There are 11 ways to get from Hanover to Edinburgh by plane, train (Eurostar), car, car ferry, bus, train, or car train
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Fly Hannover Airport to Edinburgh Airport
best- Fly from Hannover Airport (HAJ) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane HAJ - EDI
6h 29m£104–207Train to Bremen Airport, fly to Edinburgh Airport
cheapest- Take the train from Hannover Hauptbahnhof to Bremen Hbftrain
- Fly from Bremen Airport (BRE) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane BRE - EDI
7h 23m£83–358Train via Cologne
- Take the train from Hannover Hauptbahnhof to Köln Hbftrain 10 / ...
- Take the train from Köln Hbf to Bruxelles Miditrain 79
- Take the train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to London St Pancras Intltrain Eil
- Take the train from King's Cross to Edinburgh Waverleytrain
13h 4m£313–583Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Hanover to Rotterdamcar
- Take the carferry from Rotterdam to Hullcarferry
- Drive from Hull to Edinburghcar
21h 58m£392–477Bus, train
- Take the bus from Hanover to Dortmundbus
- Take the bus from DORTMUND, Hbf Nordseite, Steinstrasse to LONDON, Victoria Coach Station-Departure Hallbus
- Take the train from London Euston to Edinburgh Waverleytrain
23h 28m£150–322Fly Hannover Airport to Glasgow Airport, train
- Fly from Hannover Airport (HAJ) to Glasgow Airport (GLA)plane HAJ - GLA
- Take the train from Glasgow Queen Street to Edinburgh Waverleytrain
5h 46m£90–236Fly Hannover Airport to Newcastle, train
- Fly from Hannover Airport (HAJ) to Newcastle (NCL)plane HAJ - NCL
- Take the train from Newcastle to Edinburgh Waverleytrain
8h 10m£126–323Train to Düsseldorf International Airport, fly to Edinburgh Airport
- Take the train from Hannover Hauptbahnhof to D-Flughafen Bftrain
- Fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane DUS - EDI
6h 51m£121–269Train
- Take the train from Hannover Hbf to Amsterdam Centraaltrain
- Take the train from Amsterdam Centraal to London St. Pancras Int.train
- Take the train from King's Cross to Edinburgh Waverleytrain
14h 31m£201–306Bus
- Take the bus from Hanover central bus station to London Victoriabus N1328
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Edinburgh, Bus Stationbus Ukn13 / ...
24h 40m£102–191Drive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Hanover to Calais-Fréthuncar
- Take the cartrain from Calais-Fréthun to Folkestonecartrain
- Drive from Folkestone to Edinburghcar
14h 28m£304–403
Hanover to Edinburgh by train
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Hanover to Edinburgh is to bus which costs £100 - £200 and takes 24h 40m.
The fastest way to get from Hanover to Edinburgh is to fly and train which takes 5h 46m and costs £90 - £240.
No, there is no direct bus from Hanover station to Edinburgh station. However, there are services departing from Hanover central bus station and arriving at Edinburgh, Bus Station via London Victoria. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 24h 40m.
No, there is no direct train from Hanover to Edinburgh. However, there are services departing from Hannover Hauptbahnhof and arriving at Edinburgh Waverley via Köln Hbf, Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi and King's Cross. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 13h 4m.
The distance between Hanover and Edinburgh is 599 miles.
The best way to get from Hanover to Edinburgh without a car is to train via Cologne which takes 13h 4m and costs £310 - £600.
It takes approximately 6h 29m to get from Hanover to Edinburgh, including transfers.
Hanover to Edinburgh bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Hanover central bus station.
Hanover to Edinburgh train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), depart from Hannover Hauptbahnhof station.
The best way to get from Hanover to Edinburgh is to fly which takes 6h 29m and costs £100 - £210. Alternatively, you can train via Cologne, which costs £310 - £600 and takes 13h 4m, you could also bus, which costs £100 - £200 and takes 24h 40m.
What companies run services between Hanover, Germany and Edinburgh, Scotland?
KLM, British Airways, and two other airlines fly from Hannover Airport (HAJ) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI) 5 times a day. Alternatively, you can take a train from Hannover Hauptbahnhof to Edinburgh Waverley via Köln Hbf, Bruxelles Midi, Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi, London St Pancras Intl, and King's Cross in around 13h 4m.
