Wallyford railway station

Wallyford National Rail
Location
Place Wallyford
Local authority East Lothian
Coordinates 55°56′26″N 3°00′53″W / 55.9405°N 3.0147°W / 55.9405; -3.0147Coordinates: 55°56′26″N 3°00′53″W / 55.9405°N 3.0147°W / 55.9405; -3.0147
Grid reference NT366723
Operations
Station code WAF
Managed by Abellio ScotRail
Number of platforms 2
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections
from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage*
2012/13 Increase 0.256 million
2013/14 Increase 0.268 million
2014/15 Increase 0.296 million
2015/16 Increase 0.312 million
2016/17 Decrease 0.297 million
History
Original company Railtrack
13 June 1994 (1994-06-13) Station opened
National Rail – UK railway stations
* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Wallyford from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.
UK Railways portal

Wallyford railway station is a railway station serving the town of Wallyford, East Lothian near Musselburgh in Scotland. It is located on the East Coast Main Line, 7 1⁄2 miles (12.1 km) east of Edinburgh Waverley. It was opened by Railtrack in 1994 and is served by trains on the North Berwick Line.

Early history

There was a short lived station on the site which was opened by the North British Railway in June 1866 and closed in October 1867.[1]

Facilities

The station is unstaffed, but a ticket machine is provided in the waiting shelter on platform 2 to allow intending passengers to buy before boarding or for collecting pre-paid tickets. A shelter is also provided on platform 1. Train running information is offered via CIS screens, customer help points, automated announcements and timetable poster boards. Step-free access to each platform is available via ramps from the nearby road and car park.[2]

Services

Monday to Friday, there is an hourly service in each direction (half-hourly during morning and evening peaks, with a limited through service to/from Glasgow Central). On Saturday daytimes, there is a half-hourly service westbound to Edinburgh and eastbound to North Berwick. Evenings and Sundays, there is an hourly service in each direction.[3]

Preceding station National Rail Following station
Prestonpans   Abellio ScotRail
North Berwick Line
   Musselburgh

References

  1. ↑ http://www.nbrstudygroup.co.uk/nbr/pdfs/station_list.pdf
  2. ↑ Wallyford station facilities National Rail Enquiries
  3. ↑ Table 238 National Rail timetable, May 2017


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