There are 9 ways to get from Weimar to Edinburgh by train, plane, train (Eurostar), car, car ferry, bus, night train, or car train
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Train to Leipzig-Halle Airport, fly to Edinburgh Airport
best- Take the train from Weimar to Halle(Saale)Hbftrain
- Fly from Leipzig-Halle Airport (LEJ) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane LEJ - EDI
9h 19m£128–331Bus
cheapest- Take the bus from Weimar central train station to Frankfurt central train stationbus
- Take the bus from Frankfurt central train station to London Victoriabus
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Edinburgh, Bus Stationbus
29h 45m£97–279Train
- 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 50m£327–653Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Weimar to Rotterdamcar
- Take the car ferry from Rotterdam to Hullcarferry
- Drive from Hull to Edinburghcar
21h 36m£308–454Train to Frankfurt, fly to Edinburgh Airport
- Take the train from Erfurt Hbf to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane FRA - EDI
7h 52m£149–391Train to Berlin Brandenburg Airport, fly to Edinburgh Airport
- Take the train from Erfurt Hbf to S Südkreuz Bhftrain
- Fly from Berlin Brandenburg Airport (BER) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane BER - EDI
7h 18m£106–331Train to Frankfurt, fly to Glasgow Airport, train
- Take the train from Erfurt Hbf to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Glasgow Airport (GLA)plane FRA - GLA
- Take the train from Glasgow Queen Street to Edinburgh Waverleytrain
8h 54m£152–456Train, night train
- Take the train from Weimar to Heilbad Heiligenstadttrain Re1
- Take the train from Heilbad Heiligenstadt to Kassel-Wilhelmshoehetrain Re / ...
- Take the night train from Kassel-Wilhelmshoehe to Amsterdam Centraalnighttrain Nj
- Take the train from Amsterdam Centraal to London St. Pancras Int.train
- Take the train from London Euston to Edinburgh Waverleytrain
20h 31m£217–510Drive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Weimar to Calais-Fréthuncar
- Take the car train from Calais-Fréthun to Folkestonecartrain
- Drive from Folkestone to Edinburghcar
15h 58m
Weimar to Edinburgh by train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Weimar to Edinburgh is to bus which costs £95 - £280 and takes 29h 45m.
The fastest way to get from Weimar to Edinburgh is to train and fly which takes 7h 18m and costs £100 - £340.
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 central train station and London Victoria. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 29h 45m.
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 50m.
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 50m and costs £320 - £700.
It takes approximately 9h 19m 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 50m and costs £320 - £700. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs £95 - £280 and takes 29h 45m.
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 50m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Weimar central train station to Edinburgh, Bus Station via Frankfurt central train station and London Victoria in around 29h 45m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Leipzig-Halle Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 33m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £110–320
Flights from Frankfurt to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £100–210
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £75–300
Flights from Frankfurt to Glasgow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £80–220
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Edinburgh Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £45–270
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 51m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £45–250
Flights from Frankfurt to Glasgow Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £45–270
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Edinburgh Airport via London City
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 22m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £60–290
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Leipzig-Halle Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Palma Mallorca
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 50m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £120–280
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £60–140
- Website
- brusselsairlines.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Edinburgh Airport via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £60–240
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- £55–220
- Website
- flysas.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Edinburgh Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £45–270
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £65–240
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- £45–130
- 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
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- £80–200
- 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 Erfurt Hbf to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 21m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £40–100
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Erfurt Hbf to S Südkreuz Bhf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 29m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £40–100
- 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
- £60–110
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
Train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to London St Pancras Intl
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 1m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £100–180
- 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
- +44 344 811 0141
- Website
- scotrail.co.uk
Train from Glasgow Queen Street to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £20–40
- Website
- https://www.scotrail.co.uk/
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Weimar to Heilbad Heiligenstadt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £23–35
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +43 51717
- Website
- nightjet.com
Night train from Kassel-Wilhelmshoehe to Amsterdam Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 38m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- £27–87
- Website
- https://www.nightjet.com/en/#/home
- Sleeper Carriage
- £84–87
- Couchette Carriage
- £50–65
- Seating Carriage
- £27–32
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from Amsterdam Centraal to London St. Pancras Int.
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 17m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- £55–130
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- Phone
- +44 345 528 0253
- Website
- avantiwestcoast.co.uk
Train from London Euston to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 43m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £140–240
- Website
- https://www.avantiwestcoast.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 330 060 0500
- enquiry@sleeper.scot
- Website
- sleeper.scot
Train from London Euston to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 32m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £100–180
- Website
- https://www.sleeper.scot/
- 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 Weimar central train station to Frankfurt central train station
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £17–29
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Frankfurt central train station to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 45m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £45–80
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from London Victoria to Edinburgh, Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 16m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £35–65
- 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
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- £70–170
- Website
- https://www.nationalexpress.com/en
- Phone
- 01304 44 88 88
- customer.services@poferries.com
- Website
- poferries.com
Car ferry from Rotterdam to Hull
- Ave. Duration
- 11h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £160–240
- Website
- https://www.poferries.com/en
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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 1:12 AM in Weimar and 12:12 AM in Edinburgh.
Weimar to Edinburgh train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), arrive at Köln Hbf station.
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