There are 11 ways to get from Rotterdam Cruise Terminal to Edinburgh by train, plane, train (Eurostar), car ferry, car, bus, or car train
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Train to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, fly to Edinburgh Airport
best- Take the train from Rotterdam Centraal to Schiphol Airporttrain
- Fly from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane AMS - EDI
5h 6m£80–205Bus
cheapest- Take the bus from Rotterdam Central Station to London Victoriabus N814
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Edinburgh, Bus Stationbus Ukxn10 / ...
20h 28m£76–236Train via Brussels
- Take the train from Rotterdam Centraal 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
8h 59m£261–426Car ferry, drive
- Take the car ferry from Rotterdam to Hullcarferry
- Drive from Hull to Edinburghcar
18h 5m£225–367Fly Rotterdam The Hague Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Fly from Rotterdam The Hague Airport (RTM) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane RTM - EDI
6h 18m£183–414Train to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, fly to Glasgow Airport, train
- Take the train from Rotterdam Centraal to Schiphol Airporttrain
- Fly from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS) to Glasgow Airport (GLA)plane AMS - GLA
- Take the train from Glasgow Queen Street to Edinburgh Waverleytrain
5h 55m£82–270Train to Brussels Airport, fly to Edinburgh Airport
- Take the train from Rotterdam Centraal to Brussels Airport-Zaventemtrain
- Fly from Brussels Airport (BRU) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane BRU - EDI
6h 28m£84–231Train to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, fly to Newcastle, train
- Take the train from Rotterdam Centraal to Schiphol Airporttrain
- Fly from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS) to Newcastle (NCL)plane AMS - NCL
- Take the train from Newcastle to Edinburgh Waverleytrain
6h 24m£107–304Train
- Take the train from Rotterdam Centraal to London St Pancras Intltrain Eil
- Take the train from King's Cross to Edinburgh Waverleytrain London Kings Cross - Edinburgh / ...
9h 13m£261–421Train #2
- Take the train from Rotterdam Centraal to London St. Pancras Int.train Eurostar
- Take the train from London Euston to Edinburgh Waverleytrain London Euston - Edinburgh
11h 36m£166–341Drive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Rotterdam Cruise Terminal to Calais-Fréthuncar
- Take the car train from Calais-Fréthun to Folkestonecartrain
- Drive from Folkestone to Edinburghcar
11h 37m£260–340
Rotterdam Cruise Terminal to Edinburgh by foot, subway, and train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Rotterdam Cruise Terminal to Edinburgh is to bus which costs £75 - £240 and takes 20h 28m.
The fastest way to get from Rotterdam Cruise Terminal to Edinburgh is to train and fly which takes 5h 6m and costs £80 - £210.
No, there is no direct bus from Rotterdam Cruise Terminal station to Edinburgh station. However, there are services departing from Rotterdam Central Station and arriving at Edinburgh, Bus Station via London Victoria. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 20h 28m.
No, there is no direct train from Rotterdam Cruise Terminal to Edinburgh. However, there are services departing from Rotterdam, Wilhelminaplein and arriving at Edinburgh Waverley via Rotterdam Centraal, Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi and King's Cross. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 8h 59m.
The distance between Rotterdam Cruise Terminal and Edinburgh is 458 miles.
The best way to get from Rotterdam Cruise Terminal to Edinburgh without a car is to train via Brussels which takes 8h 59m and costs £260 - £430.
It takes approximately 5h 6m to get from Rotterdam Cruise Terminal to Edinburgh, including transfers.
Rotterdam Cruise Terminal to Edinburgh bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Rotterdam Central Station.
Rotterdam Cruise Terminal to Edinburgh train services, operated by Eurostar, depart from Rotterdam Centraal station.
The best way to get from Rotterdam Cruise Terminal to Edinburgh is to train via Brussels which takes 8h 59m and costs £260 - £430. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs £75 - £240 and takes 20h 28m, you could also fly, which costs £180 - £420 and takes 6h 18m.
What companies run services between Rotterdam Cruise Terminal, Netherlands and Edinburgh, Scotland?
You can take a vehicle from Rotterdam Cruise Terminal to Edinburgh Waverley via Rotterdam, Wilhelminaplein, Rotterdam, Rotterdam Centraal, Rotterdam Centraal, Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi, London St Pancras Intl, and King's Cross in around 8h 59m. Alternatively, you can take a vehicle from Rotterdam Cruise Terminal to Edinburgh, Bus Station via Rotterdam, Wilhelminaplein, Rotterdam, Rotterdam Centraal, Rotterdam Central Station, and London Victoria in around 20h 28m.
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £55–170
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Edinburgh Airport via Birmingham
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £55–170
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Edinburgh Airport via London Luton
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 22m
- When
- Monday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £55–170
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Glasgow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £55–200
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Glasgow Airport via London Luton
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- £55–200
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Glasgow Airport via Belfast (Aldergrove)
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- £55–200
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Newcastle
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Monday, Friday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £50–150
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Newcastle via Bristol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- £50–150
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 29m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £40–240
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Glasgow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £40–250
Flights from Brussels Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- £35–210
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Newcastle
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £40–260
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Edinburgh Airport via London City
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- £95–200
Flights from Rotterdam The Hague Airport to Edinburgh Airport via London City
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 56m
- When
- Monday to Wednesday
- Estimated price
- £210–550
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Glasgow Airport via London City
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 41m
- When
- Thursday, Wednesday, Tuesday, Monday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £110–280
Flights from Brussels Airport to Edinburgh Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Thursday
- Estimated price
- £75–190
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Newcastle via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- £110–210
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Rotterdam The Hague Airport to Edinburgh Airport via London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- £60–290
- Website
- brusselsairlines.com
Flights from Brussels Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £65–230
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Brussels Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £55–160
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Brussels Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £75–270
- Phone
- +44 (0)3432 186 186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from Rotterdam Centraal to Schiphol Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 26 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £14–24
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
Train from Rotterdam Centraal to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £35–65
- 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
- £95–170
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
Train from Rotterdam Centraal to Schiphol Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 26 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £14–24
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
Train from Rotterdam Centraal to Schiphol Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 26 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £14–24
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
Train from Rotterdam Centraal to London St Pancras Intl
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 29m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £130–230
- 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/
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)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
- £14–23
- Website
- https://www.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/
Train from London Euston to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 32m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- £120–200
- Website
- https://www.sleeper.scot/
- Phone
- +32 70 79 79 79
- Website
- belgiantrain.be
Train from Rotterdam Centraal to Brussels Airport-Zaventem
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 39m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £20–40
- Website
- https://www.belgiantrain.be/en
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from Rotterdam Centraal to Brussels Airport-Zaventem
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £13–28
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
Train from Rotterdam Centraal to London St. Pancras Int.
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 29m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- £45–100
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- Phone
- +44 3447 369 123
- [email protected]
- Website
- 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
- +44 345 600 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 (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
- £140–240
- Website
- https://www.avantiwestcoast.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
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- [email protected]
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.fr
Bus from Rotterdam Central Station to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 40m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £35–65
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from London Victoria to Edinburgh, Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 16m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £40–75
- 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
- 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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Rotterdam Cruise Terminal to Edinburgh bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at London Victoria station.
Rotterdam Cruise Terminal to Edinburgh train services, operated by Eurostar, arrive at Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi station.
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