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Wester Hailes railway station

Coordinates: 55°54′52″N 3°17′02″W / 55.9144°N 3.2838°W / 55.9144; -3.2838
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Wester Hailes

Scottish Gaelic: Hailes an Iar[1]
National Rail
Wester Hailes station in August 2012
General information
LocationWester Hailes, Edinburgh
Scotland
Coordinates55°54′52″N 3°17′02″W / 55.9144°N 3.2838°W / 55.9144; -3.2838
Grid referenceNT198697
Managed byScotRail
Platforms2
Other information
Station codeWTA
History
Opened11 May 1987
Passengers
2018/19Decrease 39,942
2019/20Increase 45,286
2020/21Decrease 11,418
2021/22Increase 40,448
2022/23Decrease 38,188
Notes
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

Wester Hailes railway station is a railway station opened in 1987 by British Rail serving Wester Hailes in the city of Edinburgh, Scotland. It is located on the Edinburgh branch of the West Coast Main Line, but is not served by inter-city services - these are provided via the Shotts Line of the SPT network. The station has two platforms, connected by a stairway footbridge, and CCTV to deter crime and anti-social behaviour. It is managed by ScotRail.

The staple passenger traction calling at this station is the Class 156 "Super Sprinter". As this station is part of the West Coast Main Line to Carstairs, which diverges at Mid Calder Junction, a colourful variety of CrossCountry Class 220 "Voyager", Avanti West Coast Class 221 "Super Voyager", Class 390 "Pendolino" and London North Eastern Railway Class 801s can also be seen.

Service

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It is currently served, Monday to Saturday, by one ScotRail service every hour each way from Glasgow Central to Edinburgh Waverley. One train a day to/from Edinburgh running via Shotts starts/terminates at Motherwell (plus a second late night train from Edinburgh via Carstairs that terminates there) and there is a single a.m peak-hour service to North Berwick that returns in the evening and runs to Ayr via Carstairs and Glasgow.[2] The latter is operated by a Class 380 Desiro EMU.

On Sundays there is a two-hourly service to Edinburgh and Glasgow (six trains each way).

References

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  1. ^ Brailsford, Martyn, ed. (December 2017) [1987]. "Gaelic/English Station Index". Railway Track Diagrams 1: Scotland & Isle of Man (6th ed.). Frome: Trackmaps. ISBN 978-0-9549866-9-8.
  2. ^ Table 224 National Rail timetable, May 2016
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Preceding station National Rail National Rail Following station
Kingsknowe   ScotRail
Shotts Line
  Curriehill
  ScotRail
North Berwick Line