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Shawfair is a railway station on the Borders Railway, which runs between Edinburgh Waverley and Tweedbank. The station, situated 5 miles 64 chains (9.33 kilometres) southeast of Edinburgh Waverley, serves the villages of Danderhall and Shawfair in Midlothian, Scotland. It is owned by Network Rail and managed by ScotRail.
It started with the Edinburgh and Dalkeith Railway, whose terminus was at St Leonards on the east of the Old Town, and the Edinburgh, Leith and Newhaven Railway (later the Edinburgh, Leith and Granton Railway), whose terminus was at Canal Street (on the site of today's Waverley Station). The Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway opened in 1842.
Regular passenger services began on 6 September 2015 when the 08:45 Tweedbank - Edinburgh Waverley departed formed of two-car ScotRail Class 158s led by 158701. [95] On the first day more than 2,500 journeys were made. [95] A special VIP press trip had run on 4 September which left Edinburgh Waverley at 10:20 for Tweedbank. [96]
The collective name "Waverley", after the Waverley Novels by Sir Walter Scott, was used for the three from around 1854 when the through "Waverley" route to Carlisle opened. Canal Street station was also known as Edinburgh Princes Street, [ 1 ] not to be confused with the Caledonian Railway railway station later built at the West End which was ...
Northeast car park at Cameron Toll, showing the McDonald's and Costa locations. The area is the location of Cameron Toll Shopping Centre (known as just 'Cammy T's' to locals), Edinburgh's first ‘out of town’ shopping centre, which opened in 1984 at a cost of £33 million.
Castle Terrace Car Park is a car park in Edinburgh in the brutalist style which was designated as a listed building in October 2019. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Opened in 1964 and finished around 1966, it is the first modern multistorey car park built in Scotland , and an early European example of the continuous ramp model.
In 1846 the railway was built in the valley to connect the Edinburgh-Glasgow line at Haymarket with the new northern terminus of the North British line from Berwick-upon-Tweed at Waverley Station. [1] The Gardens are the best known parks in Edinburgh, having the highest awareness and visitor figures for both residents and visitors to the city. [2]
These operated from platforms 20 and 21 at Edinburgh Waverley, and a temporary ticket office nearby was the only outlet at which tickets could be bought. Special pre-printed Edmondson tickets were issued at a flat fare of £0.50. [4] The station continued to be used for occasional events until 1998, when it closed.