There are 12 ways to get from Hertfordshire to Edinburgh by train, bus, car, or plane
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Train via York
best- Take the train from Stevenage to Yorktrain London Kings Cross - Newcastle / ...
- Take the train from York to Edinburgh Waverleytrain London Kings Cross - Edinburgh / ...
5h 5m£118–221Bus to Luton Airport, fly to Edinburgh Airport
cheapest- Take the bus from Waterend Lane to The George PHbus
- Fly from Luton Airport (LTN) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane LTN - EDI
3h 26m£41–153Bus
- Take the bus from Luton Station Interchange to Finchley Road Stationbus 757
- Take the bus from Finchley Road / O2 Centre to Edinburgh, Bus Stationbus Ukxn10 / ...
10h 2m£53–83Drive 346.9 mi
- Drive from Hertfordshire to Edinburghcar 346.9 mi
6h 19m£87–125Train
- Take the train from Stevenage to Peterboroughtrain Horsham - Peterborough / ...
- Take the train from Peterborough to Edinburgh Waverleytrain London Kings Cross - Edinburgh / ...
5h 56m£118–193Bus, train
- Take the bus from Luton Station Interchange to St Margaret's Bus Stationbus 230 / ...
- Take the bus from St Margaret's Bus Station to Railway Stationbus Sky
- Take the train from Derby to Edinburgh Waverleytrain
9h 58m£147–228Train to London City Airport, fly to Edinburgh Airport
- Take the train from Welwyn Garden City to King's Crosstrain
- Fly from London City Airport (LCY) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane LCY - EDI
4h 2m£100–315Train to London Heathrow Airport, fly to Edinburgh Airport
- Take the train from Welwyn Garden City to Finsbury Parktrain
- Fly from London Heathrow Airport (LHR) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane LHR - EDI
4h 35m£91–266Train to London Gatwick Airport, fly to Edinburgh Airport
- Take the train from Finsbury Park to Gatwick Airporttrain
- Fly from London Gatwick Airport (LGW) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane LGW - EDI
4h 37m£71–167Train to London Stansted Airport, fly to Edinburgh Airport
- Take the train from Welwyn Garden City to Cambridge Southtrain
- Fly from London Stansted Airport (STN) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane STN - EDI
4h 29m£58–168Fly Luton Airport to Glasgow Airport, train
- Fly from Luton Airport (LTN) to Glasgow Airport (GLA)plane LTN - GLA
- Take the train from Glasgow Queen Street to Edinburgh Waverleytrain
4h 19m£50–168Train to London Heathrow Airport, fly to Newcastle, train
- Take the train from Welwyn Garden City to Finsbury Parktrain
- Fly from London Heathrow Airport (LHR) to Newcastle (NCL)plane LHR - NCL
- Take the train from Newcastle to Edinburgh Waverleytrain
5h 56m£98–341
Hertfordshire to Edinburgh by train
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Hertfordshire to Edinburgh is to bus which costs £50 - £85 and takes 10h 2m.
The fastest way to get from Hertfordshire to Edinburgh is to bus and fly which takes 3h 26m and costs £40 - £160.
No, there is no direct bus from Hertfordshire to Edinburgh station. However, there are services departing from Waterend Lane and arriving at Edinburgh, Bus Station via Luton Station Interchange and Finchley Road / O2 Centre. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 10h 2m.
No, there is no direct train from Hertfordshire to Edinburgh. However, there are services departing from Welwyn Garden City and arriving at Edinburgh Waverley via Stevenage and York. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 5h 5m.
The distance between Hertfordshire and Edinburgh is 372 miles. The road distance is 349 miles.
The best way to get from Hertfordshire to Edinburgh without a car is to train via York which takes 5h 5m and costs £110 - £230.
It takes approximately 5h 5m to get from Hertfordshire to Edinburgh, including transfers.
Hertfordshire to Edinburgh bus services, operated by Green Line, depart from Luton Station Interchange.
Hertfordshire to Edinburgh train services, operated by London North Eastern Railway Limited (LNER), depart from Stevenage station.
The best way to get from Hertfordshire to Edinburgh is to train via York which takes 5h 5m and costs £110 - £230. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs £50 - £85 and takes 10h 2m.
What companies run services between Hertfordshire, England and Edinburgh, Scotland?
You can take a train from Welwyn Garden City to Edinburgh Waverley via Stevenage and York in around 5h 5m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Waterend Lane to Edinburgh, Bus Station via Luton Station Interchange and Finchley Road / O2 Centre in around 10h 2m.
