Edinburgh Waverley railway station - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Edinburgh Waverley railway station Jump to: navigation , search Edinburgh Waverley The main pedestrian entrance to the station (now barred to traffic), including the entrance ramp and Balmoral Hotel behind Location North Bridge built by NBR [1] 17 May 1847 General Station built by E&GR [1] 17 May 1847 Canal Street built by EL&NR [1] April 1866 NBR demolished existing stations and replaced them with Edinburgh Waverley [1] 18 April 1966 Renamed Edinburgh by British Railways [1] ???? UK Railways portal Edinburgh Waverley railway station, [2] often simply referred to as Waverley, is the main railway station in the Scottish capital Edinburgh . Covering an area of over 25 acres (10 ha) in the centre of the city, it is the second-largest main line railway station in the United Kingdom in terms of area, the largest being London Waterloo ; and is both a terminal station and a through station, in contrast to the majority of central London stations.

Ticketing generally regards Waverley and Haymarket as interchangeable subject to operator validity. It is one of 19 stations managed by Network Rail . [3] It is the northern limit of the East Coast Main Line to Network Rail infrastructure definition, but through-services operate to Glasgow , Dundee , Aberdeen , Perth and Inverness . There are many local services operated by Abellio ScotRail , including the four routes to Glasgow, the Fife Circle , and services to Stirling / Dunblane / Alloa / North Berwick / Dunbar , and the station is the terminus of the Edinburgh leg of the West Coast Main Line served by Virgin Trains and First TransPennine Express . Long distance inter-city trains to England are operated by CrossCountry to destinations such as York , Leeds , Sheffield , Derby , Birmingham New Street , Bristol Temple Meads , Exeter St Davids and Plymouth . Waverley is the second busiest railway station in Scotland after Glasgow Central and the 5th busiest in the United Kingdom outside London.

Contents Location[ edit ] View from Scott Monument of Waverley Station roof, prior to restoration, between Waverley Bridge (bottom right) and North Bridge, and Arthur's Seat in the background Waverley station is situated in a steep, narrow valley between the medieval Old Town and the 18th century New Town . Princes Street , the premier shopping street, runs close to its north side. The valley is bridged by the North Bridge , rebuilt in 1897 as a three-span iron and steel bridge, on huge sandstone piers. This passes high above the station's central section, directly over the central booking hall (which cleverly hides one of the main stone piers within its bulk). Waverley Bridge lies to the west side of the station (though platforms extend below it) and it is this road which, by means of ramps, formerly afforded vehicular access to the station and still provides two of the six pedestrian entrances to the station. The valley to the west, formerly the site of the Nor Loch , is the public parkland of Princes Street Gardens .

History[ edit ] Location of Waverley and (former) lines emanating from the station Edinburgh's Old Town, perched on a steep-sided sloping ridge, was bounded on the north by a valley in which the Nor Loch had been formed. In the 1750s overcrowding led to proposals to link across this valley to allow development to the north. The "noxious lake" was to be narrowed into "a canal of running water", with a bridge formed across the east end of the loch adjacent to the physic garden . This link was built from 1766 as the North Bridge and at the same time plans for the New Town began development to the north, with Princes Street to get unobstructed views south over sloping gardens and the proposed canal. The loch was drained as work on the bridge proceeded. In 1770 a coachbuilder began work on properties feued at the corner between the bridge and Princes Street, and feuers on the other side of the street strongly objected to this construction blocking their views to the south.

A series of court cases ended with the decision that the buildings nearing completion could stay, immediately to the west of that some workshops would be allowed below the level of Princes Street, and further west a park would be "kept and preserved in perpetuity as pleasure ground" in what became Princes Street Gardens. [4] In the mid 1830s proposals for a railway from Glasgow running along the gardens to a station at the North Bridge were set out in a prospectus with assurances that the trains would be concealed from view, and smoke from them "would scarcely be seen". An association of "Princes Street Proprietors" who had feued houses in the street, and had spent large sums turning the "filthy and offensive bog" of the Nor Loch into quiet gardens, strongly opposed the railway and in late 1836 put forward their case against the Act of Parliament for the railway. The Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway opened in 1842 with its terminus at Haymarket railway station, stopping short of Princes Street.

