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Guided Walking Holidays: additional information for guided tours in Scotland

Scotland mile stone

When we acknowledge a booking for a Scottish tour (or earlier on request) we always send a more comprehensive travel information sheet which states specific train and bus times, and also provides other details, i.e. how to get from Glasgow Airport to Glasgow Railway Station or Glasgow, Buchanan Street Bus Station; from Edinburgh Airport to Edinburgh Railway Station or Edinburgh Bus Station, and from Inverness Airport to Inverness Railway Station, as applicable.

Scottish Borders

There are a number of options for getting to Melrose, and there is little to choose between them in terms of convenience. The main routes are detailed below.

London to Melrose: There are hourly trains from London, Kings Cross to Berwick Upon Tweed and the journey takes just under 4 hours. From Berwick there are Borderlink buses to Melrose. The bus journey takes 1 hour 40 minutes but on a Sunday the departures are not particularly frequent.

Glasgow to Melrose: There are frequent trains from Glasgow to Edinburgh and the journey takes around 1 hour. From Edinburgh there are Borderlink buses to Galashiels; they depart every couple of hours and the journey takes 1 hour 20 minutes. Galashiels is a 5 mile taxi ride from Melrose.

Edinburgh to Melrose: Bus service as mentioned above.