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from London City Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 18m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £75–220
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 24m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £55–220
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Newcastle
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £45–230
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Luton Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 18m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £21–120
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 29m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £35–120
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Belfast (Aldergrove)
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Monday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £35–120
Flights from London Stansted Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 18m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £20–110
Flights from London Stansted Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Belfast (Aldergrove)
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- £20–110
Flights from Luton Airport to Glasgow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 18m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £28–110
Flights from Luton Airport to Glasgow Airport via Belfast (Aldergrove)
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Sunday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- £28–110
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from London Stansted Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £21–110
Flights from London Stansted Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Belfast (Aldergrove)
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- £21–110
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Luton Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- £50–120
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 23m
- When
- Tuesday, Sunday, and Monday
- Estimated price
- £45–150
Flights from London Stansted Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 17m
- When
- Tuesday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- £50–140
Train from Stevenage to York
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 31m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £50–75
- Website
- London North Eastern Railway Limited (LNER)
Train from York to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 16m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £65–95
- Website
- London North Eastern Railway Limited (LNER)
Train from Stevenage to Peterborough
- Ave. Duration
- 29 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- £16–23
- Website
- London North Eastern Railway Limited (LNER)
Train from Peterborough to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 38m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £100–150
- 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)
- Phone
- +44 3447 369 123
- [email protected]
- Website
- Cross Country
Train from York to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 34m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £90–140
- Website
- Cross Country
Train from Derby to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £130–200
- Website
- Cross Country
Train from Newcastle to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £50–80
- Website
- Cross Country
- Phone
- +44 (0)345 026 4700
- Website
- Thameslink
Train from Stevenage to Peterborough
- Ave. Duration
- 52 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £27–35
- Website
- Thameslink
Train from Welwyn Garden City to King's Cross
- Ave. Duration
- 22 min
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- £11–14
- Website
- Thameslink
Train from Welwyn Garden City to Finsbury Park
- Ave. Duration
- 27 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £9–13
- Website
- Thameslink
Train from Finsbury Park to Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- £17–23
- Website
- Thameslink
Train from Welwyn Garden City to Finsbury Park
- Ave. Duration
- 27 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £9–13
- Website
- Thameslink
- Phone
- 0345 026 4700
- [email protected]
- Website
- Great Northern
Train from Stevenage to Peterborough
- Ave. Duration
- 47 min
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- £23–40
- Website
- Great Northern
Train from Welwyn Garden City to King's Cross
- Ave. Duration
- 31 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £9–17
- Website
- Great Northern
Train from Welwyn Garden City to Finsbury Park
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- £8–15
- Website
- Great Northern
Train from Welwyn Garden City to Cambridge South
- Ave. Duration
- 48 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £17–30
- Website
- Great Northern
Train from Welwyn Garden City to Finsbury Park
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- £8–15
- Website
- Great Northern
- 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
- £8–14
- Website
- Lumo
- 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
- Phone
- +44 330 060 0500
- Website
- Caledonian Sleeper
Train from Newcastle to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 42m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- £28–40
- Website
- Caledonian Sleeper
- Phone
- 0344 801 7261
- Website
- Green Line
Bus from Luton Station Interchange to Finchley Road Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- £9–14
- Website
- Green Line
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- [email protected]
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Finchley Road / O2 Centre to Edinburgh, Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 50m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £40–65
- Website
- Flixbus
- Phone
- 01707 255764
- [email protected]
- Website
- Uno
Bus from Waterend Lane to The George PH
- Ave. Duration
- 17 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £4
- Website
- Uno
- Phone
- 0844 351 1120
- [email protected]
- Website
- Centrebus
Bus from Waterend Lane to The George PH
- Ave. Duration
- 20 min
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £3
- Website
- Centrebus
- Phone
- +44 (0)3717 81 81 81
- Website
- National Express
Bus from Luton Station Interchange to St Margaret's Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £10–19
- Website
- National Express
- Phone
- 01509 815637
- [email protected]
- Website
- Kinchbus
Bus from St Margaret's Bus Station to Railway Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 46m
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- £3–5
- Website
- Kinchbus
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Hertfordshire to Edinburgh bus services, operated by Green Line, arrive at Finchley Road Station.
Hertfordshire to Edinburgh train services, operated by London North Eastern Railway Limited (LNER), arrive at York station.
Yes, the driving distance between Hertfordshire to Edinburgh is 349 miles. It takes approximately 6h 19m to drive from Hertfordshire to Edinburgh.
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