{"id":1,"date":"2019-10-30T00:05:46","date_gmt":"2019-10-30T00:05:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.susanpoupard.com\/edinburgh-to-hong-kong\/?p=1"},"modified":"2025-10-09T10:29:13","modified_gmt":"2025-10-09T09:29:13","slug":"train-route","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.susanpoupard.com\/edinburgh-to-hong-kong\/train-route\/","title":{"rendered":"How to get from Edinburgh to Hong Kong by train?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"139\" src=\"https:\/\/www.susanpoupard.com\/edinburgh-to-hong-kong\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/edinburgh-to-hk-header-1024x139.jpg\" alt=\"Edinburgh, Moscow and Hong Kong\" class=\"wp-image-18\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.susanpoupard.com\/edinburgh-to-hong-kong\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/edinburgh-to-hk-header-1024x139.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.susanpoupard.com\/edinburgh-to-hong-kong\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/edinburgh-to-hk-header-300x41.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.susanpoupard.com\/edinburgh-to-hong-kong\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/edinburgh-to-hk-header-768x104.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.susanpoupard.com\/edinburgh-to-hong-kong\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/edinburgh-to-hk-header.jpg 1180w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I&#8217;ll be going on 8 train journeys in total from Edinburgh to Hong Kong, including the first part of the Trans-Siberian Railway and the Trans-Mongolian route from Siberia to China.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/d\/u\/0\/embed?mid=1ycrC494rEgOC8BTdiUx4-AOhbL0qgTT7\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\"><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/open?id=1ycrC494rEgOC8BTdiUx4-AOhbL0qgTT7&amp;usp=sharing\" target=\"_blank\">Edinburgh to Hong Kong route map (open in new window)<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>The route I&#8217;m taking includes 8 train journeys:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Edinburgh \u2013 London<\/li><li>London \u2013 Amsterdam (Eurostar)<\/li><li>Amsterdam \u2013 Berlin<\/li><li>Berlin \u2013 Moscow (part of the &#8220;Paris to Moscow Express&#8221;)<\/li><li>Moscow \u2013 Yekaterinburg (part of the &#8220;Trans Siberian&#8221;)<\/li><li>Yekaterinburg \u2013 Irkutsk (part of the &#8220;Trans Siberian&#8221;)<\/li><li>Irkutsk \u2013 Beijing (&#8220;Trans Mongolian&#8221; railway)<\/li><li>Beijing \u2013 Hong Kong<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Countries I\u2019m travelling through: UK, France, Belgium, The Netherlands, Germany, Poland, Belarus, Russia, Mongolia, and China.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Edinburgh to Moscow<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"363\" src=\"https:\/\/www.susanpoupard.com\/edinburgh-to-hong-kong\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/edinburgh-moscow-map-1024x363.png\" alt=\"Edinburgh to Moscow by train\" class=\"wp-image-30\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.susanpoupard.com\/edinburgh-to-hong-kong\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/edinburgh-moscow-map-1024x363.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.susanpoupard.com\/edinburgh-to-hong-kong\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/edinburgh-moscow-map-300x106.png 300w, https:\/\/www.susanpoupard.com\/edinburgh-to-hong-kong\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/edinburgh-moscow-map-768x272.png 768w, https:\/\/www.susanpoupard.com\/edinburgh-to-hong-kong\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/edinburgh-moscow-map-1073x380.png 1073w, https:\/\/www.susanpoupard.com\/edinburgh-to-hong-kong\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/edinburgh-moscow-map.png 1079w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Train 1: Edinburgh to London<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Distance: <\/strong>332 miles (534 km)<br><strong>Time: <\/strong>4 hours 20 mins<br><strong>Countries travelled through<\/strong>: UK<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The first journey is on the LNER train from Edinburgh Waverley to London St Pancras.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Train 2: London to Amsterdam<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Distance: <\/strong>222 miles (357 km)<br><strong>Time: <\/strong>3 hours 55 mins<br><strong>Countries travelled through<\/strong>: UK, France, Belgium, The Netherlands<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The second train journey I&#8217;m taking is London to Amsterdam.  Since April 2018 Eurostar runs direct trains from London to Amsterdam, taking 3 hours 55 minutes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Train 3: Amsterdam to Berlin<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Distance: <\/strong>357 miles (575 km)<br><strong>Time: <\/strong>6 hours 22 mins<br><strong>Countries travelled through<\/strong>: The Netherlands, Germany<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There are a number of different ways to get from London to Berlin by train.  London-Brussels-Cologne-Berlin is a slightly faster route, but I decided to travel via Amsterdam because it involves fewer changes of trains, which is easier with luggage.  The timing of the train connections gives a convenient 55 minutes in Amsterdam for lunch!