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Transport in Edinburgh

Stations, bus stops and tram stops near Edinburgh, and how the people who live here get to work.

Council: City of Edinburgh
Region: Scotland
Population: 507,814 (2024)

EdinburghCity

Transport

How well connected Edinburgh is

77 bus stops within a ten-minute walk (800m) and 5 stations and tram stops within a mile, measured from the centre of Edinburgh. Connectivity scores 8.0 out of 10: excellent.

Connectivity

8.0/ 10

Excellent. Based on stops within walking distance rather than service frequency, with rail and metro weighted above buses.

Bus stops

Within 800m

Rail

Within a mile

Metro & tram

Within a mile

Stations

The nearest stations

01
Haymarket Rail Station
Rail station
0.3 miles
02
Haymarket (Edinburgh Trams)
Metro, tram or underground
0.4 miles
03
West End - Princes Street (Edinburgh Trams)
Metro, tram or underground
0.4 miles
04
Princes Street (Edinburgh Trams)
Metro, tram or underground
0.8 miles
05
Murrayfield Stadium (Edinburgh Trams)
Metro, tram or underground
1 mile
06
Edinburgh Rail Station
Rail station
1 mile
07
St Andrew Square (Edinburgh Trams)
Metro, tram or underground
1.1 miles
08
Picardy Place (Edinburgh Trams)
Metro, tram or underground
1.4 miles
09
Balgreen (Edinburgh Trams)
Metro, tram or underground
1.6 miles
10
Slateford Rail Station
Rail station
1.6 miles
11
McDonald Road (Edinburgh Trams)
Metro, tram or underground
1.7 miles
12
Balfour Street (Edinburgh Trams)
Metro, tram or underground
2.1 miles

Nearest bus stop: Gilmore Park, 38 yards away.

Commuting

How people get to work

How peopleget to work isn't published in a comparable form for Scotland.

Cars

Car ownership

38.7% of households in Edinburgh have no car or van, well above the Scotland average of 26.4%.

EdinburghScotland

No car or van38.7%26.4%

144.2%43.1%

214.4%23.6%

3 or more2.8%6.9%

Sources: Department for Transport NaPTAN stop register; Census 2021 (ONS) / Scotland's Census 2022 (NRS). Distances are straight-line. Open Government Licence v3.0.

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