Edinburgh Train Times

Where to find train timetables online

Individual train times for NXEC (which replaced GNER) and Scotrail services can be found on their websites while Virgin Trains use an online planning system for both timetables and ticket booking.

Getting to Edinburgh by bus may be cheaper with single tickets starting at £12. There are also some excellent flight deals to Edinburgh.

Tickets and timetables for all train operators servicing Edinburgh
(NXEC, ScotRail, etc).

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

Getting to Edinburgh by Coach

Long-distance coach tickets to Edinburgh from £15. Guaranteed seats on comfortable coach, overnight or daytime journeys.

All Edinburgh train times in one place

All three train operators have an online system in place that you can use for finding timetables and for booking your ticket online. What can be confusing about the operators' system is the fact that they all display the same information, all timetables for all the trains, whether they operate them or not.

All Edinburgh train times - Web links

Online train times for all Edinburgh trains
Includes timetables for NXEC, Virgin Trains and Scotrail trains servicing Edinburgh.

Scotrail Train Times

The timetables published by Scotrail are in PDF format. All train times are for Mondays to Saturdays and Sunday services.

The timetable section on the Scotrail website includes all Scottish routes as well as times for the Caledonian Sleeper, the London overnight train to Edinburgh, Glasgow, Aberdeen and Inverness.

Other timetables include bus links to the Borders but more importantly Scotrail connected ferry routes for those travelling to the Hebrides, Isle of Skye and the Orkney Isles.

Scotrail timetables - Web links

Times for Scotrail trains
Full timetable listings for all Scotrail trains.

NXEC (which replaced GNER) Train Times

GNER publishes bundled train times for England and Scotland. The timetables are also available as PDF files for easy printing. There is also an alterations page for timetable revisions.

GNER train timetables - Web links

Times for NXEC trains
Full timetable listings for all NXEC trains including listing of possible alterations to NXEC services to and from Edinburgh.

Timetable revisions

When checking timetables and before you buy your train tickets always check for possible timetable revisions and alterations. These usually happen when essential engineering work must be carried out and most of the times affect services between Edinburgh and places in England.

Train timetable revisions - Web links

Service alterations and engineering works
The National Rail page on current train times alterations and planned engineering works.

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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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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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