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Train 4: Berlin to Moscow by train<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Distance: <\/strong>2,164 miles (3,483 km)<br><strong>Time: <\/strong>14 hours 19 mins<br><strong>Countries travelled through<\/strong>: Germany,  Poland, Belarus, Russia<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I&#8217;m joining the <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.seat61.com\/paris-moscow-express.htm\" target=\"_blank\">Paris to Moscow Express<\/a> part-way along its route, departing Berlin Hauptbahnhof at 7.26am and arriving in Moscow at 11.45am the next morning. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On the way we&#8217;ll go through Belarus.  As Russian railways have wider rails than in Western Europe, there&#8217;s a change of gauge at the border, where the train wheels are changed from European standard track gauge to Russian gauge.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Moscow to Beijing<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1005\" height=\"547\" src=\"https:\/\/www.susanpoupard.com\/edinburgh-to-hong-kong\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/moscow-beijing-map.png\" alt=\"Moscow to Beijing by train\" class=\"wp-image-29\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.susanpoupard.com\/edinburgh-to-hong-kong\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/moscow-beijing-map.png 1005w, https:\/\/www.susanpoupard.com\/edinburgh-to-hong-kong\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/moscow-beijing-map-300x163.png 300w, https:\/\/www.susanpoupard.com\/edinburgh-to-hong-kong\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/moscow-beijing-map-768x418.png 768w, https:\/\/www.susanpoupard.com\/edinburgh-to-hong-kong\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/moscow-beijing-map-698x380.png 698w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1005px) 100vw, 1005px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Train 5: Moscow to Yekaterinburg<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Distance: <\/strong>880 miles (1,416 km)<br><strong>Time: <\/strong>25 hours 18 mins<br><strong>Countries travelled through<\/strong>: Russia<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">From Moscow I follow the Trans-Siberian route, to Yekaterinburg, the fourth biggest city in Russia.  The city has the largest concentration of&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"constructivist&nbsp;architecture (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.archdaily.com\/789537\/a-soviet-utopia-constructivism-in-yekaterinburg-strelka-magazine\" target=\"_blank\">constructivist&nbsp;architecture<\/a> in the world.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Train 6: Yekaterinburg to Irkutsk<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Distance: <\/strong>1,749 miles (2,815 km)<br><strong>Time: <\/strong>53 hours 21 mins<br><strong>Countries travelled through<\/strong>: Russia<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Continuing on the Trans-Siberian route to Irkutsk, one of the largest cities in Siberia.  Described as the &#8216;capital of Eastern Siberia&#8217;, Irkutsk is 2,000 miles west of the Pacific, and 2,600 miles east of Moscow.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Train 7: Irkutsk to Beijing<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Distance: <\/strong>1,026 miles (1,653 km)<br><strong>Time: <\/strong>54 hours 27 mins<br><strong>Countries travelled through<\/strong>: Russia, Mongolia, China<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I&#8217;m going directly from Irkutsk to Beijing on the Trans-Mongolian route, I&#8217;m not stopping off in Mongolia because unfortunately the train times didn&#8217;t work out &#8212; maybe next time&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Beijing to Hong Kong<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"662\" height=\"350\" src=\"https:\/\/www.susanpoupard.com\/edinburgh-to-hong-kong\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/beijing-hong-kong-map.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-31\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.susanpoupard.com\/edinburgh-to-hong-kong\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/beijing-hong-kong-map.png 662w, https:\/\/www.susanpoupard.com\/edinburgh-to-hong-kong\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/beijing-hong-kong-map-300x159.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 662px) 100vw, 662px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Train 8: Beijing to Hong Kong<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Distance:<\/strong> 1,516 miles (2,439 km)<br><strong>Time:<\/strong> 8 hours 56 mins<br><strong>Countries travelled through:<\/strong> China<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The high-speed rail&nbsp;link from Beijing to Hong Kong opened on 23 September 2018, which means that although this train journey is much further than Irkutsk to Beijing, it&#8217;s much quicker, taking less than 9 hours to travel over 1,500 miles. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The aim is to arrive in Hong Kong on Christmas Eve!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Total distance: 8,246 miles (13,270 km)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">See the full route I&#8217;m taking from <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/open?id=1ycrC494rEgOC8BTdiUx4-AOhbL0qgTT7&amp;usp=sharing\" target=\"_blank\">Edinburgh to Hong Kong by train (interactive Google map).<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ll be going on 8 train journeys in total from Edinburgh to Hong Kong, including the first part of the Trans-Siberian Railway and the Trans-Mongolian route from Siberia to China. 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