There are 10 ways to get from León to Edinburgh by train, bus, plane, train (Renfe, TGV, Eurostar), car, car ferry, towncar, ferry, or car train
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Train, bus to Asturias Airport, fly
best- Take the train from Leon to Oviedotrain
- Take the bus from [OVIEDO/UVIÉU] Estación Bus Oviedo IL- Pepe Cosmen [CTA 21470] to [ANZU|Aeropuerto] Aeropuerto - Llegadas [CTA 03073]bus
- Fly from Asturias Airport (OVD) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane OVD - EDI
9h 55m£97–233Train
- Take the train from Leon to Madrid Chamartíntrain Ave
- Take the train from Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes to Avignon Tgvtrain
- Take the train from Avignon Tgv to Lille Europetrain Tgv
- Take the train from Lille Europe to London St Pancras Intltrain Eil
- Take the train from King's Cross to Edinburgh Waverleytrain
23h 19m£474–817Bus, train
- Take the bus from Leon to Lillebus
- Take the train from Lille Europe to London St Pancras Intltrain Eil
- Take the bus from Finchley Road / O2 Centre to Edinburgh, Bus Stationbus
30h 52m£196–336Drive, car ferry
- Drive from León to Santandercar
- Take the carferry from Santander to Plymouthcarferry
- Drive from Plymouth to Edinburghcar
31h 9m£236–822Train to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport, fly
- Take the train from Leon to Madrid Chamartíntrain
- Fly from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport (MAD) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane MAD - EDI
8h£99–248Bus, towncar to Francisco De Sá Carneiro Airport, fly
- Take the bus from Leon to Vidagobus
- Take a town car from Vidago to Porto - Aeroporto Francisco Sá Carneirotowncar
- Fly from Francisco De Sá Carneiro Airport (OPO) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane OPO - EDI
11h 38m£215–366Train, train to Santander Airport, fly
- Take the train from Leon to Palenciatrain
- Take the train from Palencia to Santandertrain
- Fly from Santander Airport (SDR) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane SDR - EDI
9h 48m£104–228Train, bus
- Take the train from La Asunción Universidad to Ametzolatrain C4
- Take the bus from Bilbao Intermodal to Lille - Europe Train Stationbus
- Take the train from Lille Europe to London St Pancras Intltrain Eil
- Take the train from London Euston to Edinburgh Waverleytrain
34h 26m£300–568Bus, ferry, train
- Take the bus from Leon to Estación de autobuses de Santanderbus
- Take the ferry from Santander to Plymouthferry
- Take the train from Plymouth to Edinburgh Waverleytrain
36h 58m£462–723Drive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from León to Calais-Fréthuncar
- Take the cartrain from Calais-Fréthun to Folkestonecartrain
- Drive from Folkestone to Edinburghcar
22h 48m£409–554
León to Edinburgh by train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from León to Edinburgh is to train and fly which costs £100 - £230 and takes 9h 48m.
The fastest way to get from León to Edinburgh is to train and fly which takes 8h and costs £95 - £250.
No, there is no direct train from León to Edinburgh. However, there are services departing from Leon and arriving at Edinburgh Waverley via Madrid Chamartín, Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes, Avignon Tgv, Lille Europe and King's Cross. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 23h 19m.
The distance between León and Edinburgh is 982 miles.
The best way to get from León to Edinburgh without a car is to train which takes 23h 19m and costs £470 - £850.
It takes approximately 9h 55m to get from León to Edinburgh, including transfers.
León to Edinburgh train services, operated by Renfe AVE, depart from Leon station.
Edinburgh is 1h behind León. It is currently 11:03 AM in León and 10:03 AM in Edinburgh.
León to Edinburgh train services, operated by Renfe AVE, arrive at Madrid Chamartín station.
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What companies run services between León, Spain and Edinburgh, Scotland?
You can take a train from Leon to Edinburgh Waverley via Madrid Chamartín, Madrid-Atocha Cercanías, Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes, Avignon Tgv, Lille Europe, London St Pancras Intl, and King's Cross in around 23h 19m.
