Extra Festival trains to cope with crowds

The number of seats on Edinburgh-glasgow trains will be increased by nearly one third during the Edinburgh Festival to cope with demand.

Scotrail has pledged to press every available carriage into service, but warned Festival-goers that trains would still be “extremely busy”.

Extra carriages will also be provided on services to Fife, Dundee and Perth.

Trains on the main Glasgow line via Falkirk High will run with seven or eight carriages compared to a maximum of six last year.

Scotrail said the 29 per cent increase in carriages every day was the equivalent of more than 60 extra trains a day.

There will be later trains on the route as in previous years, leaving Edinburgh at 0003 and 0033 from 3-26 August. However, they will also stop at Haymarket.