South Gyle railway station
South Gyle | |
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Scottish Gaelic: Gyle a Deas | |
Location | |
Place | South Gyle |
Local authority | Edinburgh |
Coordinates | 55°56′12″N 3°17′59″W / 55.9366°N 3.2998°WCoordinates: 55°56′12″N 3°17′59″W / 55.9366°N 3.2998°W |
Grid reference | NT189722 |
Operations | |
Station code | SGL |
Managed by | Abellio ScotRail |
Number of platforms | 2 |
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries | |
Annual rail passenger usage* | |
2004/05 | 0.209 million |
2005/06 | 0.424 million |
2006/07 | 0.410 million |
2007/08 | 0.464 million |
2008/09 | 0.497 million |
2009/10 | 0.476 million |
2010/11 | 0.477 million |
2011/12 | 0.514 million |
2012/13 | 0.555 million |
2013/14 | 0.575 million |
2014/15 | 0.558 million |
History | |
Key dates | Opened 9 May 1985 |
National Rail – UK railway stations | |
* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at South Gyle from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year. | |
UK Railways portal |
South Gyle railway station is a railway station serving South Gyle in the City of Edinburgh, Scotland. The station was opened on 9 May 1985 by ScotRail and is located on the Fife Circle Line, 4 1⁄2 miles (7.2 km) west of Edinburgh Waverley. It has two platforms. There is a ticket machine and a shelter on each platform.
Edinburgh Park station is also on the edge of South Gyle, which serves the North Clyde Line and the Edinburgh-Dunblane Line.
Edinburgh Gateway station is scheduled to open to the north-west of South Gyle in 2016.
Services
Monday to Saturday daytimes, four trains per hour go to Edinburgh Waverley eastbound and four trains per hour head towards Inverkeithing and the Fife Circle Line. A few peak hour services extend beyond Waverley to/from Tweedbank.[1]
Evenings and Sundays, two trains per hour go to Edinburgh Waverley and two along the Fife Circle; evening trains via Dunfermline terminate at Glenrothes with Thornton, whilst coast line trains terminate/start at Kirkcaldy. Sundays see one train per hour running both clockwise & anticlockwise around the Circle.
References
- ↑ Table 242 National Rail timetable, May 2016
External links
- Train times and station information for South Gyle railway station from National Rail
Preceding station | National Rail | Following station | ||
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Haymarket | Abellio ScotRail Fife Circle Line |
Dalmeny | ||
Future services | ||||
Haymarket | Abellio ScotRail Fife Circle Line |
Edinburgh Gateway |