There are 10 ways to get from Salzburg to Edinburgh by plane, train (Eurostar), bus, night train, train, car, car train, or car ferry
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Fly Salzburg Airport to Edinburgh Airport
best- Fly from Salzburg Airport (SZG) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane SZG - EDI
5h 29m£92–233Train via Cologne
- Take the train from Salzburg Hauptbahnhof to München Hbftrain 90 / ...
- Take the train from München Hbf to Köln Messe/Deutz Bftrain 47 / ...
- 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
16h 33m£387–1,013Bus
- Take the bus from Salzburg South to Munich central bus stationbus 127 / ...
- Take the bus from Munich central bus station to London Victoriabus
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Edinburgh, Bus Stationbus
35h 29m£141–343Night train, train
- Take the night train from Salzburg Hbf to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midinighttrain Nj
- Take the train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to London St Pancras Intltrain Eil
- Take the train from King's Cross to Edinburgh Waverleytrain
20h 7m£269–473Train to Munich International Airport, fly to Edinburgh Airport
- Take the train from Salzburg Hbf to Muenchen Osttrain
- Fly from Munich International Airport (MUC) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane MUC - EDI
7h 10m£111–286Fly Salzburg Airport to Glasgow Airport, train
- Fly from Salzburg Airport (SZG) to Glasgow Airport (GLA)plane SZG - GLA
- Take the train from Glasgow Queen Street to Edinburgh Waverleytrain
8h 7m£94–278Train to Linz Airport, fly to Edinburgh Airport
- Take the train from Salzburg Hauptbahnhof to Linz/Donau Hbftrain
- Fly from Linz Airport (LNZ) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane LNZ - EDI
10h 51m£146–294Train
- Take the train from Salzburg Hbf to Bruxelles-Miditrain Nj
- Take the train from Brussel-Zuid to London St. Pancras Int.train
- Take the train from London Euston to Edinburgh Waverleytrain
22h 55m£291–583Drive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Salzburg to Calais-Fréthuncar
- Take the car train from Calais-Fréthun to Folkestonecartrain
- Drive from Folkestone to Edinburghcar
19h 6m£363–488Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Salzburg to Calaiscar
- Take the car ferry from Calais to Port of Dovercarferry
- Drive from Port of Dover to Edinburghcar
20h 7m£253–420
Salzburg to Edinburgh by train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Salzburg to Edinburgh is to fly which costs £90 - £240 and takes 5h 29m.
The fastest way to get from Salzburg to Edinburgh is to fly which takes 5h 29m and costs £90 - £240.
No, there is no direct bus from Salzburg to Edinburgh station. However, there are services departing from Salzburg Rathaus and arriving at Edinburgh, Bus Station via Salzburg South, Munich central bus station and London Victoria. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 35h 29m.
No, there is no direct train from Salzburg to Edinburgh. However, there are services departing from Salzburg Hauptbahnhof and arriving at Edinburgh Waverley via München Hbf, Koeln Messe/Deutz, Koeln Hbf, Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi and King's Cross. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 16h 33m.
The distance between Salzburg and Edinburgh is 911 miles.
The best way to get from Salzburg to Edinburgh without a car is to train via Cologne which takes 16h 33m and costs £380 - £1,100.
It takes approximately 5h 29m to get from Salzburg to Edinburgh, including transfers.
Salzburg to Edinburgh bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Salzburg South station.
Salzburg to Edinburgh train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), depart from Salzburg Hauptbahnhof station.
The best way to get from Salzburg to Edinburgh is to fly which takes 5h 29m and costs £90 - £240. Alternatively, you can train via Cologne, which costs £380 - £1,100 and takes 16h 33m, you could also bus, which costs £140 - £350 and takes 35h 29m.
What companies run services between Salzburg, Austria and Edinburgh, Scotland?