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Hannover Airport to Edinburgh Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 7m
- When
- Tuesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- £85–190
Flights from Hannover Airport to Glasgow Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 8m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £110–190
Flights from Hannover Airport to Newcastle via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 37m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £120–190
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £90–200
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Hannover Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 13m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £50–290
Flights from Bremen Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 8m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £55–340
Flights from Hannover Airport to Newcastle via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 21m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £50–310
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £35–230
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Hannover Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 57m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £110–220
Flights from Hannover Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 50m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- £70–360
Flights from Bremen Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 25m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- £110–410
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Hannover Airport to Glasgow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- £60–170
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £65–140
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Bremen Airport to Edinburgh Airport via London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 22m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £50–220
- Website
- lufthansa-city.com
Flights from Hannover Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 50m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- £70–360
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Bremen Airport to Edinburgh Airport via London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- £50–220
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Hannover Airport to Newcastle via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 20m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- £65–350
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Hannover Hauptbahnhof to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 51m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £40–95
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Köln Hbf to Bruxelles Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 52m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £30–70
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Hannover Hauptbahnhof to Bremen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £17–40
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Hannover Hauptbahnhof to D-Flughafen Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 27m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £40–90
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
- Phone
- +44 (0)3432 186 186
- Website
- Eurostar
Train from Köln Hbf to Bruxelles Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 52m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- £70–120
- Website
- Eurostar
Train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to London St Pancras Intl
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 1m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £110–190
- Website
- Eurostar
- Phone
- +32 70 79 79 79
- Website
- Belgian Railways
Train from Köln Hbf to Bruxelles Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 54m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £30–50
- Website
- Belgian Railways
Train from King's Cross to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £130–180
- Website
- London North Eastern Railway Limited (LNER)
Train from Newcastle to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 24m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £40–60
- Website
- London North Eastern Railway Limited (LNER)
Train from King's Cross to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £130–180
- Website
- London North Eastern Railway Limited (LNER)
- Phone
- +44 (0)345 528 0253
- Website
- Avanti West Coast
Train from London Euston to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 44m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £130–220
- Website
- Avanti West Coast
- Phone
- +44 330 060 0500
- Website
- Caledonian Sleeper
Train from London Euston to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 32m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- £90–130
- Website
- Caledonian Sleeper
Train from Newcastle to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 42m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- £27–40
- Website
- Caledonian Sleeper
- Phone
- +44 (0)344 811 0141
- Website
- ScotRail
Train from Glasgow Queen Street to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £18–30
- Website
- ScotRail
- Phone
- 0345 528 0409
- [email protected]
- Website
- Lumo
Train from Glasgow Queen Street to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 49 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- £7–14
- Website
- Lumo
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Hannover Hauptbahnhof to Bremen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 19m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £19–80
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- Österreichische Bundesbahnen
Train from Hannover Hauptbahnhof to Bremen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- £25–40
- Website
- Österreichische Bundesbahnen
- Phone
- +44 3447 369 123
- [email protected]
- Website
- Cross Country
Train from Newcastle to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £50–80
- Website
- Cross Country
- Phone
- +44 345 600 1671
- [email protected]
- Website
- TransPennine Express
Train from Newcastle to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £35–60
- Website
- TransPennine Express
- [email protected]
- Website
- GoVolta
Train from Hannover Hbf to Amsterdam Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 44m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £20–26
- Website
- GoVolta
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Amsterdam Centraal to London St. Pancras Int.
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 17m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- £50–100
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
- Phone
- +44 (0) 8443 35 35 35
- [email protected]
- Website
- LeShuttle
Car train from Calais-Fréthun to Folkestone
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £117
- Website
- LeShuttle
- Standard fare
- £117
- [email protected]
- Website
- SVS
Bus from Hanover to Dortmund
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 33m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- £8–16
- Website
- SVS
- Phone
- +48 77 443 44 44
- [email protected]
- Website
- Sindbad
Bus from DORTMUND, Hbf Nordseite, Steinstrasse to LONDON, Victoria Coach Station-Departure Hall
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 25m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £50–85
- Website
- Sindbad
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- [email protected]
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Hanover central bus station to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 50m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- £60–95
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from London Victoria to Edinburgh, Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 15m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £40–65
- Website
- Flixbus
- Phone
- +44 (0)3717 81 81 81
- Website
- National Express
Bus from London Victoria to Edinburgh, Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 5m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- £60–100
- Website
- National Express
- Phone
- +44 01304 44 88 88
- [email protected]
- Website
- P&O Ferries
Car ferry from Rotterdam to Hull
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 45m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- £270–300
- Website
- P&O Ferries
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Booking & Getting There
Hanover to Edinburgh bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at London Victoria station.
Edinburgh is 1h behind Hanover. It is currently 11:36 AM in Hanover and 10:36 AM in Edinburgh.
Hanover to Edinburgh train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), arrive at Köln Hbf station.
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