For the Tyne and Wear Metro see Haymarket Metro station.
| Haymarket | |
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| Scottish Gaelic: Margadh an Fheòir | |
| Station exterior of Haymarket station | |
| Location | |
| Place | Haymarket, Edinburgh |
| Local authority | Edinburgh |
| Operations | |
| Station code | HYM |
| Managed by | First ScotRail |
| Number of platforms | 5 |
| Live arrivals/departures and station information from National Rail Enquiries |
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| Annual rail passenger usage | |
| 2002/03 * | 1.088 million |
| 2004/05 * | 1.571 million |
| 2005/06 * | 1.658 million |
| 2006/07 * | 1.620 million |
| 2007/08 * | 1.607 million |
| 2008/09 * | 1.845 million |
| History | |
| Opened 1842 | |
| National Rail - UK railway stations | |
| A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z | |
| * Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Haymarket from Office of Rail Regulation statistics. Please note: methodology may vary year on year. | |
Haymarket railway station is in Haymarket, Edinburgh, Scotland. It is Edinburgh's second largest station after Waverley, a major commuter and long-distance destination, located quite centrally near the West End. Trains from the station serve much of Scotland west and north of Edinburgh (including Fife and Glasgow), and local lines to the east, and the trunk route down the east coast of England.
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The station opened in 1842 as the original terminus of the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway, before the line was extended in 1846 through the Haymarket tunnels and Princes Street Gardens to what is now Waverley station. Its name has always been just 'Haymarket', as opposed to 'Edinburgh Haymarket' - although this designation is still erroneously used in timetables by some companies.
In 1989 the south tunnel was electrified and Platform 1 was extended as part of the East Coast electrification project to allow through electric trains from London Kings Cross to Glasgow Central, and from Edinburgh Waverley to the West Coast Main Line. In 2011 in conjunction with the Airdrie to Bathgate project the North Tunnel was also electrified.
The station has four through platforms and, since December 2006, one bay platform on the north side of the station.[1] As a general rule, trains to/from stations across the Forth Bridge make use of Platforms 1 and 2 (the non-electrified lines on the left of the 2004 photograph), with trains to/from Glasgow and the West Coast Main Line using Platforms 3 and 4. The bay platform (Platform 0) was built for services terminating at Haymarket while major engineering works were taking place at Waverley station. All platforms are electrified.
The station is now listed amongst the most congested on the Scottish railway network due to rapid increases in passenger numbers (see usage data to the right). The Network Rail Business Plan 2007 suggests that options for remodelling passenger facilities at the station are to be considered during the period of the plan.[2] The installation of passenger lifts is scheduled to be completed by December 2010; all platforms will then become fully accessible to those with reduced mobility.[3]
Haymarket TMD, a service and maintenance depot, is located 1 kilometre (0.62 mi) west of the station, on the north side of the railway, adjacent to Murrayfield Stadium.
| Railway stations in Edinburgh | ||
| Commuter lines: █ North Clyde Line • █ Crossrail • █ Dunblane • █ Fife Circle • █ North Berwick • █ Shotts | ||
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Stations: Brunstane • Curriehill • Dalmeny • Edinburgh Park • Haymarket • Kingsknowe • Newcraighall • Slateford • South Gyle • Waverley • Wester Hailes |
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