This Saturday, 26th February, Scotland host France at the BT Murrayfield Stadium, Edinburgh, in a Six Nations rugby match with a 14.15 kick-off time.
Train services to and from Edinburgh are expected to be extremely busy, and queuing systems will be in place at key stations. Supporters heading to the game are strongly advised to allow extra time for travel,
During this weekend, Saturday and Sunday 26th and 27th February, Network Rail is carrying out essential engineering work between Dundee and Cupar, which means there will be no direct trains between Edinburgh and Dundee.
ScotRail will be providing express rail-replacement buses direct from Dundee to Edinburgh, and rail-replacement buses that will call at stations along the route. This means some stations in Fife will benefit from both a train and bus service.
Passengers travelling from Aberdeen or Arbroath should travel by train to Dundee, then transfer to a replacement bus to Edinburgh, which will call at Haymarket for Murrayfield Stadium.
After the match, supporters should head to the station soon after full time, and a queuing system will be in place at Haymarket. For passengers to Dundee, Arbroath and Aberdeen, as well as intermediate stations, the same procedures will apply as in the morning. Express buses will operate from Edinburgh to Dundee, and other buses will run to intermediate stations.
Because there will be road closures in Edinburgh for the match, the bus pick-up and drop-off point for Haymarket station will be located on Morrison Street, between Grove Street and Morrison Link. ScotRail staff will be on hand to direct customers.
Throughout the day ScotRail will add more seats to trains, and extra carriages on rail services between Edinburgh and Fife, the Borders, Perth, Dunblane, Glasgow Queen Street High Level, and Glasgow Central via Shotts.
Phil Campbell, ScotRail Head of Customer Operations, said:
“If you're going to match, please plan ahead and allow more time for travel as trains will be busy.
“We're doing all we can to help supporters travel to the game as hassle-free as possible, which includes more seats on train services throughout the day.
“Customers travelling from the northeast will see longer journey times as part, or all, of your journey will include replacement bus due to essential engineering work by Network Rail, but we'll have extra staff on hand to help make sure your journey goes smoothly.
“A queuing system will be in place at Haymarket station after the match so please head back to the station as quickly as you can, and don't leave it until the last train of the night. Buying your return tickets to Haymarket in advance will reduce your need to queue.
“We would like to thank our customers for their understanding while this essential engineering work takes place.”
