There are 11 ways to get from Scotland to Ghent by plane, train, train (Eurostar), bus, car, car train, or car ferry
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly Edinburgh Airport to Brussels Airport, train
best- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Brussels Airport (BRU)plane EDI - BRU
- Take the train from Brussels Airport-Zaventem to Gand-Saint-Pierretrain
5h 14m€103–250Fly Edinburgh Airport to Brussels South Charleroi Airport, bus
cheapest- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Brussels South Charleroi Airport (CRL)plane EDI - CRL
- Take the bus from Charleroi Airport to Gent Sint Pieters Stationbus
6h 47m€72–220Train
- Take the train from Glasgow Central to London Eustontrain
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Lille Europetrain Eil
- Take the train from Roubaix to Gand-Saint-Pierretrain Ic / ...
8h 55m€220–441Bus
- Take the bus from Buchanan Bus Station to London Victoriabus
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Doverbus 700
- Take the bus from Dover to Ghent Dampoortbus
17h 35m€91–185Drive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Glasgow to Folkestonecar
- Take the cartrain from Folkestone to Calais-Fréthuncartrain
- Drive from Calais-Fréthun to Ghentcar
9h 49m€299–375Fly Aberdeen Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, train
- Fly from Aberdeen Airport (ABZ) to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS)plane ABZ - AMS
- Take the train from Schiphol Airport Train Station to Antwerpen-Centraaltrain
- Take the train from Anvers-Central to Gand-Dampoorttrain
6h 14m€141–374Fly Edinburgh Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, train
- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS)plane EDI - AMS
- Take the train from Schiphol Airport Train Station to Antwerpen-Centraaltrain
- Take the train from Anvers-Central to Gand-Dampoorttrain
6h 27m€96–267Fly Glasgow Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, train
- Fly from Glasgow Airport (GLA) to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS)plane GLA - AMS
- Take the train from Schiphol Airport Train Station to Antwerpen-Centraaltrain
- Take the train from Anvers-Central to Gand-Dampoorttrain
6h 20m€99–282Train via Edinburgh
- Take the train from Glasgow Queen Street to Edinburgh Waverleytrain
- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to King's Crosstrain
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Miditrain Eil
- Take the train from Bruxelles-Midi to Gand-Saint-Pierretrain Ic / ...
8h 56m€308–505Train #2
- Take the train from Glasgow Queen Street to King's Crosstrain
- Take the train from London St. Pancras Int. to Lille Europetrain
- Take the train from Roubaix to Gand-Saint-Pierretrain Ic / ...
9h 46m€130–242Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Glasgow to Port of Dovercar
- Take the carferry from Port of Dover to Calaiscarferry
- Drive from Calais to Ghentcar
10h 56m€192–324
Scotland to Ghent by train, foot, and subway
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Scotland to Ghent is to fly and bus which costs €70 - €220 and takes 6h 47m.
The fastest way to get from Scotland to Ghent is to fly and train which takes 5h 14m and costs €100 - €250.
No, there is no direct bus from Scotland station to Ghent. However, there are services departing from Buchanan Bus Station and arriving at Ghent Dampoort via London Victoria and Dover. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 17h 35m.
No, there is no direct train from Scotland to Ghent. However, there are services departing from Glasgow Central and arriving at Gand-Saint-Pierre via London St Pancras Intl, Gare Lille Europe and Roubaix. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 8h 55m.
The distance between Scotland and Ghent is 844 km.
The best way to get from Scotland to Ghent without a car is to train which takes 8h 55m and costs €220 - €450.
It takes approximately 5h 14m to get from Scotland to Ghent, including transfers.
Scotland to Ghent bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Buchanan Bus Station.
Scotland to Ghent train services, operated by Avanti West Coast, depart from Glasgow Central station.
The best way to get from Scotland to Ghent is to train which takes 8h 55m and costs €220 - €450. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs €90 - €190 and takes 17h 35m.
What companies run services between Scotland and Ghent, Belgium?
You can take a train from Glasgow Central to Gand-Saint-Pierre via London Euston, London St Pancras Intl, Lille Europe, Gare Lille Europe, Gare Jean Lebas Roubaix, and Roubaix in around 8h 55m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Buchanan Bus Station to Ghent Dampoort via London Victoria and Dover in around 17h 35m.
