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Edinburgh International Airport ( 0870/040 0007, www.baa.com ) is at Turnhouse, seven miles west of the city centre, close to the start of the M8 motorway to Glasgow. Airlink shuttle buses (#100; journey time 30min; £3) connect to Waverley Station in the centre of town; they run 24 hours a day, with services departing every ten or twenty minutes between 5am and midnight, then hourly through the night. Taxis charge around £15-20 for the same journey. Edinburgh Shuttle ( 0845/500 5000; www.edinburghshuttle.com ) operates a useful shared taxi service using seven-seater mini-buses, and runs between the airport and any address in a large chunk of central Edinburgh for £8 for a single journey.
Conveniently situated at the eastern end of Princes Street right in the heart of the city, Waverley Station (timetable and fare enquiries 0845/748 4950, www.nationalrail.co.uk ) is the arrival point for all mainline trains. The busand coach terminal for local and intercity services is located on the east side of St Andrew Square, two minutes' walk from Waverley Station.
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