There are 8 ways to get from Edinburgh to Tübingen by plane, train (Eurostar, TGV), bus, car, car train, train, night train, or car ferry
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 Stuttgart Airport
best- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Stuttgart Airport (STR)plane EDI - STR
5h 57m€104–254Train via Paris
- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to King's Crosstrain
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Paris Nordtrain Eil
- Take the train from Paris Est to Karlsruhe Hbftrain Ice
- Take the train from Karlsruhe Hbf to Stuttgart Hbftrain Re / ...
- Take the train from Hauptbahnhof to Tübingen Hauptbahnhoftrain Re6
12h 41m€430–775Bus
- 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, P+R Bouillon to Strasbourgbus 834
- Take the bus from Strasbourg to Tübingen central stationbus 336
27h 10m€114–183Drive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Edinburgh to Folkestonecar
- Take the cartrain from Folkestone to Calais-Fréthuncartrain
- Drive from Calais-Fréthun to Tübingencar
16h 17m€376–492Fly to Frankfurt, train
- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Frankfurt (FRA)plane EDI - FRA
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Esslingentrain
- Take the train from Esslingen to Tübingen Hauptbahnhoftrain
7h 50m€150–371Train, night train
- 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 nighttrain from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to Mannheim Hbfnighttrain Nj
- Take the train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Hauptbahnhoftrain 47 / ...
- Take the train from Hauptbahnhof to Tübingen Hauptbahnhoftrain Re6
16h 5m€339–630Train
- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to London Eustontrain
- Take the train from London St Pancras to Bruxelles-Miditrain Trn
- Take the train from Bruxelles Midi to Frankfurttrain 79
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Hauptbahnhoftrain 47 / ...
- Take the train from Hauptbahnhof to Tübingen Hauptbahnhoftrain Re6
16h 57m€265–620Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Edinburgh to Port of Dovercar
- Take the carferry from Port of Dover to Calaiscarferry
- Drive from Calais to Tübingencar
17h 24m€270–447
Edinburgh to Tübingen by train and foot
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Edinburgh to Tübingen is to bus which costs €110 - €190 and takes 27h 10m.
The fastest way to get from Edinburgh to Tübingen is to fly which takes 5h 57m and costs €100 - €260.
No, there is no direct bus from Edinburgh station to Tübingen station. However, there are services departing from Edinburgh, Bus Station and arriving at Tübingen central station via London Victoria Green Line Station, Luxembourg, P+R Bouillon and Strasbourg. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 27h 10m.
No, there is no direct train from Edinburgh to Tübingen. However, there are services departing from Edinburgh Waverley and arriving at Tübingen Hauptbahnhof via London St Pancras Intl, Paris Est, Karlsruhe Hbf and Hauptbahnhof. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 12h 41m.
The distance between Edinburgh and Tübingen is 1215 km.
The best way to get from Edinburgh to Tübingen without a car is to train via Paris which takes 12h 41m and costs €430 - €800.
It takes approximately 5h 57m to get from Edinburgh to Tübingen, including transfers.
Edinburgh to Tübingen bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Edinburgh, Bus Station.
Edinburgh to Tübingen train services, operated by London North Eastern Railway Limited (LNER), depart from Edinburgh Waverley station.
The best way to get from Edinburgh to Tübingen is to fly which takes 5h 57m and costs €100 - €260. Alternatively, you can train via Paris, which costs €430 - €800 and takes 12h 41m, you could also bus, which costs €110 - €190 and takes 27h 10m.
What companies run services between Edinburgh, Scotland and Tübingen, Germany?
Eurowings, KLM, and four other airlines fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Stuttgart Airport (STR) 5 times a day. Alternatively, you can take a train from Edinburgh Waverley to Tübingen Hauptbahnhof via London Kings Cross, London St Pancras Intl, Paris Nord, Paris Est, Karlsruhe Hbf, Stuttgart Hbf, and Hauptbahnhof in around 12h 41m.
