There are 9 ways to get from Lausanne to Edinburgh by train, plane, train (TGV, Eurostar), bus, car, car train, or car ferry
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Train to Geneva International Airport, fly to Edinburgh Airport
best- Take the train from Lausanne to Genève-Aéroporttrain
- Fly from Geneva International Airport (GVA) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane GVA - EDI
5h 56m£86–232Train
- Take the train from Lausanne to Vallorbetrain R3 / ...
- Take the train from Vallorbe to Paris Gare De Lyontrain Tgv
- Take the train from Paris Nord to London St Pancras Intltrain Eil
- Take the train from King's Cross to Edinburgh Waverleytrain
12h 25m£341–576Bus
- Take the bus from Lausanne to Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine) to London Victoriabus 700
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Edinburgh, Bus Stationbus
26h 49m£112–299Drive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Lausanne to Calais-Fréthuncar
- Take the car train from Calais-Fréthun to Folkestonecartrain
- Drive from Folkestone to Edinburghcar
16h 21m£325–434Train to Basel, fly to Edinburgh Airport
- Take the train from Lausanne to Basel SBBtrain
- Fly from Basel (BSL) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane BSL - EDI
7h 36m£124–332Train to Zurich Airport, fly to Edinburgh Airport
- Take the train from Lausanne to Zürich Flughafentrain
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane ZRH - EDI
7h 28m£148–406Train to Geneva International Airport, fly to Glasgow Airport, train
- Take the train from Lausanne to Genève-Aéroporttrain
- Fly from Geneva International Airport (GVA) to Glasgow Airport (GLA)plane GVA - GLA
- Take the train from Glasgow Queen Street to Edinburgh Waverleytrain
6h 45m£113–307Train, bus
- Take the train from Lausanne to Basel SBBtrain
- Take the bus from Basel, Meret Oppenheim-Strasse to Brussels-North Stationbus
- Take the train from Brussel-Zuid to London St. Pancras Int.train
- Take the train from London Euston to Edinburgh Waverleytrain
22h 43mDrive, car ferry
- Drive from Lausanne to Calaiscar
- Take the car ferry from Calais to Port of Dovercarferry
- Drive from Port of Dover to Edinburghcar
17h 16m£217–367
Lausanne to Edinburgh by train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Lausanne to Edinburgh is to train and fly which costs £85 - £240 and takes 5h 56m.
The fastest way to get from Lausanne to Edinburgh is to train and fly which takes 5h 56m and costs £85 - £240.
No, there is no direct bus from Lausanne to Edinburgh station. However, there are services departing from Lausanne and arriving at Edinburgh, Bus Station via Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine) and London Victoria. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 26h 49m.
No, there is no direct train from Lausanne to Edinburgh. However, there are services departing from Lausanne and arriving at Edinburgh Waverley via Vallorbe, Paris Gare de Lyon, Paris Nord and King's Cross. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 12h 25m.
The distance between Lausanne and Edinburgh is 839 miles.
The best way to get from Lausanne to Edinburgh without a car is to train which takes 12h 25m and costs £340 - £600.
It takes approximately 5h 56m to get from Lausanne to Edinburgh, including transfers.
Lausanne to Edinburgh bus services, operated by BlaBlaCar Bus, depart from Lausanne station.
Lausanne to Edinburgh train services, operated by Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS), depart from Lausanne station.
The best way to get from Lausanne to Edinburgh is to train which takes 12h 25m and costs £340 - £600. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs £110 - £300 and takes 26h 49m.
What companies run services between Lausanne, Switzerland and Edinburgh, Scotland?
You can take a train from Lausanne to Edinburgh Waverley via Vallorbe, Paris Gare de Lyon, Paris Nord, London St Pancras Intl, and King's Cross in around 12h 25m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Lausanne to Edinburgh, Bus Station via Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station, Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine), and London Victoria in around 26h 49m.
