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.

Great North Eastern Railways
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:

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.

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

London train to Edinburgh With more than one train operators you have these options to travel by train from London to Edinburgh.

Edinburgh train times Where to find Edinburgh train times online.

Tickets, reservations and rail passes 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.

Also see:

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

A visitor's tips for planning an Edinburgh holiday:

Origin of 'Edinburgh'

Tourists have problems with the name of Edinburgh. The most common writings include 'edinburg', 'edinborough', 'edimburgh', 'edinbourgh', 'ediburgh', 'edinbugh', 'edinboro', 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.

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