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Buses on Princes Street, one of the main thoroughfares in Edinburgh. Map of tram and commuter rail services in Edinburgh. Edinburgh is a major transport hub in east central Scotland and is at the centre of a multi-modal transport network with road, rail and air communications connecting the city with the rest of Scotland and internationally.
Pages in category "Railway stations in Edinburgh" The following 13 pages are in this category, out of 13 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. B.
The Glasgow–Edinburgh via Falkirk line is a mainline railway line linking Glasgow and Edinburgh via Falkirk in Scotland. It is the principal route out of the four rail links between Scotland's two biggest cities, hosting the flagship "ScotRail Express" service between Glasgow Queen Street and Edinburgh Waverley .
Edinburgh Waverley (also known simply as Edinburgh; [3] Scottish Gaelic: Waverley Dhùn Èideann) is the principal railway station serving Edinburgh, Scotland. [ 4 ] [ 5 ] It is the second busiest station in Scotland, after Glasgow Central .
Curriehill railway station is located in Currie, a southwestern suburb of the city of Edinburgh, Scotland, not far from the main campus of Heriot-Watt University.It lies on the Shotts Line, which runs from Glasgow Central to Edinburgh Waverley by way of Shotts.
Map showing Edinburgh railways in 1905. Leith Central is situated directly below the placename "Leith". Following the amalgamation of the county of city of Edinburgh and the Burgh of Leith in 1920, the two formerly separate tram systems were joined (including the conversion of Edinburgh's system from cable haulage to electricity). The improved ...
The Edinburgh Suburban and Southside Junction Railway was a railway company that built an east-west railway (known as the Edinburgh Suburban Line or more familiarly the Sub) on the southern margin of Edinburgh, Scotland, primarily to facilitate the operation of heavy goods and mineral traffic across the city. The line opened in 1884.
According to Network Rail, the line was not suitable for double track and, in any event, there was no business case for doubling the line from the outset. [64] As a result, 21 + 1 ⁄ 4 miles (34.2 km) of the line are single-track with three "dynamic" passing loops providing 9 + 1 ⁄ 2 miles (15.3 km) of double-track to allow for half-hourly ...