Edinburgh Airport Travel Warning

Edinburgh Airport is urging passengers to take extra time to complete their journeys over the next few days because of a major event in the capital.

The Royal Highland Show starts today at Ingliston. In addition, there are roadworks on the Gogar roundabout and engineering works at the Winchburgh tunnel may cause rail passengers to take the car instead.

Almost 160,000 passengers expected to travel through over the next four days. Around 180,000 people are expected to visit the showground between Thursday and Sunday, meaning roads around the airport will be much busier than usual. Traffic management is already underway with signage up to guide show-goers safely to the Royal Highland Centre. For those travelling from the city centre, the airport is encouraging the use of the tram and for those coming from the west, the Citylink Air service runs every 30 minutes between Buchannan Street in Glasgow and Edinburgh Airport.

David Wilson, Chief Operating Officer at Edinburgh Airport, said: "The Royal Highland Show is always a hugely popular event and we work closely with organisers, RHASS and external partners to ensure the event and our airport operations continue as normal.

"With an event of this size, roads around the airport will be busier and this will have an impact on travel time to and from the airport. We’re asking passengers to be prepared for a longer journey and allow extra time to travel.

"It’s important that we maintain safe operations at the airport and we’ll be in regular contact with Police Scotland and colleagues at the Royal Highland Centre throughout the event. We’ll also be posting frequent updates on Twitter using #RHStravel."