Edinburghers: quest...
 

  You don't need to be an 'investor' to invest in Singletrack: 6 days left: 95% of target - Find out more

[Closed] Edinburghers: question about train station

15 Posts
10 Users
0 Reactions
79 Views
Posts: 9201
Full Member
Topic starter
 

Mrs Sinatra has booked tickets to get the train from Edinburgh Park to Glasgow tomorrow. Am I right in thinking that there is not actually any parking there? If not, her clever plan may have backfired.

I assume parking in Hermiston Gait is restricted..


 
Posted : 06/03/2013 3:18 pm
Posts: 43345
Full Member
 

Park at Hermiston Gait (outside Currys) and walk over the road.


 
Posted : 06/03/2013 3:20 pm
Posts: 9201
Full Member
Topic starter
 

will we be bothered by parking fines / invoices for exceeding time limits?


 
Posted : 06/03/2013 3:22 pm
Posts: 0
Free Member
 

Hermiston Gate used to be limited to 2 hours (a colleague got a ticket once when we left a car there).


 
Posted : 06/03/2013 3:23 pm
Posts: 43345
Full Member
 

There are lots of signs up but it seems lots of folk are doing it. Your alternative is to park up Cultins Road up towards the RM depot. That's just "on-street" with no restrictions.

Edit: or just join the queue for the donut shop. By the time she gets back from Glasgow it should just about be her turn at the counter.


 
Posted : 06/03/2013 3:26 pm
Posts: 65918
Full Member
 

I used to work just along from there, we went through spates of people getting tickets, could never really predict it. What time of day? Parking in the industrial estate can be a bit tricky during working hours but after 5pm it's easy

(around 5pm, just park on the bypass, it'll be indistinguishable from the traffic)


 
Posted : 06/03/2013 3:29 pm
Posts: 9201
Full Member
Topic starter
 

Peak times unfortunately, getting train over at 8.30 ish then there all day. I said it would be easier to park and ride from newcraighall but she thought this was a better idea.


 
Posted : 06/03/2013 3:36 pm
Posts: 65918
Full Member
 

There's a good chance she'd find something around the industrial estate at that time, but no guarantees...


 
Posted : 06/03/2013 7:21 pm
Posts: 0
Free Member
 

There'll be plenty of parking in the industrial extate.


 
Posted : 06/03/2013 7:41 pm
 br
Posts: 0
Free Member
 

Frank

Probably be as quick to just drive cross-country to Glasgow than drive to Edinburgh and park/ride.


 
Posted : 06/03/2013 7:43 pm
Posts: 65918
Full Member
 

At that time? Not my experience. Generally I ended up using the marginal "spaces" that nobody else would park in because my car was a shed, other times even they were taken. I've seen me parked way down towards the gyle because the estate was rammed.


 
Posted : 06/03/2013 7:45 pm
Posts: 719
Full Member
 

Theres a car park on lochside crescent on the way up to edinburgh park, not sure how much it is, dont think its a huge amount. Its just down the road from the new premier inn there


 
Posted : 06/03/2013 9:10 pm
Posts: 9201
Full Member
Topic starter
 

I agree with driving x country, it is what I would do but mrs s would prefer not to. She is going to head round to Uphall and jump on the train there instead. Actually travelling at 10.30, not 8.30..


 
Posted : 06/03/2013 9:58 pm
Posts: 0
Free Member
 

Theres a car park on lochside crescent on the way up to edinburgh park, not sure how much it is, dont think its a huge amount. Its just down the road from the new premier inn there

£3 for the day last time I went past. 2 mins walk from the station. Opposite side of railway line from hermiston gait and there's usually plenty of spaces.


 
Posted : 06/03/2013 10:08 pm
Posts: 637
Free Member
 

Remembering that Uphall Station is on the slower line to Glasgow - ~50mins minimum to GQS. Parking there can also be tight.


 
Posted : 06/03/2013 10:10 pm
Posts: 0
Free Member
 

+1 DougD and Jockhaggis.
Use the 'car park' just before the station. It's sound.


 
Posted : 06/03/2013 11:41 pm

6 DAYS LEFT
We are currently at 95% of our target!