Train Edinburgh Waverley or Haymarket to Glasgow Queen Street, several an hour, about 50 minutes (at the time of writing).
Looking for campervan or motorhome hire in Edinburgh? You are in the right place, with one honest caveat: Atlas collects and returns at our Glasgow depot, not in Edinburgh. Glasgow is under an hour from Edinburgh by train, and once you have picked up the motorhome the whole of Scotland is in front of you. Here is exactly how to start an Edinburgh trip with Atlas, and where to point the van once you have it.
Getting to the Glasgow depot from Edinburgh
The simplest way is the train. Edinburgh Waverley and Haymarket both run to Glasgow Queen Street several times an hour, and the trip takes around 50 minutes at the time of writing. From Queen Street, our depot on Hydepark Street is about ten minutes by taxi, or a 25-minute walk through the city centre. If you are flying in, the Citylink coach from Edinburgh Airport reaches central Glasgow in about an hour. Prefer to drive over? You can leave your car at the depot for the length of your hire; depot parking is a paid optional extra, so just add it when you book.
Why collecting in Glasgow still works for an Edinburgh trip
A motorhome is not a city-centre runaround; it is the thing you live in once you are out of town. Edinburgh to Glasgow is a short, easy hop, and starting from Glasgow actually puts you closer to the west coast, Loch Lomond and the road north. You get the same trip, a half-day of gentle travel at each end, and a proper thirty-minute handover at the depot to walk you round the vehicle before you set off. Everything that comes with the hire is the same wherever you are travelling from.
Getting from Edinburgh to the depot
Coach from the airport Citylink from Edinburgh Airport into central Glasgow in roughly an hour.
Queen Street to the depot About ten minutes by taxi, or a 25-minute walk to Hydepark Street, G3 8BW.
Bringing the car Leave it at the depot for your hire. Depot parking is a paid optional extra.
Where to head once you have collected
From the Glasgow depot the whole country is in reach. For the classic big trip, point north for the North Coast 500, or plan the overnights around our NC500 campsites guide. If you would rather stay east and quiet, the east coast and Borders run takes you back past Edinburgh and up through Fife and Angus. Loch Lomond and the Trossachs are barely forty-five minutes from the depot if you want to be parked beside a loch on your first night. Wherever you go, you bring the motorhome back to Glasgow at the end; there is no one-way drop, which keeps the price honest and the paperwork simple.
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More trip destinations
Explore the rest of our city guides: Glasgow, Inverness, Fort William, Stirling, Aberdeen, Dundee. See them all on the trip destinations hub. Planning a city break? See our 2–3 day Edinburgh trip idea.
Edinburgh hire, answered
Can I collect a motorhome in Edinburgh?
Not directly. Atlas collects and returns at our Glasgow depot. Edinburgh to Glasgow is about 50 minutes by train, several times an hour, so most Edinburgh customers travel through and pick up in Glasgow.
How do I get from Edinburgh to the depot?
Train to Glasgow Queen Street, around 50 minutes, then about ten minutes by taxi to Hydepark Street or a 25-minute walk. From Edinburgh Airport, the Citylink coach reaches central Glasgow in about an hour.
Can I leave my car at the depot?
Yes. If you would rather drive over from Edinburgh, you can leave your car at the depot for your hire. Depot parking is a paid optional extra, added when you book.
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