There are three major airports in this area of Scotland. One serving the capital, Edinburgh, and two serving Glasgow.
Trains from England arrive in the main rail stations in Glasgow and Edinburgh.
Major roads into the Central Belt are:
M74 bringing traffic from the northwest of England and southwest of Scotland to Glasgow
A77 bringing traffic from the southwest of Scotland to Glasgow, via Ayr
A1 bringing traffic from the northeast of England and southeast of Scotland to Edinburgh, via Berwick-upon-Tweed and Dunbar
A7 & A68 bringing traffic from the Scottish Borders to Edinburgh
A9 bringing traffic from the north of Scotland to Stirling, via Inverness and Perth
A90 bringing traffic from Aberdeen and the northeast of Scotland to Edinburgh, via Dundee and Perth