There are 8 ways to get from Bloomington to Edinburgh by plane, train, or bus
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly Central Illinois Regional Airport At Bloomington-Normal to Edinburgh Airport
best- Fly from Central Illinois Regional Airport At Bloomington-Normal (BMI) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane BMI - EDI
14h 59m£161–611Train to Chicago O'Hare International Airport, fly to Edinburgh Airport
- Take the train from Bloomington-Normal to Chicago Union Stationtrain
- Fly from Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane ORD - EDI
13h 45m£214–554Bus to University Of Illinois Willard Airport, fly to Edinburgh Airport
- Take the bus from Bloomington-Normal to Champaign Intermodal Trans Ctrbus
- Fly from University Of Illinois Willard Airport (CMI) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane CMI - EDI
14h 46m£220–637Train to Abraham Lincoln Capital Airport, fly to Edinburgh Airport
- Take the train from Bloomington-Normal to Springfieldtrain
- Fly from Abraham Lincoln Capital Airport (SPI) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane SPI - EDI
14h 54m£235–661Train to Chicago O'Hare International Airport, fly to Glasgow Airport, train
- Take the train from Bloomington-Normal to Chicago Union Stationtrain
- Fly from Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) to Glasgow Airport (GLA)plane ORD - GLA
- Take the train from Glasgow Queen Street to Edinburgh Waverleytrain
16h 21m£212–581Train, bus to Decatur Airport, fly to Edinburgh Airport
- Take the train from Bloomington-Normal to Springfieldtrain
- Take the bus from Springfield SMTD Transfer Center to Decatur Downtown Transportation Centerbus
- Fly from Decatur Airport (DEC) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane DEC - EDI
22h 30m£200–670Train, bus to Peoria International Airport, fly to Edinburgh Airport
- Take the train from Bloomington-Normal to Springfieldtrain
- Take the bus from Springfield to Peoria Amtrak Stationbus
- Fly from Peoria International Airport (PIA) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane PIA - EDI
18h 30mTrain to Chicago O'Hare International Airport, fly to Newcastle, train
- Take the train from Bloomington-Normal to Chicago Union Stationtrain
- Fly from Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) to Newcastle (NCL)plane ORD - NCL
- Take the train from Newcastle to Edinburgh Waverleytrain
17h 49m£245–719
Central Illinois Regional Airport At Bloomington-Normal (BMI) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI) flights
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Bloomington to Edinburgh is to train and fly which costs £210 - £600 and takes 13h 45m.
The fastest way to get from Bloomington to Edinburgh is to train and fly which takes 13h 45m and costs £210 - £600.
The distance between Bloomington and Edinburgh is 3849 miles.
It takes approximately 14h 59m to get from Bloomington to Edinburgh, including transfers.
Edinburgh is 6h ahead of Bloomington. It is currently 2:33 PM in Bloomington and 8:33 PM in Edinburgh.
There are 2812+ hotels available in Edinburgh.
What companies run services between Bloomington, IL, USA and Edinburgh, Scotland?
Delta, American Airlines, and two other airlines fly from Central Illinois Regional Airport At Bloomington-Normal (BMI) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI) 4 times a day.
