There are 9 ways to get from Zwickau to Edinburgh by train, plane, bus, car, car train, or car ferry
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Train to Leipzig-Halle Airport, fly
best- Take the train from Zwickau, Hauptbahnhof to Leipzig/Halle Flughafentrain
- Fly from Leipzig-Halle Airport (LEJ) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane LEJ - EDI
9h 16mDrive, car ferry
cheapest- Drive from Zwickau to Rotterdamcar
- Take the car ferry from Rotterdam to Hullcarferry
- Drive from Hull to Edinburghcar
22h 21m£227–404Train
- Take the train from Zwickau, Hauptbahnhof to Leipzig Hbftrain S5x / ...
- Take the train from Leipzig Hbf to Frankfurttrain 50 / ...
- 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
16h 29mBus
- Take the bus from Zwickau central train station to Nuremberg central bus stationbus 321
- Take the bus from Nuremberg central bus station to London Victoriabus
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Edinburgh, Bus Stationbus
31h 35mDrive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Zwickau to Calais-Fréthuncar
- Take the car train from Calais-Fréthun to Folkestonecartrain
- Drive from Folkestone to Edinburghcar
16h 43mTrain to Dresden Airport, fly
- Take the train from Zwickau(Sachs)Hbf to Dresden Hbftrain
- Fly from Dresden Airport (DRS) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane DRS - EDI
8h 57mTrain, train to Berlin Brandenburg Airport, fly
- Take the train from Zwickau, Hauptbahnhof to Leipzig Hbftrain
- Take the train from Leipzig Hbf to S Südkreuz Bhftrain
- Fly from Berlin Brandenburg Airport (BER) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane BER - EDI
8hTrain, bus to Václav Havel Airport Prague, fly
- Take the train from Zwickau, Hauptbahnhof to Chemnitz, Hauptbahnhoftrain
- Take the bus from Chemnitz central bus station to Praguebus
- Fly from Václav Havel Airport Prague (PRG) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane PRG - EDI
8h 52mTrain, bus
- Take the train from Zwickau Zentrum to Chebtrain Rb
- Take the train from Cheb to Plzen-Jizni Predmestitrain Ic / ...
- Take the bus from Plzeň CAN to Sheffieldbus
- Take the train from Sheffield to Edinburgh Waverleytrain
32h 45m
Leipzig-Halle Airport (LEJ) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Zwickau to Edinburgh is to drive and car ferry which costs £220 - £410 and takes 22h 21m.
The fastest way to get from Zwickau to Edinburgh is to drive and car ferry which takes 22h 21m and costs £220 - £410.
No, there is no direct bus from Zwickau station to Edinburgh station. However, there are services departing from Zwickau central train station and arriving at Edinburgh, Bus Station via Nuremberg central bus station and London Victoria. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 31h 35m.
No, there is no direct train from Zwickau to Edinburgh. However, there are services departing from Zwickau, Hauptbahnhof and arriving at Edinburgh Waverley via Leipzig Hbf, Frankfurt, Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi and King's Cross. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 16h 29m.
The distance between Zwickau and Edinburgh is 784 miles.
The best way to get from Zwickau to Edinburgh without a car is to train which takes 16h 29m and costs .
It takes approximately 9h 16m to get from Zwickau to Edinburgh, including transfers.
Zwickau to Edinburgh bus services, operated by FlixBus-eu, depart from Zwickau central train station.
Zwickau to Edinburgh train services, operated by DB Regio AG Südost, depart from Zwickau, Hauptbahnhof station.
The best way to get from Zwickau to Edinburgh is to train which takes 16h 29m and costs . Alternatively, you can bus, which costs and takes 31h 35m.
What companies run services between Zwickau, Germany and Edinburgh, Scotland?
You can take a train from Zwickau, Hauptbahnhof to Edinburgh Waverley via Leipzig Hbf, Frankfurt, Bruxelles Midi, Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi, London St Pancras Intl, and King's Cross in around 16h 29m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Zwickau central train station to Edinburgh, Bus Station via Nuremberg central bus station and London Victoria in around 31h 35m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Leipzig-Halle Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 8m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £120–250
Flights from Dresden Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £90–290
Flights from Dresden Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 7m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £90–290
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £65–270
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Edinburgh Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £60–250
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 43m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £40–240
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Edinburgh Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 6m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £40–240
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Leipzig-Halle Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Palma Mallorca
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 55m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £100–240
Flights from Dresden Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Palma Mallorca
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 35m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £140–390
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- £45–120
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £45–120
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Dresden Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Dusseldorf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- £130–210
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Dusseldorf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- £90–140
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Edinburgh Airport via Dusseldorf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 12m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £50–190
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Edinburgh Airport via London City
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 8m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £55–260
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £55–140
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £45–150
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Edinburgh Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 35m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- £45–150
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Leipzig-Halle Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Palma Mallorca
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 40m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- £90–250
- Website
- brusselsairlines.com
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- £50–200
- Website
- flysas.com
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £60–230
- Website
- jet2.com
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- £45–130
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to London St Pancras Intl
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 1m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Schedules at
- eurostar.com
- Website
- virgintrainseastcoast.com
Train from King's Cross to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 6m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Schedules at
- virgintrainseastcoast.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
- Website
- veolia-verkehr.de
Train from Zwickau(Sachs)Hbf to Dresden Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 32m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Schedules at
- veolia-verkehr.de
Train from Zwickau, Hauptbahnhof to Chemnitz, Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 46 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Schedules at
- veolia-verkehr.de
- Website
- personenverkehr.oebb.at
Train from Leipzig Hbf to S Südkreuz Bhf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 7m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Schedules at
- personenverkehr.oebb.at
- Website
- vogtlandbahn.de
Train from Zwickau Zentrum to Cheb
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 18m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Schedules at
- vogtlandbahn.de
- Website
- crosscountrytrains.co.uk
Train from Sheffield to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 48m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Schedules at
- crosscountrytrains.co.uk
- Website
- global.flixbus.com
Bus from Zwickau central train station to Nuremberg central bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Schedules at
- global.flixbus.com
Bus from Nuremberg central bus station to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 5m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Schedules at
- global.flixbus.com
Bus from London Victoria to Edinburgh, Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 16m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Schedules at
- global.flixbus.com
Bus from Chemnitz central bus station to Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Schedules at
- global.flixbus.com
- Website
- traveline.info
Bus from London Victoria to Edinburgh, Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 16m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Schedules at
- traveline.info
- Website
- traveline.info
Bus from London Victoria to Edinburgh, Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 40m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Schedules at
- traveline.info
- Phone
- +421 55 680 73 06
- onlinepredaj@eurobus.sk
- Website
- eurobus.sk
Bus from Plzeň CAN to Sheffield
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 25m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- £60–150
- Website
- https://www.eurobus.sk/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
- £70–170
- Website
- https://www.poferries.com/en
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More Questions & Answers
Zwickau to Edinburgh bus services, operated by FlixBus-eu, arrive at Nuremberg central bus station.
Edinburgh is 1h behind Zwickau. It is currently 3:48 AM in Zwickau and 2:48 AM in Edinburgh.
Zwickau to Edinburgh train services, operated by DB Regio AG Südost, arrive at Leipzig Hbf station.
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