There are 8 ways to get from Lübeck to Edinburgh by train, plane, train (Eurostar), bus, car, or car train
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Train to Hamburg Airport, fly to Edinburgh Airport
best- Take the train from Lübeck Hbf to Hamburg Hbftrain
- Fly from Hamburg Airport (HAM) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane HAM - EDI
7h 13m£80–233Fly Lübeck Airport to Edinburgh Airport
cheapest- Fly from Lübeck Airport (LBC) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane LBC - EDI
9h 42m£74–283Train via Cologne
- Take the train from Lübeck Hbf to Hamburg Hbftrain Re8
- Take the train from Hamburg Hbf to Köln Hbftrain 43 / ...
- 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
15h 28m£348–750Bus
- Take the bus from Lübeck central train station to Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhofbus 173 / ...
- Take the bus from Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhof to London Victoriabus
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Edinburgh, Bus Stationbus
28h 53m£104–297Drive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Lübeck to Calais-Fréthuncar
- Take the cartrain from Calais-Fréthun to Folkestonecartrain
- Drive from Folkestone to Edinburghcar
15h 58m£325–433Train to Hamburg Airport, fly to Glasgow Airport, train
- Take the train from Lübeck Hbf to Hamburg Hbftrain
- Fly from Hamburg Airport (HAM) to Glasgow Airport (GLA)plane HAM - GLA
- Take the train from Glasgow Queen Street to Edinburgh Waverleytrain
8h 32m£81–278Train
- Take the train from Lübeck Hbf to Hamburg Hbftrain Re8
- Take the train from Hamburg Hbf to Bremen Hbftrain 43 / ...
- Take the train from Bremen Hbf to Amsterdam Centraaltrain
- Take the train from Amsterdam Centraal to London St Pancras Intltrain Eil
- Take the train from King's Cross to Edinburgh Waverleytrain
17h 41m£320–586Train, bus
- Take the train from Lübeck Hbf to Hamburg Hbftrain Re8
- 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
20h 36m£244–430
Lübeck to Edinburgh by train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Lübeck to Edinburgh is to train and fly which costs £80 - £240 and takes 7h 13m.
The fastest way to get from Lübeck to Edinburgh is to train and fly which takes 7h 13m and costs £80 - £240.
No, there is no direct bus from Lübeck station to Edinburgh station. However, there are services departing from Lübeck central train station and arriving at Edinburgh, Bus Station via Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhof and London Victoria. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 28h 53m.
No, there is no direct train from Lübeck to Edinburgh. However, there are services departing from Lübeck Hbf and arriving at Edinburgh Waverley via Hamburg Hbf, Koeln Hbf, Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi and King's Cross. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 15h 28m.
The distance between Lübeck and Edinburgh is 613 miles.
The best way to get from Lübeck to Edinburgh without a car is to train via Cologne which takes 15h 28m and costs £340 - £750.
It takes approximately 7h 13m to get from Lübeck to Edinburgh, including transfers.
Lübeck to Edinburgh bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Lübeck central train station.
Lübeck to Edinburgh train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional), depart from Lübeck Hbf station.
The best way to get from Lübeck to Edinburgh is to train via Cologne which takes 15h 28m and costs £340 - £750. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs £100 - £300 and takes 28h 53m, you could also fly, which costs £70 - £290 and takes 9h 42m.
What companies run services between Lübeck, Germany and Edinburgh, Scotland?
You can take a train from Lübeck Hbf to Edinburgh Waverley via Hamburg Hbf, Koeln Hbf, Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi, London St Pancras Intl, and King's Cross in around 15h 28m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Lübeck central train station to Edinburgh, Bus Station via Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhof and London Victoria in around 28h 53m.
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Hamburg Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 31m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £45–250
Flights from Hamburg Airport to Glasgow Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £45–260
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Hamburg Airport to Edinburgh Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Sunday, and Monday
- Estimated price
- £150–200
Flights from Hamburg Airport to Glasgow Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 33m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £65–290
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Hamburg Airport to Glasgow Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 5m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £45–150
Flights from Lübeck Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Palma Mallorca
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 35m
- When
- Friday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- £100–330
Flights from Lübeck Airport to Edinburgh Airport via London Stansted, Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 20m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £65–270
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Hamburg Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £80–280
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Hamburg Airport to Glasgow Airport via London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £85–200
Flights from Lübeck Airport to Edinburgh Airport via London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 25m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £60–260
- Website
- flysas.com
Flights from Hamburg Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £65–280
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Hamburg Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Dusseldorf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Monday and Tuesday
- Estimated price
- £100–250
- Website
- brusselsairlines.com
Flights from Hamburg Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- £60–210
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Hamburg Airport to Glasgow Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £70–340
- Website
- jet2.com
Flights from Lübeck Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Palma Mallorca
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 10m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £95–340
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Lübeck Hbf to Hamburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 44 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £13–21
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Lübeck Hbf to Hamburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 44 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £13–21
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Lübeck Hbf to Hamburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 44 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £13–21
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Lübeck Hbf to Hamburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 44 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £13–21
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Lübeck Hbf to Hamburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 44 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £13–21
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Hamburg Hbf to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 3m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £65–290
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Hamburg Hbf to Bremen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 56 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £17–75
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
- Phone
- +49 221 800 20 80
- [email protected]
- Website
- MSM Partyzug
Train from Hamburg Hbf to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 19m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- MSM Partyzug
- 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
- £50–90
- 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) 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
- +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
- £19–40
- 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
- +49 581 97164164
- [email protected]
- Website
- metronom
Train from Hamburg Hbf to Bremen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- £30–110
- Schedules at
- metronom
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- Österreichische Bundesbahnen
Train from Hamburg Hbf to Bremen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 56 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £25–40
- Website
- Österreichische Bundesbahnen
- [email protected]
- Website
- GoVolta
Train from Bremen Hbf to Amsterdam Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 6m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £20–26
- Website
- GoVolta
- 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
- £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
- +49 30 300 137 300
- [email protected]
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Lübeck central train station to Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- £4–7
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhof to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 20m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £65–110
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from London Victoria to Edinburgh, Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 16m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £35–65
- 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
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- £70–180
- Website
- National Express
- 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
- £46–50
- Website
- Grand Bus
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Lübeck to Edinburgh bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhof station.
Edinburgh is 1h behind Lübeck. It is currently 11:26 AM in Lübeck and 10:26 AM in Edinburgh.
Lübeck to Edinburgh train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional), arrive at Hamburg Hbf station.
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