Edinburgh Park railway station

Edinburgh Park
Location
Place	South Gyle
Local authority	Edinburgh
Coordinates	55°55′39″N 3°18′28″W / 55.9276°N 3.3077°WCoordinates: 55°55′39″N 3°18′28″W / 55.9276°N 3.3077°W
Grid reference	NT184712
Operations
Station code	EDP
Managed by	Abellio ScotRail
Number of platforms	2 National Rail 2 Edinburgh Trams
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage*
2004/05	0.295 million
2005/06	0.353 million
2006/07	0.368 million
2007/08	0.383 million
2008/09	0.434 million
2009/10	0.452 million
2010/11	0.519 million
2011/12	0.646 million
2012/13	0.816 million
2013/14	0.960 million
History
Key dates	Opened December 2003
National Rail – UK railway stations
* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Edinburgh Park from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.
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Edinburgh Park railway station is a railway station in the west of Edinburgh, Scotland, serving the Edinburgh Park business park and the Hermiston Gait shopping centre. The station opened in December 2003 and is the first intermediate station between Haymarket and Linlithgow since 1951. Ticket Barriers came into use on 25 March 2015

The platforms with Electrification.

There are two platforms, linked by a covered footbridge, which is accessible by either stairs or a lift. There is also a pedestrian underpass just outside the station, accessible from both platforms. Tickets are available from one of the two ticket machines.

Edinburgh Park station is on the edge of South Gyle, but should not be confused with South Gyle railway station which is a mile (two kilometres) away.

The railway through Edinburgh Park station was electrified (using overhead wires at 25 kV) in October 2010 as part of the Airdrie-Bathgate Rail Link project.

Edinburgh Trams

The Edinburgh Park tram stop (and the entire tram line) opened on 31 May 2014, the station then becoming a fully staffed rail/tram interchange. The tram stop is adjacent to the southern exit of the railway station.

The first tram (under test and without passengers) called at the stop on 8 October 2013.^[1]

Services

Edinburgh to Dunblane, Milngavie and Helensburgh Central services call at the station, providing six trains an hour to Edinburgh city centre.

References

1. Slow tram test flanked by 21 contractors - Edinburgh Evening News