There are 10 ways to get from Edinburgh to Lier by train (Eurostar), bus, car, car train, plane, train, or car ferry
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Train via Anvers-Central
best- 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 Anvers-Centraltrain
8h 24m€268–426Fly Edinburgh Airport to Brussels South Charleroi Airport, train
cheapest- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Brussels South Charleroi Airport (CRL)plane EDI - CRL
- Take the train from Charleroi-Central to Anvers-Berchemtrain
6h 56m€63–223Bus
- Take the bus from Edinburgh, Bus Station to London Victoriabus
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Doverbus 700
- Take the bus from Dover to Antwerpbus
17h 58m€81–255Drive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Edinburgh to Folkestonecar
- Take the cartrain from Folkestone to Calais-Fréthuncartrain
- Drive from Calais-Fréthun to Liercar
10h 44m€289–364Fly Edinburgh Airport to Brussels Airport, train
- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Brussels Airport (BRU)plane EDI - BRU
- Take the train from Anvers-Berchem to Lierretrain
5h 13m€87–238Train, bus
- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to King's Crosstrain
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Anvers-Centraltrain Eil
- Take the bus from Antwerpen Centraal Station perron 11 to Lier Marktbus 20a
9h 24m€281–431Train
- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to London Eustontrain
- Take the train from London St. Pancras Int. to Brussel-Zuidtrain
- Take the train from Bruxelles-Midi to Lierretrain Ic / ...
10h 38m€202–378Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Edinburgh to Port of Dovercar
- Take the carferry from Port of Dover to Calaiscarferry
- Drive from Calais to Liercar
11h 52m€163–281Fly Edinburgh Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, train
- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS)plane EDI - AMS
- Take the train from Schiphol Airport to Anvers-Centraltrain
5h 53m€97–286Train to Glasgow Airport, fly to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, train
- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to Glasgow Queen Streettrain
- Fly from Glasgow Airport (GLA) to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS)plane GLA - AMS
- Take the train from Schiphol Airport to Anvers-Centraltrain
6h 38m€105–354
Edinburgh to Lier by train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Edinburgh to Lier is to fly and train which costs €60 - €230 and takes 6h 56m.
The fastest way to get from Edinburgh to Lier is to fly and train which takes 5h 13m and costs €85 - €240.
No, there is no direct bus from Edinburgh station to Lier. However, there are services departing from Edinburgh, Bus Station and arriving at Lier Markt via London Victoria, Dover and Berchem Station perron 3. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 17h 58m.
No, there is no direct train from Edinburgh to Lier. However, there are services departing from Edinburgh Waverley and arriving at Lierre via London St Pancras Intl, Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi and Anvers-Central. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 8h 24m.
The distance between Edinburgh and Lier is 1060 km.
The best way to get from Edinburgh to Lier without a car is to train via Anvers-Central which takes 8h 24m and costs €260 - €430.
It takes approximately 8h 24m to get from Edinburgh to Lier, including transfers.
Edinburgh to Lier bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Edinburgh, Bus Station.
Edinburgh to Lier train services, operated by London North Eastern Railway Limited (LNER), depart from Edinburgh Waverley station.
The best way to get from Edinburgh to Lier is to train via Anvers-Central which takes 8h 24m and costs €260 - €430. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs €80 - €260 and takes 17h 58m.
What companies run services between Edinburgh, Scotland and Lier, Belgium?
You can take a train from Edinburgh Waverley to Lierre via London Kings Cross, London St Pancras Intl, Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi, and Anvers-Central in around 8h 24m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Edinburgh, Bus Station to Lier Markt via London Victoria, Dover, Antwerp, and Berchem Station perron 3 in around 17h 58m.
- 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 Birmingham
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €60–230
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol via London Luton
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 47m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Friday, Wednesday, 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
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Brussels Airport via Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €45–270
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
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Brussels Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 53m
- When
- Thursday, Friday, Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €85–220
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Brussels South Charleroi Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €30–170
- Website
- brusselsairlines.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Brussels Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–210
- 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
- €70–140
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)
- 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 Anvers-Central
- Ave. Duration
- 34 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €13–23
- Website
- Eurostar
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Anvers-Central
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 53m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €120–210
- Website
- Eurostar
Train from Schiphol Airport to Anvers-Central
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 3m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €40–70
- Website
- Eurostar
Train from Schiphol Airport to Anvers-Central
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 3m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €40–70
- Website
- Eurostar
- Phone
- +32 70 79 79 79
- Website
- Belgian Railways
Train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to Anvers-Central
- Ave. Duration
- 34 min
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- €8–17
- Website
- Belgian Railways
Train from Anvers-Berchem to Lierre
- Ave. Duration
- 13 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- €2–4
- Website
- Belgian Railways
Train from Bruxelles-Midi to Lierre
- Ave. Duration
- 47 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €7–15
- Website
- Belgian Railways
Train from Schiphol Airport to Anvers-Central
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 14m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €24–50
- Website
- Belgian Railways
Train from Charleroi-Central to Anvers-Berchem
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 36m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €17–35
- Website
- Belgian Railways
Train from Schiphol Airport to Anvers-Central
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 14m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €24–50
- 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
- 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
- +44 330 060 0500
- [email protected]
- 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 Glasgow Queen Street
- Ave. Duration
- 57 min
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- €17–28
- Website
- Caledonian Sleeper
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from London St. Pancras Int. to Brussel-Zuid
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 1m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €40–85
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
- 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
- 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
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 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €45–80
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from London Victoria to Dover
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €10–16
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Dover to Antwerp
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €20–35
- 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
- €85–210
- Website
- National Express
- Phone
- +32 70 22 02 00
- Website
- De Lijn
Bus from Antwerpen Centraal Station perron 11 to Lier Markt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 3m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €3
- Website
- De Lijn
- 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
- €8–50
- Website
- Irish Ferries
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More Questions & Answers
Edinburgh to Lier bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at London Victoria station.
Lier is 1h ahead of Edinburgh. It is currently 1:02 PM in Edinburgh and 2:02 PM in Lier.
Edinburgh to Lier train services, operated by London North Eastern Railway Limited (LNER), arrive at King's Cross station.
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