East Kilbride to Edinburgh runs about 2 times a day, with the first departure around 06:31 and the last around 07:30. One passenger pays €11.88, every fee included. The fastest door to door is 1h 20m over 74 km, on services run by 1 operator across 1 mode.
What one seat costs
Every operator we hold on this corridor starts at €11.88, so there is no spread to show.
Typical fares · Priced for October 2, 2026
€11.88
- 157%Moves across the booking window
When it runs, leaving East Kilbride
No operator has filed a timetable for this direction yet, so the first and last departure below follow the pattern of the corridor. Read them as the shape of the service day rather than as times to turn up for.
- 06:31First departure
- 07:30Last departure
- 2Services per day
- 50%Run direct
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Buying this trip
Bookaway lists departures for East Kilbride to Edinburgh on your date, and you pay on their side.
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Fares by date
What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.
Typical fares
- about €30.59Fri18
- about €26.19Sat19
- about €23.99Sun20
- about €14.09Mon21
- about €13.54Tue22
- about €16.84Wed23
- about €17.39Thu24
- about €15.74Fri25
- about €13.54Sat26
- about €14.09Sun27
- about €11.89Mon28
- about €11.89Tue29
- about €13.54Wed30
- about €17.94Thu1
- about €11.88Fri2
- about €12.99Sat3
- about €14.09Sun4
- about €11.88Mon5
- about €11.88Tue6
- about €11.88Wed7
- about €13.54Thu8
Based on what this route has cost recently. The operator sets the price on the day, and the live fare is confirmed when you book.
The train gets you into Edinburgh. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
A room in Edinburgh for the night the train gets in
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When to book East Kilbride to Edinburgh
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €11.8890 days
- €11.8860 days
- €11.8845 days
- €11.8830 days
- €13.5421 days
- €17.9414 days
- €17.397 days
- €23.993 days
- €30.591 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 90 days ahead, at €11.88.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 157 percent. The most expensive point is €30.59, 1 days out.
- What that means
- Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 90 days before departure. Waiting from here has usually cost money on this corridor rather than saved it.
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This corridor, specifically
Facts that apply to East Kilbride to Edinburgh and to no other route on the site.
Clocks
Both ends keep the same time, so the arrival is the departure plus the journey.
The shape of it
74 km
65 km as the crow flies, 14% further by the route services take. The bearing runs east.
Who lives at each end
75,310 → 514,990
Population at the departure city and at the arrival city, which is usually what decides how often anything runs.
How we know
0/2
2 of these connections were inferred from service-area overlap rather than observed in a timetable. We would rather say so.
The route
What the journey looks like
Direct or connecting, how far the route really runs, and what happens when a connection is missed.
- Direct or connecting
- 50% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 50% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 74 km against 65 km in a straight line, a detour of 14 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
- Where the change is
- Connections are made at Greenock. The gap between arriving and leaving is 72 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 13 percent chance of not being made on the timetable alone. Both legs are sold on one booking, so a missed connection is ours to fix and you are rebooked at no charge.
The fare from EDI into Edinburgh is the one price on this trip we cannot show you, because it is not ours.
A car waiting when you land in Edinburgh
Settled in advance, so the ride into Edinburgh costs what it said it would rather than what the cab stand says.
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Who runs this route
The train gets in hours before any room is ready. Holding a bag is not what we sell.
Baggage storage near Edinburgh Waverley
Most of the points near Edinburgh Waverley open before the first train and close after the last one.
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Questions about East Kilbride to Edinburgh
The questions people actually ask about this trip, answered from the same prices and times the page above is built on rather than written once and left to go stale.
How long does it take to get from East Kilbride to Edinburgh?
The fastest journey from East Kilbride to Edinburgh takes 1h 20m door to door, of which 37m is spent moving, on the train. Most services take around 1h 22m, because that average includes slower stopping services and journeys with a connection. Times include reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end.
How much does it cost to travel from East Kilbride to Edinburgh?
The cheapest fare from East Kilbride to Edinburgh is €11.88, as of September 17, 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €13.54. Both figures are the total for one passenger, including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so nothing is added at checkout.
What is the cheapest way to get from East Kilbride to Edinburgh?
The cheapest way from East Kilbride to Edinburgh is by train, at €11.88 for one passenger on October 2, 2026. That journey takes 1h 21m door to door. Cheaper is rarely faster on this corridor, and the comparison table on this page shows what each mode costs against what it saves.
When should I book East Kilbride to Edinburgh?
Fares from East Kilbride to Edinburgh bottom out around 90 days before departure, at €11.88. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the most expensive lead time is 157 percent, measured on September 17, 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.
Which day of the week is cheapest for East Kilbride to Edinburgh?
Monday is the cheapest day to depart from East Kilbride to Edinburgh, at €11.89. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of September 17, 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.
Which month is cheapest for East Kilbride to Edinburgh?
November is the cheapest of the next 5 months to travel from East Kilbride to Edinburgh, at €11.88 for one passenger. Each month is priced on its fifteenth, so the comparison is like for like rather than a mix of weekends and midweek departures.
Who runs service from East Kilbride to Edinburgh?
No operator record names East Kilbride to Edinburgh directly. ScotRail publish service areas covering both ends and may serve it, so we list them as possible operators rather than confirmed ones.
Is there a direct service from East Kilbride to Edinburgh?
50 percent of the services we sell from East Kilbride to Edinburgh are direct. The rest connect at Greenock, with about 72 minutes between the two services. Both legs are sold on one booking, so a missed connection is rebooked at no charge.
Which station or terminal do services from East Kilbride to Edinburgh use?
Services from East Kilbride to Edinburgh by train leave from East Kilbride railway station and arrive at Edinburgh Waverley. Allow about 44m in total for reaching the departure terminal and leaving the arrival one, which is already included in every door to door time on this page.
Can I change or refund a ticket from East Kilbride to Edinburgh?
1 of the 1 operators we sell from East Kilbride to Edinburgh allow a change or a refund. A change on a changeable fare costs €5.00. The operator table on this page names which is which, and the condition is shown again before you pay.
Where these numbers come from
Places, coordinates, operators, which operator serves which pair, and every distance on this page are real and come from open data. Where a corridor has a filed timetable the departure times are real too, and ferry fares are the prices the operators publish themselves.
Derived from service area No carrier record names this exact pair. The operators listed publish a service area covering both places at a distance their mode plausibly carries people, which is evidence that the corridor is served and not evidence of a specific service. Pages state which, because presenting the two as the same thing would be dishonest.
Where no operator publishes a fare for a corridor, the price here is our own estimate, worked out from the real distance and the real operator through a fare curve that follows lead time, day of the week and season. It tells you roughly what the journey costs. It is not a seat anyone has agreed to sell, and the payment step will not take it.
Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon, Distances
- On this page
- Every figure above was computed for East Kilbride to Edinburgh on September 17, 2026: 74 km of route against 65 km in a straight line, 2 services a day, 1 operator a cheapest fare of €11.88, and 1h 20m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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The two ends, compared
East Kilbride reaches 17 places in 1 countries on services we hold, over distances from 42 to 283 km. Edinburgh reaches 200 places in 42 countries, from 49 to 6,437 km.
Other ways to make this journey
Leaving East Kilbride
- 17Places you can leave for
- 1Countries
- 2Operators
Arriving in Edinburgh
Leaving Edinburgh
- 200Places you can leave for
- 42Countries
- 63Operators