Edinburgh Train Tickets

Finding cheap train tickets

Train travel from and to Edinburgh is excellent in terms of comfort and speed. Unfortunately, buying the right type of train ticket can be quite tricky. British rail operators have a complicated fare system and finding the cheapest possible ticket can be unnerving, to say the least.

Flights and buses from London to Edinburgh may be cheaper:

Just need to find cheap train tickets between London and Edinburgh?
Please see our London Train to Edinburgh travel page for tickets and train times.

Instant fares for cheap flights from London to Edinburgh and Edinburgh to London.

You have the following options for train tickets:

Cheap day return train tickets - Web links

The best possible tools to find cheap train tickets are the Best Fare Finder and the Cheap Ticket Alert Service.

To get the cheapest train fares from and to Edinburgh always travel during off peak times, get return tickets and always make reservations and buy tickets as early as possible for longer train journeys.

Cheap day tickets for Edinburgh trains

Cheap day return tickets are for off-peak day trips from Edinburgh with return on the same day. Destinations include Stirling, Glasgow, Falkirk, Linlithgow, North Berwick and others. This is usually the best possible fare for day train trips from Edinburgh to other places in Scotland.

Cheapest Edinburgh London train tickets

Prices for London Edinburgh trains range from £16.50 for a single ticket to £293 for first class travel. This means that the cheapest possible train ticket for travelling from London to Edinburgh is £33 for a return ticket (comprised of two singles). The rail operator to use is National Express East Coast (NXEC) operator which replaced GNER.

Booking train tickets

You can buy your tickets by phoning the train operators or by booking online at TheTrainLine. Avoid buying train tickets through a foreign agent to get the best possible fare discount. See our article on how to use TheTrainLine for buying tickets.

Online ticket booking for Edinburgh trains - Web links

Online tickets at TheTrainLine
Online booking for all Edinburgh trains, including the Caledonian Sleeper.

Suggestions for overnight and 2-day rail short breaks from London to Edinburgh.

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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

Charlotte Square, Princes Street, EdinburghPicture of Charlotte Square at the West End of Princes Street in Edinburgh. Photo #G6074

Edinburgh Castle and Balmoral from Calton Hill at duskPhotograph of Edinburgh Castle and the Balmoral Hotel from Calton Hill. Photo #F0029

Edinburgh city panorama from the MoundClassic Edinburgh panorama with the National Gallery, the Scott Monument and a double-decker bus, taken from the Mound. Photo #G3108

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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