There are 11 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 to Edinburgh Airport
best- Take the train from Weimar to Halle(Saale)Hbf
- Fly from Leipzig-Halle Airport (LEJ) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)LEJ - EDI
8h 5m£131–326Bus
cheapest- Take the bus from Weimar central train station to Frankfurt central train station
- Take the bus from Frankfurt to London Victoria
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Edinburgh, Bus Station
26h 47m£53–109Train
- Take the train from Weimar to Köln Hbf51
- Take the train from Köln Hbf to Bruxelles Midi79
- Take the train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to London St Pancras IntlEil
- Take the train from King's Cross to Edinburgh Waverley
15h 40m£204–618Drive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Weimar to Calais-Fréthun
- Take the car train from Calais-Fréthun to Folkestone
- Drive from Folkestone to Edinburgh
15h 53mTrain to Nuremberg Airport, fly to Edinburgh Airport
- Take the train from Erfurt Hbf to Nürnberg Hbf
- Fly from Nuremberg Airport (NUE) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)NUE - EDI
8h 13m£105–283Train to Berlin Brandenburg Airport, fly to Edinburgh Airport
- Take the train from Erfurt Hbf to S Südkreuz Bhf
- Fly from Berlin Brandenburg Airport (BER) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)BER - EDI
7h 19m£78–275Train to Frankfurt, fly to Edinburgh Airport
- Take the train from Erfurt Hbf to Frankfurt
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)FRA - EDI
8h 17m£118–295Train to Frankfurt, fly to Glasgow Airport, train
- Take the train from Erfurt Hbf to Frankfurt
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Glasgow Airport (GLA)FRA - GLA
- Take the train from Glasgow Queen Street to Edinburgh Waverley
9h 1m£125–380Train to Frankfurt, fly to Newcastle, train
- Take the train from Erfurt Hbf to Frankfurt
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Newcastle (NCL)FRA - NCL
- Take the train from Newcastle to Edinburgh Waverley
9h 32m£118–389Train, bus
- Take the train from Weimar to Heilbad HeiligenstadtRe1
- Take the train from Heilbad Heiligenstadt to Kassel-WilhelmshoeheRe
- Take the bus from Kassel to Ghent Dampoort
- Take the bus from Gent-Dampoort to Sheffield
- Take the train from Sheffield to Edinburgh Waverley
27h 48m£113–308Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Weimar to Calais
- Take the car ferry from Calais to Port of Dover
- Drive from Port of Dover to Edinburgh
16h 54m£242–347
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 47m.
The fastest way to get from Weimar to Edinburgh is to train and fly which takes 7h 19m and costs £75 - £280.
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 47m.
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 40m.
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 40m and costs £200 - £650.
It takes approximately 8h 5m 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 40m and costs £200 - £650. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs £50 - £110 and takes 26h 47m.
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 40m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Weimar central train station to Edinburgh, Bus Station via Frankfurt and London Victoria in around 26h 47m.
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- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Leipzig-Halle Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 31m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £110–250
Flights from Nuremberg Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £85–330
Flights from Frankfurt to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £75–190
Flights from Frankfurt to Glasgow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £75–220
Flights from Frankfurt to Newcastle
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £100–220
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Nuremberg Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £50–270
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £40–230
Flights from Frankfurt to Edinburgh Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £40–220
Flights from Frankfurt to Glasgow Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £40–230
Flights from Frankfurt to Newcastle via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £40–240
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Nuremberg Airport to Edinburgh Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £65–320
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Edinburgh Airport via London City
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 36m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- £55–270
Flights from Frankfurt to Edinburgh Airport via London City
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- £110–250
Flights from Frankfurt to Glasgow Airport via London City
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- £100–220
Flights from Frankfurt to Newcastle via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 27m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- £65–280
- Website
- flysas.com
Flights from Nuremberg Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 33m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £50–270
Flights from Nuremberg Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £55–290
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £55–210
Flights from Frankfurt to Edinburgh Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £40–220
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £50–130
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Nuremberg Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £55–290
Flights from Frankfurt to Newcastle via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £50–270
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £45–150
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Birmingham
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- £45–150
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Cologne Bonn
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- £95–120
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Dusseldorf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £95–120
- Website
- brusselsairlines.com
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £55–200
Flights from Frankfurt to Edinburgh Airport via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £55–190
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Nuremberg Airport to Edinburgh Airport via London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- £55–130
- Phone
- +49 30 21300130
- info@abellio-mitteldeutschland.de
- Website
- abellio.de
Train from Weimar to Halle(Saale)Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 4m
- 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 4m
- 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 Halle(Saale)Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 1m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- £24–50
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Weimar to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 34m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £30–110
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Köln Hbf to Bruxelles Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 54m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £27–60
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Erfurt Hbf to Nürnberg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £26–70
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Erfurt Hbf to S Südkreuz Bhf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 29m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £13–65
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Erfurt Hbf to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 21m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £24–75
- 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
- £30–85
- 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
- £75–280
- 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
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £70–150
- Website
- https://www.lner.co.uk/
Train from Newcastle to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 24m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £23–40
- 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
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Erfurt Hbf to Nürnberg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 56m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £24–35
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Weimar to Heilbad Heiligenstadt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £18–26
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Heilbad Heiligenstadt to Kassel-Wilhelmshoehe
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £11–16
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/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
- £8–40
- Website
- https://www.flixtrain.com/
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from Erfurt Hbf to S Südkreuz Bhf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 3m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £45–75
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket?cref=oebb-header
- 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
- +44 330 060 0500
- enquiry@sleeper.scot
- Website
- sleeper.scot
Train from Glasgow Queen Street to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Frequency
- 6 times 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 27m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £28–40
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
Train from Sheffield to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £35–180
- 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
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- £8–25
- Website
- https://www.tpexpress.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
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £20–28
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from London Victoria to Edinburgh, Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 16m
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- £22–60
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Kassel to Ghent Dampoort
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 35m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £27–60
- 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
- 10h 25m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- £26–70
- 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
- £21–25
- 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 4:34 AM in Weimar and 3:34 AM in Edinburgh.
Weimar to Edinburgh train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), arrive at Köln Hbf station.
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