Take the worry out of your transfers to/from Edinburgh Airport and pre-book a bus ticket. Conveniently located outside the main airport, the bus offers frequent departures, comfortable seating, and free WiFi.

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Free cancellation: Cancel up to 24 hours in advance to receive a full refund
Reserve now & pay later: Keep your travel plans flexible—book your spot and pay nothing today.
Covid-19 precautions: Special health and safety measures apply. Learn more
Printed voucher required
Duration 30 minutes: Check availability to see starting times.

Highlights

Take the worry out of your arrival or departure from Edinburgh on the convenient bus
Relax with free WiFi and comfortable seats
Enjoy generous luggage space and frequent day and night departures

Full description

Pre-book bus transfers between Edinburgh Airport and the city center and take the worry and stress out of your journey to/from the Scottish capital. The buses are located just outside the main airport and easy to find. They offer comfortable seating, generous luggage space, and free Wi-Fi to keep you connected. Enjoy all the comforts you require, with frequent daily departures on a dedicated express service between the airport and city center. Sit back on the approximately 30-minute journey, whatever time of day or night you arrive. Buses depart at least every 10 minutes. Between 1:00 AM and 4:15 AM, journeys are operated every 15 minutes. The bus stops in both directions are as follows (except Princes St which is drop-off only): • Edinburgh Zoo • Murrayfield • Haymarket Station • West End – Shandwick Place • Princes St (drop off only) • South St David Street, Edinburgh Single tickets can be used for one single journey in either direction. You can board the bus at any stop. Return tickets have no expiry date and your return journey does not need to be booked in advance.

Includes

Bus transfer to/from Edinburgh Airport

Covid-19 precautions

Safety measures in place

All areas that customers touch are frequently cleaned
You must keep social distance while in vehicles

Traveler requirements

You are required to bring and wear a mask

Meeting point

Airlink buses depart from Bus Stop A at Edinburgh Airport and from South St David Street, in the City Centre. You can board Airlink at any stop. Vouchers can also be exchanged on board the bus at every station: • Edinburgh Zoo • Murrayfield • Haymarket Station • West End – Shandwick Place • Princes St (drop off only) • South St David Street, Edinburgh (outside TKMAX)

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Important information

Know before you go

Temporary timetable, now running every 30 minutes; From the airport, 4:30 AM-00:30 AM, from the city center, 4:00 AM-00:00 AM
Customers must print their GetYourGuide voucher. Mobile vouchers will not be accepted
Return tickets are available on an open return basis, which means there is no expiry for the return portion of your ticket meaning that you can return when you want

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4.8 /5

based on 7813 reviews

Review summary

Transportation
4.8/5
Value for money
4.7/5
Safety
4.8/5
Service
4.8/5

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We booked in advance but could easily have paid on the spot. Bus stop A was easy to spot just outside the airport buildings. A couple of passengers had not printed out their tickets, as required, and were unable to use the digital ones on their phones. Driver was very helpful for us 1st timers in Edinburgh.

July 5, 2022

I bought two tickets online, while being on vacation in Scotland and I just landed. And it turned out these tickets have to be printed out. I tried the only ticket machine on Edinburgh airport to print it out. I couldn’t because the reference number was too long to put into the machine. I started walking around and asking what can I do. I was advised to ask Ryanair (since I bought my plane tickets on Ryanair) to print out the bus tickets (this took in total 30minutes to walk around ask and find everything). Employee of Ryanair said only the manager has access to the printer and that he is not able to help me. It turned out I just paid for another tickets at the bus drivers. Booking reference GYGLMWRRBBZX | PIN [email protected] I lost 10,50€

June 28, 2022

The only downside to this was having to have the vouchers printed out even though there is a QR code on the voucher. It does say on the voucher it needs to be printed but It wasn’t made clear before the actual purchase. The guy at the airport was super helpful and I was able to email to him and he printed off ticket so it wasn’t a huge issue but just being abje to have them as digital vouchers would make his life easier too

April 14, 2022

Edinburgh Airport: Bus Transfer

Edinburgh Airport: Bus Transfer

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