In the Railway Mania of the 1840s, the railway sought another Act of Parliament allowing access along the gardens, and at the same time two other railways proposed terminus stations at the North Bridge site. By then several of the Princes Street properties were shops or hotels with an interest in development, and agreement was reached in 1844 on walls and embankments to conceal the Edinburgh and Glasgow railway line in a cutting , with compensation of almost £2,000 for the proprietors. [5] The North Bridge station was opened on 22 June 1846 by the North British Railway as the terminus for its line from Berwick-upon-Tweed . The Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway's General station opened on 17 May 1847, on the same day as the Canal Street station of the Edinburgh, Leith and Newhaven Railway , serving Leith and Granton via a long rope-hauled tunnel under the New Town. The collective name "Waverley", after the Waverley novels by Sir Walter Scott , was used for the three from around 1854 when the through 'Waverley' route to Carlisle opened.

Canal Street station was also known as Edinburgh Princes Street, [1] not to be confused with the Caledonian Railway railway station later built at the West End which was named Princes Street station from 1870. In 1868 the North British Railway acquired the stations of its rivals, demolished all three, and closed the Scotland Street tunnel to Canal Street. The present Victorian station was built on the site, and extended in the late 19th century. Waverley has been in continual use since, under the auspices of the North British, the LNER , British Railways (rebranded as British Rail after 1965), Railtrack and latterly Network Rail . From its opening in its current form by the eastward tunnelled extension from Haymarket, Waverley has been the principal railway station in Edinburgh. From 1870 to 1965 the city had a second major station, Princes Street , operated by the rival Caledonian Railway , but this was never as important as Waverley. Former North British Hotel above the station As at other large railway stations of the Victorian and Edwardian eras, the railway company constructed a grand station hotel beside their station.

The North British Hotel, adjacent to the station at the corner between Princes Street and North Bridge (on the site of the coachworks [4] ) opened in 1902. In 1983 British Rail sold it to the Forte hotel group . In 1988 Forte closed the hotel for a year to extensively remodel and update what had become something of a faded jewel. When it reopened it was rechristened The New Balmoral Hotel , maintaining the "NB" initials in what has proved to be an astute marketing move, despite the hotel being 115 miles (185 km) from Balmoral Castle . Subsequently, "New" was dropped from the name. The hotel enjoys commanding views over central Edinburgh and is one of the most luxurious (and expensive) hotels in the UK. There is no longer a direct entrance from the station. Aberdeen express leaving Edinburgh Waverley in 1957 British Rail brought railway electrification in 1991 with electric trains on the East Coast Main Line to Glasgow Central and via York to London King's Cross .

The station's large size and the unusual topography of its surroundings mean that it contains a large amount of valuable centrally located land. The station's successive owners, British Rail , Railtrack and its current owner Network Rail have been unfairly criticised for underutilising the valuable city-centre spaces available within, there being a legal covenant preventing any upwards extension, which would obstruct the view of Arthur's Seat from Princes Street. The elevated walkway linking the Waverley Steps (from Princes Street to Market Street) has been upgraded with the recommissioning of the suburban platforms (at the south) and provision of additional through platforms to the north to serve the increased proportion of through rail traffic. Princes Mall (formerly the Waverley Shopping Centre), which occupies a column of space (formerly Waverley Market, a live cattle market) nestling between Waverley Station, Waverley Bridge, and Princes Street, opened in 1985. This mall has benefited from the installation of escalators on the Waverley Steps to Princes Street in 2011.

Recent developments[ edit ] During 2006 and 2007 parts of Waverley were extensively refurbished, including two new through platforms and the electrification of Platforms 12 to 18 in preparation for electric trains from the Airdrie-Bathgate Rail Link and future lines in Scotland to be electrified by the current (2012) EGIP (Edinburgh/Glasgow Improvement Project). [6] From 2010 to 2012, the glazing of the roof of Waverley station was entirely replaced with new strengthened clear glass panels, replacing the old 34,000 m2 of mixed surfaces including felt, cloudy wired glass and plastic sheet. Part of a £130 million upgrade, this has greatly increased the amount of natural light in the station.

[7] [8] [9] From 2012 to 2014 improvements included: a new set of covered escalators leading to Princes Street (replacing the huge set of previously wind-swept steps); a rebuilt and widened entrance from Market Street; a rebuilding of the canopies on the southern "suburban line"; a restoration of the central space in the ticket hall; and major improvements to the Calton Road access. Internally several new lifts and escalators have greatly aided circulation. [10] Waverley concourse at night, 2011 The booking hall at Waverley station, prior to restoration Trains leave Waverley in two directions: Eastbound: following a series of closures culminating in that of the Waverley Route in 1969, the only services departing from the east end of Waverley were East Coast Main Line expresses (primarily to London King's Cross and Birmingham New Street ), and local trains to North Berwick and Dunbar .

