There are 10 ways to get from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Rotterdam by plane, train, train (Eurostar), car, car ferry, bus, or car train
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, train
best- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS)plane EDI - AMS
- Take the train from Schiphol Airport to Rotterdam Centraaltrain
2h 23m€73–223Fly to Weeze Airport, bus, train
cheapest- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Weeze Airport (NRN)plane EDI - NRN
- Take the bus from Weeze Airport Terminal 1 to Nijmegen Centraal Stationbus
- Take the train from Nijmegen to Bredatrain
- Take the train from Breda to Rotterdam Centraaltrain
4h 59m€50–241Train via Brussels
- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to King's Crosstrain
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Miditrain Eil
- Take the train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to Rotterdam Centraaltrain
9h 31m€313–501Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Hullcar
- Take the car ferry from Hull to Rotterdamcarferry
18h 3m€270–423Bus
- Take the bus from Edinburgh, Bus Station to London Victoriabus Ukxn10 / ...
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Rotterdam Central Stationbus N814
20h 10m€93–273Fly to Rotterdam The Hague Airport
- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Rotterdam The Hague Airport (RTM)plane EDI - RTM
3h 15m€210–470Fly to Brussels Airport, train
- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Brussels Airport (BRU)plane EDI - BRU
- Take the train from Brussels Airport-Zaventem to Rotterdam Centraaltrain
3h 43m€86–252Train
- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to King's Crosstrain Edinburgh - London Kings Cross / ...
- Take the train from London St. Pancras Int. to Rotterdam Centraaltrain Eurostar
9h 41m€216–411Train, car ferry
- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to Birmingham New Streettrain
- Take the train from Birmingham New Street to Cambridgetrain
- Take the train from Cambridge to Harwich Internationaltrain
- Take the car ferry from Harwich International Port to Port of Hoek van Hollandcarferry
21h 25m€318–790Drive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Folkestonecar
- Take the car train from Folkestone to Calais-Fréthuncartrain
- Drive from Calais-Fréthun to Rotterdamcar
11h 40m€312–393
Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Rotterdam by tram and train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Rotterdam is to fly and bus and train which costs €50 - €250 and takes 4h 59m.
The fastest way to get from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Rotterdam is to fly and train which takes 2h 23m and costs €70 - €230.
No, there is no direct bus from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Rotterdam station. However, there are services departing from Terminal and arriving at Rotterdam Central Station via Edinburgh, Bus Station and London Victoria. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 20h 10m.
No, there is no direct train from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Rotterdam. However, there are services departing from Edinburgh Airport and arriving at Rotterdam Centraal via Edinburgh Gateway, Edinburgh Waverley, London St Pancras Intl and Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 9h 31m.
The distance between Edinburgh Airport (EDI) and Rotterdam is 719 km.
The best way to get from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Rotterdam without a car is to train via Brussels which takes 9h 31m and costs €310 - €500.
It takes approximately 2h 23m to get from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Rotterdam, including transfers.
Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Rotterdam bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Edinburgh, Bus Station.
Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Rotterdam train services, operated by London North Eastern Railway Limited (LNER), depart from Edinburgh Waverley station.
The best way to get from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Rotterdam is to train via Brussels which takes 9h 31m and costs €310 - €500. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs €90 - €280 and takes 20h 10m, you could also fly, which costs €210 - €470 and takes 3h 15m.
What companies run services between Edinburgh Airport (EDI), Scotland and Rotterdam, Netherlands?
You can take a vehicle from Edinburgh Airport to Rotterdam Centraal via Edinburgh Gateway, Edinburgh Gateway, Edinburgh Waverley, London Kings Cross, London St Pancras Intl, and Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi in around 9h 31m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Terminal to Rotterdam Central Station via Hanover Street, Edinburgh, Bus Station, and London Victoria in around 20h 10m.
