Buying Train Tickets Online
Ticket booking at the Train Line
The Train Line booking system is used by all three train operators servicing Edinburgh: First Scotrail, GNER and Virgin Trains. You can use it to buy tickets for trains between Edinburgh and the rest of Scotland as well as England.
You can check train times and fares without registering, but you must register to buy your tickets. Once booked, you can collect the tickets from a train station or have them delivered to you.
How to use The Train Line
- Enter your destination and departure point in the 'Quick Timetable' form on the Train Line website.
- Enter your outward travel date as shown. If you haven't decided for a date yet choose one that's at least 2 weeks from the date already shown.
- Enter a return date as well to see fares for return tickets -- which are generally much cheaper than two single tickets.
- For both the outward and return date choose to travel after 9am. Don't leave more than 1 month between the outward and return dates.
- Click 'Get times'
- Choose to Find earlier or later trains for both journeys, if necessary, and click the Check Availability and Prices.
- You now have all fare options for the chosen time frame. Click on each ticket type for more information and when you are ready to proceed check two train journeys on the same line.
- Continue with delivery method, registration and payment.
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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.