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Edinburgh Airport to St Andrews

51 miles across the Forth and up through Fife — about an hour and a quarter. A fixed £130, with room for the clubs.

Distance
51 miles
via the Queensferry Crossing
Journey time
~1h 15m
M90 then A91
Our fixed fare
£130
saloon, up to 4 people
Clubs
Yes
tell us how many sets
Every Option Compared

Getting from Edinburgh Airport to St Andrews

St Andrews has no railway station, which shapes every option on this route. Here is the honest comparison.

Option Time Changes Luggage & clubs Catch
JET 787 direct bus ~1h 45m None Limited hold space Departs roughly every 2 hours
Train via Leuchars ~2h Two Awkward with clubs Airport → city → Leuchars → bus
X59 coach from city centre ~2h One (to the city) Limited hold space Must reach St Andrew Square first
Hire car ~1h 15m None Good Parking in town is tight
Private transfer (us) ~1h 15m None Clubs carried as standard Fixed £130, door to door

Timetables and fares for Stagecoach and ScotRail services change periodically — check the operator before you travel. Times above are typical door-to-door estimates from the terminal, checked September 2026.

Why It Matters on This Route

A Long Transfer with Clubs

On a short hop into Edinburgh, public transport is an easy call. St Andrews is different. There is no station in the town, the bus goes every couple of hours, and the rail option means two changes with your luggage — and, for most people arriving here, a set of golf clubs.

If you land at nine in the evening and the next JET 787 is at ten forty, you wait. If you are four players with four bags, you are splitting across vehicles at Leuchars. That is the calculation this route really comes down to.

Fixed £130 agreed before you pay
Clubs and cases carried together, one vehicle
Straight to the Old Course, your hotel or your rental
Pre-dawn pick-ups for early tee times
Flight tracked — the driver waits free if you are late
Minibuses for golf societies up to nine

Where We Drop You

Door to door, same fixed fare across St Andrews.

The Old Course & clubhouse
Old Course Hotel & Rusacks
Fairmont St Andrews
Kingsbarns & Castle Course
University halls & faculties
Town centre & private addresses

Playing Carnoustie, Gleneagles or Kingsbarns in the same trip? See our golf transfers page.

Questions

Edinburgh Airport to St Andrews: FAQs

About 51 miles by road, north across the Queensferry Crossing and up through Fife. The drive normally takes an hour to an hour and twenty minutes depending on traffic on the M90 and the A91.
Our fixed price is £130 in a saloon for up to four passengers, agreed before you pay. Larger vehicles for golf groups are quoted on the same fixed basis — put your details into the booking form for an instant price.
Yes. Stagecoach runs the JET 787 limited-stop service between the airport and St Andrews, calling at Kinross Park & Ride, Auchtermuchty and Cupar. It departs roughly every two hours, so it works well if your landing happens to line up with a departure and less well if it does not. Check the Stagecoach website for the current timetable and fare.
Not directly, and St Andrews has no railway station of its own. The rail route means getting into Edinburgh first, taking a train to Leuchars — about an hour from Waverley — then the X59 or 99 bus for the last four miles, which takes twelve to fifteen minutes. Door to door from the airport it usually runs to two hours with two changes.
Yes. Tell us how many sets you are carrying when you book and we send a vehicle with the boot space to match. Our estates, people carriers and nine-seat minibuses take full golf bags alongside passenger luggage rather than instead of it.
Yes. We run 24 hours a day, so a pre-dawn departure for a first tee slot at the Old Course is routine. Book the pick-up time you need and your driver will be there.
Yes, door to door. The Old Course Hotel, Rusacks, the Fairmont, Kinkell Byre, university halls or a private address — all the same fixed fare to St Andrews.
We track the flight number and move the pick-up automatically. Your driver waits at no extra cost and the price does not change, which matters more on a long transfer like this one where a missed connection would otherwise mean a very expensive taxi.

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