Recently, the Edinburgh Crossrail scheme has seen a short stub of the Waverley Route reopened to Newcraighall , and the forthcoming partial reopening of the Waverley Route proper will see trains running to Tweedbank in the Scottish Borders . Westbound: the line passes through Princes Street Gardens to Haymarket station . From here, the line to Carstairs and the West Coast Main Line to Carlisle and the South as well as the Edinburgh-Glasgow via Shotts line to Glasgow Central diverges to the south. The next line to diverge is the line for the Forth Bridge and Fife to the north, with services to Glenrothes, Dundee , Perth , Aberdeen and Inverness . The Edinburgh-Glasgow via Bathgate line diverges to the south at Newbridge Junction, carrying services for Milngavie and Helensburgh Central via Glasgow Queen Street low level. Finally, at Polmont Junction, the main Edinburgh-Glasgow line splits from the Stirling and Dunblane line. The former is served almost exclusively by Abellio ScotRail 's main Glasgow service (via Falkirk High ) and the latter by services for Dunblane, Alloa and Perth.

Virgin Trains East Coast operates a half-hourly service to London King's Cross, one fast and one semi-fast, throughout the day with all trains calling at Newcastle Central and most at York . Services to London on average take four hours and twenty minutes (fast), or four hours and forty-five minutes (semi-fast). The exception to this is the 05:40 Flying Scotsman service which only calls at Newcastle and completes the journey to London in four hours. In the other direction, through services extend to Aberdeen (4 each way per day), Inverness (1 per day) and Glasgow (1 per day). Other long-distance to Glasgow Central are operated by CrossCountry (every two hours). CrossCountry operate an hourly service to Plymouth via Leeds , Sheffield , Birmingham , Bristol and Exeter . Some services extend to Penzance and on summer weekends, Paignton and Newquay . Northbound a couple of services extend to Dundee or Aberdeen . Westbound this is extended to Glasgow Central every two hours. There is also one train per day to Reading .

Winter 2008[ edit ] On 14 December 2008, Virgin Trains withdrew its daily Edinburgh Waverley to London Euston service and First ScotRail Newcraighall trains ceased to continue onto the Bathgate Line and were extended to the Fife Circle Line instead, in anticipation of the electrification of the Bathgate services (Airdrie-Bathgate Project, completed 2010) and implementation of the Borders rail project to Tweedbank which will use diesel trains (scheduled operation from 2015). Winter 2013[ edit ] From 8 December 2013, Virgin Trains introduced regular links to London Euston with the combination of the existing two-hourly WCML service to Birmingham New Street via Preston with the Wolverhampton to Euston service. Routes - past and present[ edit ] Preceding station Layout[ edit ] A total of 24 platforms have existed at Waverley, but not more than 21 at any one time. Prior to incremental rationalisation of the east end in the 1960s-80s there were 21 platforms.

The main station was effectively a large 'island' with through lines on the outside, and terminating platforms at both ends in between. In December 2006, a partial renumbering of platforms took place to reflect the construction of three new platforms. At the north side of the station is the former Up Main through platforms, a very long platform with the tracks having a crossover to a parallel line in the centre, numbered 19 (west end) and 2 (formerly 1) (east end). The east end terminating platforms have undergone significant rationalisation.

From north to south these comprised: former Platforms 2 and 3, which were latterly used for parcels/mail traffic only and were removed in the 1980s when a new Royal Mail facility was built on their site; former Platforms 4 and 5 were also retained for parcels/mail traffic until this ceased; Platform 5 was reopened to passengers in 2006 as the new Platform 3; former platforms 6 and 7, of which only the latter survives, now numbered 4; and former Platforms 8 and 9, which were substantially shortened for use as a Motorail terminus, the infilled area becoming a car park; since the demise of Motorail services these platforms are used only for locomotive stabling, although the numbers 5/6 were reserved for them in the 2006 renumbering. These are to be extended as full length platforms to accommodate terminating CrossCountry and Virgin Trains East Coast services with the taxi rank closed in June 2014 to make way for these works.

[11] [12] The former Down Main through Platforms 7 (east end) and 8 (west end) are at the south side of the main station, and comprise a single very long platform with a crossover in the centre. They are numbered 7 (formerly 10, east end) and 11 (west end). At the west end there has been little change to the terminating platforms, apart from widening them by removing disused centre-road tracks. The platforms comprise (south-north) numbers 12/13, 14/15, 16/17 and bay Platform 18. These were not affected by the 2006 platform renumbering scheme. The only platforms outwith Waverley's overall roof are the former 'Suburban' Platforms 8 and 9 (formerly 21 and 20), a lengthy island platform. These are on the southern edge of the station, adjacent to the east to the former freight depot (now a car park and offices) and with direct access to Market Street, which runs parallel to the railway to the immediate south.

