40th Annual Meeting of the British Association for Applied Linguistics

6-8 September 2007 - The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
Technology, Ideology and Practice in Applied Linguistics

HOW TO GET TO EDINBURGH

Edinburgh has excellent road, rail and air transport links making it accessible from all major cities in the UK and beyond.

By Air

There are over 40 flights a day from London and regular flights from 20 other UK airports. In addition, there are over 40 scheduled flights from Europe and several transatlantic flights also service the city on a daily basis. For more information see the Edinburgh Airport Website (http://www.edinburghairport.com/).

Edinburgh International Airport is around 20 minutes drive from the city centre. The short 12km journey is easy to commute by taxi or one of the frequent airport buses (http://www.flybybus.com/).

As an alternative you can fly into Glasgow International (http://www.glasgowairport.com/), which is an hour's drive west of Edinburgh and can be reached easily by the regular coach service (http://www.citylink.co.uk/).

For a trouble-free link to the city, pre-book a seat on the Lothian Shuttle bus. Just click here to book your seat.
Fares vary depending on size of party:
Individual: £8.00; Pair: £15.00; Three: £21.00; Four: £27.00;
Five: £33.00; Six: £39.00, Seven: £45.00

By Rail

Edinburgh has excellent rail links throughout the UK. The GNER East Coast mainline links Edinburgh and London King's Cross and is the fastest intercity railway, which means that you can travel between the cities in around 4 hours.

If you prefer to travel overnight, First Scotrail Caledonian Sleeper service runs between London Euston and Edinburgh Waverley 6 nights a week.

There are great links to other cities too. The journey times to/from York, Newcastle, Inverness and Aberdeen are all about 2 hours and it is just 45 minutes between Edinburgh and Glasgow. All trains arrive at Waverley Station in the centre of the city, although some trains also stop at Haymarket, which is a smaller station in the West End. For more information see GNER, Virgin Trains or First Scotrail or contact National Rail Enquiries http://ojp1.nationalrail.co.uk/en/pj/jp; Tel: + 44 (0) 8457 48 49 50.

By Road

If you are travelling on a budget, buses are often your best bet. Edinburgh is well placed on the Scottish motorway network so getting here by bus or coach is easy with regular services from all major UK cities.

Travel times by road are less than you might think. From Birmingham it is around 5 hours, Manchester and York around 4 and Newcastle is just 2 hours away. From the North of Scotland, Inverness to Edinburgh is about 3 hours and just over 2 hours from Aberdeen.

For more information see National Express, Megabus or Scottish Citylink. National Express: http://www.nationalexpress.com/
Megabus: http://www.megabus.com/uk/
Scottish Citylink: http://www.citylink.co.uk/

Route information for drivers can be found at the RAC Route Planner or AA Route Planner web sites.

RAC: http://www.rac.co.uk/web/routeplanner/
AA: http://www.theaa.com/travelwatch/planner_main.jsp

Local Buses Lothian Buses offers a travel information line: just tell them where you are and where you want to go, and you'll be told all you need to know. http://www.lothianbuses.co.uk/; Telephone: + 44 (0) 131 555 6363