There are 10 ways to get from Rugby to Edinburgh by train, car, plane or subway
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2rio's travel planner.
Recommended option
Train
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Take the train from Rugby to Edinburgh
Cheapest option
Fly Birmingham to Edinburgh
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Fly from Birmingham (BHX) to Edinburgh (EDI)
8 alternative options
Train via Manchester
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Take the train from Rugby to Manchester Piccadilly
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Take the train from Manchester Piccadilly to Edinburgh
Train via Tamworth
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Take the train from Rugby to Tamworth
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Take the train from Tamworth High Level to Edinburgh
Drive
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Drive from Rugby to Edinburgh
Train to London Luton, fly to Edinburgh
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Take the train from Rugby to Milton Keynes Central
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Fly from London Luton (LTN) to Edinburgh (EDI)
Train to London City, fly to Edinburgh
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Take the train from Rugby to London Euston
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Fly from London City (LCY) to Edinburgh (EDI)
Fly Birmingham to Glasgow, train
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Fly from Birmingham (BHX) to Glasgow (GLA)
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Take the train from Glasgow Queen Street to Edinburgh
Train to London Heathrow, fly to Edinburgh
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Take the train from Rugby to London Euston
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Fly from London Heathrow (LHR) to Edinburgh (EDI)
Train, subway to London Stansted, fly to Edinburgh
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Take the train from Rugby to London Euston
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Take the subway from Euston station to Tottenham Hale station
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Fly from London Stansted (STN) to Edinburgh (EDI)
Rugby to Edinburgh by train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Rugby to Edinburgh is to fly which costs £30 - £130 and takes 3h 13m.
The quickest way to get from Rugby to Edinburgh is to fly which costs £30 - £130 and takes 3h 13m.
Yes, there is a direct train departing from Rugby and arriving at Edinburgh. Services depart four times a day, and operate every day. The journey takes approximately 5h 5m.
The distance between Rugby and Edinburgh is 261 miles. The road distance is 317.9 miles.
The best way to get from Rugby to Edinburgh without a car is to train which takes 5h 5m and costs £120 - £420.
The train from Rugby to Edinburgh takes 5h 5m including transfers and departs four times a day.
Rugby to Edinburgh train services, operated by Avanti West Coast, depart from Rugby station.
The best way to get from Rugby to Edinburgh is to train which takes 5h 5m and costs £120 - £420. Alternatively, you can fly, which costs £30 - £130 and takes 3h 13m.
The quickest flight from Birmingham Airport to Edinburgh Airport is the direct flight which takes 1h 10m.
Rugby to Edinburgh train services, operated by Avanti West Coast, arrive at Edinburgh station.
- Distance: 261 miles
- Duration: 5h 5m
What companies run services between Rugby, England and Edinburgh, Scotland?
Avanti West Coast operates a train from Rugby to Edinburgh 4 times a day. Tickets cost £120 - £420 and the journey takes 5h 5m. Alternatively, easyJet, Loganair and two other airlines fly from Rugby to Edinburgh 3 times a day.
