Edinburgh

Arriving by Plane.

Edinburgh Airport is located around 12km from the town centre. A regular bus link runs to the centre throughout the day, and less regularly at night. Several budget routes run from Edinburgh airport: Easyjet run flights to London airports and Amsterdam. Ryanair fly to Dublin, Fly Globespan fly to various european destinations, and Sterling fly to Scandinavian destinations. Scheduled flights also run to a number of European destinations, and charter flights run around the world in season.

Other nearby airports are Newcastle (25 minutes metro to central Newcastle, then 1.5 hours by train. Around 20 pounds single), Glasgow (25 minutes to central Glasgow by bus, then 45 minutes by train. Total around 10 pounds single), or Glasgow Prestwick (2 hours by train. Around 10 pounds one-way, 50% discount may be available for ticket-holders).

Arriving By Train.

The main station in Ediburgh is Edinburgh Waverley. This is located at the east end of Princes Street, close to North Bridge. Haymarket Station is located at the other end of the city centre, and may be more convenient for some locations, although all trains which stop at Haymarket also go to Waverley. The following intercity trains arrive here:

• GNER trains run from London Kings Cross, York and Newcastle.
• Virgin Trains trains run from London Euston, Birmingham and Manchester.
• Other Virgin Trains trains run from stations in the south of England, Birmingham, Leeds and Newcastle.
• First Scotrail trains run from Glasgow Queen Street, Inverness and Aberdeen. Local services also run from all over central Scotland.

Arriving By Coach.

Edinburgh Coach Station is located on St Andrews Square at the eastern end of George Street. This is about 2 minutes walk from Princes Street, and 5-10 minutes walk from the train station. Scottish Citylink run coaches from around Scotland to here - in particular there is a service to Glasgow (every 15 minutes, 1-1.5 hour) which is cheaper than the train and runs until midnight. Coaches from England are mostly run by Megabus and National Express.

Arriving By Ferry.

The nearest ferry port to Edinburgh is Rossyth, which has Superfast overnight ferries to Zeebrugge in Belgium. See the Superfast website for details of the bus service from central Edinburgh to the port. The only other reasonable port is Newcastle, from where DFDS sail to Amsterdam. See the Scotland page for details of ferries from northern Scotland to Scandinavia.