Jet2.com, Lufthansa, and Eurowings fly from Salzburg Airport (SZG) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI) 3 times a day. Alternatively, you can take a train from Salzburg Hauptbahnhof to Edinburgh Waverley via München Hbf, Köln Messe/Deutz Bf, Koeln Messe/Deutz, Koeln Hbf, Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi, London St Pancras Intl, and King's Cross in around 16h 33m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Salzburg Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £110–250
Flights from Munich International Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £90–220
Flights from Munich International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £90–220
Flights from Linz Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 48m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £120–410
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Munich International Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £65–150
Flights from Salzburg Airport to Glasgow Airport via Bristol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 40m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- £65–250
Flights from Salzburg Airport to Glasgow Airport via London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- £50–210
Flights from Salzburg Airport to Glasgow Airport via Berlin Brandenburg
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- £65–250
Flights from Linz Airport to Edinburgh Airport via London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 15m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- £130–220
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Munich International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £50–260
Flights from Salzburg Airport to Glasgow Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 25m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Sunday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £60–330
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Salzburg Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Dusseldorf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 33m
- When
- Tuesday, Saturday, and Monday
- Estimated price
- £110–210
Flights from Munich International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Dusseldorf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- £85–170
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Salzburg Airport to Glasgow Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- When
- Friday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £80–360
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Linz Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Bari
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 15m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- £130–220
Flights from Linz Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Palma Mallorca
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 35m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- £130–220
- Website
- jet2.com
Flights from Salzburg Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- £100–220
- Website
- brusselsairlines.com
Flights from Munich International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £55–200
- Website
- luxair.lu
Flights from Munich International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Luxembourg
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 40m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- £80–380
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Linz Airport to Edinburgh Airport via London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 50m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £60–250
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Salzburg Hauptbahnhof to München Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 43m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £23–100
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from München Hbf to Köln Messe/Deutz Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 9m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £90–390
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Salzburg Hbf to Muenchen Ost
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 34m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £22–95
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +49 30 200 73-0
- [email protected]
- Website
- transdev.de
Train from Salzburg Hauptbahnhof to München Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 4m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £23–35
- Schedules at
- transdev.de
Train from Salzburg Hbf to Muenchen Ost
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £22–35
- Schedules at
- transdev.de
- Phone
- +36 (1) 3 49 49 49
- [email protected]
- Website
- jegy.mav.hu
Train from Salzburg Hauptbahnhof to München Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 43m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £6–7
- Website
- https://jegy.mav.hu/
- Phone
- +48 22 322 22 22
- [email protected]
- Website
- intercity.pl
Train from Salzburg Hauptbahnhof to München Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 51m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- £19–75
- Website
- https://www.intercity.pl/en/
Train from Salzburg Hbf to Muenchen Ost
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £19–70
- Website
- https://www.intercity.pl/en/
- Phone
- +43 (0)5 1717
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from Salzburg Hauptbahnhof to München Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 51m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £22–35
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/railjet
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket
- *
- £22–35
Train from Salzburg Hbf to Muenchen Ost
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 38m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £21–35
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/railjet
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket
- *
- £21–35
Train from Salzburg Hauptbahnhof to Linz/Donau Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £19–29
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/railjet
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket
- *
- £19–29
- Phone
- +43 1 89900
- [email protected]
- Website
- westbahn.at
Train from Salzburg Hauptbahnhof to München Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 54m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £23–45
- Website
- https://westbahn.at/en/
Train from Salzburg Hbf to Muenchen Ost
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 43m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £23–40
- Website
- https://westbahn.at/en/
Train from Salzburg Hauptbahnhof to Linz/Donau Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 12m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- £20–35
- Website
- https://westbahn.at/en/
- Phone
- +49 8024 997171
- [email protected]
- Website
- brb.de
Train from Salzburg Hauptbahnhof to München Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 16m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £50–160
- Schedules at
- brb.de
- Phone
- +43 (0) 5 1717
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from Salzburg Hauptbahnhof to München Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 42m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- £27–50
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket
Train from Salzburg Hauptbahnhof to Linz/Donau Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 14m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £23–40
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket
- Phone
- +43 (0) 5 1717
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from Salzburg Hauptbahnhof to München Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 6m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- £15–35
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket?cref=oebb-header
Train from Salzburg Hbf to Muenchen Ost
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- £15–30
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket?cref=oebb-header
- 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
- £55–100
- 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 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
- 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 King's Cross to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 6m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £130–190
- Website
- https://www.lner.co.uk/
- Phone
- +43 (0) 51717
- Website
- nightjet.com
Night train from Salzburg Hbf to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 55m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- £40–120
- Website
- https://www.nightjet.com/en/#/home
- Sleeper Carriage
- £90–120
- Couchette Carriage
- £65–80
- Seating Carriage
- £40–55
- Phone
- +32 70 79 79 79
- Website
- belgiantrain.be
Train from Salzburg Hbf to Muenchen Ost
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 9m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- £20–45
- Website
- https://www.belgiantrain.be/en
Train from Salzburg Hbf to Bruxelles-Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 55m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- £130–270
- Website
- https://www.belgiantrain.be/en
- 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
- £9–18
- 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/
Train from London Euston to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 32m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- £120–210
- Website
- https://www.sleeper.scot/
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- konzern.oebb.at
Train from Salzburg Hauptbahnhof to Linz/Donau Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 14m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £26–40
- Website
- https://konzern.oebb.at/en/
- Phone
- _AUSTRIAN_RAILWAYS_(ÖBB)
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from Salzburg Hauptbahnhof to Linz/Donau Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 26m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £22–40
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from Salzburg Hauptbahnhof to Linz/Donau Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 17m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £12–24
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
Train from Brussel-Zuid to London St. Pancras Int.
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 6m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- £35–75
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 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
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- [email protected]
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.fr
Bus from Salzburg South to Munich central bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £10–18
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Munich central bus station to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 35m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £90–150
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from London Victoria to Edinburgh, Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 16m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £40–75
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +3 318 576 2228
- Website
- blablacar.co.uk
Bus from Salzburg South to Munich central bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £11–20
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
- Phone
- +359 700 20 544
- Website
- ardatur.bg
Bus from Salzburg South to Munich central bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- £9–15
- Website
- https://ardatur.bg/en/
- Phone
- +44 (0)3717 81 81 81
- Website
- nationalexpress.com
Bus from London Victoria to Edinburgh, Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 40m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £70–170
- Website
- https://www.nationalexpress.com/en
- Phone
- +353 818 300 400
- [email protected]
- Website
- irishferries.com
Car ferry from Calais to Port of Dover
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £8–50
- Website
- https://www.irishferries.com/uk-en/Travel-to-Ireland
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Salzburg to Edinburgh bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Munich central bus station.
Edinburgh is 1h behind Salzburg. It is currently 3:12 PM in Salzburg and 2:12 PM in Edinburgh.
Salzburg to Edinburgh train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), arrive at München Hbf station.
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