Cheapest€10.63
- Xplore Dundee XD201906:552h 19m09:14Aberdeen Bus StationEdinburgh Bus Station
Door to door 3h 3mCO2 4.0 kgChanges 0Changeable for a fee
Aberdeen to Edinburgh bus
Buses from Aberdeen to Edinburgh start at €10.63 and take 2h 56m at their fastest.
The Buses from Aberdeen to Edinburgh starts at €10.63 and takes 2h 56m door to door, run by 1 operator over 149 km, with around 2 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 90 days before departure.
- 2h 56mDoor to door
- 2h 12mMoving
- €10.63From
- 4.0 kgCO2
The cheapest and the fastest on September 22, 2026
Two journeys we can sell today, with the service number each operator files them under.
Bus operators
Speed, flexibility and what is on board. Nothing here is a rating, because we have not earned one.
| Operator | From | Fastest | Typical speed | Flexibility | On board |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Xplore Dundee | €10.63 | 2h 45m | 72 km/h | Changeable | Power outlets, Restrooms, Wi-Fi |
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When to book Aberdeen to Edinburgh
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €10.0790 days
- €10.0860 days
- €10.0845 days
- €10.6330 days
- €12.2821 days
- €12.8314 days
- €12.837 days
- €22.733 days
- €20.531 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 90 days ahead, at €10.07.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 126 percent. The most expensive point is €22.73, 3 days out.
- What that means
- Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 90 days before departure. Waiting from here has usually cost money on this corridor rather than saved it.
Which departure day costs least
Median cheapest fare for each weekday, taken across the next three weeks of real prices.
- €12.83Sun
- €12.83Mon
- €10.63Tue
- €12.83Wed
- €12.83Thu
- €13.38Fri
- €13.38Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
The stations, airports and ports each mode on this corridor actually uses.
Aberdeen
Bus
- Aberdeen Bus Station
- Kingswells Park & Ride Terminal
Edinburgh
Bus
- Edinburgh Bus Station
- Halbeath Park & Ride
What the journey actually looks like
Direct or connecting, how far the route really runs, and what happens when a connection is missed.
- Direct or connecting
- 56% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 44% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 149 km against 149 km in a straight line, a detour of 1 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
- Where the change is
- Connections are made at Cumbernauld, Coatbridge, Perth, Dundee. The gap between arriving and leaving is 50 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 19 percent chance of not being made on the timetable alone. Both legs are sold on one booking, so a missed connection is ours to fix and you are rebooked at no charge.
- First and last departure
- The first service of the day leaves Aberdeen at 06:55 and the last at 14:42, across 2 departures. The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.
Buses against the other ways to make this journey
The same corridor, door to door, with every mode that runs it.
| Mode | Door to door | Moving | At the ends | From | CO2 | Per day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Train | 1h 52m | 1h 8m | 44m | €20.69 | 4.9 kg | 6 |
| Coach | 2h 56m | 2h 12m | 44m | €10.63 | 4.0 kg | 2 |
| Flight | 3h 48m | 38m | 3h 10m | €31.41 | 37.6 kg | 1 |
Questions about Aberdeen to Edinburgh
The questions people actually ask about this trip, answered from the same prices and times the page above is built on rather than written once and left to go stale.
How long does the Coach from Aberdeen to Edinburgh take?
The Coach from Aberdeen to Edinburgh takes 2h 56m door to door, of which 2h 12m is spent moving. The route runs 149 km. The difference between the two times is reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end, which every time on this page includes.
How much does the Coach from Aberdeen to Edinburgh cost?
The Coach from Aberdeen to Edinburgh starts at €10.63 for one passenger, checked on September 22, 2026. A typical fare is €11.18. Both are the total including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so the price here is the price at checkout.
Who runs the Coach from Aberdeen to Edinburgh?
1 operators run the Coach from Aberdeen to Edinburgh: Xplore Dundee. Between them they file around 2 departures a day. The operator table on this page compares them on fare, journey time, cruising speed, fare conditions and what is provided on board.
Which terminal does the Coach from Aberdeen to Edinburgh use?
The Coach from Aberdeen to Edinburgh leaves from Aberdeen Bus Station and arrives at Edinburgh Bus Station. Allow about 44m for reaching the departure terminal and leaving the arrival one. That time is already inside every door to door figure quoted on this page.
Is the Coach the best way from Aberdeen to Edinburgh?
Traveling from Aberdeen to Edinburgh by Train costs €20.69 and takes 1h 52m door to door, against 2h 56m by Coach. Which is better depends on whether the money or the hours matter more on this trip. The comparison table on this page shows every mode side by side.
When should I book the Coach from Aberdeen to Edinburgh?
Fares for the Coach from Aberdeen to Edinburgh bottom out around 90 days ahead, at €10.07. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 126 percent, measured on September 22, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Coach from Aberdeen to Edinburgh produce?
The Coach from Aberdeen to Edinburgh produces about 4.0 kg of CO2 per passenger over 149 km, which works out at roughly 27 grams per passenger kilometer. That figure is for the whole journey and for one traveler, not for the vehicle.
What is provided on board the Coach from Aberdeen to Edinburgh?
Operators on the Coach from Aberdeen to Edinburgh publish Power outlets, Restrooms, Wi-Fi. That is what 1 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 2h 56m door to door. Where a carrier publishes nothing, this page lists nothing for it.
Where these numbers come from
Observed service A carrier record shows this named operator serving this named pair, and we carry that through unchanged.
Schedules, seat counts and fares are generated by our own model until the supplier contracts are signed. Places, coordinates, operators, which operator serves which pair, and every distance are real. We would rather say that on every page than let a modeled number pass for a filed one.
Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon
- On this page
- Every figure above was computed for Aberdeen to Edinburgh on September 9, 2026: 149 km of route against 149 km in a straight line, 2 services a day, 1 operators, a cheapest fare of €10.63, and 2h 56m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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