![]() ![]() Buses run frequently throughout the day, with restricted routes for night buses between midnight and 4am. Local buses are mainly run by Lothian Buses (red and white buses), who have an interactive route map. Buses to the Borders are run by several companies, including First Group. Most of the long distance buses are run by National Express. The Eurostar service connects Paris to Edinburgh in around eight hours. You can buy tickets at the station, but for long journeys booking in advance and fixing train times can be significantly cheaper. The National Rail Enquiries website gives train times and prices, although buying directly from the rail company websites you will avoid administration fees. Fast trains to/from Glasgow run every 15 minutes from both main stations. By trainĮdinburgh Waverley Station is the stop for downtown Edinburgh, while trains to/from Glasgow also stop at Haymarket in the West of the city. Note that if you travel by train, you will need to transfer station from Glasgow Central to Queen St there is a shuttle bus between the two. This airport is about 2h15m by train or bus to Edinburgh, and you will have to change in Glasgow. RyanAir also fly to/from the rather less convenient Prestwick Airport (PIK). Citylink also runs a shuttle to Buchanan Street Bus Station in Glasgow city centre which takes 25m and costs £4.20 from there you can then walk to Queen St Train Station and catch a train to Edinburgh Waverley Station that takes 45m and cost about £10, or catch another bus to Edinburgh Bus Station. Glasgow Airport (GLA) offers a similar range of destinations, with additional routes to Philadelphia, Toronto, Vancouver and San Francisco.įrom Glasgow airport, Citylink runs a shuttle to Edinburgh Bus Station that takes about two hours and costs about £11. Airport buses run every 15 minutes throughout the day, and pick up/drop off outside Haymarket station, in Shandwick Place (West End), and on the bridge to the West of Waverley Station. Return tickets are available at a small discount here. Airlink runs a shuttle to Waverley Steps that takes 30 minutes and costs £3.50 one-way or £6.00 return. On the airport website you can find the full list of flights from and to Edinburgh Airport and the relative map.įrom Edinburgh Airport, a cab to the city centre takes about 20 minutes and costs about £20. Continental Airlines offer direct flights between Edinburgh and New York. ![]() Regular connections exist with the largest hubs in Europe (London, Paris, Frankfurt and Amsterdam), and budget airlines (including EasyJet, RyanAir, Jet2, BMI and GermanWings) fly from Edinburgh to/from many UK/European destinations. Edinburgh AirportĮdinburgh Airport (EDI) is the most convenient destination when travelling by plane. The passport control queues at Edinburgh and Glasgow are usually reasonable. If you do this, then you will go through passport control in Scotland rather than at Heathrow. You may wish to consider changing at a European hub instead (London, Paris, Amsterdam, Frankfurt) or in North America. There have been recent (May 2012) reports of long delays for passport control at London Heathrow Airport.
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