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Car Hire Edinburgh Railway Station Edinburgh InformationEdinburgh is in the Central Belt of Scotland and is the capital city of Scotland. It has a population of approximately 450,000 people. The 1200 year old Edinburgh Castle presides over the city on a rugged cliff top.
Edinburgh in the summer becomes "festival city" when a large number of major arts festivals are hosted in the city. These are:
The Edinburgh Jazz & Blues Festival
The Edinburgh Military Tattoo
The T on the Fringe Festival - A music festival.
The Edinburgh Fringe Festival - the largest arts festival in the world.
The Edinburgh International Book Festival
The Edinburgh International Festival
The Edinburgh International Film Festival
The Edinburgh International Television Festival
The Edinburgh Mela
Unfortunately with Edinburgh you cannot rely on the weather. Although there can be days of sunshine and calm air much of the time you should expect rain. Thankfully Edinburgh has a lot of attractions that are indoors and will not be spoilt by the weather.
How to Travel to Edinburgh:
By Air:
The nearest airport to Edinburgh is Edinburgh International Airport (EDI), situated some 10 miles west of the city. Also sometimes known as "Turnhouse", Edinburgh Airport offers a wide range of domestic and international flights to Europe and North America. Glasgow International Airport, is 55 miles west of Edinburgh and offers more long haul flight options with flights to Chicago, Philadelphia, Toronto, Vancouver and Dubai. Connections to the airport from Edinburgh on public transport are non-existent however, meaning you would have to take a train to Glasgow and then transfer by the airport bus.
By Train:
The main railway station in Edinburgh is called Waverley Railway Station and is an attraction in itself. First opened in 1846, Waverley Station was rebuilt 1892-1902. It lies between the old town and modern Edinburgh, adjacent to Princes Street, Edinburgh Castle and the Princes Street Gardens, where it serves over 14 million people per annum. Despite various refurbishments, the past still survives in the station's elaborate, domed ceiling where wreathed cherubs leap amid a wealth of scrolled ironwork. There is a second railway station in the centre of Edinburgh, Haymarket, which is around a mile to the west of Waverley. Edinburgh Park is a new train station opened in 2004, it is some miles from the city centre and mainly serves business parks.
By Car:
Edinburgh can be reached from the M8 (west from Glasgow), M9 (north-west from Stirling), A90/M90 (north from Perth and Dundee), the A1 (south-east from Newcastle) and A701/M74 (south-west from Carlisle). The city is famed for stationary traffic, and since privatising the traffic wardens, their dedication to ticketing anything that is not moving has become legendary. Finding available parking can be difficult, although there are several multi-storey car parks in the city centre (Castle Terrace for the West End and try St James Centre at the East End (access from York Place). It is often cheaper to find a railway station on the outskirts and park there for the day.
By Bus:
The city is served by the major inter-city bus companies from around Scotland and England.
By Boat:
Superfast Ferries sail from Zeebrugge, Belgium to Rosyth, near Edinburgh and passenger liners are a common sight in summer at Leith Docks (north Edinburgh).
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