Some roads around Roseburn and Murrayfield will be subject to temporary closure this week when Taylor Swift gets to town for the three nights she is playing at Scottish Gas Murrayfield on 7, 8 and 9 June.
The City of Edinburgh Council have information on their website including news of streets around the stadium which will be temporarily closed in the evenings.
Edinburgh will be very busy when the concerts take place. The area around Scottish Gas Murrayfield will be particularly busy so the council will be closing roads to help manage traffic and to make sure both residents and people attending the concerts are safe.
The following roads will be closed on 7, 8 and 9 June from 12.00pm through 12.30am on 8, 9 and 10 June. The council may reopen these roads between 8.00pm and 9.30pm if it is safe to do so when the main act is live.
- Roseburn Bridge
- Roseburn Street
- Russell Road (at its junction with Roseburn Street)
The following roads (the A8) will be closed between 9.30pm on 7, 8 and 9 June and 12.30am on 8, 9 and 10 June. They may also be closed before the concert from 4.00pm and 6.00pm on 7, 8 and 9 June depending on if pedestrian flow in the area necessitates this.
- Roseburn Terrace
- West Coates
- Haymarket Terrace (trams will still run)
- Clifton Terrace (trams will still run)
- Haymarket Yards (trams will still run)
- West Maitland Street (from Torphichen Street to Haymarket)
- Western Terrace and Corstorphine Road (from Ellersly Road to Roseburn Terrace)
- Rosebery Crescent (from Haymarket terrace to Grosvenor Gardens)
- Balbirnie Place
- Grosvenor Street (at West Maitland Street and Haymarket).
The following roads will be closed to general traffic between 9.30pm on 7, 8 and 9 June and 12.30am on 8, 9 and 10 June
- West Approach Road
- Westfield Road
Residential road closures
On 7, 8 and 9 June, these roads will be closed from 12 pm to 7.30 pm.
They will also be closed from 9.30 pm on 7, 8 and 9 June through 12.30 am on 8, 9 and 10 June
- Baird Avenue
- Baird Drive
- Baird Gardens
- Baird Grove
- Baird Terrace
- Devon Place
- Riversdale Grove
- Riversdale Road
- Riverside Cresent
- Saughtonhall Avenue
- Saughtonhall Circus
- Saughtonhall Gardens
- Saughtonhall Grove
- Saughtonhall Place
- Saughtonhall Terrace
- Stanhope Street
- Wester Coates Road
- Wester Coates Terrace
Pedestrian closures
Balbirnie Place will also be closed to pedestrians in part – from number 50 to the entrance to Roseburn Path from 9.30pm on 7, 8 and 9 June through to 12.30am on 8, 9 and 10 June. Pedestrians returning to the city centre from Murrayfield Stadium should travel via the A8 rather than attempt to access Haymarket Yards.
Other road closures this week have been advised by the EdinTravel team at The City of Edinburgh Council:
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