There are 8 ways to get from Karlstad to Edinburgh by train, plane, train (Eurostar), or bus
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Train, train to Oslo Airport, Gardermoen, fly
best- Take the train from Karlstad Centralstation to Kongsvingertrain
- Take the train from Kongsvinger stasjon to Lillestrøm stasjontrain
- Fly from Oslo Airport, Gardermoen (OSL) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane OSL - EDI
8h 2m£91–201Train to Gothenburg-Landvetter Airport, fly
cheapest- Take the train from Karlstad Centralstation to Göteborg Centralstationtrain
- Fly from Gothenburg-Landvetter Airport (GOT) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane GOT - EDI
9h 35m£62–249Train
- Take the train from Karlstad Centralstation to Göteborg Centralstationtrain
- Take the train from Göteborg Centralstation to Hamburg Hbftrain
- Take the train from Hamburg Central Station to Cologne Central Stationtrain
- 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
29h 7m£435–695Train, bus
- Take the train from Karlstad Centralstation to Göteborg Centralstationtrain
- Take the train from Göteborg Centralstation to Hamburg Hbftrain
- Take the bus from Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhof to London Victoriabus
- Take the train from King's Cross to Edinburgh Waverleytrain
39h 2m£310–464Train to Stockholm-Arlanda Airport, fly
- Take the train from Karlstad Centralstation to Stockholm Centralstationtrain
- Fly from Stockholm-Arlanda Airport (ARN) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane ARN - EDI
8h 8m£116–253Train, train to Copenhagen Airport, fly
- Take the train from Karlstad Centralstation to Göteborg Centralstationtrain
- Take the train from Göteborg Centralstation to Copenhagen Lufthavntrain
- Fly from Copenhagen Airport (CPH) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane CPH - EDI
11h 8m£86–260Bus, train
- Take the bus from Karlstad Centralstation to Nässjö Central Stationbus
- Take the train from Nassjö C to Hamburg Hbftrain 083 / ...
- Take the bus from Hamburg to Amsterdam Centraal Stationbus
- Take the train from Amsterdam Centraal to London St. Pancras Int.train
- Take the train from London Euston to Edinburgh Waverleytrain
33h 34m£309–668Bus
- Take the bus from Karlstad Bus Station Drottninggatan to Norrköping Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Norrköping to Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhofbus
- Take the bus from Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhof to London Victoriabus
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Edinburgh, Bus Stationbus
45h 25m£225–406
Karlstad to Edinburgh by train
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Karlstad to Edinburgh is to train and fly which costs £60 - £250 and takes 9h 35m.
The fastest way to get from Karlstad to Edinburgh is to train and fly which takes 8h 2m and costs £90 - £210.
No, there is no direct bus from Karlstad station to Edinburgh station. However, there are services departing from Karlstad Bus Station Drottninggatan and arriving at Edinburgh, Bus Station via Norrköping, Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhof and London Victoria. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 45h 25m.
No, there is no direct train from Karlstad station to Edinburgh. However, there are services departing from Karlstad Centralstation and arriving at Edinburgh Waverley via Göteborg Centralstation, Hamburg Central Station, Koeln Hbf, Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi and King's Cross. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 29h 7m.
The distance between Karlstad and Edinburgh is 768 miles.
The best way to get from Karlstad to Edinburgh without a car is to train which takes 29h 7m and costs £430 - £700.
It takes approximately 8h 2m to get from Karlstad to Edinburgh, including transfers.
Karlstad to Edinburgh bus services, operated by Vy Buss, depart from Karlstad Bus Station Drottninggatan.
Karlstad to Edinburgh train services, operated by Swedish Railways (SJ), depart from Karlstad Centralstation.
The best way to get from Karlstad to Edinburgh is to train which takes 29h 7m and costs £430 - £700. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs £220 - £410 and takes 45h 25m.
What companies run services between Karlstad, Sweden and Edinburgh, Scotland?
