There are 11 ways to get from Edinburgh Waverley to Rome by plane, train (Eurostar, TGV, Trenitalia), train, bus, car, car train, or car ferry
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Fly Edinburgh Airport to Fiumicino International Airport
best- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Fiumicino International Airport (FCO)plane EDI - FCO
6h 2m€82–192Train to Glasgow Airport, fly to Fiumicino International Airport
cheapest- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to Glasgow Queen Streettrain
- Fly from Glasgow Airport (GLA) to Fiumicino International Airport (FCO)plane GLA - FCO
6h 51m€51–217Train
- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to King's Crosstrain
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Lille Europetrain Eil
- Take the train from Lille Europe to Lyon Part Dieutrain Tgv
- Take the train from Lyon Part Dieu to Milano Centraletrain Fr
- Take the train from Milano Centrale to Roma Terminitrain
19h 16m€477–750Train, bus
- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to King's Crosstrain
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Paris Nordtrain Eil
- Take the bus from Paris - Massy-Palaiseau to Roma, Autostazione Tiburtinabus
28h 46m€441–681Drive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Edinburgh Waverley to Folkestonecar
- Take the cartrain from Folkestone to Calais-Fréthuncartrain
- Drive from Calais-Fréthun to Romecar
24h 37m€517–693Fly Edinburgh Airport to Roma Ciampino Airport
- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Roma Ciampino Airport (CIA)plane EDI - CIA
6h 10m€71–241Train to Newcastle, fly to Fiumicino International Airport
- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to Newcastletrain
- Fly from Newcastle (NCL) to Fiumicino International Airport (FCO)plane NCL - FCO
7h 20m€115–297Fly Edinburgh Airport to Naples Airport, train
- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Naples Airport (NAP)plane EDI - NAP
- Take the train from Napoli to Roma Terminitrain
7h 36m€104–266Bus
- Take the bus from Edinburgh, Bus Station to London Victoriabus
- Take the bus from London Victoria Green Line Station to Luxembourg P+R Bouillonbus
- Take the bus from Luxembourg Park&Drive to Roma Prenestina A1bus
36h 5m€235–344Bus via Paris
- Take the bus from Edinburgh, Bus Station to London Victoria Coach Station Arrivalsbus 598 / ...
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station to Roma, Autostazione Tiburtinabus
41h 12m€199–332Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Edinburgh Waverley to Port of Dovercar
- Take the carferry from Port of Dover to Calaiscarferry
- Drive from Calais to Romecar
25h 37m€411–649
Edinburgh Waverley to Rome by train
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Edinburgh Waverley to Rome is to train and fly which costs €50 - €220 and takes 6h 51m.
The fastest way to get from Edinburgh Waverley to Rome is to fly which takes 6h 2m and costs €80 - €200.
No, there is no direct bus from Edinburgh Waverley station to Rome. However, there are services departing from Edinburgh, Bus Station and arriving at Roma Prenestina A1 via London Victoria Green Line Station and Luxembourg Park&Drive. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 36h 5m.
No, there is no direct train from Edinburgh Waverley to Rome. However, there are services departing from Edinburgh Waverley and arriving at Roma Termini via London St Pancras Intl, Lille Europe, Lyon Part Dieu and Milano Centrale. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 19h 16m.
The distance between Edinburgh Waverley and Rome is 1978 km.
The best way to get from Edinburgh Waverley to Rome without a car is to train which takes 19h 16m and costs €470 - €750.
It takes approximately 6h 2m to get from Edinburgh Waverley to Rome, including transfers.
Edinburgh Waverley to Rome bus services, operated by National Express, depart from Edinburgh, Bus Station.
Edinburgh Waverley to Rome train services, operated by London North Eastern Railway Limited (LNER), depart from Edinburgh Waverley station.
The best way to get from Edinburgh Waverley to Rome is to fly which takes 6h 2m and costs €80 - €200. Alternatively, you can train, which costs €470 - €750 and takes 19h 16m, you could also bus, which costs €230 - €350 and takes 36h 5m.
What companies run services between Edinburgh Waverley, Scotland and Rome, Italy?
Jet2.com, easyJet, and three other airlines fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Fiumicino International Airport (FCO) 3 times a day. Alternatively, you can take a train from Edinburgh Waverley to Roma Termini via London Kings Cross, London St Pancras Intl, Lille Europe, Lyon Part Dieu, and Milano Centrale in around 19h 16m.