A need to increase capacity for through and west-end traffic led to three new platforms being built in 2006, on land formerly occupied by disused sidings and bypass lines within the main part of the station. Platform 10 is a through platform at the west end, facing Platform 11. Platforms 1 and 20 are a single long through platform facing Platforms 2 and 19. All are linked by the upgraded north-south overhead walkway linking the Waverley Steps (escalators) to Market Street. National Rail Enquiries - Station facilities for Edinburgh Yes Onward travel information Buses can be found on Princess Street exit 1. Lothian Buses provide a network of daily and frequent bus services around the city. For details please visit: All Lothian buses are accessible and can be lowered to give step free access and have a dedicated mobility space. Buy an Edinburgh PLUSBUS ticket with you train ticket, for unlimited bus travel around the whole of Edinburgh. For details please visit: Edinburgh Tram stop can be found just outside the station entrance. The tram route runs from Edinburgh Airport to York Place in the City Centre.

For full details please visit: Taxi Nearest Taxi Ranks are on Market St and Waverley Bridge outside the station. Accessible taxis Taxi ranks are located on Waverley Bridge and also Market Street. Market Street can be accessed step free via available lifts. Impaired mobility set down / pick up points available Yes A drop off area is located at Calton Road, an assistance call point is located beside the lift. Assistance is available to and from platforms, please call in advance to use this service. Please contact customer services of the relevant train operator: Virgin Trains East Coast - 03457 225 333. Virgin Trains - 0845 744 3366. ScotRail - 0845 6015 929 Metro Car Rental in Edinburgh Waverley Station - Sixt rent a car Location plan - how to find us Your way to Sixt: When you arrive at Waverly Train Station, please follow the signs for Way Out to Calton Road which is situated next to platforms 2/3. Please go up the steps and out of the station.

Walk under the arch bridge and continue 0.2 miles past Starbucks Coffee shop and you will see Q-Park Omni entrance to car park on your right (opposite John Lewis). Please turn right and walk down Greenside row until the Q-park car park on the left. The Sixt branch is located straight ahead of the barriers. The journey will take you approximately 5 minutes. Your Sixt vehicle will be ready for you there. How to return the Sixt vehicle: Please note, that it is only possible to return the Sixt vehicle at our Sixt branch Edinburgh City Centre, Q-Park OMNI Centre, Greenside Row, EH1 3AN Edinburgh. Different address for returning vehicles Greenside Row Edinburgh Waverley - Network Rail Edinburgh Waverley Edinburgh Waverley station Britain’s largest train station outside London, Edinburgh Waverley has been transformed by a series of upgrades since 2008 A better, brighter station for Edinburgh Waverley station opened in 1846 and was rebuilt between 1892 and 1902. It lies between the old town and modern Edinburgh, adjacent to Princes Street, Edinburgh Castle and the Princes Street Gardens.

In addition to playing a unique role in Scotland’s history, Waverley station is vital to the country’s economic success. For example, by delivering capacity for new rail lines such as the Airdrie-Bathgate rail link and Borders Railway, and supporting the Edinburgh-Glasgow improvement programme and the Intercity Express programme. In a £130 million investment programme, Edinburgh Waverley station has been transformed to create an environment that meets passengers’ 21st century needs while preserving Waverley’s rich heritage.

Renewing the station Completed in 2014, the renewal programme included: Replacing the 34,000m² station roof with clear, strengthened glass to shed new light on the station concourse and platforms A new Market Street entrance to increase the public’s access to the station Refurbishing the station concourse and main building exterior, including improving passenger facilities Improvements to Platforms 8 and 9, including new canopies and seating Repairing and repainting original ironwork features, while permanently removing non-essential station furniture, buildings and redundant high-level walkways Waverley Steps redevelopment We refurbished the Waverley Steps to give the station a modern, accessible gateway that is also sensitive to the building’s heritage and history. The steps re-opened to the public in January 2012, with a range of improvements including: Eight shorter flights of steps with a central handrail replacing the previous five flights Three banks of double escalators as an alternative to using the steps for the 40ft ascent A glass and steel canopy over the steps and escalators to protect passengers and station visitors from the elements.

To improve access further, we constructed a level walkway and installed two 16-person lifts that give step-free access between the station and Princes Street. This work was completed in May 2012. Completed infrastructure works We completed a range of infrastructure upgrades in February 2008, on time and on budget. Funded by Transport Scotland, this £150 million programme has helped to reduce congestion, increase the number of services and smooth journeys for everyone. The upgrades included: Two new, longer platforms and the reintroduction of platform 5 Extensive track remodelling and new signalling, which will allow four more trains to come through the station per hour each way Extra platform capacity for longer commuter services A new bay platform at Haymarket station for additional services. Improving capacity by creating space for longer trains Ten-carriage trains are being introduced on Scotland’s East Coast routes, and eight-carriage trains on the Edinburgh to Glasgow route via Falkirk. To accommodate these longer, high-capacity trains, we’ll be extending platforms 5, 6 and 12. This work is due to start in July 2016 and to be completed by December 2017.

