There are 11 ways to get from Edinburgh to Amsterdam Schiphol Airport (AMS) by plane, train (Eurostar), car, car ferry, bus, train, ferry, 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 from Edinburgh Airport
best- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS)plane EDI - AMS
4h 2m€71–211Train 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 Schiphol Airporttrain
9h 7m€313–494Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Edinburgh to Hullcar
- Take the carferry from Hull to Rotterdamcarferry
- Drive from Rotterdam to Amsterdam Schiphol Airport (AMS)car
18h 31m€266–421Bus
- Take the bus from Edinburgh, Bus Station to London Victoriabus Ukxn10 / ...
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Amsterdam Sloterdijkbus N814 / ...
21h 20m€92–280Train to Glasgow Airport, fly
- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to Glasgow Queen Streettrain
- Fly from Glasgow Airport (GLA) to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS)plane GLA - AMS
4h 47m€79–279Train to Newcastle, fly
- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to Newcastletrain
- Fly from Newcastle (NCL) to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS)plane NCL - AMS
5h 8m€115–333Train to Aberdeen Airport, fly
- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to Aberdeentrain
- Fly from Aberdeen Airport (ABZ) to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS)plane ABZ - AMS
7h 9m€149–416Train to Durham Tees Valley Airport, fly
- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to Darlingtontrain
- Fly from Durham Tees Valley Airport (MME) to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS)plane MME - AMS
6h 25m€209–491Train
- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to London Eustontrain
- Take the train from London St. Pancras Int. to Rotterdam Centraaltrain
- Take the train from Rotterdam Centraal to Schiphol Airport Train Stationtrain
10h 58m€214–470Train, ferry
- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to Newcastletrain Edinburgh - London Kings Cross / ...
- Take the ferry from Newcastle upon Tyne to Amsterdam IJmuidenferry
22h 21m€139–517Drive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Edinburgh to Folkestonecar
- Take the cartrain from Folkestone to Calais-Fréthuncartrain
- Drive from Calais-Fréthun to Amsterdam Schiphol Airport (AMS)car
12h 20m€319–403
Edinburgh to Amsterdam Schiphol Airport (AMS) by train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Edinburgh to Amsterdam Schiphol Airport (AMS) is to fly which costs €70 - €220 and takes 4h 2m.
The fastest way to get from Edinburgh to Amsterdam Schiphol Airport (AMS) is to fly which takes 4h 2m and costs €70 - €220.
No, there is no direct bus from Edinburgh station to Amsterdam Schiphol Airport (AMS). However, there are services departing from Edinburgh, Bus Station and arriving at Schiphol, Schiphol Airport/Plaza via London Victoria and Amsterdam, Station Sloterdijk. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 21h 20m.
No, there is no direct train from Edinburgh to Amsterdam Schiphol Airport (AMS). However, there are services departing from Edinburgh Waverley and arriving at Schiphol Airport via London St Pancras Intl and Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 9h 7m.
The distance between Edinburgh and Amsterdam Schiphol Airport (AMS) is 677 km.
The best way to get from Edinburgh to Amsterdam Schiphol Airport (AMS) without a car is to train via Brussels which takes 9h 7m and costs €310 - €500.
It takes approximately 4h 2m to get from Edinburgh to Amsterdam Schiphol Airport (AMS), including transfers.
Edinburgh to Amsterdam Schiphol Airport (AMS) bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Edinburgh, Bus Station.
Edinburgh to Amsterdam Schiphol Airport (AMS) train services, operated by London North Eastern Railway Limited (LNER), depart from Edinburgh Waverley station.
The best way to get from Edinburgh to Amsterdam Schiphol Airport (AMS) is to fly which takes 4h 2m and costs €70 - €220. Alternatively, you can train via Brussels, which costs €310 - €500 and takes 9h 7m, you could also bus, which costs €90 - €280 and takes 21h 20m.
What companies run services between Edinburgh, Scotland and Amsterdam Schiphol Airport (AMS), Netherlands?
easyJet and KLM fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS) every 4 hours. Alternatively, you can take a train from Edinburgh Waverley to Schiphol Airport via London Kings Cross, London St Pancras Intl, and Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi in around 9h 7m.