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Asturias Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 35m
- When
- Monday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £55–210
Flights from Asturias Airport to Edinburgh Airport via London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 5m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £40–170
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £45–150
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Bristol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Tuesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- £45–150
Flights from Francisco De Sá Carneiro Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Bristol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday
- Estimated price
- £70–180
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Monday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £50–160
Flights from Francisco De Sá Carneiro Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- When
- Wednesday to Thursday
- Estimated price
- £45–180
Flights from Santander Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- £60–190
Flights from Santander Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £60–190
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Asturias Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 55m
- When
- Wednesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- £60–210
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- When
- Sunday, Wednesday, and Thursday
- Estimated price
- £35–140
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Edinburgh Airport via London City
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 55m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- £55–170
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Asturias Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- £45–180
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- £45–110
Flights from Santander Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- £35–90
Flights from Santander Airport to Edinburgh Airport via London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- £35–90
- Website
- iberia.com
Flights from Asturias Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 55m
- When
- Wednesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- £60–210
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- When
- Sunday, Wednesday, and Thursday
- Estimated price
- £35–140
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Asturias Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 55m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £85–290
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Asturias Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 25m
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £60–290
- Website
- aerlingus.com
Flights from Asturias Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 40m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £45–230
Rome2Rio's guide to Renfe Viajeros
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +34 91 232 03 20
- Website
- Renfe Viajeros
Train from Leon to Oviedo
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £14–22
- Website
- Renfe Viajeros
Train from Leon to Madrid Chamartín
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £35–60
- Website
- Renfe Viajeros
Train from Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes to Avignon Tgv
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 2m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £110–180
- Website
- Renfe Viajeros
Train from Leon to Madrid Chamartín
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £35–60
- Website
- Renfe Viajeros
Train from Leon to Palencia
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 26m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £12–19
- Website
- Renfe Viajeros
Train from Palencia to Santander
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 32m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £23–40
- Website
- Renfe Viajeros
Rome2Rio's guide to Renfe AVE
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +34 91 232 03 20
- Website
- Renfe AVE
Train from Leon to Oviedo
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 1m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- £16–29
- Website
- Renfe AVE
Train from Leon to Madrid Chamartín
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 9m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £45–75
- Website
- Renfe AVE
Train from Leon to Madrid Chamartín
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 9m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £45–75
- Website
- Renfe AVE
Train from Leon to Palencia
- Ave. Duration
- 40 min
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £15–26
- Website
- Renfe AVE
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Avignon Tgv to Lille Europe
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 21m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £150–240
- Website
- TGV inOui
- Phone
- +32 70 79 79 79
- Website
- Belgian Railways
Train from Avignon Tgv to Lille Europe
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 9m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- £130–260
- Website
- Belgian Railways
- Phone
- +44 (0)3432 186 186
- Website
- Eurostar
Train from Lille Europe to London St Pancras Intl
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £65–110
- Website
- Eurostar
Train from Lille Europe to London St Pancras Intl
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £65–110
- Website
- Eurostar
Train from Lille Europe to London St Pancras Intl
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £65–110
- 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)
- Phone
- +34 912 32 03 20
- [email protected]
- Website
- Renfe Cercanias
Train from La Asunción Universidad to Ametzola
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 47m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £24–70
- Website
- Renfe Cercanias
- 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
- +44 330 060 0500
- [email protected]
- 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
- +44 3447 369 123
- [email protected]
- Website
- Cross Country
Train from Plymouth to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 43m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £300–420
- Website
- Cross Country
- 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
- +34 910 207 007
- Website
- ALSA
Bus from [OVIEDO/UVIÉU] Estación Bus Oviedo IL- Pepe Cosmen [CTA 21470] to [ANZU|Aeropuerto] Aeropuerto - Llegadas [CTA 03073]
- Ave. Duration
- 40 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- £3–5
- Website
- ALSA
Bus from Leon to Estación de autobuses de Santander
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- £19–30
- Website
- ALSA
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- [email protected]
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Leon to Lille
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 25m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- £90–160
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Finchley Road / O2 Centre to Edinburgh, Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 50m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £35–65
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Leon to Vidago
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- £17–28
- Website
- Flixbus
- Phone
- +3 318 576 2228
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
Bus from Bilbao Intermodal to Lille - Europe Train Station
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £80–150
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
- Phone
- 0330 159 7000
- [email protected]
- Website
- brittany-ferries.co.uk
Car ferry from Santander to Plymouth
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 15m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- £90–600
- Schedules at
- brittany-ferries.co.uk
- Book at
- brittany-ferries.co.uk
- Single Ticket
- £90–190
- Car Single Ticket
- £240–600
Ferry from Santander to Plymouth
- Ave. Duration
- 22h
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- £140–270
- Book at
- brittany-ferries.co.uk
- Phone
- (+351) 220 971 653
- [email protected]
- Website
- VM Transfers
Towncar from Vidago to Porto - Aeroporto Francisco Sá Carneiro
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 21m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- £138
- Website
- VM Transfers
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