16-02-2023, 09:46 AM
(16-02-2023, 04:00 AM)bkman1990 Wrote: How long does it take to get from Cardiff to Holyrood by train or on a flight? I would imagine they would also need to get a private taxi to get there as well while going from either the nearest train station or from the nearest airport to Holyrood.
CrossCountry service from Cardiff to Birmingham (1 train every 2 hours taking 2 hours exactly). Let's say the 1245 departure as the 1045 was too early. So that's arrival in Birmingham at 1445 (4 minutes late yesterday)
There is then another CrossCountry train to Edinburgh departing 1455 (yesterday departed 1503), arriving Edinburgh at 2011 (on time yesterday).
Dont know how long it takes to get to Holyrood from Edinburgh Waverley train station?
So train option would have got someone there for the Ten but not the Six.
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If the 1045 train was possible, then that arrived Birmingham yesterday at 1249, with a connecting train to Edinburgh departing at 1303 and arriving Edinburgh on time at 1807. Still too late for the Six.
The next earliest train departing Cardiff was 0945 which would have allowed an Edinburgh arrival at 1713, or 0845 for a 1606 arrival (but I don't think the news was known that early, at least by the general public)