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 16m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £55–180
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via London Luton
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 52m
- When
- Monday and Tuesday
- Estimated price
- £55–180
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Birmingham
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £55–180
Flights from Basel to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 22m
- When
- Monday, Saturday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £60–150
Flights from Basel to Edinburgh Airport via London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Thursday, Monday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- £60–150
Flights from Basel to Edinburgh Airport via London Luton
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £60–150
Flights from Zurich Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £55–160
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Glasgow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- £70–170
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Glasgow Airport via London Luton
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 13m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, Monday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £70–170
- Website
- flyedelweiss.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 17m
- When
- Friday, Saturday, Thursday, and Monday
- Estimated price
- £45–250
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 23m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £75–270
- Website
- jet2.com
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- £60–190
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Glasgow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- £95–200
- Website
- brusselsairlines.com
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £60–210
Flights from Zurich Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- £55–190
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via London City
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- £65–290
Flights from Zurich Airport to Edinburgh Airport via London City
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- £90–200
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Basel to Edinburgh Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 42m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £50–270
- Phone
- +41 848 446 688
- Website
- sbb.ch
Train from Lausanne to Genève-Aéroport
- Ave. Duration
- 52 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- £20–65
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Lausanne to Vallorbe
- Ave. Duration
- 46 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £14–45
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Lausanne to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 22m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £55–170
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Lausanne to Zürich Flughafen
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 37m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £70–220
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Lausanne to Genève-Aéroport
- Ave. Duration
- 52 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- £20–65
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Lausanne to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 22m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £55–170
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- sncf-connect.com
Train from Vallorbe to Paris Gare De Lyon
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £75–130
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
- Phone
- +44 (0)3432 186 186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from Paris Nord to London St Pancras Intl
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 28m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £120–210
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Phone
- +44 (0)3457 225 333
- [email protected]
- Website
- lner.co.uk
Train from King's Cross to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 6m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £130–190
- Website
- https://www.lner.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 (0) 8443 35 35 35
- Website
- leshuttle.com
Car train from Calais-Fréthun to Folkestone
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £117
- Website
- https://www.leshuttle.com/uk-en
- Standard fare
- £117
- Phone
- +44 (0)344 811 0141
- Website
- scotrail.co.uk
Train from Glasgow Queen Street to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- £21–40
- Website
- https://www.scotrail.co.uk/
- Phone
- 0800 031 8542
- [email protected].
- Website
- lumo.co.uk
Train from Glasgow Queen Street to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 49 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- £9–17
- Website
- https://www.lumo.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 330 060 0500
- [email protected]
- Website
- sleeper.scot
Train from Glasgow Queen Street to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 59 min
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- £13–22
- Website
- https://www.sleeper.scot/
Train from London Euston to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 32m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- £110–200
- Website
- https://www.sleeper.scot/
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from Brussel-Zuid to London St. Pancras Int.
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 6m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- £35–75
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- Phone
- +44 (0)345 528 0253
- Website
- avantiwestcoast.co.uk
Train from London Euston to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 44m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £140–250
- Website
- https://www.avantiwestcoast.co.uk/
- Phone
- +3 318 576 2228
- Website
- blablacar.co.uk
Bus from Lausanne to Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 40m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £40–75
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- [email protected]
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.fr
Bus from Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine) to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 35m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- £30–55
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from London Victoria to Edinburgh, Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 16m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £40–70
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +44 (0)3717 81 81 81
- Website
- nationalexpress.com
Bus from London Victoria to Edinburgh, Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 40m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- £70–170
- Website
- https://www.nationalexpress.com/en
- Phone
- +393293958604
- [email protected]
- Website
- pistoia-viaggi.it
Bus from Basel, Meret Oppenheim-Strasse to Brussels-North Station
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 11m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- pistoia-viaggi.it
- Phone
- +353 818 300 400
- [email protected]
- Website
- irishferries.com
Car ferry from Calais to Port of Dover
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £8–50
- Website
- https://www.irishferries.com/uk-en/Travel-to-Ireland
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More Questions & Answers
Lausanne to Edinburgh bus services, operated by BlaBlaCar Bus, arrive at Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station.
Edinburgh is 1h behind Lausanne. It is currently 6:51 AM in Lausanne and 5:51 AM in Edinburgh.
Lausanne to Edinburgh train services, operated by Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS), arrive at Vallorbe station.
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