There are 12 ways to get from Zwickau to Edinburgh by train, plane, train (Eurostar), bus, car, car train, or car ferry
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Train to Dresden Airport, fly to Edinburgh Airport
best- Take the train from Zwickau(Sachs)Hbf to Dresden Hbftrain
- Fly from Dresden Airport (DRS) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane DRS - EDI
9h 25m£146–338Train, train to Berlin Brandenburg Airport, fly to Edinburgh Airport
cheapest- 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
8h 11m£75–229Train
- 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 33m£195–554Bus
- 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 19m£81–210Drive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Zwickau to Calais-Fréthuncar
- Take the car train from Calais-Fréthun to Folkestonecartrain
- Drive from Folkestone to Edinburghcar
16h 42mTrain to Leipzig-Halle Airport, fly to Edinburgh Airport
- Take the train from Zwickau, Hauptbahnhof to Leipzig/Halle Flughafentrain
- Fly from Leipzig-Halle Airport (LEJ) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane LEJ - EDI
7h 59m£126–292Train, bus to Václav Havel Airport Prague, fly to Edinburgh Airport
- 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 50mTrain, bus to Václav Havel Airport Prague, fly to Glasgow Airport
- 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 Glasgow Airport (GLA)plane PRG - GLA
- Take the train from Glasgow Queen Street to Edinburgh Waverleytrain
9h 57mTrain, train to Frankfurt, fly to Edinburgh Airport
- Take the train from Zwickau, Hauptbahnhof to Leipzig Hbftrain
- Take the train from Leipzig Hbf to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane FRA - EDI
9h 54m£129–303Train via Enschede
- Take the train from Zwickau, Hauptbahnhof to Halle(Saale)Hbftrain S5x / ...
- Take the train from Halle(Saale)Hbf to Bielefeld Hbftrain 55
- Take the train from Bielefeld Hbf to Hengelotrain
- Take the train from Hengelo to Rotterdam Centraaltrain
- Take the train from Rotterdam Centraal to London St. Pancras Int.train
- Take the train from King's Cross to Edinburgh Waverleytrain
20h 35m£200–567Train, 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 40mDrive, car ferry
- Drive from Zwickau to Calaiscar
- Take the car ferry from Calais to Port of Dovercarferry
- Drive from Port of Dover to Edinburghcar
17h 44m£241–360
Zwickau to Edinburgh by train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Zwickau to Edinburgh is to bus which costs £80 - £210 and takes 31h 19m.
The fastest way to get from Zwickau to Edinburgh is to train and fly which takes 7h 59m and costs £120 - £300.
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 19m.
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 33m.
The distance between Zwickau and Edinburgh is 875 miles.
The best way to get from Zwickau to Edinburgh without a car is to train which takes 16h 33m and costs £190 - £600.
It takes approximately 9h 25m to get from Zwickau to Edinburgh, including transfers.
Zwickau to Edinburgh bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Zwickau central train station.
Zwickau to Edinburgh train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional), depart from Zwickau, Hauptbahnhof station.
The best way to get from Zwickau to Edinburgh is to train which takes 16h 33m and costs £190 - £600. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs £80 - £210 and takes 31h 19m.
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 33m. 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 19m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Dresden Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £110–250
Flights from Dresden Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 30m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- £110–250
Flights from Leipzig-Halle Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 3m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £100–240
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Edinburgh Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £55–240
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Glasgow Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 40m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- £55–240
Flights from Frankfurt to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £70–190
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Edinburgh Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £40–230
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £40–230
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Glasgow Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £40–230
Flights from Frankfurt to Edinburgh Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £35–220
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Dresden Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 35m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £60–250
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £45–190
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Edinburgh Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- £45–190
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £40–150
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Glasgow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £50–130
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Glasgow Airport via Birmingham
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £50–130
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £35–120
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £35–120
- Website
- brusselsairlines.com
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Edinburgh Airport via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £50–190
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £50–190
Flights from Frankfurt to Edinburgh Airport via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £50–180
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Dresden Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Dusseldorf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £110–220
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Dusseldorf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £45–180
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- £45–110
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Edinburgh Airport via London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- £55–100
- Website
- jet2.com
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- £45–140
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Glasgow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £30–130
- Website
- flysas.com
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £50–200
Flights from Frankfurt to Edinburgh Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £35–220
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Edinburgh Airport via London City
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 27m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £50–230
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Dresden Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 10m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £80–400
- Phone
- +49 30 200730
- post@transdev.de
- Website
- transdev.de
Train from Zwickau(Sachs)Hbf to Dresden Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 32m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £20–29
- Schedules at
- transdev.de
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Zwickau, Hauptbahnhof to Leipzig Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 9m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £13–19
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Zwickau, Hauptbahnhof to Leipzig/Halle Flughafen
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 24m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £15–22
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Zwickau, Hauptbahnhof to Halle(Saale)Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 36m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £17–25
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Leipzig Hbf to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £26–65
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Frankfurt to Bruxelles Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 1m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £40–110
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Leipzig Hbf to S Südkreuz Bhf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £17–40
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Halle(Saale)Hbf to Bielefeld Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 32m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £26–50
- 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 5m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £60–210
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
Train from Rotterdam Centraal to London St. Pancras Int.
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 29m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- £55–280
- 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 6m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £55–150
- 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
Train from Zwickau, Hauptbahnhof to Chemnitz, Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 31 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Schedules at
- mitteldeutsche-regiobahn.de
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- info@flixbus.de
- Website
- flixtrain.de
Train from Leipzig Hbf to S Südkreuz Bhf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £5–14
- Website
- https://www.flixtrain.com/
- 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
- £17–18
- Website
- https://www.scotrail.co.uk/
- Phone
- 0180 6 9 27 37 27
- info@eurobahn.de
- Website
- eurobahn.de
Train from Bielefeld Hbf to Hengelo
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 14m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £22–35
- Website
- https://www.eurobahn.de/en/
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from Hengelo to Rotterdam Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 17m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £25–28
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
Train from Rotterdam Centraal to London St. Pancras Int.
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 29m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- £150–240
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- Phone
- 0 89 54 888 97 - 25
- info@laenderbahn.com
- Website
- laenderbahn.com
Train from Zwickau Zentrum to Cheb
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 18m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Schedules at
- laenderbahn.com
- Phone
- +420 221 111 122
- info@cd.cz
- Website
- cd.cz
Train from Cheb to Plzen-Jizni Predmesti
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 14m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £5–8
- Website
- https://www.cd.cz/en/default.htm
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 Zwickau central train station to Nuremberg central bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- £10–20
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Nuremberg central bus station to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 5m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £50–130
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from London Victoria to Edinburgh, Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 16m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £20–50
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Chemnitz central bus station to Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £14–26
- 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 20m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £26–60
- Website
- https://www.nationalexpress.com/en
- 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
- +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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Zwickau to Edinburgh bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Nuremberg central bus station.
Edinburgh is 1h behind Zwickau. It is currently 12:26 PM in Zwickau and 11:26 AM in Edinburgh.
Zwickau to Edinburgh train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional), arrive at Leipzig Hbf station.
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