Musselburgh railway station

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5+1⁄4 miles (8.4 km) east of Edinburgh Waverley, and is served by the North Berwick Line. It is located near the recently built campus of the Queen Margaret University. [2]

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Two stations of the same name were opened by North British Railway. The 1st station opened in June 1846, which was renamed a year later as Inveresk railway station in July 1847. It closed in May 1964. The 2nd Musselburgh station opened in July 1847 and was located alongside the River Esk on its own branch line. That station serviced the Edinburgh and Dalkeith line to Fisherrow. It was closed to passenger services in September 1964 and goods services in December 1970. [3]

Facilities

The station currently has two platforms.

Both have waiting shelters, CIS screens and customer help points. Platform 2 also has a self-service ticket machine in its shelter, to allow intending passengers to purchase prior to travel or collect pre-paid tickets (the station is otherwise unmanned). Train running information is also provided via automatic announcements and timetable posters. Step-free access is available to each platform. [4]

Services

Monday to Friday daytimes there is an hourly service westbound to Edinburgh (with peak-time services carrying on to Haymarket) and eastbound to North Berwick. On evenings and weekends there is an hourly service in each direction. On Monday to Saturdays there is a bi-hourly and late night limited stop service that runs from Edinburgh Waverley to Dunbar that stops at Musselburgh.

Musselburgh

Scottish Gaelic: Baile nam Feusgan [1]
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380107 calls at Musselburgh with a service to North Berwick
General information
Location Musselburgh, East Lothian
Scotland
Coordinates 55°56′01″N3°04′21″W / 55.9335°N 3.0725°W / 55.9335; -3.0725
Grid reference NT331716
Managed by ScotRail
Platforms2
Other information
Station codeMUB
History
Original company British Rail
Key dates
3 October 1988Opened
Passengers
2019/20Increase2.svg 0.461 million
Preceding station National Rail logo.svg National Rail Following station
Wallyford   ScotRail
North Berwick Line
  Edinburgh Waverley
Wallyford   ScotRail
Edinburgh - Dunbar
  Edinburgh Waverley

Lothian Buses service numbers 4, 30, N30, 46 and 48 stop near the station.

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References

  1. ↑ Brailsford, Martyn, ed. (December 2017) [1987]. "Gaelic/English Station Index". Railway Track Diagrams 1: Scotland & Isle of Man (6th ed.). Frome: Trackmaps. ISBN   978-0-9549866-9-8.
  2. ↑ "SCT01171871341-10".
  3. ↑ "North British Railway: List of Stations with opening and closing dates from 1828 to 2003" (PDF). North British Railway Study Group. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 September 2020.
  4. ↑ Musselburgh station facilities National Rail Enquiries


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