Road Transport Links

 Car

Route	Route indicating major roads	Length of Journey
Glasgow - Edinburgh	M8 motorways	1h29min
Inverness - Edinburgh	M8 and M8 motorway	3h16min
Newcastle - Edinburgh	M8, M77, A77, Take a ferry, A8, M2,M1,A24 and A2 motorway	6h46min
London – Edinburgh	A1,A1M, A1,M25, And M1 motorway	7h28min

 

Bus/Coach

Route	Departure Gateway	Arrival Gateway	Length of Journey	Operator
Glasgow - Edinburgh	Glasgow Buchanan Bus Station	Edinburgh North St David Street	1h45m	Megabus
Aberdeen - Edinburgh	Aberdeen bus station	Edinburgh Bus station	3h15 min	Megabus
Inverness – Edinburgh	Inverness bus station	Edinburgh bus station	3h50min	Citylink
London - Edinburgh	London Victoria Coach station	Edinburgh bus station	9h10min	Megabus
Newcastle - Edinburgh	Newcastle bus station	Edinburgh bus station	2h40min	Megabus

 

Rail Travel

Route	Departure Gateway	Arrival Gateway	Length of Journey	Operator
Glasgow - Edinburgh	Glasgow Queen Street	Edinburgh Waverley	54mim	Scotrail
Aberdeen - Edinburgh	Aberdeen Train station	Edinburgh Waverley	2h44min	Scotrail
Inverness – Edinburgh	Inverness	Edinburgh Waverley	3h33min	Scotrail
London - Edinburgh	London Kingcross	Edinburgh Waverley	5h48min	LNER
Newcastle - Edinburgh	Newcastle train station	Edinburgh Waverley	1h45min	LNER

Air Travel 

 

Departure Gateway	Arrival Gateway	Airline	Journey Time
Domestic Routes
Edinburgh Airport	London Heathrow	British Airways	1h25min
Edinburgh Airport	Manchester	Ryanair 1 stop	4h30min
Edinburgh Airport	Cardiff	KLM 1 stop	5 hours
Edinburgh Airport	Liverpool	EasyJet + Ryanair	3h10 min
European Routes
Edinburgh Airport	Lanzarote	Jet2	4h40min
Edinburgh Airport	Berlin Brandenburgh	Ryanair	2h05 min
Edinburgh Airport	Paris Charles de Gaulle	EasyJet	1h55 min
Edinburgh Airport	Amsterdam	KLM	1h35min
Long-haul
Edinburgh Airport	Canada Toronto Pearson International	British Airways	9h10min
Edinburgh Airport	Dubai DXB	Turkish Airlines 1 Stop	9h35min
Edinburgh Airport	USA New York	KLM 1 Stop	11h25Min
Edinburgh Airport	Mexico Juarez	KLM 1 stop	20h25 min

Sea Travel 

Departure Gateway/Port	Arrival Port	Route via road To Edinburgh	Length of Journey	Operator
Larne	Cairnryan	To Edinburgh via A77, M8	2H	P&O Ferries
Kirkwick	Aberdeen	To Edinburgh A90,M90 Via	7h 15m	Northlink Ferries
Zeebrugge	Hull	To Edinburgh via A19,A1	14h30m	P&O Ferries
Calais	Dover	To Edinburgh via A1,M1,M2, M25	1h30m	P&O Ferries

Internal Transport 

The Lothian Bus is a local bus network which operates around Edinburgh and the close by areas around Edinburgh, they provide transport to the centre of Edinburgh for the places outside Edinburgh and transport to different parts of Edinburgh. It cost an adult £1.80 and 00.90p for a child.

The Airlink 100 and Skyline 200 and 400 services provide good connections across the city of Edinburgh. They are a departure from St Andrews Square and go every 10 minutes. It cost and cost starts from £4.50 per person. 

The Tram system which operates in Edinburgh is coming from Edinburgh airport to St Andrew square and the other way around and the journey takes around 27 minutes, one ticket costs £1.80 city zone and £3,40 in return, the trams go every 7-10 minutes. Children from 5-21 years old can travel for free with a Young Scotts card.