Photos The new Waverley Steps entrance One of three banks of double escalators installed alongside the Waverley Steps Edinburgh, Waverley Bridge, Waverley Station | Canmore Edinburgh, Waverley Bridge, Waverley Station Railway Station (19-20th Century), War Memorial(S) (20th Century) Site Name Edinburgh, Waverley Bridge, Waverley Station Alternative Name(s) Canal Street Station; General Station; Waverly Railway Men And Women War Memorial; Scottish Branch Red Cross War Memorial; Nbr War Memorial Canmore ID 52247 Ordnance Survey licence number 100057073. All rights reserved. © Copyright and database right 2017. 1969 SC 1438530 General View Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland. Oblique aerial photograph taken facing West. This image was marked by AeroPictorial Ltd for photo editing. © Crown Copyright: HES DP 164441 General oblique aerial view of the east end of Princes Street, including Waverley Station and the Balmoral Hotel, looking to the NE.

© RCAHMS DP 151349 Perspective drawing showing the main platform - West End - Waverley Station. Includes drawings of steam trains. Taken from Souvenir of the opening of the North British Hotel Edinburgh by John Geddie. p.57 © Courtesy of RCAHMS (Souvenir of the opening of the North British Station Hotel Edinburgh) SC 1268661 © RCAHMS DP 073556 View from Princes Street over Canal Street Station, Edinburgh, now the site of Waverley Station, with the Old Town visible in the background. © RCAHMS DP 049574 Oblique aerial view centred on the site of redevlopment with the Council Offices adjacent, taken from the SE. © RCAHMS SC 772127 View from SSE showing WSW front of North Bridge, with part of W end of Waverly Station in foreground, North British Hotel in left background and GPO building in right background © RCAHMS.

Reproduced courtesy of J R Hume SC 761214 Oblique aerial view showing High Street between North Bridge and Lawnmarket, with St Giles' Cathedral in foreground, City Chambers in centre and Waverley Station at top. © RCAHMS. Reproduced courtesy of J R Hume SC 466299 © RCAHMS DP 147035 View from North Bridge, Edinburgh, across rail lines of Waverley Station to Calton Hill. Not titled. Photograph Album 195 Photographs by G W Wilson & Co c. 1900 DP 131653 Ordnance Survey Map of Edinburgh. Coloured 1st edition 'Edinburgh and its Environs' Sheet 29. Includes Princes Street, George Street, Queen Street and Waverley Bridge. 30/9/1853 DP 096266 General view of Waverley Station steam train water tank seen from East Market Street, taken from the S.

RCAHMS Field Survey Digital Photography 22/3/2011 © RCAHMS DP 014135 General oblique aerial view centred on the garden, bandstand and art galleries with the churches in the foreground and the railway station and monument in the distance, taken from the WSW. © RCAHMS. Reproduced courtesy of J R Hume SC 370939 © RCAHMS SC 1438526 General View Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland. Oblique aerial photograph taken facing West. This image was marked by AeroPictorial Ltd for photo editing. © RCAHMS DP 096271 Elevated view of Waverley Station steam train water tank seen from North Bridge, taken from the SSW. RCAHMS Field Survey Digital Photography 22/3/2011 17/8/1878 DP 085794 Waverley Station, Edinburgh. Elevation of Waverley Station, Edinburgh.

Titled: 'North British Railway Elevation of roofs for passenger platforms west of Waverley Bridge by using present trusses.' © Edinburgh City Archivists drawings - permissions DP 039894 © RCAHMS DP 029143 Oblique aerial view centred on Sir Walter Scott Monument and part of Princes Street and Waverley Station, taken from the SSE. © RCAHMS DP 012641 General oblique aerial view of on the railway station, art galleries, castle and monument, taken from the ENE. © RCAHMS. Reproduced courtesy of J R Hume SC 361753 The Booking Hall at Waverley Station, Edinburgh showing mosaic floor, wooden booking office (now removed) and glass ceiling. © RCAHMS SC 349213 General view (enhanced for publication) of Waverley Station and the North Bridge c.1908. Sir William Arrol and Company carried out the work on the North Bridge to a design by Blyth and Westland of Edinburgh © RCAHMS SC 1314765 Edinburgh, general view, showing Princes Street and Waverley Station.

