There are 11 ways to get from Hildesheim 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
7h 11m£106–246Fly Hannover Airport to Glasgow Airport, train
cheapest- Fly from Hannover Airport (HAJ) to Glasgow Airport (GLA)plane HAJ - GLA
- Take the train from Glasgow Queen Street to Edinburgh Waverleytrain
7h 53m£77–291Train
- Take the train from Hannover Hauptbahnhof to Köln Hbftrain 19 / ...
- Take the train from Koeln Hbf to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Miditrain
- 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 55m£334–715Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Hildesheim to Rotterdamcar
- Take the carferry from Rotterdam to Hullcarferry
- Drive from Hull to Edinburghcar
22h 20m£278–449Bus
- Take the bus from Hanover central bus station to London Victoriabus N1328
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Edinburgh, Bus Stationbus Ukxn10 / ...
26h 6m£97–278Train to Bremen Airport, fly to Edinburgh Airport
- Take the train from Hannover Hauptbahnhof to Bremen Hbftrain
- Fly from Bremen Airport (BRE) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane BRE - EDI
8h 12m£98–365Train to Frankfurt, fly to Edinburgh Airport
- Take the train from Hildesheim Hauptbahnhof to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane FRA - EDI
7h£145–420Train 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
8h 4m£141–443Train via Amsterdam
- Take the train from Hildesheim Hbf to Herfordtrain Rb
- Take the train from Herford, Bahnhof/ZOB to Hengelotrain
- Take the train from Hengelo to Amsterdam Centraaltrain Ice
- Take the train from Amsterdam Centraal to London St Pancras Intltrain Eil
- Take the train from King's Cross to Edinburgh Waverleytrain
16h 58m£322–513Train via Amsterdam #2
- Take the train from Hildesheim Hbf to Herfordtrain Rb
- Take the train from Herford, Bahnhof/ZOB to Hengelotrain
- Take the train from Hengelo to Amsterdam Centraaltrain Ice
- Take the train from Amsterdam Centraal to London St. Pancras Int.train
- Take the train from London Euston to Edinburgh Waverleytrain
19h 22m£237–443Drive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Hildesheim to Calais-Fréthuncar
- Take the cartrain from Calais-Fréthun to Folkestonecartrain
- Drive from Folkestone to Edinburghcar
14h 50m£304–403
Hildesheim to Edinburgh by train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Hildesheim to Edinburgh is to bus which costs £95 - £280 and takes 26h 6m.
The fastest way to get from Hildesheim to Edinburgh is to train and fly which takes 7h and costs £140 - £420.
No, there is no direct bus from Hildesheim station to Edinburgh station. However, there are services departing from Hildesheim central bus station and arriving at Edinburgh, Bus Station via Hanover central bus station and London Victoria. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 26h 6m.
No, there is no direct train from Hildesheim to Edinburgh. However, there are services departing from Hildesheim Ost and arriving at Edinburgh Waverley via Hannover Hauptbahnhof, Koeln Hbf, Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi and King's Cross. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 13h 55m.
The distance between Hildesheim and Edinburgh is 622 miles.
The best way to get from Hildesheim to Edinburgh without a car is to train which takes 13h 55m and costs £330 - £750.
It takes approximately 7h 11m to get from Hildesheim to Edinburgh, including transfers.
Hildesheim to Edinburgh bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Hanover central bus station.
Hildesheim to Edinburgh train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), depart from Hannover Hauptbahnhof station.
The best way to get from Hildesheim to Edinburgh is to fly which takes 7h 11m and costs £100 - £250. Alternatively, you can train, which costs £330 - £750 and takes 13h 55m, you could also bus, which costs £95 - £280 and takes 26h 6m.
What companies run services between Hildesheim, Germany and Edinburgh, Scotland?
KLM, Scandinavian Airlines, and six other airlines fly from Hannover Airport (HAJ) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI) every 2 hours. Alternatively, you can take a train from Hildesheim Ost to Edinburgh Waverley via Hannover Hauptbahnhof, Koeln Hbf, Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi, London St Pancras Intl, and King's Cross in around 13h 55m.
