Day trips by train from Edinburgh?

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£9.90 off peak day return (rail card, kids for a quid,  and group discounts apply)  (£8.00 super off peak, load onto a smartcard only) - not available at ticket offices.  STIRLING.  Visit Stirling castle, Wallace Monument and much more.  Mon-Sat trains usually run at 20, and 50 minutes past the hour. Journey time 55 minutes.   Include Dunblane for no extra on your ticket - home to Andy Murray the tennis player. Your ticket allows a stop in Linlithgow to see the ruins of Linlithgow palace, and Linlithgow Loch - an easy walk around it -- and also Falkirk for the Falkirk Wheel and the Kelpies. One of the  great Day trips in Scotland.

£23.90 off peak day return to ST ANDREWS.  (rail card discounts & kids for a quid apply on the rail portion).  Trains usually leave at 00 and 28 minutes past the hour from Edinburgh. This fare includes the connecting bus from Leuchars rail station. (every 8 minutes, bus takes 12 minutes, less frequent on Sundays)  See the famous golf course, the University where Kate and Prince William studied, the historic buildings, a beautiful beach (which was featured in the film - Chariots of Fife) and a rugged coastline.    You could break your journey for no extra at Queensferry, to see the famous 3 road and rail bridges, visit a cafe for superb views, or to take a boat trip on the Forth.  You can also alight at the quaint villages of Aberdour or Burnt Island for a coastal walk or village explore.  Journey time approx 75 minutes.

£7.20 off peak day return (£5.70 if loaded onto Scotrail smartcards for Super off peak times) to NORTH BERWICK. (rail card and Kids for a quid discounts apply)  A half hour ride to the coastal village for some golf, a coastal walk, a stroll through an historic village, or visit the Seabird Life Centre.  A taxi or (limited) bus ride away will take you to the National Museum of Flight at East Fortune. Trains depart hourly Sun-Fri & half hourly on Saturdays.

 £26.70  off peak return to BERWICK UPON TWEED. (railcard discounts apply, and advance purchase cheaper rates applicable) Save about £6 if you restrict yourself to Cross Country's smaller trains only, about every two hours. . An historic town that has at varying times in history belonged to both England and Scotland. Lovely walks, remnants of the wall, and stunning coastal scenery on your train journey. A free museum type walk with information boards as you go.  View the grade 1 listed Royal Border viaduct bridge.  Trains depart Edinburgh at least hourly, usually at 30 minutes past the hour.

£5.80 - £9.90 off peak day return, (rail card discounts and Kids for a quid offers apply) – take the half hourly rail service to the quaint villages of ABERDOUR and BURNT ISLAND.  There’s a fun fair during the summer months, an indoor pool with flumes, unique shops, and a stunning coast line that looks back over Edinburgh. You can walk between the stations on the well signed FIFE COASTAL PATH (allow 1-2 hours between each  station).  Visit QUEENSFERRY on the way for Deep Sea World, and many cafes overlooking the iconic 3 bridges spanning the Forth. Journey time approx 40 minutes

£22.80  Off peak day return. (railcard discounts and Kids for a quid offers apply) PITLOCHRY  -  A 2 hour trip through beautiful countryside, and along the coast including the iconic 3 Forth Bridges. There are many walks and tourist attractions in Pitlochry for you to enjoy over a day. You can include Blair Athol on the ticket for no extra if you ask (not all trains stop at Blair Athol) to visit the castle with a private army. Your ticket allows you to break your journey at scenic places such as Dunkeld & Birnam, Queensferry, Perth or Stirling. Go up via the Coast/Bridges, and return via Gleneagles & Stirling.  Your ticket allows for this. 

£31.40 Off peak day return, after 0915 M-F, or anytime on weekends, or £45.30 leaving earlier than that weekdays.  Off peak open return £36.50, valid for a month.  Kids for a quid applies on the rail portion.  Railcards discounts apply. Isle of Arran.  Rates       include the Ferry from Ardrossan to Brodick.  Some say that the Isle of Arran is Scotland in miniature, mountains, coastal, rural, and towns.  Bus services around the island connect with the ferries, and it’s a great place to cycle.  A change of trains and possibly stations, in Glasgow is required. 

Loch Lomond (Balloch Central station). 4 fast trains to  Glasgow Queen Street Mon-Sat, 2 per hour Sundays) then connecting trains to Balloch.  £21.50 per person, off peak, from 0915 weekdays, anytime weekends. Ask for your ticket to be "split" at Glasgow - and it will be £19.50, or for groups of 3 or more - £15.00 each . (Super off peak fares loaded to your smart card £17.20). Kids for a Quid apply. Boat rides and visitor centre at Balloch. Your ticket allows you to break the journey at places such as  Glasgow, Linlithgow or Falkirk. One of the  great Day trips in Scotland.

Glasgow  Day return from 0915 Mon-Fri, anytime on the weekends . £13.30 return.  Group rates apply £8.80.  Kids for a quid tickets apply in the off peak hours. Travel back from Glasgow is not permitted between 1641 and 1815 weekdays.  (£10 super off peak fares apply loaded on to your smart card) . You can break the journey at Falkirk or Linlithgow or Coatbridge Sunnyside.   Hop on Hop off buses operate in Glasgow from outside Queen street station.  Their tourist office is opposite Queen Street station, in St George Square.

Coatbridge Sunnyside for the Summerlee museum of Scottish industrial life.  It is formed around the excavations of the ironworks, there are large displays of working machinery, and a large exhibition of social history..  There is a canal barge and railway locomotives. Make your way to Summerlee and take a look at our proud engineering heritage, the living conditions of the day and enjoy a ride in one of our trams.  Admission is free at Summerlee !  £13.00 off peak day return.  Kids fr a quid,  and group rates of £8.60 apply.  (Super off peak, load onto smart card only fares £10) (You can also stop here for no extra on a day trip to Glasgow ticket).  4 trains per hour Mon-Sat, and 2 per hour Sundays

Dunfermline - used to be the ancient capital of Scotland.  40 minute journey - usually 2 trains per hour Monday - Friday, and hourly on Sundays.  Pittencrieff park, (plenty of squirrels) Andrew Carnegie Museum, the Abbey and Palace. Close to the vintage bus museum (taxi or further bus trip required).  Take a bus to the medieval village of Culross nearby. Use your ticket to stop over at Queensferry - and enjoy great views of the 3 bridges over the Forth, and enjoy the cafes and restaurants there. (Dalmeny is the station for South Queensferry).  North Queensferry station if visiting Deep Sea World.  £6.80 off peak day return (Railcard and Kids for a quid tickets apply) (£5.40 super off peak, loaded to your smart cards only)

Travel on the re-opened Borders railway to Tweedbank.  Re-opened in September 2015 - with passenger numbers far surpassing expectations. Once out of Edinburgh, rolling fields and streams.  Galashiels is the main town on the network, whist at Tweedbank, you can take a gentle walk for about 30 minutes to historic Melrose - a market town. Visit Melrose Abbey.  Walk the path where the old rail line went - and you can find the remains of the old station at Melrose.   Coffee-cart now at Tweedbank.   Half hourly services Monday to Saturday at approximately 24 and 54 minutes past the hour, and hourly, at 11 minutes past the hour on Sunday.  Journey time one hour. £11.80 off peak return. (or £9.80 Super off peak, loaded to your smart card only) (Railcard and Kids for a quid apply)