Eskbank railway station
Railway station in Midlothian, Scotland / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Eskbank is a railway station on the Borders Railway, which runs between Edinburgh Waverley and Tweedbank. The station, situated 8 miles 25 chains (13 km) south-east of Edinburgh Waverley, serves the towns of Bonnyrigg and Dalkeith in Midlothian, Scotland. It is owned by Network Rail and managed by ScotRail.
This article is about the station in Midlothian, Scotland. For the station in New South Wales, Australia, see Eskbank railway station, New South Wales.
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Location | Dalkeith, Midlothian Scotland | ||||
Coordinates | 55°52′53″N 3°04′58″W | ||||
Grid reference | NT323660 | ||||
Owned by | Network Rail | ||||
Managed by | ScotRail | ||||
Platforms | 1 | ||||
Tracks | 1 | ||||
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Station code | EKB | ||||
History | |||||
Original company | Edinburgh and Hawick Railway | ||||
Pre-grouping | North British Railway | ||||
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July 1849 | Opened as Gallowshall | ||||
October 1850 | Renamed Eskbank and Dalkeith | ||||
6 January 1969 | Closed | ||||
6 September 2015 | Resited and reopened as Eskbank | ||||
Passengers | |||||
2018/19 | 0.367 million | ||||
2019/20 | 0.365 million | ||||
2020/21 | 45,402 | ||||
2021/22 | 0.159 million | ||||
2022/23 | 0.203 million | ||||
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