Buying Train Tickets Online
Ticket booking at The Train Line
TheTrainLine booking system is used by all the main train operators servicing Edinburgh: Scotrail, National Express East Coast (or NXEC, which replaced GNER), Cross Country, First TransPennine Express and Virgin Trains. You can use it to buy tickets for trains between Edinburgh and the rest of Scotland as well as other places in England and Wales.
You can check train times and fares without registering, even use the excellent Cheap Ticket Alert Service but you must register in order to buy your tickets. Once booked, you can collect the tickets from a Self-Service Ticket machine at the station or have them delivered to you.
How to use The Train Line
- Enter your departure point (From:) and destination (To:) in the Quick Tickets and Timetable form on the left of this page.
- Enter your outward travel date (Out:) and time as indicated. If you are flexible about when you want to travel, it's best to use the Best Fare Finder tool instead which gives you an instant overview of the cheapest available tickets for up to 2 months in advance.
- Enter a return date (Return date:) as well to see fares for return tickets which are generally, but not always cheaper than two single tickets.
- If possible, choose to travel after 9:30 am (peak time) on both your outward and return journeys. Don't leave more than 1 month between the outward and return dates.
- Click Continue. You will be taken to the results as displayed by TheTrainLine website.
- Choose to find Earlier or Later trains for both journeys, if necessary, and click the Check Availability and Prices.
- You now have all the fare options for the chosen time frame. Click on each ticket type for more information and when you are ready to proceed check the radio button for the desired train journeys and hit Go.
- Continue with delivery method, registration and payment.
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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.