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Hannover Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £50–280
Flights from Hannover Airport to Glasgow 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
- 4h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £50–300
Flights from Frankfurt to Edinburgh Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £40–230
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £35–220
- Website
- flysas.com
Flights from Hannover Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £50–280
Flights from Hannover Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £80–330
Flights from Bremen Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £50–300
Flights from Frankfurt to Edinburgh Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £40–230
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Hannover Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £100–340
Flights from Hannover Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 43m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £90–310
Flights from Bremen Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 25m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- £100–350
Flights from Frankfurt to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £85–230
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £75–260
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Hannover Airport to Edinburgh Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £90–180
Flights from Hannover Airport to Glasgow Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Thursday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £110–240
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 2m
- When
- Wednesday, Monday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £95–200
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Hannover Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 48m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £65–330
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Hannover Airport to Glasgow Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 52m
- When
- Monday and Tuesday
- Estimated price
- £60–250
Flights from Bremen Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 5m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £120–200
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Hannover Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 10m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £75–360
Flights from Hannover Airport to Glasgow Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- £75–360
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Bremen Airport to Edinburgh Airport via London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- £45–210
- Website
- brusselsairlines.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Edinburgh Airport via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £50–190
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £65–150
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Hannover Hauptbahnhof to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £45–210
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Hannover Hauptbahnhof to Bremen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £19–85
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Hildesheim Hauptbahnhof to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 31m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- £50–220
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Hannover Hauptbahnhof to D-Flughafen Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 28m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £40–190
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
- Phone
- +44 (0)3432 186 186
- Website
- Eurostar
Train from Koeln Hbf to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 56m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- £50–95
- Website
- Eurostar
Train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to London St Pancras Intl
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 1m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £90–160
- Website
- Eurostar
Train from Amsterdam Centraal to London St Pancras Intl
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 17m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £140–240
- Website
- Eurostar
Train from King's Cross to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £130–190
- Website
- London North Eastern Railway Limited (LNER)
Train from King's Cross to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £130–190
- Website
- London North Eastern Railway Limited (LNER)
- Phone
- +44 (0)344 811 0141
- Website
- ScotRail
Train from Glasgow Queen Street to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- £20–40
- Website
- ScotRail
- Phone
- 0800 031 8542
- [email protected].
- Website
- Lumo
Train from Glasgow Queen Street to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 49 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- £8–16
- Website
- Lumo
- Phone
- +44 330 060 0500
- [email protected]
- Website
- Caledonian Sleeper
Train from Glasgow Queen Street to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 59 min
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- £15–24
- Website
- Caledonian Sleeper
Train from London Euston to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 32m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- £130–210
- Website
- Caledonian Sleeper
- 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
- £25–45
- 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
- £26–40
- Website
- Österreichische Bundesbahnen
Train from Hildesheim Hbf to Herford
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 46m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £17–25
- Schedules at
- Regionalverkehre Start Deutschland GmbH
Train from Hildesheim Hbf to Herford
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 46m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £17–25
- Schedules at
- Regionalverkehre Start Deutschland GmbH
- Phone
- 0180 6 9 27 37 27
- [email protected]
- Website
- Eurobahn
Train from Herford, Bahnhof/ZOB to Hengelo
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 54m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £20–29
- Website
- Eurobahn
Train from Herford, Bahnhof/ZOB to Hengelo
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 54m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £20–29
- Website
- Eurobahn
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Hengelo to Amsterdam Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- £14–30
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Hengelo to Amsterdam Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- £14–30
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Amsterdam Centraal to London St. Pancras Int.
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 17m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- £55–120
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
- 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
- £140–240
- Website
- Avanti West Coast
- Phone
- +44 (0) 8443 35 35 35
- Website
- LeShuttle
Car train from Calais-Fréthun to Folkestone
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £117
- Website
- LeShuttle
- Standard fare
- £117
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- [email protected]
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Hanover central bus station to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 50m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £55–95
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from London Victoria to Edinburgh, Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 16m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £40–70
- Website
- Flixbus
- Phone
- +44 (0)3717 81 81 81
- Website
- National Express
Bus from London Victoria to Edinburgh, Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 40m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- £70–180
- Website
- National Express
- Phone
- 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
- £160–270
- Website
- P&O Ferries
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Hildesheim to Edinburgh bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at London Victoria station.
Edinburgh is 1h behind Hildesheim. It is currently 5:31 PM in Hildesheim and 4:31 PM in Edinburgh.
Hildesheim to Edinburgh train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), arrive at Köln Hbf station.
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