Edinburgh Waverley railwey station
Appearance
Edinburgh Waverley | |
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The main entrance tae the station, includin the entrance ramp an Balmoral Hotel | |
Location | |
Place | Edinburgh |
Local authority | Ceety o Edinburgh |
Coordinates | 55°57′08″N 3°11′21″W / 55.952089°N 3.189262°WCoordinates: 55°57′08″N 3°11′21″W / 55.952089°N 3.189262°W |
Grid reference | NT25757386 |
Operations | |
Station code | EDB |
Managed bi | Network Rail |
Nummer o platforms | 18(16 in use) |
Live arrivals/departurs, station information an onwart connections frae National Rail Enquiries | |
Annual rail passenger uissage* | |
2004/05 | 14.220 million |
2005/06 | 14.645 million |
2006/07 | 15.286 million |
2007/08 | 16.169 million |
2008/09 | 17.571 million |
2009/10 | 19.312 million |
2010/11 | 19.957 million |
2011/12 | 22.585 million |
2012/13 | 22.976 million |
History | |
Oreeginal company | Edinburgh, Leith and Newhaven Railway, Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway an North British Railway |
Pre-groupin | North British Railway |
Post-groupin | LNER |
22 Juin 1846 | North Bridge biggit bi NBR[1] |
17 Mey 1847 | General Station biggit bi E&GR[1] |
17 Mey 1847 | Canal Street biggit bi EL&NR[1] |
Aprile 1866 | NBR demolished existin stations an replaced them wi Edinburgh Waverley[1] |
18 Aprile 1966 | Renamed Edinburgh bi British Railways[1] |
???? | Renamed Edinburgh Waverley |
National Rail – UK railwey stations | |
* Annual estimatit passenger uissage based on sales o tickets in statit financial year(s) that end or oreeginate at Edinburgh Waverley frae Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology mey vary year on year. | |
UK Railweys portal |
Edinburgh Waverley railwey station[2] is the main railwey station in the Scots caipital Edinburgh. It gat its name fae the Waverley buiks bi Walter Scott.[3]
References
[eedit | eedit soorce]- ↑ a b c d e Butt (1995), page 89
- ↑ Network Rail: Our Stations - Edinburgh Waverley Archived 2013-08-28 at the Wayback Machine 27 August 2013
- ↑ "Waverley station pays tribute to Sir Walter Scott". The Herald (in Inglis). 14 October 2014. Retrieved 16 September 2024.
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