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Aberdeen Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol via London Luton
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 46m
- When
- Tuesday, Monday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €110–340
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 33m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €55–200
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol via Birmingham
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €55–200
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol via London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €55–200
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €60–210
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol via London Luton
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Friday, Tuesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €60–210
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol via London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €60–210
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol via Belfast (Aldergrove)
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €60–210
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol via Birmingham
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €60–210
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Brussels Airport via Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €50–310
Flights from Aberdeen Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–400
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €45–300
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 36m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €45–290
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Brussels Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 38m
- When
- Monday to Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €90–220
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Brussels Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €70–200
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Brussels South Charleroi Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €45–180
- Website
- brusselsairlines.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Brussels Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €85–230
- Phone
- +32 70 79 79 79
- Website
- Belgian Railways
Train from Brussels Airport-Zaventem to Gand-Saint-Pierre
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €12–19
- Website
- Belgian Railways
Train from Roubaix to Gand-Saint-Pierre
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 3m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €11–17
- Website
- Belgian Railways
Train from Anvers-Central to Gand-Dampoort
- Ave. Duration
- 46 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- €10–16
- Website
- Belgian Railways
Train from Anvers-Central to Gand-Dampoort
- Ave. Duration
- 46 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- €10–16
- Website
- Belgian Railways
Train from Anvers-Central to Gand-Dampoort
- Ave. Duration
- 46 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- €10–16
- Website
- Belgian Railways
Train from Bruxelles-Midi to Gand-Saint-Pierre
- Ave. Duration
- 28 min
- Frequency
- Every 10 minutes
- Estimated price
- €9–15
- Website
- Belgian Railways
Train from London St. Pancras Int. to Lille Europe
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 22m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €45–75
- Website
- Belgian Railways
Train from Roubaix to Gand-Saint-Pierre
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 3m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €11–17
- Website
- Belgian Railways
- Phone
- +44 (0)345 528 0253
- Website
- Avanti West Coast
Train from Glasgow Central to London Euston
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 38m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €160–260
- Website
- Avanti West Coast
- Phone
- +44 330 060 0500
- Website
- Caledonian Sleeper
Train from Glasgow Central to London Euston
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 46m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €100–150
- Website
- Caledonian Sleeper
- Phone
- +44 (0)3432 186 186
- Website
- Eurostar
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Lille Europe
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €100–170
- Website
- Eurostar
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 1m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €140–230
- Website
- Eurostar
Rome2Rio's guide to Société Nationale des Chemins de fer Français (SNCF)
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Roubaix to Gand-Saint-Pierre
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €10–18
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Roubaix to Gand-Saint-Pierre
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €10–18
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
- Phone
- +44 (0) 8443 35 35 35
- [email protected]
- Website
- LeShuttle
Car train from Folkestone to Calais-Fréthun
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €140
- Website
- LeShuttle
- Standard fare
- €140
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Schiphol Airport Train Station to Antwerpen-Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 3m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €15–30
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Schiphol Airport Train Station to Antwerpen-Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 3m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €15–30
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Schiphol Airport Train Station to Antwerpen-Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 3m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €15–30
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from London St. Pancras Int. to Lille Europe
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 21m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €29–55
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
- Phone
- +44 (0)344 811 0141
- Website
- ScotRail
Train from Glasgow Queen Street to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €21–35
- Website
- ScotRail
- Phone
- 0345 528 0409
- [email protected]
- Website
- Lumo
Train from Glasgow Queen Street to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 49 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- €9–16
- Website
- Lumo
Train from Glasgow Queen Street to King's Cross
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 41m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- €85–150
- Website
- Lumo
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to King's Cross
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 8m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €150–220
- Website
- London North Eastern Railway Limited (LNER)
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Bruxelles-Midi to Gand-Saint-Pierre
- Ave. Duration
- 28 min
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €9–20
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- [email protected]
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Buchanan Bus Station to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 30m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €55–90
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from London Victoria to Dover
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €11–17
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Dover to Ghent Dampoort
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €21–35
- Website
- Flixbus
- Phone
- +44 (0)3717 81 81 81
- Website
- National Express
Bus from Buchanan Bus Station to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 10h
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €80–140
- Website
- National Express
- Phone
- +352 50 55 62 63 10
- [email protected]
- Website
- Flibco
Bus from Charleroi Airport to Gent Sint Pieters Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €16–29
- Website
- Flibco
- Phone
- +353 818 300 400
- [email protected]
- Website
- Irish Ferries
Car ferry from Port of Dover to Calais
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €30–90
- Website
- Irish Ferries
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Booking & Getting There
Scotland to Ghent bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at London Victoria station.
Ghent is 1h ahead of Scotland. It is currently 4:52 AM in Scotland and 5:52 AM in Ghent.
Scotland to Ghent train services, operated by Avanti West Coast, arrive at London Euston station.
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