £65–310
Flights from Frankfurt to Edinburgh Airport via London City
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Tuesday to Friday
- Estimated price
- £55–240
Flights from Hannover Airport to Edinburgh Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £110–220
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Nuremberg Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £55–310
- Website
- brusselsairlines.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Edinburgh Airport via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £50–190
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £50–200
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £40–150
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £40–120
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Nuremberg Airport to Edinburgh Airport via London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- £50–140
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Hannover Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £65–350
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Dusseldorf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £45–190
- Phone
- +49 30 21300130
- info@abellio-mitteldeutschland.de
- Website
- abellio.de
Train from Weimar to Halle(Saale)Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 3m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £14–20
- Schedules at
- abellio.de
Train from Heilbad Heiligenstadt to Kassel-Wilhelmshoehe
- Ave. Duration
- 51 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £11–16
- Schedules at
- abellio.de
- Phone
- 0800 2235546
- Website
- abellio.de
Train from Weimar to Halle(Saale)Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 3m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £15–24
- Schedules at
- abellio.de
Train from Heilbad Heiligenstadt to Kassel-Wilhelmshoehe
- Ave. Duration
- 51 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £11–17
- Schedules at
- abellio.de
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Weimar to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 34m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £45–85
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Köln Hbf to Bruxelles Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 54m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £26–65
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Erfurt Hbf to Nürnberg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 17m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £13–65
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Erfurt Hbf to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 21m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £15–50
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Göttingen to Hannover Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 33 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £8–28
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Erfurt Hbf to S Südkreuz Bhf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 29m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £15–65
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/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
- £21–85
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
Train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to London St Pancras Intl
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £60–220
- 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
- 3h 24m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- £17–25
- Website
- https://www.belgiantrain.be/en
- 2nd Class
- £17–25
- 1st Class
- £26–40
- 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
- £55–140
- 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
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Erfurt Hbf to Nürnberg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 56m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- £24–35
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Weimar to Göttingen
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 57m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £22–35
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Weimar to Heilbad Heiligenstadt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £18–26
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- konzern.oebb.at
Train from Göttingen to Hannover Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 56 min
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- £23–35
- Website
- https://konzern.oebb.at/en/
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- info@flixbus.de
- Website
- flixtrain.de
Train from Erfurt Hbf to S Südkreuz Bhf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 44m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- £13–50
- Website
- https://www.flixtrain.com/
Train from Sheffield to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 48m
- 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 Weimar central train station to Frankfurt central train station
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £20–28
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from London Victoria to Edinburgh, Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 16m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £20–55
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Kassel to Ghent Dampoort
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 35m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £30–45
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- 0745 638 910
- transnicolaescu@yahoo.com
- Website
- transnicolaescu.ro
Bus from Frankfurt to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 13h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- £11
- Schedules at
- transnicolaescu.ro
- Phone
- 08717 81 81 81
- Website
- nationalexpress.com
Bus from London Victoria to Edinburgh, Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 20m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £25–65
- Website
- https://www.nationalexpress.com/en
- 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
- £27–31
- 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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Weimar to Edinburgh bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Frankfurt central train station.
Edinburgh is 1h behind Weimar. It is currently 9:00 AM in Weimar and 8:00 AM in Edinburgh.
Weimar to Edinburgh train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), arrive at Köln Hbf station.
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