railroad.wikisort.org - StationWester Hailes railway station is a railway station opened in 1987 by British Rail serving Wester Hailes in the city of Edinburgh, Scotland. It is located on the Edinburgh branch of the West Coast Main Line, but is not served by inter-city services - these are provided via the Shotts Line of the SPT network. The station has two platforms, connected by a stairway footbridge, and CCTV to deter crime and anti-social behaviour. It is managed by ScotRail.
Railway station in Edinburgh, Scotland
Wester Hailes Scottish Gaelic: Hailes an Iar[1] |
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 Wester Hailes station in 2012 |
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Location | Wester Hailes, Edinburgh Scotland |
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Coordinates | 55.9144°N 3.2838°W / 55.9144; -3.2838 |
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Grid reference | NT198697 |
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Managed by | ScotRail |
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Platforms | 2 |
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Station code | WTA |
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Opened | May 1987 |
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2016/17 | 36,080 |
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2017/18 | 41,322 |
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2018/19 | 39,942 |
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2019/20 | 45,286 |
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2020/21 | 11,418 |
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Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road |
The staple passenger traction calling at this station is the Class 156 "Super Sprinter". As this station is part of the West Coast Main Line to Carstairs, which diverges at Mid Calder Junction, a colourful variety of CrossCountry Class 220 "Voyager", Avanti West Coast Class 221 "Super Voyager", Class 390 "Pendolino" and London North Eastern Railway Class 801s can also be seen.
Service
It is currently served, Monday to Saturday, by one ScotRail service every hour each way from Glasgow Central to Edinburgh Waverley. One train a day to/from Edinburgh running via Shotts starts/terminates at Motherwell (plus a second late night train from Edinburgh via Carstairs that terminates there) and there is a single a.m peak-hour service to North Berwick that returns in the evening and runs to Ayr via Carstairs and Glasgow.[2] The latter is operated by a Class 380 Desiro EMU.
On Sundays there is a two-hourly service to Edinburgh and Glasgow (six trains each way).
References
- Brailsford, Martyn, ed. (December 2017) [1987]. "Gaelic/English Station Index". Railway Track Diagrams 1: Scotland & Isle of Man (6th ed.). Frome: Trackmaps. ISBN 978-0-9549866-9-8.
- Table 224 National Rail timetable, May 2016
External links
Preceding station |
National Rail |
Following station
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Kingsknowe |
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ScotRail Shotts Line |
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Curriehill |
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ScotRail North Berwick Line |
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Rail transport in Edinburgh |
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Stations | |
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Commuter lines |
- Borders Railway
- Dunblane
- Fife Circle
- North Berwick
- North Clyde
- Shotts
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Trams |
- Balgreen
- Bankhead
- Edinburgh Airport
- Edinburgh Gateway
- Edinburgh Park Station
- Edinburgh Park Central
- Gogarburn
- Gyle Centre
- Haymarket
- Ingliston Park & Ride
- Murrayfield Stadium
- Princes Street
- St Andrew Square
- Saughton
- West End – Princes Street
- York Place
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Transport in Edinburgh |
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Bus | Present |
- Lothian Buses
- McGill's Scotland East
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Past |
- Edinburgh Corporation Transport
- Lothian Regional Transport
- Eastern Scottish
- Scottish Motor Traction
- Scottish Omnibuses
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Rail | Present | Stations | |
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Lines |
- Borders Railway
- Edinburgh–Aberdeen
- Edinburgh–Dunblane
- Fife Circle
- Forth Bridge
- North Berwick
- North Clyde
- Shotts
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Operations |
- Caledonian Sleeper
- Craigentinny TMD
- Haymarket TMD
- ScotRail
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Past | Stations | |
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Lines |
- Edinburgh, Leith and Newhaven Railway
- Edinburgh Suburban and Southside Junction Railway
- Edinburgh and Dalkeith Railway
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Operations |
- Caledonian Railway
- Edinburgh & Glasgow Railway
- North British Railway
- LNER
- Scottish Region of British Railways
- ScotRail
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Tram | Present | |
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Past |
- Edinburgh Corporation Tramways
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Roads | Motorways | |
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A roads |
- A1
- European route E15
- A68
- A7
- A772
- A71
- A702
- A701
- A8
- A89
- B800/A8000
- A90
- Edinburgh City Bypass
- Forth Road Bridge
- Queensferry Crossing
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Streets |
- Chambers Street
- Constitution Street
- Cowgate
- Drummond Street
- Easter Road
- Ferry Road
- George IV Bridge
- George Street
- Great Junction Street
- Leith Walk
- The Mound
- The Pleasance
- Princes Street
- Regent Terrace
- Rose Street
- Royal Mile
- South Bridge
- West Port
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- Transport for Edinburgh
- Transport in Scotland
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Railway stations served by ScotRail |
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Stations listed in italics are request stops. |
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Rail transport in the United Kingdom |
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