Edinburgh Marathon Festival Kids' Kilometre TRANSPORT INFORMATION

The EMF Hub at Dynamic Earth is about 1 mile from the city centre. It is located at the foot of the Royal Mile, near the Scottish Parliament and Holyrood Palace.

The EMF Hub at Dynamic Earth is close to the National Cycle Network. For more information click here.

Please note that the events on the Saturday use some of the cycle network and therefore events may be ongoing at the time you are travelling.

The EMF Hub at Dynamic Earth is served by Lothian Buses services 6 and 35 and Edinburgh Bus Tours. Lothian Buses service 35 passes very close on the Canongate. Full details are available at www.lothianbuses.com.

For details of diversions for Lothian Buses from Saturday 25th May, please visit the Lothian Bus Service Updates page, and read the 'Edinburgh Marathon from Saturday 25th May' section

First Bus also operate local services to the city centre and close to the start area. Please note that some bus services are altered due to our event. Full details are available at www.firstbus.co.uk.

Edinburgh Trams operates services to the City Centre every 7 minutes from locations such as Edinburgh Airport, Ingliston Park and Ride and Edinburgh Gateway. 

St Andrew Square tram stop is around 1 mile from the EMF Hub at Dynamic Earth. For more information visit www.edinburghtrams.com

Road closure information for the 2025 Edinburgh Marathon Festival can be found HERE.

Please note that Police Scotland will be present at the event, and take breaches of the road closures very seriously.  Please respect the road closures and do not threaten the safety of our participants and Event Team.  We will cleanse and reopen the roads as soon as is safe to do so.

Lothian Buses/ East Coast Buses diversions

For details of diversions for Lothian Buses from Saturday 25th May, please visit the Lothian Bus Service Updates page, and read the 'Edinburgh Marathon from Saturday 25th May' section

View the detailed shuttle service PDF HERE.