Oblique aerial photograph taken facing east. This image has been produced from a print. © Crown copyright. RCAHMS. DP 096272 View of underside of Waverley Station steam train water tank seen from the station platform, taken from the WSW. RCAHMS Field Survey Digital Photography 22/3/2011 © RCAHMS DP 096264 View of Waverley Station steam train water tank seen from East Market Street, taken from the SSE. RCAHMS Field Survey Digital Photography 22/3/2011 © RCAHMS DP 096262 View of Waverley Station steam train water tank seen from East Market Street, taken from the SSE. RCAHMS Field Survey Digital Photography 22/3/2011 © RCAHMS DP 094928 View towards Princes Street, Edinburgh at night Titled: 'Princes Street 11pm. November 1908, taken from the Outlook Tower, Castle Hill'.

PHOTOGRAPH ALBUM No.30: OLD EDINBURGH ALBUM © Courtesy of RCAHMS (William McKelvie Collection) DP 026268 © RCAHMS DP 012643 General oblique aerial view of on the railway station, art galleries, castle and monument, taken from the WSW. © RCAHMS DP 012640 General oblique aerial view of on the railway station, art galleries, castle and monument, taken from the E. © RCAHMS DP 245429 © Crown Copyright: HES SC 1437804 © Crown Copyright: HES DP 164444 General oblique aerial view of the east end of Princes Street, including Calton Hill, St Andrew's House, Waverley Station and the Balmoral Hotel, looking to the N. © RCAHMS DP 164424 Oblique aerial view of Waverley Station, Balmoral Hotel, Edinburgh Tramway and Princes Street, looking to the WSW.

© RCAHMS DP 096270 Elevated view of Waverley Station steam train water tank seen from North Bridge, taken from the SSW. RCAHMS Field Survey Digital Photography 22/3/2011 © RCAHMS DP 096269 Elevated view of Waverley Station steam train water tank seen from North Bridge, taken from the WSW. RCAHMS Field Survey Digital Photography 22/3/2011 © RCAHMS DP 096267 Elevated view of Waverley Station steam train water tank seen from North Bridge, taken from the SW. RCAHMS Field Survey Digital Photography 22/3/2011 © RCAHMS SC 1060108 Oblique aerial view of centre of Edinburgh including Holyrood Palace at top of photograph, Chamber Street at right, St Giles' Cathedral at bottom and Waverley Station and St Andrew's House at left © RCAHMS DP 014130 Oblique aerial view centred on the railway station, hotel, theatre and road bridges, taken from the NNE.

© RCAHMS DP 012644 General oblique aerial view of on the railway station, art galleries, castle and monument, taken from the SW. © RCAHMS. Reproduced courtesy of J R Hume SC 794548 © RCAHMS. Reproduced courtesy of J R Hume SC 421976 Oblique aerial view of centre of Edinburgh including High Street running left to right across centre of photograph and North and South Bridges running top to bottom © RCAHMS DP 164430 © RCAHMS DP 096268 Elevated view of Waverley Station steam train water tank seen from North Bridge, taken from the WSW. RCAHMS Field Survey Digital Photography 22/3/2011 © RCAHMS DP 096265 View of Waverley Station steam train water tank seen from East Market Street, taken from the S.

RCAHMS Field Survey Digital Photography 22/3/2011 © RCAHMS DP 029307 Digital copy of page 15: Extract from "Prospectus of the Edinburgh High Street, and Railway Station Access, and Sanitary Improvement Company" comprising lithographed "Plan of part of Edinburgh showing the present and proposed accesses from the High St & Southern parts of the City to the railway termini. Lithog.d by W & A K Johnston, Edinr." and showing proposed site for Cockburn Street. (Page 3) 'MEMORABILIA, JOn. SIME EDINr. 1840' © RCAHMS. Reproduced courtesy of J R Hume SC 772260 View from SSE showing WSW front of North Bridge, with part of W end of Waverly Station in foreground and North British Hotel in background © RCAHMS. Reproduced courtesy of J R Hume SC 684689 Oblique aerial view of centre of Edinburgh with the High Street running top to bottom across photograph and North and South Bridges running left to right. Digital image of A/40710/CN.

