Transport
Until 2008, Dalkeith was on the A68, one of the main routes south from Edinburgh to Jedburgh and across the border to Darlington. A bypass to take traffic away from the town centre was completed in September, 2008; this then took the A68 number, and the old route of the A68 is now the A6106.
Other main roads serving Dalkeith are:
- A6094 — leads SW towards Bonnyrigg and Peebles, and NE towards Musselburgh
- A768 — leads west from Eskbank to Lasswade and Loanhead
- B6373 — a road wholly within Dalkeith, leaving and rejoining the A6106
- B6414 — leaves the A6094 on the NE edge of Dalkeith (at Woodburn) and leads NE to Tranent
- B6392 — runs north–south through Eskbank, and is formerly the route of the A7 which leads from Edinburgh to Galashiels and Hawick
- B703 — leads south from Eskbank, through Newbattle, to Newtongrange
- B6482 — leaves the A6106 on the SE edge of Dalkeith (at Woodburn) and leads into Easthouses and Mayfield.
The planned re-establishment of the Waverley Railway Line will link Dalkeith to the national rail network, with a station at Eskbank on the western edge of Dalkeith.
Bus services in Dalkeith are mostly run by First Edinburgh and Lothian Buses; Munro's of Jedburgh also serve the town.
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