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Arrival and information
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St Andrews is not on the train line. The nearest
train station
is on the Edinburgh-Dundee line at Leuchars, five miles northwest across the River Eden, from where regular buses make the fifteen-minute trip into town. (When you buy your rail ticket to Leuchars, ask for a St Andrews Rail-bus ticket which includes the bus fare.) Frequent
buses
from Edinburgh and Dundee terminate at the bus station on City Road at the west end of Market Street. The
tourist office
, 70 Market St (July & Aug Mon-Sat 9.30am-7pm, Sun 10am-5pm; May & June Mon-Sat 9.30am-5.30pm, Sun 11am-4pm; Sept Mon-Sat 9.30am-6pm, Sun 11am-4pm; April Mon-Sat 9.30am-5pm, Sun 11am-4pm; Oct-March Mon-Sat 9.30am-5pm; tel 01334/472021,
), holds comprehensive information about St Andrews and northeast Fife. If you're
driving
, the town's fiendish
parking
system requires vouchers (Mon-Sat 9am-5pm; 40p/hr) which you can get from the tourist office and some local shops.
An open-topped bus (July & Aug daily; June & Sept Fri-Mon; A?5.50) takes a one-hour
tour
around town. Audio headsets with a historical tour of the main sights are available from the tourist office. In summer, a
witches tour
seeks out the spooky spots around town (get details on 01334/655057). Other useful information
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