Haymarket railway station
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- This article is about a railway station in Scotland. For subway station in Boston, see Haymarket (MBTA station).
| Haymarket | |
| Image:Wfm haymarket station platforms.jpg | |
|---|---|
| Location | |
| Place | Edinburgh |
| Local authority | Edinburgh |
| Operations | |
| Station code | HYM |
| Managed by | First ScotRail |
| Platforms in use | 4 |
| Annual entry/exit | 1.088 million * |
| History | |
| Key dates | Opened 1842 |
| National Rail - UK railway stations | |
| * based on sales of tickets in 2002/03 financial year which end or originate at Haymarket. Disclaimer (PDF) | |
Haymarket railway station is in Haymarket, Edinburgh, Scotland. It is Edinburgh's second largest station after Waverley, a major commuter and long-distance destination, located quite centrally near the West End. Yet it is never billed in timetables as "Edinburgh Haymarket", just Haymarket. Trains from the station serve much of Scotland west and north of Edinburgh (including Fife and Glasgow), and local lines to the east, and the trunk route down the west coast of England.
The station opened in 1842 as the original terminus for trains from Glasgow, before the line was extended in 1846 through the Haymarket tunnels and Princes Street Gardens to what is now Waverley station. As of 2006 the station has four through platforms with a new bay platform under construction on the north side of the station. As a general rule, trains to/from stations across the Forth Rail Bridge make use of platforms 1 and 2 (the non-electrified lines in the photograph on the right), with trains to/from Glasgow and the West Coast Main Line using platforms 3 & 4.
Murrayfield Stadium and Haymarket TMD are both located to the west of the station, on the north side of the railway.
[edit] External links
- Train times and station information for Haymarket railway station from National Rail
- Map and aerial photo of Haymarket railway station from Multimap.com
[edit] Services
| West Coast Main Line |
| Principal stations (from south to north) London Euston Warrington Bank Quay |
| Preceding station | National Rail | Following station | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Edinburgh Waverley | GNER East Coast Main Line | Motherwell or Inverkeithing or Stirling | ||
| Lockerbie | Virgin Trains West Coast Main Line | Edinburgh Waverley | ||
| Edinburgh Waverley | Virgin Trains East Coast Main Line | Inverkeithing or Motherwell | ||
| Edinburgh Waverley | First ScotRail Glasgow-Edinburgh via Falkirk line | Linlithgow | ||
| Edinburgh Waverley | First ScotRail | Edinburgh Park | ||
| Edinburgh Waverley | First ScotRail <p style="background:#FC9338"> Edinburgh Crossrail | Edinburgh Park | ||
| Edinburgh Waverley | First ScotRail <p style="background:#F491A8"> Edinburgh–Dunblane Line | Edinburgh Park | ||
| Edinburgh Waverley | First ScotRail <p style="background:#5A95E4"> Fife Circle Line | South Gyle | ||
| Edinbugh Waverley | First ScotRail <p style="background:#ffe02b"> Shotts Line | Slateford | ||
| Railway stations in Edinburgh | ||
| Commuter lines: █ Bathgate • █ Crossrail • █ Dunblane • █ Fife Circle • █ North Berwick • █ Shotts | ||
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Stations: Brunstane • Curriehill • Dalmeny • Edinburgh Park • Haymarket • Kingsknowe • Newcraighall • Slateford • South Gyle • Waverley • Wester Hailes | ||
| Transport in Edinburgh UK railway stations: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z | edit | |