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Fiumicino International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–310
Flights from Newcastle to Fiumicino International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 46m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- €70–350
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Fiumicino International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €50–220
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Fiumicino International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €60–160
Flights from Newcastle to Fiumicino International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €55–240
Flights from Newcastle to Fiumicino International Airport via Nice
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 35m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €55–250
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Naples Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Sunday, Monday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €75–190
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Roma Ciampino Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 3m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €55–210
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Roma Ciampino Airport via Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 45m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €55–210
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Naples Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €65–140
- Website
- jet2.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Fiumicino International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €60–150
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Fiumicino International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €45–180
Flights from Newcastle to Fiumicino International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €55–120
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Naples Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €55–220
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Fiumicino International Airport via Cologne Bonn
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €55–230
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Fiumicino International Airport via Stuttgart
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 50m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €55–230
Flights from Newcastle to Fiumicino International Airport via Dusseldorf
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €60–260
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Roma Ciampino Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €70–220
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Roma Ciampino Airport via London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 20m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €70–220
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Fiumicino International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 55m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €65–220
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Naples Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–350
- Website
- luxair.lu
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Fiumicino International Airport via Luxembourg
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €80–360
- Website
- brusselsairlines.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Fiumicino International Airport via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 25m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €55–240
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to King's Cross
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 8m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €150–220
- Website
- London North Eastern Railway Limited (LNER)
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to King's Cross
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 8m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €150–220
- Website
- London North Eastern Railway Limited (LNER)
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Newcastle
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 21m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €45–70
- Website
- London North Eastern Railway Limited (LNER)
- Phone
- +44 (0)3432 186 186
- Website
- Eurostar
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Lille Europe
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €95–160
- Website
- Eurostar
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Paris Nord
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 28m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €160–270
- Website
- Eurostar
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Lille Europe to Lyon Part Dieu
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 8m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €120–190
- Website
- TGV inOui
- Phone
- +32 70 79 79 79
- Website
- Belgian Railways
Train from Lille Europe to Lyon Part Dieu
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 7m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €110–180
- Website
- Belgian Railways
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- Trenitalia
Train from Lyon Part Dieu to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 44m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €50–75
- Website
- Trenitalia
- Phone
- +39 06 8937 1892
- Website
- Italo Treno
Train from Milano Centrale to Roma Termini
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €65–110
- Website
- Italo Treno
Train from Napoli to Roma Termini
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 7m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €25–45
- Website
- Italo Treno
- Phone
- +44 (0) 8443 35 35 35
- [email protected]
- Website
- LeShuttle
Car train from Folkestone to Calais-Fréthun
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €139
- Website
- LeShuttle
- Standard fare
- €139
- Phone
- +44 (0)344 811 0141
- Website
- ScotRail
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Glasgow Queen Street
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €21–35
- Website
- ScotRail
- Phone
- 0345 528 0409
- [email protected]
- Website
- Lumo
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Glasgow Queen Street
- Ave. Duration
- 53 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €9–16
- Website
- Lumo
- Phone
- +44 3447 369 123
- [email protected]
- Website
- Cross Country
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Newcastle
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 29m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €60–95
- Website
- Cross Country
- Phone
- +44 345 600 1671
- [email protected]
- Website
- TransPennine Express
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Newcastle
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 44m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €40–70
- Website
- TransPennine Express
- Phone
- +44 330 060 0500
- Website
- Caledonian Sleeper
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Newcastle
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €30–50
- Website
- Caledonian Sleeper
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- [email protected]
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Paris - Massy-Palaiseau to Roma, Autostazione Tiburtina
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 15m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €120–190
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Edinburgh, Bus Station to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 5m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €45–75
- Website
- Flixbus
- Phone
- +420 222 222 221
- [email protected]
- Website
- RegioJet
Bus from London Victoria Green Line Station to Luxembourg P+R Bouillon
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 30m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €35–60
- Website
- RegioJet
- Phone
- +39 0362 185 0590
- [email protected]
- Website
- Onebus
Bus from Luxembourg Park&Drive to Roma Prenestina A1
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 23m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €150–210
- Website
- Onebus
- Phone
- +44 (0)3717 81 81 81
- Website
- National Express
Bus from Edinburgh, Bus Station to London Victoria Coach Station Arrivals
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 45m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €70–130
- Website
- National Express
- Phone
- +3 318 576 2228
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
Bus from London Victoria to Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 9h
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €30–50
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
Bus from Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station to Roma, Autostazione Tiburtina
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 20m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €95–160
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
- Phone
- +353 818 300 400
- [email protected]
- Website
- Irish Ferries
Car ferry from Port of Dover to Calais
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €30–90
- Website
- Irish Ferries
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Booking & Getting There
Edinburgh Waverley to Rome bus services, operated by National Express, arrive at London Victoria Coach Station Arrivals.
Rome is 1h ahead of Edinburgh Waverley. It is currently 2:01 PM in Edinburgh Waverley and 3:01 PM in Rome.
Edinburgh Waverley to Rome train services, operated by London North Eastern Railway Limited (LNER), arrive at King's Cross station.
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