Edinburgh Park station
Railway station in Edinburgh, Scotland
55°55′39″N 3°18′28″W / 55.9276°N 3.3077°W / 55.9276; -3.3077
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Edinburgh Park railway station is a railway station in the west of Edinburgh, Scotland, serving the Edinburgh Park business park and the Hermiston Gait shopping centre. The new station building was designed by IDP Architects,[2] and it opened on 4 December 2003.[3] It is the first intermediate station between Haymarket and Linlithgow since 1951. Ticket barriers came into use on 25 March 2015.
There are two platforms, linked by a covered footbridge, which is accessible by either stairs or a lift. There is also a pedestrian underpass just outside the station, accessible from both platforms. Tickets are available from one of the two ticket machines.
Edinburgh Park station is on the edge of South Gyle, but should not be confused with South Gyle railway station which is 1 mile (1.6 km) away.
The railway through Edinburgh Park station was electrified (using overhead wires at 25 kV AC) in October 2010 as part of the Airdrie-Bathgate Rail Link project.
Edinburgh Trams
The Edinburgh Park tram stop (and the entire tram line) opened on 31 May 2014, the station then becoming a fully staffed rail/tram interchange. The tram stop is adjacent to the southern exit of the railway station.
The first tram (under test and without passengers) called at the stop on 8 October 2013.[4]
Trams run across the city, heading West towards Edinburgh Airport via Gyle Centre, and East towards Newhaven, via the city centre, Leith and Ocean Terminal.
Services
Edinburgh to Dunblane, Glasgow Queen Street, Milngavie and Helensburgh Central services call at the station, providing eight trains an hour to Edinburgh city centre, two to Stirling, two to Glasgow Queen Street High Level via Falkirk Grahamston & Cumbernauld, and four to Glasgow Queen Street Low Level via Bathgate. The Milngavie and Glasgow Queen Street via Falkirk Grahamston do not run in the evenings or on Sundays, while the Dunblane services are hourly on a Sunday.[5]
Trains on the E&GR main line to Queen Street H.L via Falkirk High do not stop here and passengers wishing to travel to stations between Falkirk & Queen St H.L must change at Polmont during evenings and Sundays.
| Preceding station |  National Rail | Following station | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Haymarket | ScotRail North Clyde Line | Uphall | ||
| ScotRail Edinburgh to Dunblane Line | Linlithgow or Falkirk Grahamston | |||
| ScotRail Glasgow-Edinburgh via Cumbernauld Line | Linlithgow | |||
| Preceding station | Edinburgh Trams | Following station | ||
| Bankhead towards Newhaven | Newhaven - Edinburgh Airport | Edinburgh Park Central towards Edinburgh Airport | ||
References
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- ^ 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.
- ^ "Edinburgh Park Station". IDP Architects. IDP Architects. Archived from the original on 19 January 2021. Retrieved 25 March 2019.
- ^ "Railway Stations Opened in the UK". Archived from the original on 8 April 2019. Retrieved 8 April 2019.
- ^ "Slow tram test flanked by 21 contractors - Edinburgh Evening News". Archived from the original on 12 October 2013. Retrieved 10 October 2013.
- ^ Table 226, 228 & 230 National Rail timetable, December 2018
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