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 33m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–200
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol via Belfast (Aldergrove)
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €60–200
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol via Birmingham
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €60–200
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Rotterdam The Hague Airport via London City
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 31m
- When
- Wednesday to Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €240–490
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Brussels Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Thursday, Friday, Sunday, Monday, Wednesday, and Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €85–220
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 31m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €40–260
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Brussels Airport via Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €45–270
- Website
- transavia.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Rotterdam The Hague Airport via London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €90–420
- Website
- brusselsairlines.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Brussels Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–240
- Website
- aerlingus.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Brussels Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €70–130
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Weeze Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €28–150
- Phone
- +44 (0)3432 186 186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from Schiphol Airport to Rotterdam Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 26 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €15–27
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 4m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €110–190
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
Train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to Rotterdam Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 9m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €40–75
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Phone
- +32 70 79 79 79
- Website
- belgiantrain.be
Train from Schiphol Airport to Rotterdam Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 26 min
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- €8–18
- Website
- https://www.belgiantrain.be/en
Train from Brussels Airport-Zaventem to Rotterdam Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 39m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €23–50
- Website
- https://www.belgiantrain.be/en
Train from Breda to Rotterdam Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 24 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €7–16
- Website
- https://www.belgiantrain.be/en
Train from London St. Pancras Int. to Rotterdam Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 58m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €80–180
- Website
- https://www.belgiantrain.be/en
- Phone
- +44 (0)3457 225 333
- [email protected]
- Website
- lner.co.uk
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to King's Cross
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 8m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €150–220
- Website
- https://www.lner.co.uk/
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to King's Cross
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 8m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €150–220
- Website
- https://www.lner.co.uk/
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from Brussels Airport-Zaventem to Rotterdam Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 39m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €15–35
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
Train from Nijmegen to Breda
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 17m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- €9–20
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
Train from Breda to Rotterdam Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 21 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- €5–11
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
Train from London St. Pancras Int. to Rotterdam Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 28m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €55–120
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- Phone
- +44 3447 369 123
- [email protected]
- Website
- crosscountrytrains.co.uk
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Birmingham New Street
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 1m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €220–310
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
Train from Birmingham New Street to Cambridge
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 46m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €85–130
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 (0)345 528 0253
- Website
- avantiwestcoast.co.uk
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Birmingham New Street
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €140–240
- Website
- https://www.avantiwestcoast.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 345 600 7245
- [email protected]
- Website
- greateranglia.co.uk
Train from Cambridge to Harwich International
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €40–80
- Website
- https://www.greateranglia.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 (0) 8443 35 35 35
- Website
- leshuttle.com
Car train from Folkestone to Calais-Fréthun
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €137
- Website
- https://www.leshuttle.com/uk-en
- Standard fare
- €137
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- [email protected]
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.fr
Bus from Edinburgh, Bus Station to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 5m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- €50–90
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from London Victoria to Rotterdam Central Station
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 20m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €40–70
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +44 (0)3717 81 81 81
- Website
- nationalexpress.com
Bus from Edinburgh, Bus Station to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 45m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €80–200
- Website
- https://www.nationalexpress.com/en
- Phone
- 01806 607085
- [email protected]
- Website
- bahn.de
Bus from Weeze Airport Terminal 1 to Nijmegen Centraal Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 7m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €7–11
- Schedules at
- bahn.de
- Phone
- +31-383394700
- Website
- transdev.nl
Bus from Weeze Airport Terminal 1 to Nijmegen Centraal Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 7m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €9–11
- Website
- https://www.transdev.nl/en/
- Phone
- 01304 44 88 88
- [email protected]
- Website
- poferries.com
Car ferry from Hull to Rotterdam
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 45m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- €200–320
- Website
- https://www.poferries.com/en
- Phone
- +44 844 770 7070
- [email protected]
- Website
- stenaline.dk
Car ferry from Harwich International Port to Port of Hoek van Holland
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 15m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €45–260
- Website
- https://www.stenalinetravel.com/
- Passenger
- €55–70
- Small Car
- €75–260
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More Questions & Answers
There is no direct flight from Edinburgh Airport Airport to Rotterdam The Hague Airport Airport. The quickest flight takes 3h 15m and has one stopover.
Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Rotterdam bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at London Victoria station.
Rotterdam is 1h ahead of Edinburgh Airport (EDI). It is currently 4:37 AM in Edinburgh Airport (EDI) and 5:37 AM in Rotterdam.
Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Rotterdam train services, operated by London North Eastern Railway Limited (LNER), arrive at King's Cross station.
easyJet, Transavia Holland and British Airways offer flights from Edinburgh Airport Airport to Rotterdam The Hague Airport Airport.
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