Edinburgh Airport to St Andrews

Pre-booked cars use the airport's charged pickup zone on the ground floor of the multi-storey car park, or the free zone in the Long Stay car park. Your carrier confirms the meeting point and where the car waits in the booking chat. Give the flight number so it can track the landing.

Your carrier tracks the flight, so a late landing moves the pickup rather than losing it. By rail, the last tram, train and bus chain that reaches St Andrews the same night leaves the airport at about 21:30 to 22:00. The 787 coach runs later, at 23:05 and 01:20, but its coaches run up to 2h 20min apart in the evening.

Declare golf bags and hard travel cases when you book. The vehicle is chosen for the bags as much as for the seats, so two golfers with clubs and cases may need an estate rather than a saloon, and a four with clubs needs a minivan.

The town fills during the university's graduation weeks, in late November (30 November 2026, then 29 November 2027) and at the end of June (28 June 2027), and during The Open, 11 to 18 July 2027. Book early for those dates and give the hotel by name.

Child and booster seats are available on request. Put the ages in the booking notes, not just the number of children, because the ages decide the seat type.

About 1 hour 15 minutes in free-flowing traffic, for about 85 km (about 52 miles) by road: the M9 spur, the M90 over the Queensferry Crossing, then the A92 or the A91 through Fife. Allow more at commuter peaks and during event weeks such as The Open.

On TransferBnB a private transfer starts from around €165 per vehicle for a saloon and €235 for a minivan, one way. The price is per vehicle, not per person, so three people in a saloon pay about €55 each. Estate cars and minibuses are quoted on request, and verified carriers send quotes for your date.

No. St Andrews has no railway station; the nearest is Leuchars, about six miles away. By rail you take the tram to Edinburgh Gateway, a train to Leuchars and a bus into St Andrews, two changes and about 1 hour 40 minutes to 2 hours 15 minutes. A private transfer takes about 1 hour 15 minutes with no change.

Yes. The 787 coach runs from Stop H at Edinburgh Airport to St Andrews Bus Station, with a stop at the Old Course Hotel, in about 1 hour 30 minutes, up to 1 hour 42 minutes on the weekday 16:45. It runs up to every two hours, and late departures leave the airport at 23:05 and 01:20. A private transfer leaves when you land and drops at your own door.

A private transfer, booked for the number of golf bags as well as the number of people. Public transport means carrying the clubs onto a tram, a train and a bus, or to a coach that stops only at the bus station and the Old Course Hotel. The car loads them once at the airport and unloads them at your hotel door.

In March 2022 the bridge operator reported that since opening in 2017 it had never closed to cars because of high winds, thanks to 3.3 m wind shielding. It does close when ice may fall from its cables, as on 23 November 2024, and traffic is then diverted over the Forth Road Bridge, which private hire vehicles may use. A private transfer simply takes the open bridge.

Dundee Airport is closer, around 15 miles away, but only a small number of airlines fly there. Edinburgh Airport, around 50 miles away, is the usual airport for St Andrews, and the transfer takes about 1 hour 15 minutes.

The 155th Open is played on the Old Course from 11 to 18 July 2027, its 31st Open. The last St Andrews Open, in 2022, drew 290,000 fans, so book any transfer for that week early.