http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: Train to bus en Wed, 13 May 2026 02:35:53 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=21039#post-364458 Fri, 28 Oct 2022 13:13:16 +0000 amir 364458@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Thanks laidback. Indeed it is Ember I wanted to go with so you've saved me a wasted diversion. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=21039#post-364457 Fri, 28 Oct 2022 12:59:06 +0000 LaidBack 364457@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@amir - there is a lift so maybe bike held vertically on back wheel could fit? No stair option afaik so other way would be round Elder St.</p> <p>If going for Ember then they leave on North side of St Andrew Square amid crowds waiting for assorted open top tour buses. Bit random / hard to spot.They don't use bus station to save time and money I think.<br /> Only CityLink at bus station. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=21039#post-364456 Fri, 28 Oct 2022 12:15:54 +0000 amir 364456@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>A followup question, as I might actually try out the bus soon.<br /> Is it possible to use the St Andrews Square entrance to access the bus station or do you have to go around to Elder Street? I have a very vague memory of an escalator with a sign prohibiting bikes. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=21039#post-362134 Mon, 25 Jul 2022 09:00:05 +0000 amir 362134@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Thanks all. I have postponed the trip to a future weekend, when the weather looks better for up north. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=21039#post-362109 Fri, 22 Jul 2022 19:20:14 +0000 Baldcyclist 362109@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Can attest that my bikes fit in the Haymarket lifts, used them countless times.</p> <p>I quite like Haymarket for mixed modes as there's not very far to go to transfer between train/bus/tram. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=21039#post-362106 Fri, 22 Jul 2022 18:54:13 +0000 amir 362106@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Borders trains arrive at a number of platforms. Some do require a lift. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=21039#post-362105 Fri, 22 Jul 2022 18:42:49 +0000 ejstubbs 362105@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@Frenchy: <em>Some platforms at Waverley you need to get a lift</em></p> <p>Platforms 8, 9 &amp; 10 IIRC - then again, I think they've been through a fairly major renumbering exercise not so long back so they might all be different now.</p> <p><em>I can't remember if the Borders trains always go to the same platform, so perhaps not an issue for them.</em></p> <p>I was under the impression that one or more of the new east-facing terminating platforms (platforms 5 &amp; 6?) were dedicated to the Borders Rail trains, but it seems that is not/no longer the case, at least as far as I can tell from Realtime Trains: <a href="https://www.realtimetrains.co.uk/search/detailed/gb-nr:EDB/from/gb-nr:TWB?stp=WVS&amp;show=all&amp;order=wtt" rel="nofollow">https://www.realtimetrains.co.uk/search/detailed/gb-nr:EDB/from/gb-nr:TWB?stp=WVS&amp;show=all&amp;order=wtt</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=21039#post-362104 Fri, 22 Jul 2022 18:30:46 +0000 ejstubbs 362104@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>It's the other side of St Andrews Square* - Google Maps says three tenths of a mile or about 6 minutes walking time from the top of the ramp. Not what I'd really call "some distance", though obviously not as close as the bus stops outside Haymarket. But then if getting to Haymarket required a change of trains that could end up being no easier/quicker overall. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=21039#post-362103 Fri, 22 Jul 2022 17:40:56 +0000 stiltskin 362103@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>If the bus is from the bus station that is done distance from Waverley. The bus stop at Haymarket is right outside the station </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=21039#post-362102 Fri, 22 Jul 2022 17:25:23 +0000 amir 362102@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Sometimes but I'd have to change trains on this occasions </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=21039#post-362101 Fri, 22 Jul 2022 17:21:03 +0000 gembo 362101@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Is there a train from Midlothian to Haymarket? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=21039#post-362100 Fri, 22 Jul 2022 17:03:42 +0000 chdot 362100@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Haymarket lifts have room for several bikes. </p> <p>More an issue about where u want to go by bike</p> <p>Buses stop right outside H. </p> <p>So does the tram… </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=21039#post-362099 Fri, 22 Jul 2022 16:54:12 +0000 Frenchy 362099@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Some platforms at Waverley you need to get a lift - bikes definitely fit in them. I can't remember if the Borders trains always go to the same platform, so perhaps not an issue for them.</p> <p>Never tried a bike in the Haymarket lifts, but would be very surprised if they didn't fit. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=21039#post-362098 Fri, 22 Jul 2022 16:23:39 +0000 ejstubbs 362098@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Waverley I think, because the platforms at Haymarket are below street level with access only by stairs, escalator or lift. I suppose you <em>might</em> be able to get your bike in one of the lifts but I wouldn't bank on it.</p> <p>Although the platforms at Waverley are also below street level I <em>think</em> I'm right in saying that you should be able to cycle (or walk pushing your bike) up the access ramp from platform level at Waverley.</p> <p>No doubt someone with more recent experience of both stations than I have will be able to confirm/advise otherwise. (I've not taken a train for at least three years now, being (a) retired, so no need to travel for business, and (b) in possession of a bus pass, so all my public transport-based leisure travel within Scotland is by bus. That said, we are taking the train down to That London in August for a family member's wedding - assuming that any trains are actually running on the dates in question...) </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=21039#post-362097 Fri, 22 Jul 2022 15:53:27 +0000 amir 362097@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>A query from an ignorant out-of-towner. I'm thinking of getting a train in from Midlothian and then transferring to a bus with a bike. I could do this transfer at Waverley (to bus station?) or Haymarket (coach stops outside). Which would be easier? </p>