There are 12 ways to get from Oxfordshire to Edinburgh by train, bus, car, or plane
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Train via York
best- Take the train from Oxford to Yorktrain Reading - Newcastle / ...
- Take the train from York to Edinburgh Waverleytrain London Kings Cross - Edinburgh / ...
6h 48m£173–315Train, bus
cheapest- Take the train from Bicester North to Leamington Spatrain London Marylebone - Birmingham Moor Street / ...
- Take the bus from Asda to Edinburgh, Bus Stationbus Ukx010 / ...
10h 44m£57–96Drive 347.8 mi
- Drive from Oxfordshire to Edinburghcar 347.8 mi
6h 10m£85–123Train to London City Airport, fly to Edinburgh Airport
- Take the train from Islip to London Marylebonetrain
- Fly from London City Airport (LCY) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane LCY - EDI
4h 44m£129–386Train
- Take the train from Oxford to Birmingham New Streettrain Bournemouth - Manchester Piccadilly / ...
- Take the train from Birmingham New Street to Edinburgh Waverleytrain Plymouth - Edinburgh / ...
7h 31m£158–320Bus
- Take the bus from Gloucester Green Bus Station to Milton Keynes Coachwaybus 737
- Take the bus from Milton Keynes Coachway to Edinburgh, Bus Stationbus 598 / ...
11h 36m£75–181Train to London Heathrow Airport, fly to Edinburgh Airport
- Take the train from Oxford to London Paddingtontrain
- Fly from London Heathrow Airport (LHR) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane LHR - EDI
4h 35m£111–345Train to Birmingham Airport, fly to Edinburgh Airport
- Take the train from Oxford to Birmingham Internationaltrain
- Fly from Birmingham Airport (BHX) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane BHX - EDI
4h 39m£71–155Train to London Stansted Airport, fly to Edinburgh Airport
- Take the train from Islip to London Marylebonetrain
- Fly from London Stansted Airport (STN) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane STN - EDI
5h 22m£84–203Train, train to Luton Airport, fly to Edinburgh Airport
- Take the train from Islip to London Marylebonetrain
- Take the train from West Hampstead Thameslink to Luton Airport Parkwaytrain
- Fly from Luton Airport (LTN) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane LTN - EDI
5h 1m£82–217Train, train to Bristol Airport, fly to Edinburgh Airport
- Take the train from Oxford to Didcot Parkwaytrain
- Take the train from Didcot Parkway to Bristol Temple Meadstrain
- Fly from Bristol Airport (BRS) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane BRS - EDI
5h 41m£83–192Train to Birmingham Airport, fly to Glasgow Airport, train
- Take the train from Oxford to Birmingham Internationaltrain
- Fly from Birmingham Airport (BHX) to Glasgow Airport (GLA)plane BHX - GLA
- Take the train from Glasgow Queen Street to Edinburgh Waverleytrain
5h 29m£70–190
Oxfordshire to Edinburgh by train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Oxfordshire to Edinburgh is to train and bus which costs £55 - £100 and takes 10h 44m.
The fastest way to get from Oxfordshire to Edinburgh is to train and fly which takes 4h 35m and costs £110 - £350.
No, there is no direct bus from Oxfordshire to Edinburgh station. However, there are services departing from Bramley Close and arriving at Edinburgh, Bus Station via Gloucester Green Bus Station and Milton Keynes Coachway. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 11h 36m.
No, there is no direct train from Oxfordshire to Edinburgh. However, there are services departing from Islip and arriving at Edinburgh Waverley via Oxford and York. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 6h 48m.
The distance between Oxfordshire and Edinburgh is 402 miles. The road distance is 349.9 miles.
The best way to get from Oxfordshire to Edinburgh without a car is to train via York which takes 6h 48m and costs £170 - £320.
It takes approximately 6h 48m to get from Oxfordshire to Edinburgh, including transfers.
Oxfordshire to Edinburgh bus services, operated by National Express, depart from Gloucester Green Bus Station.
Oxfordshire to Edinburgh train services, operated by Cross Country, depart from Oxford station.
