Travelling from London to Edinburgh - August 2022
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Google maps expects you to need about 6:40 to 8:50 hours to drive.
The train will take less than 5 hours, and if you book early you should be able to get train tickets for £36.00 each. If you wait with booking till the day you will pay a lot more, likely comparable to the rent of a car and the petrol needed. I used this planner, it will show you which company you travel with, you can buy the ticket from that site or from the site I used to look.
On a 7 hour car travel you will want to use motorway, otherwise your journey will be longer still, way longer most likely.
Not all the motorways will be boring but many are.
View out of a train is often more varied.
I would go for a train journey, but for me the choice is obvious as I do not even have a driving license.
You will also need to consider your return journey and/or drop-off costs for a car if you do not return to London. For the train tickets you can often find a good price for journeys both ways, that same site allows you to fill out details for the return journey.
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The sleeper train leaves from Euston at 23:50, arriving into Waverley at 07:23. (It leaves at 23:30 on Sunday evenings). However, it costs £205 for a bunkbed sleeping 2, travelling on Fri 5 Aug. Additionally, getting to there from Wembley at the end of the gig might be tight.
https://www.sleeper.scot/timetable/london-edinburgh/ https://new.sleeper.scot/?children=0&destination=9328&males=2&origin=1072&outDate=2022-08-05
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There are also busses from London to Edinburgh. Typically they are much less than half of the rail fare. The Megabus website says fastest journey is 9 hours and shows prices starting at £9.99. The National Express website offers overnight travel for £14.90. There may be other companies.
I recommend against driving yourself.
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I recommend the train.
Don't underestimate the energy drain of driving on the left side for the first time and then for 7 and a half hours straight. This will NOT be a relaxing experience, you will quite likely be exhausted after this drive.
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