Edinburgh Airport
Getting between Edinburgh Airport and Edinburgh, both directions.
The tram charges far more at the airport than anywhere else on its line. The airport stop sits in its own Airport Zone: an adult single is £7.90, against £2.40 for a city single. Tap on there and forget to tap off and you are billed the full £7.90 whatever journey you made, with no cap to catch it. Airlink 100 is cheaper at £6.00, but the City DAY and LATE caps are not valid on it. Only the £14.00 network cap and the £26.50 weekly cap reach the airport.
Edinburgh Airport ↔ Edinburgh
The best ways into Edinburgh
Public transport
- Airlink 100 CheapestFastest by public transportSimplest
- Costs
- £6.00
- Takes
- About 30 minutes to the centre
- Pay
- Pay by contactless, Ridacard, app ticket or cash.
- Edinburgh Trams (Airport - Newhaven line)
- Costs
- £7.90
- Takes
- About 30 minutes to the centre
- Pay
- Pay by contactless, Ridacard, app ticket or paper ticket.
Taxis and ride apps
- Capital Cars capitalcarsscotland.co.uk
- Takes
- About 20 minutes to the centre
- Pay
- Pay by cash, card or account booking.
- Get one
- Take one from the taxi rank or book it in the app or by phone. The pickup point is below.
- Pickup
- East Terminus taxi rank: Exit via the plaza - where the large Edinburgh sign is and follow the signs for taxi.
- Uber uber.com
- Takes
- About 24 minutes to the centre
- Pay
- Pay by in-app payment or cash.
- Get one
- Book it in the app. The pickup point is below.
- Pickup
- Edinburgh Airport operates charged and free pick-up/drop-off zones: a charged Pickup & Dropoff zone on the ground floor of the multi-storey car park (perfect for a quick and easy stop), and a free zone roughly a 10-minute walk from the terminal, usable for 30 minutes without charge (no shuttle bus).
- Bolt bolt.eu
- Pay
- Pay by in-app payment.
- Get one
- Book it in the app. The pickup point is below.
- Pickup
- Edinburgh Airport operates charged and free pick-up/drop-off zones: a charged zone on the ground floor of the multi-storey car park, and a free zone roughly a 10-minute walk from the terminal, usable for 30 minutes without charge.
- FreeNow free-now.com
- Takes
- About 20 minutes to the centre
- Pay
- Pay by in-app payment or cash.
- Get one
- Book it in the app. The pickup point is below.
- Pickup
- Edinburgh Airport's own charged Pickup & Dropoff zone is on the ground floor of the multi-storey car park.
Every way in and out, in full
Train 1
ScotRail scotrail.co.uk
- How you pay
- Pay by paper ticket.
- Worth knowing
- No single ScotRail fare covers this journey end-to-end - a separate combined tram+train ticket product must be bought, distinct from an ordinary ScotRail rail fare. It can be bought at staffed stations, by phone (0344 811 0141), at ticket vending machines, or online.
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Tram 1
Edinburgh Trams (Airport - Newhaven line) edinburghtrams.com ~30 min
- How you pay
- Pay by contactless, Ridacard, app ticket or paper ticket.
- Worth knowing
- Airport Zone carries a PREMIUM fare distinct from the City Zone: edinburghtrams.com/tickets/ticket-options lists Adult Airport Single £7.90 and Adult Airport Open Return £9.50, versus Adult City Single £2.40 - a large premium.
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Bus & coach 1
Airlink 100 lothianbuses.com ~30 min
- How you pay
- Pay by contactless, Ridacard, app ticket or cash.
- Worth knowing
- A premium airport-express fare, separate from ordinary Lothian city fares.
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Taxi & ride apps 4
Capital Cars capitalcarsscotland.co.uk ~20 min
- How you pay
- Pay by cash, card or account booking. Card not guaranteed.
- How you get one
- Take one from the taxi rank or book it in the app or by phone. The pickup point is below.
- Where to get one
- East Terminus taxi rank: Exit via the plaza - where the large Edinburgh sign is and follow the signs for taxi.
- Terminals
- The airport's own pages consistently refer only to the terminal / the terminal building in the singular, across the By Taxi page and the Pick up & drop off zones page (Located in the multi-storey ground floor; a 10-minute walk from the terminal) - no page names a terminal number or a second terminal.
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Uber uber.com ~24 min
- How you pay
- Pay by in-app payment or cash.
- How you get one
- Book it in the app. The pickup point is below.
- Where to get one
- Edinburgh Airport operates charged and free pick-up/drop-off zones: a charged Pickup & Dropoff zone on the ground floor of the multi-storey car park (perfect for a quick and easy stop), and a free zone roughly a 10-minute walk from the terminal, usable for 30 minutes without charge (no shuttle bus).
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Bolt bolt.eu
- How you pay
- Pay by in-app payment.
- How you get one
- Book it in the app. The pickup point is below.
- Where to get one
- Edinburgh Airport operates charged and free pick-up/drop-off zones: a charged zone on the ground floor of the multi-storey car park, and a free zone roughly a 10-minute walk from the terminal, usable for 30 minutes without charge.
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FreeNow free-now.com ~20 min
- How you pay
- Pay by in-app payment or cash.
- How you get one
- Book it in the app. The pickup point is below.
- Where to get one
- Edinburgh Airport's own charged Pickup & Dropoff zone is on the ground floor of the multi-storey car park.
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