There are 11 ways to get from Glasgow to Ilmenau by train (Eurostar), train, bus, car, car train, plane, or car ferry
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Train
best- Take the train from Glasgow Central to London Eustontrain
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Miditrain Eil
- Take the train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to Frankfurt(M) Flughafen Fernbftrain Ice
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Erfurt Hbftrain 50 / ...
17h 8m€465–1,123Fly Glasgow Airport to Nuremberg Airport, train
cheapest- Fly from Glasgow Airport (GLA) to Nuremberg Airport (NUE)plane GLA - NUE
- Take the train from Nürnberg Hbf to Erfurt Hbftrain
10h 23m€206–509Train, bus
- Take the train from Glasgow Central to London Eustontrain
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Lille Europetrain Eil
- Take the bus from Lille to Leipzig central train stationbus
- Take the train from Leipzig Hbf to Rudolstadt(Thuer)train Re
- Take the bus from Rudolstadt, ZOB/Rudolf-Herzer-Platz to Ilmenau, Busbahnhofbus 215
26h 5mDrive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Glasgow to Folkestonecar
- Take the car train from Folkestone to Calais-Fréthuncartrain
- Drive from Calais-Fréthun to Ilmenaucar
15h 48m€377–495Bus, train
- Take the bus from Buchanan Bus Station to Shudehill Interchangebus
- Take the bus from Shudehill Interchange to London Victoriabus
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Nuremberg central bus stationbus
- Take the train from Nürnberg Hbf to Rudolstadttrain 61
- Take the bus from Rudolstadt, ZOB/Rudolf-Herzer-Platz to Ilmenau, Busbahnhofbus 215
34h 56mDrive, car ferry
- Drive from Glasgow to Port of Dovercar
- Take the car ferry from Port of Dover to Calaiscarferry
- Drive from Calais to Ilmenaucar
16h 55m€252–417Bus to Edinburgh Airport, fly to Berlin Brandenburg Airport, train
- Take the bus from Buchanan Bus Station to Terminalbus
- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Berlin Brandenburg Airport (BER)plane EDI - BER
- Take the train from S Südkreuz Bhf to Erfurt Hbftrain
10h 3m€222–554Fly Glasgow Airport to Frankfurt, train
- Fly from Glasgow Airport (GLA) to Frankfurt (FRA)plane GLA - FRA
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Gothatrain
11h 27m€212–505Bus to Edinburgh Airport, fly to Frankfurt, train
- Take the bus from Buchanan Bus Station to Terminalbus
- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Frankfurt (FRA)plane EDI - FRA
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Gothatrain
10h 45m€222–537Bus to Edinburgh Airport, fly to Düsseldorf International Airport, train
- Take the bus from Buchanan Bus Station to Terminalbus
- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS)plane EDI - DUS
- Take the train from Düsseldorf Hbf to Frankfurttrain
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Erfurt Hbftrain
12h 15m€276–731Bus to Edinburgh Airport, fly to Cologne Bonn Airport, train
- Take the bus from Buchanan Bus Station to Terminalbus
- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN)plane EDI - CGN
- Take the train from Siegburg/Bonn to Frankfurt(Main)Hbftrain
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Erfurt Hbftrain
11h 53m€228–630
Glasgow to Ilmenau by train, foot, and bus
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Glasgow to Ilmenau is to fly and train which costs €210 - €550 and takes 11h 27m.
The fastest way to get from Glasgow to Ilmenau is to bus and fly and train which takes 10h 3m and costs €220 - €600.
No, there is no direct train from Glasgow to Ilmenau. However, there are services departing from Glasgow Central and arriving at Stadtilm via London St Pancras Intl, Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi, Frankfurt and Erfurt Hbf. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 17h 8m.
The distance between Glasgow and Ilmenau is 1722 km.
The best way to get from Glasgow to Ilmenau without a car is to train which takes 17h 8m and costs €460 - €1200.
It takes approximately 17h 8m to get from Glasgow to Ilmenau, including transfers.
Glasgow to Ilmenau train services, operated by Avanti West Coast, depart from Glasgow Central station.
Ilmenau is 1h ahead of Glasgow. It is currently 4:07 PM in Glasgow and 5:07 PM in Ilmenau.
Glasgow to Ilmenau train services, operated by Avanti West Coast, arrive at London Euston station.
There are 792+ hotels available in Ilmenau.
What companies run services between Glasgow, Scotland and Ilmenau, Thuringia, Germany?
You can take a train from Glasgow Central to Ilmenau, Albert-Pulvers-Straße via London Euston, London St Pancras Intl, Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi, Frankfurt, Erfurt Hbf, Stadtilm, and Stadtilm, Feldstraße Ersatzhaltestelle in around 17h 8m.
