Isle of Lewis to Edinburgh runs about 4 times a day, with the first departure around 06:06 and the last around 07:30. One passenger pays €33.77, every fee included. The fastest door to door is 4h over 327 km, on services run by 1 operator across 1 mode.
What one seat costs
Every operator we hold on this corridor starts at €33.77, so there is no spread to show.
Typical fares · Priced for October 6, 2026
€33.77
- 111%Moves across the booking window
When it runs, leaving Isle of Lewis
No operator has filed a timetable for this direction yet, so the first and last departure below follow the pattern of the corridor. Read them as the shape of the service day rather than as times to turn up for.
- 06:06First departure
- 07:30Last departure
- 4Services per day
- 25%Run direct
Fares by date
What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.
Typical fares
- about €63.27Mon21
- about €73.30Tue22
- about €66.22Wed23
- about €67.40Thu24
- about €67.40Fri25
- about €67.99Sat26
- about €53.83Sun27
- about €48.52Mon28
- about €39.08Tue29
- about €41.44Wed30
- about €45.57Thu1
- about €57.37Fri2
- about €60.91Sat3
- about €47.34Sun4
- about €41.44Mon5
- about €33.77Tue6
- about €42.62Wed7
- about €52.65Thu8
- about €47.93Fri9
- about €47.34Sat10
- about €43.80Sun11
Based on what this route has cost recently. The operator sets the price on the day, and the live fare is confirmed when you book.
The flight gets you into Edinburgh. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.

A room in Edinburgh for the night the flight gets in
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When to book Isle of Lewis to Edinburgh
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €39.0890 days
- €35.5460 days
- €32.5945 days
- €31.4130 days
- €43.8021 days
- €47.3414 days
- €53.837 days
- €66.223 days
- €63.271 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €31.41.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 111 percent. The most expensive point is €66.22, 3 days out.
- What that means
- Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 30 days before departure. Waiting from here has usually cost money on this corridor rather than saved it.
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This corridor, specifically
Facts that apply to Isle of Lewis to Edinburgh and to no other route on the site.
Clocks
Both ends keep the same time, so the arrival is the departure plus the journey.
The shape of it
327 km
317 km as the crow flies, 3% further by the route services take. The bearing runs south-east.
Who lives at each end
18,500 → 514,990
Population at the departure city and at the arrival city, which is usually what decides how often anything runs.
How we know
0/2
2 of these connections were inferred from service-area overlap rather than observed in a timetable. We would rather say so.
The route
What the journey looks like
Direct or connecting, how far the route really runs, and what happens when a connection is missed.
- Direct or connecting
- 25% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 75% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 327 km against 317 km in a straight line, a detour of 3 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
- Where the change is
- Connections are made at Inverness, Aberdeen, Glasgow. The gap between arriving and leaving is 47 minutes, of which about 14 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 20 percent chance of not being made on the timetable alone. Part of this journey is a self transfer between separate tickets, so leave more time than the minimum and expect to check in again.
The fare from EDI into Edinburgh is the one price on this trip we cannot show you, because it is not ours.
A car waiting when you land in Edinburgh
Settled in advance, so the ride into Edinburgh costs what it said it would rather than what the cab stand says.
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Who runs this route
The flight gets in hours before any room is ready. Holding a bag is not what we sell.

Baggage storage near Edinburgh Waverley
Most of the points near Edinburgh Waverley open before the first train and close after the last one.
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Questions about Isle of Lewis 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 it take to get from Isle of Lewis to Edinburgh?
The fastest journey from Isle of Lewis to Edinburgh takes 4h door to door, of which 50m is spent moving, on the flight. Most services take around 4h 1m, because that average includes slower stopping services and journeys with a connection. Times include reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end.
How much does it cost to travel from Isle of Lewis to Edinburgh?
The cheapest fare from Isle of Lewis to Edinburgh is €33.77, as of September 20, 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €48.52. Both figures are the total for one passenger, including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so nothing is added at checkout.
What is the cheapest way to get from Isle of Lewis to Edinburgh?
The cheapest way from Isle of Lewis to Edinburgh is by flight, at €33.77 for one passenger on October 6, 2026. That journey takes 4h door to door. Cheaper is rarely faster on this corridor, and the comparison table on this page shows what each mode costs against what it saves.
When should I book Isle of Lewis to Edinburgh?
Fares from Isle of Lewis to Edinburgh bottom out around 30 days before departure, at €31.41. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the most expensive lead time is 111 percent, measured on September 20, 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.
Which day of the week is cheapest for Isle of Lewis to Edinburgh?
Tuesday is the cheapest day to depart from Isle of Lewis to Edinburgh, at €39.08. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of September 20, 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.
Which month is cheapest for Isle of Lewis to Edinburgh?
November is the cheapest of the next 5 months to travel from Isle of Lewis to Edinburgh, at €31.41 for one passenger. Each month is priced on its fifteenth, so the comparison is like for like rather than a mix of weekends and midweek departures.
Who runs service from Isle of Lewis to Edinburgh?
No operator record names Isle of Lewis to Edinburgh directly. Loganair publish service areas covering both ends and may serve it, so we list them as possible operators rather than confirmed ones.
Is there a direct service from Isle of Lewis to Edinburgh?
25 percent of the services we sell from Isle of Lewis to Edinburgh are direct. The rest connect at Inverness, Aberdeen, Glasgow, with about 47 minutes between the two services. Both legs are sold on one booking, so a missed connection is rebooked at no charge.
Which station or terminal do services from Isle of Lewis to Edinburgh use?
Services from Isle of Lewis to Edinburgh by flight leave from Isle of Lewis SYY and arrive at Edinburgh EDI. Allow about 3h 10m in total for reaching the departure terminal and leaving the arrival one, which is already included in every door to door time on this page.
Can I change or refund a ticket from Isle of Lewis to Edinburgh?
0 of the 1 operators we sell from Isle of Lewis to Edinburgh allow a change or a refund. A change on a changeable fare costs €5.00. The operator table on this page names which is which, and the condition is shown again before you pay.
Where these numbers come from
Places, coordinates, operators, which operator serves which pair, and every distance on this page are real and come from open data. Where a corridor has a filed timetable the departure times are real too, and ferry fares are the prices the operators publish themselves.
Derived from service area No carrier record names this exact pair. The operators listed publish a service area covering both places at a distance their mode plausibly carries people, which is evidence that the corridor is served and not evidence of a specific service. Pages state which, because presenting the two as the same thing would be dishonest.
Where no operator publishes a fare for a corridor, the price here is our own estimate, worked out from the real distance and the real operator through a fare curve that follows lead time, day of the week and season. It tells you roughly what the journey costs. It is not a seat anyone has agreed to sell, and the payment step will not take it.
Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon, Distances
- On this page
- Every figure above was computed for Isle of Lewis to Edinburgh on September 20, 2026: 327 km of route against 317 km in a straight line, 4 services a day, 1 operator a cheapest fare of €33.77, and 4h door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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The two ends, compared
Isle of Lewis reaches 7 places in 2 countries on services we hold, over distances from 152 to 894 km. Edinburgh reaches 200 places in 42 countries, from 49 to 6,437 km.
Other ways to make this journey
Leaving Isle of Lewis
- 7Places you can leave for
- 2Countries
- 3Operators
Arriving in Edinburgh
Leaving Edinburgh
- 200Places you can leave for
- 42Countries
- 63Operators
