Edinburgh Waverley railway station
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"Waverley railway station" and "Waverley station" redirect here. For the station in Massachusetts, see Waverley station (MBTA).
Edinburgh Waverley railway station (also known simply as Waverley; Scottish Gaelic: Waverley Dhùn Èideann) is the principal railway station serving Edinburgh, Scotland.[3][4] It is the second busiest station in Scotland, after Glasgow Central. The station serves as the northern terminus of the East Coast Main Line, 393 miles 13 chains (393.16 miles; 632.7 kilometres) from London King's Cross, although some trains operated by London North Eastern Railway continue to other Scottish destinations beyond Edinburgh.[5]
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General information | |||||
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Location | Edinburgh Scotland | ||||
Coordinates | 55.9521°N 3.1893°W / 55.9521; -3.1893 | ||||
Grid reference | NT257737 | ||||
Owned by | Network Rail | ||||
Platforms | 20 | ||||
Other information | |||||
Station code | EDB | ||||
IATA code | ZXE | ||||
Classification | DfT category A | ||||
Website | www | ||||
History | |||||
Original company | Edinburgh, Leith and Newhaven Railway Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway North British Railway | ||||
Key dates | |||||
22 June 1846 | North Bridge built by NBR[1] | ||||
17 May 1847 | General Station built by E&GR[1] | ||||
17 May 1847 | Canal Street built by EL&NR[1] | ||||
April 1866 | NBR demolished existing stations; replaced with Edinburgh Waverley[1] | ||||
18 April 1966 | Renamed Edinburgh[1] | ||||
? | Renamed Edinburgh Waverley | ||||
Passengers | |||||
2018/19 | 23.873 million | ||||
Interchange | 1.659 million | ||||
2019/20 | 23.088 million | ||||
Interchange | 1.792 million | ||||
2020/21 | 2.958 million | ||||
Interchange | 0.203 million | ||||
2021/22 | 13.618 million | ||||
Interchange | 0.860 million | ||||
2022/23 | 18.213 million | ||||
Interchange | 1.237 million | ||||
Listed Building – Category A | |||||
Feature | Railway station | ||||
Designated | 12 November 1991 | ||||
Reference no. | LB30270[2] | ||||
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