Edinburgh to Aberdeen Trains, Train Times and Information

Aberdeen is known as ‘Granite city’ is the third-largest city in Scotland and home to an array of world-class attractions such as the Maritime Museum and the Aberdeen Art Gallery. Arriving by train to this city gives a taste of Aberdeenshire too. The views of the east coast through the journey of the train are spectacular especially if one travels up from Glasgow or Edinburgh.

ScotRail provides express rail service to Aberdeen from many major cities across the UK including Edinburgh. Most of the Edinburgh to Aberdeen trains are directly running every once in an hour requiring no change. The average journey time of Edinburgh Aberdeen train is 2 hours 18 minutes. The first train from Edinburgh to Aberdeen leaves early morning at 05:30 and the last train departs at 23:19. There are other train providers CrossCountry and East Coast which serves on this route. Travelers using ScotRail can enjoy comfortable air-conditioned sleeper cabins, especially for long journeys. Each cabin has a washbasin and a shaver point as well as bedside lighting.