South Gyle railway station

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4+12 miles (7.2 km) west of Edinburgh Waverley. It has two platforms. There is a ticket machine and a shelter on each platform.

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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 to the north-west of South Gyle.

Services

Monday to Saturday daytimes, two trains per hour go to Edinburgh Waverley eastbound and two trains per hour head towards Inverkeithing and the Fife Circle Line. A few peak hour services extend beyond Waverley to/from Tweedbank. [2]

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.

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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. Table 242 National Rail timetable, May 2016
South Gyle

Scottish Gaelic: Gyle a Deas [1]
National Rail logo.svg
South Gyle railway station in 2011.jpg
General information
Location South Gyle, Edinburgh
Scotland
Coordinates 55°56′12″N3°17′59″W / 55.9366°N 3.2998°W / 55.9366; -3.2998
Grid reference NT189722
Managed by ScotRail
Platforms2
Other information
Station codeSGL
History
Opened9 May 1985;38 years ago (1985-05-09)
Passengers
2018/19Decrease2.svg 0.382 million
Preceding station National Rail logo.svg National Rail Following station
Haymarket   ScotRail
Fife Circle Line
  Edinburgh Gateway
or Dalmeny