Car Hire in Scotland - Getting to Scotland

Edinburgh and Glasgow are the two main entrance points to Scotland. Many international visitors arrive via London, preferring the more convenient rail routes.

Edinburgh's international airport has frequent direct flights to Europe, Ireland and other parts of the UK and a limited number of services to Africa, the Middle East and Asia but there are no direct air services to/from North America. LRT buses run regularly to the centre (35 mins journey). Glasgow International Airport (16kms west - regular buses and rail link) handles domestic traffic, and limited international flights.

Waverley is Edinburgh’s centrally-located main rail station with convenient hourly services to London via both the east and west coasts. West coast routes arrive in Glasgow and terminate in Edinburgh, east coast routes terminate in Glasgow, via Edinburgh.

Buses (National Express) arrive in both cities from many cities in England, via southern Scottish towns.

By car the A7 arrives from Northern England, into Edinburgh, while the M74 arrives in Glasgow from the Lake Districts.

Ferries depart from Stanrear, on the South western coast, to Ireland, and infrequently from several east coast cities to the Netherlands, Germany and Denmark.