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Travel to Scotland

Flying to Scotland

Continental Airlines (www.continental.com) flies to Edinburgh and Glasgow from the USA. Delta Airlines flies from the USA to Edinburgh (www.delta.com). British Airways (www.britishairways.com) flies from England to Edinburgh and Glasgow; other airlines flying between Scotland and European cities include easyJet (www.easyjet.com) and bmi (www.flybmi.com).

Flight times:

From New York to Edinburgh is 7 hours 45 minutes, and to Glasgow is 7 hours 40 minutes.

Departure tax:

None.

Travel by rail

There are two mainline routes into Scotland from England: from London Euston up the west coast to Glasgow Central and beyond to Perth and Inverness; and from London Kings Cross up the east coast to Edinburgh and beyond to Dundee and Aberdeen. For details, contact National Rail Enquiries (www.nationalrail.co.uk).

Getting to Scotland by boat

Aberdeen, Cairnryan, Lerwick, Oban, Rosyth and Stranraer.

Ferry operators:

Routes include P&O Irish Sea ferry service between Cairnryan and Larne (journey time - 1 hour) (tel: 0871 1664 4999; www.poirishsea.com); and Stena Line's service between Stranraer and Belfast (journey time - 1 hour 45 minutes) (tel: 01776 802 165; www.stenaline.com).

Smyril Lines (www.smyril-line.com) runs a service between Hanstholm (Denmark) and Lerwick, continuing to the Faroe Islands and Iceland. The ferry goes via Bergen (Norway) in the summer. Superfast Ferries (www.superfast.com) operates services between Rosyth (just outside Edinburgh) and Zeebrugge (Belgium).

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