There are 9 ways to get from Magdeburg to Edinburgh by train, plane, train (Eurostar), car, car ferry, bus, or car train
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Train to Berlin Brandenburg Airport, fly to Edinburgh Airport
best- Take the train from Magdeburg Hbf to Berlin Hbftrain
- Fly from Berlin Brandenburg Airport (BER) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane BER - EDI
6h 45m£84–269Train
- Take the train from Magdeburg Hbf 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
14h 19m£329–780Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Magdeburg to Rotterdamcar
- Take the car ferry from Rotterdam to Hullcarferry
- Drive from Hull to Edinburghcar
23h 1m£308–487Bus, train
- Take the bus from Magdeburg to Dortmundbus
- Take the bus from DORTMUND, Hbf Nordseite, Steinstrasse to LONDON, Victoria Coach Station-Departure Hallbus
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Birmingham Coach Stationbus 541 / ...
- Take the train from Birmingham New Street to Edinburgh Waverleytrain
25h 32mTrain to Leipzig-Halle Airport, fly to Edinburgh Airport
- Take the train from Magdeburg Hbf to Leipzig/Halle Flughafentrain
- Fly from Leipzig-Halle Airport (LEJ) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane LEJ - EDI
8h 55m£121–426Train to Hannover Airport, fly to Edinburgh Airport
- Take the train from Magdeburg Hbf to Hannover Hauptbahnhoftrain
- Fly from Hannover Airport (HAJ) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane HAJ - EDI
8h 21m£127–291Train to Berlin Brandenburg Airport, fly to Newcastle, train
- Take the train from Magdeburg Hbf to Berlin Hbftrain
- Fly from Berlin Brandenburg Airport (BER) to Newcastle (NCL)plane BER - NCL
- Take the train from Newcastle to Edinburgh Waverleytrain
8h 4m£126–378Bus
- Take the bus from Magdeburg central bus station to Hanover central bus stationbus N67 / ...
- Take the bus from Hanover central bus station to London Victoriabus
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Edinburgh, Bus Stationbus
27h 10m£105–287Drive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Magdeburg to Calais-Fréthuncar
- Take the car train from Calais-Fréthun to Folkestonecartrain
- Drive from Folkestone to Edinburghcar
15h 31m£322–428
Magdeburg to Edinburgh by train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Magdeburg to Edinburgh is to train and fly which costs £80 - £270 and takes 6h 45m.
The fastest way to get from Magdeburg to Edinburgh is to train and fly which takes 6h 45m and costs £80 - £270.
No, there is no direct bus from Magdeburg station to Edinburgh station. However, there are services departing from Magdeburg central bus station and arriving at Edinburgh, Bus Station via Hanover central bus station and London Victoria. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 27h 10m.
No, there is no direct train from Magdeburg to Edinburgh. However, there are services departing from Magdeburg Hbf and arriving at Edinburgh Waverley via Koeln Hbf, Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi and King's Cross. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 14h 19m.
The distance between Magdeburg and Edinburgh is 841 miles.
The best way to get from Magdeburg to Edinburgh without a car is to train which takes 14h 19m and costs £320 - £800.
It takes approximately 6h 45m to get from Magdeburg to Edinburgh, including transfers.
Magdeburg to Edinburgh bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Magdeburg central bus station.
Magdeburg to Edinburgh train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), depart from Magdeburg Hbf station.
The best way to get from Magdeburg to Edinburgh is to train which takes 14h 19m and costs £320 - £800. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs £100 - £290 and takes 27h 10m.
What companies run services between Magdeburg, Germany and Edinburgh, Scotland?
You can take a train from Magdeburg Hbf to Edinburgh Waverley via Koeln Hbf, Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi, London St Pancras Intl, and King's Cross in around 14h 19m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Magdeburg central bus station to Edinburgh, Bus Station via Hanover central bus station and London Victoria in around 27h 10m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £80–280
Flights from Leipzig-Halle Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 33m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £110–290
Flights from Hannover Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £100–360
Flights from Hannover Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 43m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £95–340
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Edinburgh Airport via London City
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- £60–290
Flights from Hannover Airport to Edinburgh Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £95–190
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Newcastle via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 29m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Monday, Wednesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £70–320
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 23m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £45–250
Flights from Hannover Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £50–290
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Newcastle via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £50–270
- Website
- flysas.com
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £65–270
Flights from Hannover Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £50–290
Flights from Hannover Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £85–340
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £45–140
Flights from Leipzig-Halle Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Palma Mallorca
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 37m
- When
- Wednesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- £90–370
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Dusseldorf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Tuesday to Thursday
- Estimated price
- £90–310
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Newcastle
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £60–130
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Newcastle via Dusseldorf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £60–130
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £55–150
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Hannover Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 47m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £70–340
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Hannover Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- £80–370
- Website
- jet2.com
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Newcastle
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- £100–140
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Magdeburg Hbf to Berlin Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 21m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £22–95
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Magdeburg Hbf to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 12m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £65–280
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Koeln Hbf to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 52m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £30–140
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Magdeburg Hbf to Leipzig/Halle Flughafen
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 3m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £16–70
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Magdeburg Hbf to Hannover Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 34m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £22–95
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Magdeburg Hbf to Berlin Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 21m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £22–95
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +44 (0)3432 186 186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from Koeln Hbf to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 56m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- £60–110
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
Train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to London St Pancras Intl
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 1m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £100–170
- 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/
Train from Newcastle to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 21m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £40–60
- Website
- https://www.lner.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 3447 369 123
- [email protected]
- Website
- crosscountrytrains.co.uk
Train from Birmingham New Street to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 7m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £180–260
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
Train from Newcastle to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £65–95
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 (0)345 528 0253
- Website
- avantiwestcoast.co.uk
Train from Birmingham New Street to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 17m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £120–210
- Website
- https://www.avantiwestcoast.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 345 600 1671
- [email protected]
- Website
- tpexpress.co.uk
Train from Newcastle to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £45–80
- Website
- https://www.tpexpress.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 330 060 0500
- [email protected]
- Website
- sleeper.scot
Train from Newcastle to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 43m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- £35–60
- Website
- https://www.sleeper.scot/
- 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
- +38 (050) 010-01-04
- [email protected]
- Website
- orionbus.net
Bus from Magdeburg to Dortmund
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 33m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Website
- https://orionbus.net/en
- Phone
- +48 77 443 44 44
- [email protected]
- Website
- sindbad.pl
Bus from DORTMUND, Hbf Nordseite, Steinstrasse to LONDON, Victoria Coach Station-Departure Hall
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 25m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £45–90
- Website
- https://www.sindbad.pl/en/home
- Phone
- +44 (0)3717 81 81 81
- Website
- nationalexpress.com
Bus from London Victoria to Birmingham Coach Station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £21–55
- Website
- https://www.nationalexpress.com/en
Bus from London Victoria to Edinburgh, Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 40m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- £65–170
- Website
- https://www.nationalexpress.com/en
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- [email protected]
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.fr
Bus from Magdeburg central bus station to Hanover central bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 46m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £10–17
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Hanover central bus station to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 50m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £55–100
- 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
- 01304 44 88 88
- [email protected]
- Website
- poferries.com
Car ferry from Rotterdam to Hull
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 45m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- £170–280
- Website
- https://www.poferries.com/en
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More Questions & Answers
Magdeburg to Edinburgh bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Hanover central bus station.
Edinburgh is 1h behind Magdeburg. It is currently 9:44 PM in Magdeburg and 8:44 PM in Edinburgh.
Magdeburg to Edinburgh train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), arrive at Köln Hbf station.
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