© RCAHMS SC 358525 Mosaic in the Booking Hall at Waverley Station, Edinburgh, with the North British Railway Crest in the north east angle. © RCAHMS SC 1438529 General View Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland. Oblique aerial photograph taken facing North/West. This image was marked by AeroPictorial Ltd for photo editing. © Crown Copyright: HES SC 1438270 Princes Street Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland. Oblique aerial photograph taken facing West. This image was marked by AeroPictorial Ltd for photo editing. © Crown Copyright: HES DP 164443 © RCAHMS SC 1314766 Edinburgh, general view, showing Princes Street and Leith Walk. Oblique aerial photograph taken facing north-east. This image has been produced from a print. © Crown copyright. RCAHMS. SC 1314763 Edinburgh, general view, showing Princes Street and Queen Street Gardens. Oblique aerial photograph taken facing west. This image has been produced from a print. © ¸ Crown copyright. RCAHMS.

DP 096263 View of Waverley Station steam train water tank seen from East Market Street, taken from the SSE. RCAHMS Field Survey Digital Photography 22/3/2011 © RCAHMS SC 1225699 View of Pacific No A4, William Whitelaw on platform 10 & 11, south side at Waverley Station, Edinburgh. © H C Casserley SC 1113879 View of A3 4-6-2 locomotive 2580 'Shotover' pulling the 'Flying Scotsman' service out of Waverley Station. PHOTOGRAPH ALBUM NO 52: THE EMPIRE EXHIBITION ALBUM. Page 17. © RCAHMS DP 039709 View taken from the top of the Scott Monument looking ESE, centring on the Waverley Station, Edinburgh. c. 1880 SC 944661 Ordnance Survey Map of Edinburgh. Coloured 1st edition 'Edinburgh and its Environs' Sheet 29.

Includes Princes Street, George Street, Queen Street and Waverley Bridge. © RCAHMS. Reproduced courtesy of J R Hume SC 772124 View from SSE showing W end of Waverly Station, with WSW front of North Bridge in foreground, North British Hotel in middle background and GPO building in right background © RCAHMS. Reproduced courtesy of J R Hume SC 684674 Oblique aerial view, taken from the S, centred on The Mound Bank of Scotland. Digital image of C/40333/CN. © RCAHMS SC 573875 Edinburgh, Princes Street, Sir Walter Scott's Monument View looking E from Scott Monument showing roof of Waverley Station and WSW front of North British Hotel with North Bridge in distance © RCAHMS. Reproduced courtesy of J R Hume SC 358528 First 100 images shown. See the Collections panel (below) for a link to all digital images.

Collections Parish Edinburgh (Edinburgh, City Of) Former Region Lothian Former District City Of Edinburgh Former County Midlothian NT27SE 221.01 NT 25526 73749 West Signal Box NT27SE 221.02 NT 262 738 Watching Brief (borehole coring works, 2002) NT27SE 221.03 NT 26007 73814 Signalling Centre (East Market St) NT27SE 221.04 NT 26167 73831 Goods Station (East Market Strret and New Street) NT27SE 221.05 NT 26015 73870 Footbridge (Jeffrey Street to Calton Road) NT27SE 221.06 NT c.

2582 7382 War Memorial Plaque (North British Rly war memorial) NT27SE 221.07 NT 25694 73830 Original Booking Office (Waverley Bridge: Waverley Parcels Office) See also: NT27SW 90 NT 2397 7315 Edinburgh, Haymarket Station NT27SE 1294 NT 2588 7379 Fruitmarket (railway goods platform beneath) NT27SE 460 NT 25884 73737 North Bridge Scotsman Building (newspaper platform beneath) For associated North British (railway) hotel (now Balmoral Hotel: NT 2582 7395), see NT27SE 241. For associated (former) General Post Office (NS 25914 73960), see NT27SE 485. For over-arching North Bridge, see NT27SE 1278.

For Scotland Street Tunnel (associated with the former General Station), see NT27SE 1279. Not to be confused with (Caledonian Rly.) Princes Street Station (NT 2470 7355), for which see NT27SW 189. For Waverley Bridge, Station and Market, see NMRS Historical File under 'North Bridge (new) and Street'. Engineers: Blyth & Westland 1897 Roof and main structure of station rebuilt 1892 - 1900 REFERENCE - Scottish Record Office North Tunnel. Four photographs relative to its construction and the widening of the approach lines to Waverley Station from the West. 1893 GD 1/531/1 J C Tunny's Photographs of Edinburgh (1855) (Undated) information in NMRS. Rebuilt by the North British Railway, 1892-1902, engineers Blyth and Westland. A 19-platform through and terminal station.

