Coach Travel to Edinburgh in Scotland

Get Coach Tickets - The Cheapest Way to Get to Edinburgh

Updated January 2010

You can travel to Edinburgh on a tight budget from £12 for longer journeys (such as the London to Edinburgh route) or from as little as £1 (super single fares) for shorter journeys (such as the Glasgow to Edinburgh route). Coaches are the cheapest way to travel to and from Edinburgh from other places in Scotland, England, Wales and Ireland, though not always the quickest.

Coaches to and from Edinburgh - Instant timetables and tickets

Tickets and times for Megabus/Scottish Citylink bus services between Edinburgh, Glasgow, Inverness, Aberdeen, Dundee and Perth.

Coach/bus operators to/from Edinburgh

You will find that Edinburgh has excellent countrywide coach links to the rest of Scotland and the UK and fairly good Eurolines links to some places in Europe (like Ireland and Northern Ireland). All coaches leave from St Andrews Bus Station located in Edinburgh City Centre, the services are extremely frequent, they run 7 days a week and you have a choice between daytime or overnight coach travel.

But to benefit from the best possible deal, you must book your coach tickets online. This is particularly important with National Express, the UK's largest coach operator, whose cheap funfare and regular tickets are only available online and Megabus, the low-cost coach operator. Use the journey planner below to find the cheapest tickets for your route:

There are a number of large and small coach and bus operators that you can take to get to and from Edinburgh and Glasgow to other places in Scotland and the UK. National Express and Megabus/Scottish CityLink often offer the cheapest bus tickets but how do you know that there isn't another operator with cheaper fares for a particular route? I've done the legwork and for each coach route to and from Scotland I've found the cheapest possible bus tickets:

Cheap Coach Tickets and Times for the Following Scotland Routes:

Edinburgh routes to/from

Glasgow routes to/from

Edinburgh routes from/to England, Wales and Northern Ireland

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See the articles below for more information on travelling by bus or coach to and from Edinburgh.

Coach tickets and discounts Where to buy cheap coach tickets online and available discounts.

St Andrew's Square Bus Station Description of coach station in Edinburgh's St. Andrew's Square and walking directions.

Edinburgh - London by coach Cheap way to get from London to Edinburgh and return is by National Express coach. Travel by day or take the overnight coach.

National Express coach tickets Where to buy cheap funfare tickets for National Express coach routes to Scotland.

Megabus coach tickets Where to buy cheap coach tickets for Megabus bus routes to Scotland from London and within Scotland.

Eurolines passes to Edinburgh How to travel with Eurolines to Edinburgh via London.

Bus from Edinburgh to Glasgow Airport Getting to Glasgow Airport from Edinburgh City Centre by bus.

Bus from Glasgow to Edinburgh Airport Getting to Edinburgh Airport from Glasgow City Centre by bus.

Edinburgh to rest of Scotland by coach Tickets and bus times for popular bus routes within Scotland from Edinburgh or Glasgow to Inverness, Aberdeen, Dundee and Perth with Megabus/Scottish Citylink.

Around Edinburgh by coach Information on coach travel from Edinburgh to the Scottish Borders and Fife.

Bus routes to and from Edinburgh

Also see:

Edinburgh coach tours Suggestions for tours from and to Edinburgh by private or public coach.

Glasgow - London coach travel Cheap fares and online tickets for getting from Glasgow to London by bus.

Edinburgh travel guide How to travel to and from Edinburgh by different means of transport.

Plan the Best Edinburgh Holiday:

Edinburgh Travel Essentials

Cheap Flights to Edinburgh from UK and US destinations. Compare low prices and book inexpensive flights to and from Edinburgh. Flights & Airports

Beautiful Photos from Edinburgh

Victoria Street, Edinburgh Old TownPicture of Victoria Terrace in the Old Town, Edinburgh. Photo #G3169

Edinburgh Castle from Johnston TerracePhoto of Edinburgh Castle seen from Johnston Terrace with the Union flag at half-mast and the Tattoo stands partially erected on the Esplanade. Photo #G3222

Scottish Parliament building in Holyrood, EdinburghThe Scottish Parliament building in Holyrood seen from Salisbury Crags with Calton Hill in the background. Photo #G3488

Origin of 'Edinburgh'

Tourists have problems with the name of Edinburgh. There are hundreds of ways people write it and the most common writings include 'edinburg', 'edinborough', 'edimburgh', 'edinbourgh', 'ediburgh', 'edinbugh', 'edinboro', 'edingburgh', 'edinbrugh', 'edimburg', 'edinburugh', 'edingurgh', 'edinbrough', etc.

According to the Scottish Place Names dictionary, the name Edinburgh means 'Fort of the Rock Face'. The 'edin' part comes from Scottish Gaelic and means 'rock face', while 'burgh' comes from Old English meaning stronghold.

Some more obscure (and quite funny) ways of writing Edinburgh include: edinburough, edingburg, edinbourg, edinburh, edinurgh, edenburg, edinbough, edinbourough, edinbrgh, edingborough, edenburgh, edinberg, edinborgh, edinborugh, edinburge, edinburhg, edingbourgh, etc.

Edinburgh is spelt Edimburgo in Spanish and Italian and Édimbourg in French.

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