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Nuremberg Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–360
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €55–290
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Frankfurt via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €45–250
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Frankfurt via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 1m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €45–260
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €45–260
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Nuremberg Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €85–400
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Frankfurt via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Saturday, Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €110–170
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €110–230
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 9m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €55–170
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–210
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–310
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Nuremberg Airport via London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 22m
- When
- Wednesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €60–180
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €60–170
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport via Cologne Bonn Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Tuesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €100–350
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–160
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €85–140
- Website
- norwegian.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €55–170
- Website
- aerlingus.com
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Frankfurt via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €90–180
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €80–200
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Nuremberg Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €70–190
- Website
- brusselsairlines.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €65–240
- Phone
- +44 (0)345 528 0253
- Website
- avantiwestcoast.co.uk
Train from Glasgow Central to London Euston
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 38m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €160–280
- Website
- https://www.avantiwestcoast.co.uk/
Train from Glasgow Central to London Euston
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 38m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €160–280
- Website
- https://www.avantiwestcoast.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 330 060 0500
- [email protected]
- Website
- sleeper.scot
Train from Glasgow Central to London Euston
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 20m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- €140–230
- Website
- https://www.sleeper.scot/
Train from Glasgow Central to London Euston
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 20m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- €140–230
- Website
- https://www.sleeper.scot/
- Phone
- +44 (0)3432 186 186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 4m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €110–200
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Lille Europe
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 21m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €80–140
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to Frankfurt(M) Flughafen Fernbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 48m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €70–310
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Frankfurt to Erfurt Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 38m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €45–210
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Leipzig Hbf to Rudolstadt(Thuer)
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 32m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €23–110
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Nürnberg Hbf to Erfurt Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €35–150
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Nürnberg Hbf to Rudolstadt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 9m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €35–150
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from S Südkreuz Bhf to Erfurt Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 58m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €50–220
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Frankfurt to Gotha
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 21m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €40–190
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Frankfurt to Gotha
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 21m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €40–190
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Düsseldorf Hbf to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 32m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €40–170
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Frankfurt to Erfurt Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €45–200
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Siegburg/Bonn to Frankfurt(Main)Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €28–130
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Frankfurt to Erfurt Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €45–200
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +49 30 21300130
- [email protected]
- Website
- abellio.de
Train from Leipzig Hbf to Rudolstadt(Thuer)
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 39m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €22–30
- Schedules at
- abellio.de
- Phone
- 0800 2235546
- Website
- abellio.de
Train from Leipzig Hbf to Rudolstadt(Thuer)
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 39m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €26–45
- Schedules at
- abellio.de
- 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
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Nürnberg Hbf to Erfurt Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 47m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €45–80
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from Siegburg/Bonn to Frankfurt(Main)Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €17–35
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- [email protected]
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.fr
Bus from Lille to Leipzig central train station
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 50m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €75–140
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Buchanan Bus Station to Shudehill Interchange
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €30–50
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Shudehill Interchange to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €29–50
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from London Victoria to Nuremberg central bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 55m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €90–150
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- 03671 / 5251999
- [email protected]
- Website
- kombus-online.eu
Bus from Rudolstadt, ZOB/Rudolf-Herzer-Platz to Ilmenau, Busbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Schedules at
- kombus-online.eu
Bus from Rudolstadt, ZOB/Rudolf-Herzer-Platz to Ilmenau, Busbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Schedules at
- kombus-online.eu
- Phone
- 0141 352 4444
- [email protected]
- Website
- citylink.co.uk
Bus from Buchanan Bus Station to Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 1m
- Frequency
- Every 10 minutes
- Estimated price
- €8–17
- Website
- https://www.citylink.co.uk/
- Single
- €8–17
Bus from Buchanan Bus Station to Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 1m
- Frequency
- Every 10 minutes
- Estimated price
- €8–17
- Website
- https://www.citylink.co.uk/
- Single
- €8–17
Bus from Buchanan Bus Station to Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 1m
- Frequency
- Every 10 minutes
- Estimated price
- €8–17
- Website
- https://www.citylink.co.uk/
- Single
- €8–17
Bus from Buchanan Bus Station to Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 1m
- Frequency
- Every 10 minutes
- Estimated price
- €8–17
- Website
- https://www.citylink.co.uk/
- Single
- €8–17
- Phone
- +353 818 300 400
- [email protected]
- Website
- irishferries.com
Car ferry from Port of Dover to Calais
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €9–55
- Website
- https://www.irishferries.com/uk-en/Travel-to-Ireland
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