page_title: First ScotRail
section_title: Edinburgh
hierarchical_section_title: First ScotRail / Network / Edinburgh
caption_attribution_description: en:Forth Rail Bridge from South Queensferry
context_page_description: First ScotRail was a train operating company in Scotland owned by FirstGroup which operated the ScotRail franchise from October 2004 until March 2015. Prior to October 2004 trains were run by ScotRail. It was succeeded by Abellio ScotRail in March 2015.
  It operated most commuter and long-distance services within Scotland as well as some services to northern England and the Caledonian Sleeper to London. Of FirstGroup's four train operating companies, ScotRail was the second largest after First Great Western at the time of closure.
context_section_description: Edinburgh’s suburban network is less dense than Glasgow’s. Edinburgh’s main station is Waverley. The main railway line through the city centre runs in a cutting immediately below Edinburgh Castle. A secondary station is at Haymarket in the west of the city. Railway lines running north from Edinburgh to Fife and the Highlands cross the Firth of Forth via the Forth Bridge. Lines in and around Edinburgh were:
  Edinburgh-Bathgate Line (now incorporated into the North Clyde Line)
  Edinburgh Crossrail
  Edinburgh-Dunblane line
  North Berwick Line
  Shotts Line
  Edinburgh to Aberdeen Line
  The Edinburgh rail network is being expanded with the construction of the Waverley Line to the Borders, and the Edinburgh-Bathgate Line has been extended by the Airdrie-Bathgate Rail Link. A project to open a rail link to Edinburgh Airport was cancelled in September 2007 by the Scottish Government in favour of construction of a station at nearby Gogar which will connect with the Edinburgh tram network to take passengers to the terminal. A proposal to re-open the Edinburgh suburban railway line has been made by campaigning groups.
caption: The Forth Bridge in 2004
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