The best way to get from Oxfordshire to Edinburgh is to train via York which takes 6h 48m and costs £170 - £320. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs £75 - £190 and takes 11h 36m.
What companies run services between Oxfordshire, England and Edinburgh, Scotland?
You can take a train from Islip to Edinburgh Waverley via Oxford and York in around 6h 48m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Bramley Close to Edinburgh, Bus Station via Magdalen Street East, Gloucester Green Bus Station, and Milton Keynes Coachway in around 11h 36m.
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 7m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £27–85
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Belfast (Aldergrove)
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 52m
- When
- Friday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- £27–85
Flights from London Stansted Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 19m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £24–110
Flights from Luton Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 18m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £24–120
Flights from Luton Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Belfast City
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- £24–120
Flights from Luton Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Belfast (Aldergrove)
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £24–120
Flights from Bristol Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 16m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £30–110
Flights from Bristol Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Belfast (Aldergrove)
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Sunday, Friday, and Thursday
- Estimated price
- £30–110
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Glasgow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £25–85
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Glasgow Airport via Belfast (Aldergrove)
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £25–85
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from London City Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 18m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £80–240
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £55–230
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from London Stansted Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £20–90
Flights from London Stansted Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Belfast (Aldergrove)
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- £20–90
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from London Stansted Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Thursday, Friday, Wednesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £45–110
Flights from Bristol Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Monday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £40–90
- Phone
- +44 3447 369 123
- [email protected]
- Website
- crosscountrytrains.co.uk
Train from Oxford to York
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £100–150
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
Train from York to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 34m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £110–160
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
Train from Oxford to Birmingham New Street
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 12m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £35–55
- Website
- https://www.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 Oxford to Birmingham International
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £30–50
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
Train from Oxford to Birmingham International
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £30–50
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 (0)3457 225 333
- [email protected]
- Website
- lner.co.uk
Train from York to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 17m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £70–100
- Website
- https://www.lner.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 345 600 5165
- Website
- chilternrailways.co.uk
Train from Bicester North to Leamington Spa
- Ave. Duration
- 32 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £15–27
- Website
- https://www.chilternrailways.co.uk/
Train from Islip to London Marylebone
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 16m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £27–50
- Website
- https://www.chilternrailways.co.uk/
Train from Islip to London Marylebone
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 16m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £27–50
- Website
- https://www.chilternrailways.co.uk/
Train from Islip to London Marylebone
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 16m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £27–50
- Website
- https://www.chilternrailways.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
- £120–200
- Website
- https://www.avantiwestcoast.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 (0)345 7000 125
- [email protected]
- Website
- gwr.com
Train from Oxford to London Paddington
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £28–55
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
Train from Oxford to Didcot Parkway
- Ave. Duration
- 18 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £4–9
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
Train from Didcot Parkway to Bristol Temple Meads
- Ave. Duration
- 57 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £29–55
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
- Phone
- +44 (0)345 026 4700
- Website
- thameslinkrailway.com
Train from West Hampstead Thameslink to Luton Airport Parkway
- Ave. Duration
- 23 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- £13–26
- Website
- https://www.thameslinkrailway.com/
- 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
- £20–40
- 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
- £8–18
- 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
- £14–24
- Website
- https://www.sleeper.scot/
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- [email protected]
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.fr
Bus from Asda to Edinburgh, Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 5m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £35–60
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +44 (0)3717 81 81 81
- Website
- nationalexpress.com
Bus from Gloucester Green Bus Station to Milton Keynes Coachway
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £7–18
- Website
- https://www.nationalexpress.com/en
Bus from Milton Keynes Coachway to Edinburgh, Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 5m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- £65–160
- Website
- https://www.nationalexpress.com/en
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More Questions & Answers
Oxfordshire to Edinburgh bus services, operated by National Express, arrive at Milton Keynes Coachway station.
Oxfordshire to Edinburgh train services, operated by Cross Country, arrive at York station.
Yes, the driving distance between Oxfordshire to Edinburgh is 350 miles. It takes approximately 6h 10m to drive from Oxfordshire to Edinburgh.
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