You can take a train from Karlstad Centralstation to Edinburgh Waverley via Göteborg Centralstation, Hamburg Central Station, Koeln Hbf, Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi, London St Pancras Intl, and King's Cross in around 29h 7m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Karlstad Bus Station Drottninggatan to Edinburgh, Bus Station via Norrköping Bus Station, Norrköping, Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhof, and London Victoria in around 45h 25m.
- Website
- flysas.com
Flights from Oslo Airport, Gardermoen to Edinburgh Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £45–240
Flights from Oslo Airport, Gardermoen to Edinburgh Airport via Copenhagen Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- £100–170
Flights from Gothenburg-Landvetter Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Copenhagen Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- £100–260
Flights from Stockholm-Arlanda Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £75–180
Flights from Stockholm-Arlanda Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Copenhagen Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 17m
- When
- Thursday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- £75–180
Flights from Stockholm-Arlanda Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £75–180
Flights from Copenhagen Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- £60–170
Flights from Copenhagen Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 1m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £40–240
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Oslo Airport, Gardermoen to Edinburgh Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £45–240
Flights from Gothenburg-Landvetter Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 26m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £50–260
Flights from Stockholm-Arlanda Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £75–180
Flights from Copenhagen Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £40–240
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Copenhagen Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 59m
- When
- Saturday, Tuesday, Sunday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- £24–110
- Website
- norwegian.com
Flights from Oslo Airport, Gardermoen to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £50–150
Flights from Stockholm-Arlanda Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Oslo Airport, Gardermoen
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £45–170
- Website
- norwegian.com
Flights from Stockholm-Arlanda Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £55–130
Flights from Stockholm-Arlanda Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Copenhagen Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- £55–130
Flights from Copenhagen Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £25–150
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Copenhagen Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Friday, Tuesday, Monday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £23–120
- Website
- brusselsairlines.com
Flights from Gothenburg-Landvetter Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- £50–200
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Gothenburg-Landvetter Airport to Edinburgh Airport via London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 7h
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- £40–85
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Copenhagen Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Dusseldorf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- £50–190
- Phone
- +46 77 175 75 75
- Website
- Swedish Railways (SJ)
Train from Karlstad Centralstation to Kongsvinger
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 32m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- £13–20
- Website
- Swedish Railways (SJ)
Train from Karlstad Centralstation to Göteborg Centralstation
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 28m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £24–35
- Website
- Swedish Railways (SJ)
Train from Göteborg Centralstation to Hamburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 4m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- £80–120
- Website
- Swedish Railways (SJ)
Train from Karlstad Centralstation to Göteborg Centralstation
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 28m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £24–35
- Website
- Swedish Railways (SJ)
Train from Göteborg Centralstation to Hamburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 4m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- £80–120
- Website
- Swedish Railways (SJ)
Train from Karlstad Centralstation to Göteborg Centralstation
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 28m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £24–35
- Website
- Swedish Railways (SJ)
Train from Karlstad Centralstation to Stockholm Centralstation
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 48m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £30–45
- Website
- Swedish Railways (SJ)
Train from Karlstad Centralstation to Göteborg Centralstation
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 28m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £24–35
- Website
- Swedish Railways (SJ)
Train from Göteborg Centralstation to Copenhagen Lufthavn
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 26m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- £30–50
- Website
- Swedish Railways (SJ)
- Phone
- +46 77 175 75 75
- [email protected]
- Website
- SJ AB
Train from Karlstad Centralstation to Kongsvinger
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 32m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- £15–25
- Website
- SJ AB
Train from Karlstad Centralstation to Stockholm Centralstation
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 48m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- £35–55
- Website
- SJ AB
- Phone
- +46 77 144 41 11
- Website
- Vy Tåg AB
Train from Karlstad Centralstation to Kongsvinger
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 46m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- £10–15
- Schedules at
- Vy Tåg AB
Train from Kongsvinger stasjon to Lillestrøm stasjon
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- £6–10
