With a busy weekend of sport ahead, the ScotRail Alliance has announced it is adding extra carriages to as many trains as possible to services to keep customers moving.

Scotland play their final Autumn Test against Australia on Saturday, 25 November (KO 2.30pm) at the BT Murrayfield Stadium, while Motherwell take on Celtic in the Betfred
Cup final at Hampden Park (KO 3pm) on Sunday, 26 November.

On Saturday, trains to and from Edinburgh will be extremely busy with customers enjoying the Christmas markets and fans watching the rugby. The ScotRail Alliance has
added extra carriages to trains between Edinburgh and the Borders, Fife, Glasgow, Perth, Stirling and Dunblane. Supporters heading to the match are advised to allow
additional time for travel, as queuing systems will be in place after the final whistle.

Customers travelling to Hampden Park for the League Cup final on Sunday will benefit from extra carriages on services to Mount Florida and Kings Park – the closest
stations to the ground. Motherwell fans should travel to Mount Florida, while Celtic supporters will be directed to Kings Park. The most regular trains to Mount Florida
depart from Glasgow Central station.

Extra staff will be on hand to assist customers and, as with most large events, alcohol bans will be in force on both days.

ScotRail Alliance Head of Customer Experience, Graham Heald said: “We’ve got a massive weekend of sport coming up. Scotland will be looking to sign off the Autumn Tests
on Saturday with a win, while the first silverware of the football season is decided at Hampden on Sunday.

“While trains will be extremely busy on both days, we’ve done everything we can to boost the number of available seats for travelling fans and regular customers. We’re
adding as many trains as possible to services this weekend to keep people moving.

“From next year, fans travelling to the games will benefit from more seats and faster journeys on our brand new electric Class 385 and high-speed trains.

“I encourage anyone travelling this weekend to allow extra time for travel, and to minimise the need to queue, buy tickets in advance via our app or website.”

_ABP4583_HDRWith Edinburgh’s numerous festivals about to begin, festival goers and workers can keep up their energy levels and enjoy their fittest summer ever.

Edinburgh Leisure has launched its ‘Summer Pass’, with everything you need for a sport filled summer, with something for everyone to keep active and healthy throughout the heady days of the festivals.

The ‘Summer Pass’, which goes on sale on Friday, 30 June, offers unlimited access to the city’s 15 gyms, 10 swimming pools, over 700 Fitness Classes, saunas, steam rooms, Turkish Baths and climbing at the EICA for £59 only, plus 25% off lots of other activities including golf and racquet sports. The pass lasts six weeks from the date of purchase, with the last day a customer can purchase a pass being 31 August 2017.

A ‘Junior Summer Pass’ is also available and costs £39 for Under 18’s and juniors get access to racquet sports and golf for this price, on a turn up and play basis before 4 pm, Monday to Friday. Booking in advance is not possible. The Junior Pass will expire on 20 August 2017. (The price will be pro-rata after 30 June).

James Stockton, Sales Manager at Edinburgh Leisure, said: “Anyone lucky enough to be in Edinburgh for the summer with its various festivals knows it is always a fantastic atmosphere, and it takes energy to take in so many shows and party into the small hours.

“We’re inviting festival-goers and workers, visitors to the city and juniors to be inspired and keep their energy levels high by keeping fit and active throughout the summer.

“Classes like Zumba or Sh’bam are brilliant fun and a great way to get you in the mood to party, while a workout at the gym will boost your energy for the night ahead. We’ve also got some quick hit X-press gym classes, which used high intensity training (HIT) methods with explosive bursts of speed and activity to achieve a total workout in a short period of time, as 30 minutes. And if you have really overdone it, you can spend the morning chilling out with a swim and sauna, or even the Turkish Baths at Portobello.”

For further information simply pop into any Edinburgh Leisure venue across the city or visit www.edinburghleisure.co.uk

Edinburgh Rugby LogoGet behind Edinburgh Rugby this Friday as they take on Bordeaux-Begles in the final round of the group stages of the European Cup –  they need to win this game to nail that quarter-final place!  It’s their biggest game since their European semi final appearance in Dublin in 2012.

Your support in this game would mean a massive amount to the whole team and each and every one of us knows how much you cheering us on can do for the performance on the night.  Be there with us, making that huge push, and cheering Edinburgh Rugby!

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We hope you will be able to make it along this Friday

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Edinburgh Rugby’s European home game gets underway against French contenders Lyon who are new to the Top 14 on Friday 24 October, Kickoff is 7:45pm

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hwc logoFounded by Mel Young from Scotland and Harald Schmied from Austria, The Homeless World Cup uses the power of football to energise homeless people, enabling them to change their own lives.

The Homeless World Cup is an Edinburgh based charity that supports grass-roots football programmes and social enterprise development via a network of 70 national partners. To celebrate this hard work, the charity organise an annual football tournament that unites teams of homeless people from countries all around the globe.

The 12th edition of the Homeless World Cup takes place from 19-26 October 2014 at Plaza de la Constitución, Santiago, Chile. Edinburgh Chamber of Commerce Events Manager Sian Downes was luckily selected as one the volunteers. Working hard on her fundraising she says “I am delighted to have been chosen as a HWC volunteer, it is a very special honour and I look forward to heading out to Santiago to meet up with the rest of the volunteers. I want to thank all ECC members that have helped with my fundraising efforts and I look forward to reporting back.”

Craig Campbell, Homeless World Cup CEO also commented stating “Football is a great leveller; it connects people and is a universal sport for everyone.  The Homeless World Cup is able to change the scenery, challenge stereotyping and people who have been excluded and isolated from society are cheered by thousands and treated as soccer heroes during the tournament.  The feeling of belonging, challenge of working in a team, regaining a health- oriented attitude towards life, self esteem and last but not least the experience of fun is a powerful combination to change a person’s life.”

It is expected that over 100,000 spectators will watch the action unfold at the specially constructed stadia and pitches in front of La Moneda, with millions more following online

The tournament hosts homeless and socially disadvantaged men and women from 49 countries with 63 teams that will participate in the 350 matches that will be played at Chile 2014.

Edinburgh Rugby face  Leicester  Tigers for the first time since 2008 when the team produced a 17-12 Heineken Cup win over the then tournament runners-up at the BT Murrayfield Stadium.

It will also be the first chance to see the latest Edinburgh Rugby signings in action against top-flight opposition, littered with familiar faces from the international arena, including 2013 British & Irish Lions Manu Tuilagi, Ben Youngs, Dan Cole and Tom Croft.

For more information please visit:

http://www.edinburghrugby.org/match-report/edinburgh-rugby-vs-leicester-tigers-sat-23082014-1400

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