railroad.wikisort.org - Station
Shawfair is a railway station on the Borders Railway, which runs between Edinburgh Waverley and Tweedbank. The station, situated 5 miles 64 chains (9 km) south-east of Edinburgh Waverley, serves the villages of Danderhall and Shawfair in Midlothian, Scotland. It is owned by Network Rail and managed by ScotRail.
Shawfair  | |
|---|---|
 | |
| General information | |
| Location | Shawfair, Midlothian Scotland |
| Coordinates | 55°55′04″N 3°05′25″W |
| Grid reference | NT318699 |
| Owned by | Network Rail |
| Managed by | ScotRail |
| Platforms | 2 |
| Tracks | 2 |
| Other information | |
| Station code | SFI |
| History | |
| Original company | Network Rail |
| Key dates | |
| 6 September 2015 | Opened |
| Passengers | |
| 2016/17 |  22,236 |
| 2017/18 | 31,588 |
| 2018/19 | 41,138 |
| 2019/20 | 46,488 |
| 2020/21 |  6,702 |
| Location | |
  Shawfair Location in Midlothian, Scotland | |
| Notes | |
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road | |
History
At this point the line does not follow the old Waverley Route via Millerhill, the trackbed of which was severed by the construction of the Edinburgh City Bypass in the 1980s.
The construction work was undertaken by BAM Nuttall opening on 6 September 2015.[1]
Services
Borders Railway | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
(including Edinburgh Crossrail) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
As of the May 2021 timetable change, the station is served by an hourly service between Edinburgh Waverley and Tweedbank, with a half-hourly service operating at peak times (Monday to Saturday). Some peak time trains continue to Glenrothes with Thornton. All services are operated by ScotRail.[2]
Rolling stock used: Class 158 Express Sprinter and Class 170 Turbostar
Notes
References
- "Borders to Edinburgh railway opens as longest line in UK in a century". BBC News. 6 September 2015.
- "Train times: Edinburgh – Newcraighall – Tweedbank / Dùn Èideann – Talla na Creige Nuadh – Bruach Thuaidh" (PDF). Abellio ScotRail. 16 May 2021. Retrieved 10 June 2021.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
External links
Media related to Shawfair railway station at Wikimedia Commons- Train times and station information for Shawfair railway station from National Rail
| Preceding station |  National Rail |
Following station | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Newcraighall | ScotRail Borders Railway |
Eskbank | ||
 | This Scotland railway station-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
Другой контент может иметь иную лицензию. Перед использованием материалов сайта WikiSort.org внимательно изучите правила лицензирования конкретных элементов наполнения сайта.
WikiSort.org - проект по пересортировке и дополнению контента Википедии