- Schedules at
- Vy Tåg AB
Train from Karlstad Centralstation to Stockholm Centralstation
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 21m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- £20–29
- Schedules at
- Vy Tåg AB
- Phone
- +47 61 05 19 10
- [email protected]
- Website
- Norwegian Railways (VY)
Train from Kongsvinger stasjon to Lillestrøm stasjon
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 2m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £5
- Website
- Norwegian Railways (VY)
- Book at
- Norwegian Railways (VY)
- Phone
- +46 771 15 15 15
- [email protected]
- Website
- Vy Travel AB
Train from Kongsvinger stasjon to Lillestrøm stasjon
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Schedules at
- Vy Travel AB
- Phone
- 0550-875 61
- [email protected]
- Website
- tagakeriet.se
Train from Karlstad Centralstation to Göteborg Centralstation
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 27m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- £28–45
- Website
- https://www.tagakeriet.se/
Train from Karlstad Centralstation to Göteborg Centralstation
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 27m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- £28–45
- Website
- https://www.tagakeriet.se/
Train from Karlstad Centralstation to Göteborg Centralstation
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 27m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- £28–45
- Website
- https://www.tagakeriet.se/
Train from Karlstad Centralstation to Stockholm Centralstation
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 4m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- £35–55
- Website
- https://www.tagakeriet.se/
Train from Karlstad Centralstation to Göteborg Centralstation
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 27m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- £28–45
- Website
- https://www.tagakeriet.se/
- Phone
- +46 8 580 971 66
- [email protected]
- Website
- VR Snabbtåg
Train from Karlstad Centralstation to Göteborg Centralstation
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 27m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- £22
- Website
- VR Snabbtåg
Train from Karlstad Centralstation to Göteborg Centralstation
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 27m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- £22
- Website
- VR Snabbtåg
Train from Karlstad Centralstation to Göteborg Centralstation
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 27m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- £22
- Website
- VR Snabbtåg
Train from Karlstad Centralstation to Stockholm Centralstation
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 51m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- £28
- Website
- VR Snabbtåg
Train from Karlstad Centralstation to Göteborg Centralstation
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 27m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- £22
- Website
- VR Snabbtåg
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- [email protected]
- Website
- FlixTrain GmbH
Train from Hamburg Central Station to Cologne Central Station
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 8m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- £29–45
- Website
- FlixTrain GmbH
- Phone
- +44 (0)3432 186 186
- Website
- Eurostar
Train from Koeln Hbf to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 56m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- £65–120
- 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
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 King's Cross to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £130–180
- Website
- London North Eastern Railway Limited (LNER)
- Phone
- +46 771 77 77 11
- [email protected]
- Website
- Öresundståg
Train from Göteborg Centralstation to Copenhagen Lufthavn
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 18m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £40–70
- Website
- Öresundståg
- Phone
- +46 40 669 62 00
- [email protected]
- Website
- Snälltåget
Train from Nassjö C to Hamburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 25m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- £70–190
- Website
- Snälltåget
- 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
- £50–110
- 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
- £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
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- [email protected]
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhof to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 5m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- £75–120
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Norrköping to Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 10m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- £60–95
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhof to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 5m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- £75–120
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from London Victoria to Edinburgh, Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 15m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £40–65
- Website
- Flixbus
- Phone
- +47 407 05070
- [email protected]
- Website
- Vy Buss
Bus from Karlstad Centralstation to Nässjö Central Station
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 14m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £50–100
- Website
- Vy Buss
Bus from Karlstad Bus Station Drottninggatan to Norrköping Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- £45–95
- Website
- Vy Buss
- Phone
- +38 098-888-11-08
- [email protected]
- Website
- Grand Bus
Bus from Hamburg to Amsterdam Centraal Station
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 41m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £45–49
- Website
- Grand Bus
- 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
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Booking & Getting There
Karlstad to Edinburgh bus services, operated by Vy Buss, arrive at Norrköping Bus Station.
Edinburgh is 1h behind Karlstad. It is currently 12:00 AM in Karlstad and 11:00 PM in Edinburgh.
Karlstad to Edinburgh train services, operated by Swedish Railways (SJ), arrive at Göteborg Centralstation.
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