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €55–190
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol via Birmingham
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 37m
- When
- Monday and Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €55–190
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol via Belfast (Aldergrove)
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €55–190
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol via London Luton
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €55–190
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €60–230
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol via London Luton
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €60–230
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol via Belfast (Aldergrove)
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Monday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €60–230
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol via Bristol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €60–230
Flights from Newcastle to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 17m
- When
- Monday, Friday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €60–180
Flights from Newcastle to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol via Bristol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €60–180
Flights from Aberdeen Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol via London Luton
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €100–350
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 31m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €40–260
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 33m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €40–260
Flights from Newcastle to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 21m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €40–280
Flights from Aberdeen Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–370
Flights from Durham Tees Valley Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–450
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
- €50–70
- Website
- London North Eastern Railway Limited (LNER)
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Aberdeen
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 32m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €50–75
- Website
- London North Eastern Railway Limited (LNER)
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Darlington
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 54m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €60–90
- Website
- London North Eastern Railway Limited (LNER)
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Newcastle
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 21m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €50–70
- Website
- London North Eastern Railway Limited (LNER)
- Phone
- +44 (0)3432 186 186
- Website
- Eurostar
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 4m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €100–180
- Website
- Eurostar
Train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to Schiphol Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €55–95
- Website
- Eurostar
- Phone
- +44 (0)344 811 0141
- Website
- ScotRail
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Glasgow Queen Street
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- €24–45
- Website
- ScotRail
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Aberdeen
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 29m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €65–120
- Website
- ScotRail
- Phone
- 0800 031 8542
- [email protected].
- Website
- Lumo
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Glasgow Queen Street
- Ave. Duration
- 53 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €10–18
- Website
- Lumo
- Phone
- +44 330 060 0500
- [email protected]
- Website
- Caledonian Sleeper
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Glasgow Queen Street
- Ave. Duration
- 57 min
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- €17–28
- Website
- Caledonian Sleeper
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Newcastle
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €45–75
- Website
- Caledonian Sleeper
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Aberdeen
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 6m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €45–80
- Website
- Caledonian Sleeper
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to London Euston
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 23m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- €150–240
- Website
- Caledonian Sleeper
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Newcastle
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €45–75
- Website
- Caledonian Sleeper
- Phone
- +44 3447 369 123
- [email protected]
- Website
- Cross Country
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Newcastle
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 29m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €75–110
- Website
- Cross Country
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Aberdeen
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €80–120
- Website
- Cross Country
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Darlington
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €100–140
- Website
- Cross Country
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Newcastle
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 29m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €75–110
- 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
- €50–90
- Website
- TransPennine Express
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Newcastle
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 44m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €50–90
- Website
- TransPennine Express
- Phone
- +44 (0)345 528 0253
- Website
- Avanti West Coast
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to London Euston
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 47m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €170–280
- Website
- Avanti West Coast
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from London St. Pancras Int. to Rotterdam Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 28m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €55–120
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Rotterdam Centraal to Schiphol Airport Train Station
- Ave. Duration
- 26 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- €5–12
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
- Phone
- +32 70 79 79 79
- Website
- Belgian Railways
Train from London St. Pancras Int. to Rotterdam Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 58m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- €85–180
- Website
- Belgian Railways
- Phone
- +44 (0) 8443 35 35 35
- Website
- LeShuttle
Car train from Folkestone to Calais-Fréthun
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €137
- Website
- LeShuttle
- Standard fare
- €137
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- [email protected]
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Edinburgh, Bus Station to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 5m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- €45–80
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from London Victoria to Amsterdam Sloterdijk
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €40–75
- Website
- Flixbus
- Phone
- +44 (0)3717 81 81 81
- Website
- National Express
Bus from Edinburgh, Bus Station to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 45m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €85–200
- Website
- National Express
- Phone
- 01304 44 88 88
- [email protected]
- Website
- P&O Ferries
Car ferry from Hull to Rotterdam
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 45m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- €190–310
- Website
- P&O Ferries
- Phone
- +44 344 848 6090
- [email protected]
- Website
- DFDS Seaways
Ferry from Newcastle upon Tyne to Amsterdam IJmuiden
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 45m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €80–390
- Website
- DFDS Seaways
- 4-bed inside cabin
- €80–240
- 2-bed sea view cabin
- €100–240
- 3-bed Commodore De Luxe double bed
- €230–390
- Standard Car (extra fee)
- €141
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More Questions & Answers
Edinburgh to Amsterdam Schiphol Airport (AMS) bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at London Victoria station.
Amsterdam Schiphol Airport (AMS) is 1h ahead of Edinburgh. It is currently 4:15 AM in Edinburgh and 5:15 AM in Amsterdam Schiphol Airport (AMS).
Edinburgh to Amsterdam Schiphol Airport (AMS) train services, operated by London North Eastern Railway Limited (LNER), arrive at King's Cross station.
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