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 47m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £140–700
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £140–460
Flights from University Of Illinois Willard Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Chicago O'Hare International Airport, Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 18m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £160–900
Flights from Abraham Lincoln Capital Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Chicago O'Hare International Airport, Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £180–900
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Glasgow Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £140–700
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Glasgow Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £140–550
Flights from Decatur Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Chicago O'Hare International Airport, Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 45m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £180–900
Flights from Peoria International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Chicago O'Hare International Airport, Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 3m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £180–900
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Newcastle via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 51m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £150–600
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Newcastle via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 42m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £160–800
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £140–460
Flights from University Of Illinois Willard Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth, London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 31m
- When
- Saturday, Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £220–800
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Glasgow Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £140–550
Flights from Peoria International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Charlotte, London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 47m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- £190–750
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Newcastle via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 51m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £150–600
- Website
- aerlingus.com
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 47m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £140–700
Flights from Abraham Lincoln Capital Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Chicago O'Hare International Airport, Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 51m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £180–900
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Glasgow Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £140–700
Flights from Decatur Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Chicago O'Hare International Airport, Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 45m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £180–900
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Newcastle via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 42m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £160–800
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Central Illinois Regional Airport At Bloomington-Normal to Edinburgh Airport via Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £180–700
Flights from Central Illinois Regional Airport At Bloomington-Normal to Edinburgh Airport via Atlanta, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 18m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £200–750
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 15m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £140–550
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Glasgow Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 35m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- £140–550
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Newcastle via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £160–600
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Newcastle via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 50m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £160–650
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Central Illinois Regional Airport At Bloomington-Normal to Edinburgh Airport via Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £180–700
Flights from Central Illinois Regional Airport At Bloomington-Normal to Edinburgh Airport via Atlanta, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 18m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £200–750
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 15m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £140–550
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Glasgow Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 35m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- £140–550
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Newcastle via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £160–600
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Central Illinois Regional Airport At Bloomington-Normal to Edinburgh Airport via Chicago O'Hare International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 51m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £150–600
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £120–460
Flights from University Of Illinois Willard Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Chicago O'Hare International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 4m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- £150–600
Flights from Abraham Lincoln Capital Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Chicago O'Hare International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £150–600
Flights from Decatur Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Chicago O'Hare International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 15m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £150–600
Flights from Peoria International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Chicago O'Hare International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £150–600
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Central Illinois Regional Airport At Bloomington-Normal to Edinburgh Airport via Chicago O'Hare International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 51m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £150–600
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £120–460
Flights from University Of Illinois Willard Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Chicago O'Hare International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 4m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- £150–600
Flights from Abraham Lincoln Capital Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Chicago O'Hare International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £150–600
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Glasgow Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 13h
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £180–650
- Website
- icelandair.com
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Reykjavik Keflavik Nas
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 50m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £150–460
Flights from University Of Illinois Willard Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Chicago O'Hare International Airport, Reykjavik Keflavik Nas
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 59m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- £190–600
Flights from Abraham Lincoln Capital Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Chicago O'Hare International Airport, Reykjavik Keflavik Nas
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 10m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £190–600
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Glasgow Airport via Reykjavik Keflavik Nas
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £150–460
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Central Illinois Regional Airport At Bloomington-Normal to Edinburgh Airport via Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £180–700
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Glasgow Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 35m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- £140–550
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Newcastle via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 50m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £160–650
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak
Contact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from Bloomington-Normal to Chicago Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 19m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- £50–80
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from Bloomington-Normal to Springfield
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- £25–40
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from Bloomington-Normal to Chicago Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 19m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- £50–80
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from Bloomington-Normal to Springfield
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- £25–40
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from Bloomington-Normal to Springfield
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- £25–40
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from Bloomington-Normal to Chicago Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 19m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- £50–80
- Website
- Amtrak
- Phone
- +44 (0)344 811 0141
- Website
- ScotRail
Train from Glasgow Queen Street to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £18–30
- Website
- ScotRail
- Phone
- 0345 528 0409
- [email protected]
- Website
- Lumo
Train from Glasgow Queen Street to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 49 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- £7–14
- Website
- Lumo
Train from Newcastle to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £40–60
- Website
- London North Eastern Railway Limited (LNER)
- Phone
- +44 3447 369 123
- [email protected]
- Website
- Cross Country
Train from Newcastle to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 27m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £50–80
- Website
- Cross Country
- Phone
- +44 345 600 1671
- [email protected]
- Website
- TransPennine Express
Train from Newcastle to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £35–60
- Website
- TransPennine Express
- Phone
- +44 330 060 0500
- Website
- Caledonian Sleeper
Train from Newcastle to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 42m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- £27–40
- Website
- Caledonian Sleeper
- Phone
- +1 214-849-8100
- [email protected]
- Website
- Greyhound
Bus from Bloomington-Normal to Champaign Intermodal Trans Ctr
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £7–11
- Website
- Greyhound
- Phone
- +1 (855) 626-8585
- Website
- Flixbus USA
Bus from Springfield SMTD Transfer Center to Decatur Downtown Transportation Center
- Ave. Duration
- 45 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- £4–7
- Schedules at
- Flixbus USA
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak
Contact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- Amtrak
Bus from Springfield to Peoria Amtrak Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Website
- Amtrak
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