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Stuttgart Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 1m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–350
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Frankfurt via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 3m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €45–270
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Stuttgart Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 42m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €110–380
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 58m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–330
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Stuttgart Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €85–230
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Stuttgart Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Wednesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €70–370
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 Paris Nord
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 28m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €160–270
- Website
- Eurostar
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 1m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €130–230
- Website
- Eurostar
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Paris Est to Karlsruhe Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 32m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €90–190
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Karlsruhe Hbf to Stuttgart Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 47 min
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €14–30
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Frankfurt to Esslingen
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 26m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €30–70
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 37 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €19–40
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Bruxelles Midi to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 48m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €70–150
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Frankfurt to Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 11m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €30–70
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Paris Est to Karlsruhe Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 42m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €100–160
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Karlsruhe Hbf to Stuttgart Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 37 min
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €16–24
- Website
- TGV inOui
- Phone
- +49 711 400 534 44
- [email protected]
- Website
- Arverio Baden-Württemberg
Train from Karlsruhe Hbf to Stuttgart Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €14–27
- Schedules at
- Arverio Baden-Württemberg
- 2nd Class Ticket
- €14–18
- 1st Class Ticket
- €18–27
Train from Hauptbahnhof to Tübingen Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 58 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €13–25
- Schedules at
- Arverio Baden-Württemberg
- 2nd Class Ticket
- €13–16
- 1st Class Ticket
- €17–25
Train from Esslingen to Tübingen Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 47 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €11–22
- Schedules at
- Arverio Baden-Württemberg
- 2nd Class Ticket
- €11–14
- 1st Class Ticket
- €15–22
Train from Hauptbahnhof to Tübingen Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 58 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €13–25
- Schedules at
- Arverio Baden-Württemberg
- 2nd Class Ticket
- €13–16
- 1st Class Ticket
- €17–25
Train from Hauptbahnhof to Tübingen Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 58 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €13–25
- Schedules at
- Arverio Baden-Württemberg
- 2nd Class Ticket
- €13–16
- 1st Class Ticket
- €17–25
- Phone
- +49 711 400 534 44
- [email protected]
- Website
- Arverio Baden-Württemberg GmbH
Train from Karlsruhe Hbf to Stuttgart Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €14–20
- Schedules at
- Arverio Baden-Württemberg GmbH
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Karlsruhe Hbf to Stuttgart Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 36m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- €12–55
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Hauptbahnhof to Tübingen Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 51 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- €11–45
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Esslingen to Tübingen Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 48 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €9–40
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Hauptbahnhof to Tübingen Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 51 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- €11–45
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Hauptbahnhof to Tübingen Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 51 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- €11–45
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
- 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
- +43 (0) 51717
- Website
- Nightjet
Night train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to Mannheim Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 16m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- €30–101
- Website
- Nightjet
- Sleeper Carriage
- €97–101
- Couchette Carriage
- €60–75
- Seating Carriage
- €30–40
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 37 min
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €11–24
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Frankfurt to Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 12m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €19–40
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
- 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
- €160–260
- Website
- Avanti West Coast
- Phone
- +44 330 060 0500
- Website
- Caledonian Sleeper
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to London Euston
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 23m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- €110–150
- Website
- Caledonian Sleeper
- Phone
- +32 70 79 79 79
- Website
- Belgian Railways
Train from London St Pancras to Bruxelles-Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €60–100
- Website
- Belgian Railways
Train from Bruxelles Midi to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €65–110
- Website
- Belgian Railways
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- [email protected]
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Edinburgh, Bus Station to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 5m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €50–80
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Luxembourg, P+R Bouillon to Strasbourg
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €18–28
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Strasbourg to Tübingen central station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €12–18
- 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
- +3 318 576 2228
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
Bus from Luxembourg, P+R Bouillon to Strasbourg
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €15–26
- 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 to Tübingen bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at London Victoria station.
Tübingen is 1h ahead of Edinburgh. It is currently 1:12 AM in Edinburgh and 2:12 AM in Tübingen.
Edinburgh to Tübingen train services, operated by London North Eastern Railway Limited (LNER), arrive at King's Cross station.
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