Edinburgh Train Travel

Rail web links

The Train Line
Online ticket booking, reservations and train times.

National Rail
Journey planning, service alterations, railcard information, etc.

First Scotrail
Official website of the local Scottish train operator.

National Express East Coast (which replaced GNER)
Official website of the main operator running train services between England and Scotland along the East Coast mainline

Virgin Trains
Official website of the other operator running rail services from Edinburgh to London and back.

Plus Bus Edinburgh
A combined rail and bus ticket at either end of the journey. Available on local buses in Edinburgh.

Edinburgh's train stations
A brief history of Edinburgh's two train stations -- Waverley and Haymarket.

Train Taxi for Waverley train station
Information on taxi operators at the Waverley train station.

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All Edinburgh train travel articles:

See the articles below for more information on travelling by train to and from Edinburgh.

London train to Edinburgh All the information you need on cheap train tickets and train travel between London to Edinburgh.

London train to Glasgow All the information you need on cheap train tickets and train travel between London to Glasgow.

Edinburgh Waverley train station Waverley Station is located at the very centre of Edinburgh. Here's how to find it and how to find your way around it.

Trains from Edinburgh to other places in Scotland The best places in Scotland to travel by train from Edinburgh, from North Berwick nearby to cosmopolitan Glasgow and the Highlands.

Edinburgh train times Where to find Edinburgh train times online.

Train tickets and reservations How to find the best possible fare in the complicated UK train fare system.

Train travel web links Links to other online train travel resources.

Online Tickets at TheTrainLine Guide to using TheTrainLine to get cheap rail tickets.

General rail travel information Information for train travel from or to Edinburgh -- buying tickets, taking your bike on the train and being in the train station on time.

Also see:

Cheap London flights to Edinburgh All the information you need on finding cheap flights between London to Edinburgh.

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

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Beautiful Photos from Edinburgh

Princes Street Gardens, EdinburghView towards Princes Street and the Royal Scots Grey statue from The Mound, Edinburgh. Photo #3912

Edinburgh CastlePicture of Edinburgh Castle and west Princes Street Gardens on a lazy April evening. Photo #3600

Greyfriars Kirkyard, EdinburghPhoto of Greyfriars tombstones with the Tolbooth Church and Old Town buildings in the background. Photo #3887

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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