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Birmingham to Edinburgh
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £30 - £180
Flights from Birmingham to Edinburgh via Belfast (Aldergrove)
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 6m
- When
- Monday, Thursday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £30 - £180
Flights from London Luton to Edinburgh
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £30 - £150
Flights from London Luton to Edinburgh via Belfast (Aldergrove)
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 3m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- £30 - £150
Flights from Birmingham to Glasgow
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £23 - £110
Flights from Birmingham to Glasgow via Belfast (Aldergrove)
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £23 - £110
Flights from London Stansted to Edinburgh
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £27 - £140
Flights from London Stansted to Edinburgh via Belfast (Aldergrove)
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £27 - £140
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Birmingham to Edinburgh via Isle Of Man
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £210 - £700
Flights from London City to Edinburgh
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £70 - £370
Flights from London Heathrow to Edinburgh
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 29m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £40 - £320
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Birmingham to Edinburgh via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 12m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- £29 - £180
Flights from London Luton to Edinburgh via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- £28 - £190
Flights from Birmingham to Glasgow via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Monday, Thursday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £24 - £170
- Website
- aerlingus.com
Flights from Birmingham to Edinburgh via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Monday, Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £160 - £380
Flights from Birmingham to Glasgow via Belfast City
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £150 - £320
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from London Stansted to Edinburgh
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £23 - £280
- Website
- loganair.co.uk
Flights from Birmingham to Edinburgh via Isle Of Man
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £210 - £700
- Phone
- 0344 556 5650
- Website
- avantiwestcoast.co.uk
Train from Rugby to Edinburgh
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- £120 - £420
- Website
- avantiwestcoast.co.uk
- Anytime Day Single
- £120 - £160
- Anytime Day Single 1st Class
- £310 - £420
Train from Rugby to Manchester Piccadilly
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 17m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £35 - £140
- Website
- avantiwestcoast.co.uk
- Anytime Day Single
- £35 - £50
- Anytime Day Single 1st Class
- £100 - £140
Train from Rugby to Tamworth
- Ave. Duration
- 19 min
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- £10 - £40
- Website
- avantiwestcoast.co.uk
- Anytime Day Single
- £10 - £14
- Anytime Day Single 1st Class
- £29 - £40
Train from Rugby to Milton Keynes Central
- Ave. Duration
- 19 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £12 - £50
- Website
- avantiwestcoast.co.uk
- Anytime Day Single
- £12 - £16
- Anytime Day Single 1st Class
- £30 - £50
Train from Rugby to London Euston
- Ave. Duration
- 53 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £30 - £110
- Website
- avantiwestcoast.co.uk
- Anytime Day Single
- £30 - £45
- Anytime Day Single 1st Class
- £80 - £110
- Phone
- +44 345 600 1671
- tpecustomer.relations@firstgroup.com
- Website
- tpexpress.co.uk
Train from Manchester Piccadilly to Edinburgh
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £75 - £200
- Website
- TransPennine Express Service
- Single
- £75 - £110
- 1st Class
- £140 - £200
- Phone
- +44 121 634 2040
- comments@londonmidland.com
- Website
- londonnorthwesternrailway.co.uk
Train from Rugby to Tamworth
- Ave. Duration
- 27 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £8 - £13
- Website
- londonnorthwesternrailway.co.uk
- Standard
- £8 - £13
Train from Rugby to Milton Keynes Central
- Ave. Duration
- 21 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £10 - £15
- Website
- londonnorthwesternrailway.co.uk
- Standard
- £10 - £15
Train from Rugby to London Euston
- Ave. Duration
- 57 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £22 - £35
- Website
- londonnorthwesternrailway.co.uk
- Standard
- £22 - £35
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- Phone
- 0344 736 9123
- customer.relations@crosscountrytrains.co.uk
- Website
- crosscountrytrains.co.uk
Train from Tamworth High Level to Edinburgh
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 46m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £130 - £400
- Website
- crosscountrytrains.co.uk
- Standard
- £130 - £200
- 1st Class
- £270 - £400
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- Phone
- +44 344 811 0141
- customer.relations@scotrail.co.uk
- Website
- scotrail.co.uk
Train from Glasgow Queen Street to Edinburgh
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- £14 - £20
- Website
- First ScotRail Service
- Standard
- £14 - £20
- Website
- sleeper.scot
Train from Glasgow Queen Street Low Level to Edinburgh
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- £38 - £42
- Website
- sleeper.scot
- Sleeper Seat
- £38 - £42
- Sleeper Berth Club Solo
- £170 - £200
- Sleeper Berth Classic
- £55 - £75
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Contact Details
- Phone
- 0343 222 1234
- Website
- tfl.gov.uk
Subway from Euston station to Tottenham Hale station
- Ave. Duration
- 12 min
- Frequency
- Every 5 minutes
- Estimated price
- £2 - £4
- Website
- London Underground (Tube)
- Off Peak
- £2 - £4
- Peak
- £2 - £4
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Yes, the driving distance between Rugby to Edinburgh is 318 miles. It takes approximately 5h 27m to drive from Rugby to Edinburgh.
Loganair, Aer Lingus, Ryanair and easyJet offer flights from Birmingham Airport to Edinburgh Airport.
Book your Rugby to Edinburgh train tickets online with Omio.
There are 1444+ hotels available in Edinburgh. Prices start at £87 per night.
The best way to get from Rugby to Birmingham Airport is to train which takes 19 min and costs £6 - £35.