The main part consists of a large island platform, with bays at both ends, and there is a subsidiary island for suburban trains, outside the main station wall. The roof of the main station is overall, of the ridge type, and there is a 2-storey office block with a large booking hall in the centre of the island. J R Hume 1976 Although the earlier railway buildings have virtually disappeared there were originally three termini, operated by three companies. The North British and Edinburgh and Glasgow railways, which lay end-to-end along the S side of Canal Street (its line that of the present entrance ramp) were started in 1844. The third terminus, with a station to the N of Canal Street, was that of the Edinburgh, Perth and Dundee Railway which was opened in 1847 at right-angles to the others; its lines disappeared under Princes Street and the New Town to link with the Edinburgh, Leith and Newhaven terminus (opened in 1842) at Scotland Street.

In 1866, the North British, having absorbed the other two companies, held a competition to rationalise the layout which led to the closure the Scotland Street tunnel, demolished most of the old station buildings, and substituted twelve lines of through track with three wide platforms, covering the whole area with transverse valley roofs, fully glazed. The opening of suburban links in 1884 and the Forth Bridge in 1892 necessitated further work. The surviving wings of the old station building were removed, but the salvaged front of one of them was used by Robert Morham for the N front of what is now (1984) the information office on the corner of Waverly Bridge and Market Street. The 1866 plan also displaced the Vegetable Market which lay to the S of the railway lines in the shadow of the North Bridge. J Gifford, C McWilliam and D Walker 1984 1846 North British Rly. constructs (E-facing) General station on site of the former Physic Garden ( NT27SE 247 ). Edinburgh and Glasgow Rly. brings traffic in from the W (through tunnels) in the same year.

1847 Canal Street station opened (at right-angles, to the N) by the Edinburgh, Perth and Dundee Rly and pre-1854 Name 'General' station superseded by 'Waverley'. As configured after the rebuilding, the station comprises two termini back-to-back around a massive island platform, each of the outer platform-faces being capable of accommodating two full-length trains. The 'suburban' platforms on the S side essentially duplicate this concept and the whole station covers 23 acres (9.3ha) with 14,000 ft (4268m) of platform length (on 21 platforms) being capable of accommodating 358 contemporary coaches, signalled from four boxes. Several of the platforms constructed in 1892-7 (nos. 2-6 and 8-9) have been removed, generally to be covered by buildings and car parking spaces. A J Mullay 1991. Edinburgh Canal Street Station (also known as Edinburgh Prince's Street Station): this station was opened on 17 May 1847 by the Edinburgh, Leith and Granton Rly.

It closed to regular passenger traffic on 2 March 1868. Edinburgh North Bridge Station: this station was opened on 17 May 1847 by the Edinburgh and Glasgow Rly. It was amalgamated with Edinburgh Waverley and renamed in April 1866. (Name cited as Edinburgh Waverley). This major through and terminal station of the former North British Rly was opened (by the Edinburgh and Glasgow Rly) as Edinburgh North Bridge station on 22 June 1846. It was successively renamed Edinburgh Waverley station (by the North British Rly) in April 1886, and Edinburgh station (by British Rail) on 18 April 1966, and remains in regular passenger use. Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 2 February 1999. R V J Butt 1995. Waverley Railway Station [NAT] (at NT 2583 7387) OS (GIS) AIB, May 2006.

Further Details Further Details Project (2007) This project was undertaken to input site information listed in 'Civil engineering heritage: Scotland - Lowlands and Borders' by R Paxton and J Shipway, 2007. Further Details Civil Engineering heritage: Scotland - Lowlands and Borders The original station here was planned by Miller and became operational in 1846. It was rationalised to the design of Charles Jopp by North British Railway engineer James Bell from 1866–74 creating the present basic east– west platforms. In the late 1890s the station underwent major re-design, to basically as now (2006), by Blyth and Westland, engineers. Notable features include the two-storey central block and booking hall (now demolished), about 225 ft long by 160 ft wide, designed by Raithby, the firm’s staff architect, 1112 acres of ridge and valley roof, the entry and exit ramps from Waverley Bridge with their distinctive cast-iron facades, the parcels office, four footbridges, including the one from Market Street to the steps to Princes Street.

The roof is carried on steel lattice girders up to 149 ft long, on cast-iron columns, with fluted shafts and highly ornamented capitals and octagonal bases, cast on end by the Widnes Foundry Co. The walls and booking office block were built by G. & R. Cousin. The steelwork was by Arrol’s Bridge & Roof Co. Ltd. The resident engineers were J. T. Harrison (roof) and J. S. Pirie (whole works). R Paxton and S Shipway 2007 Reproduced from 'Civil Engineering heritage: Scotland - Lowlands and Borders' with kind permission of Thomas Telford Publishers. Further Details Watching Brief (1 July 2013 - 27 July 2013) a watching brief on the excavation of two trenches associated with the construction of two lift shafts for the raised walkway at the Calton Road entrance to Waverley Station, Edinburgh. The monitoring was undertaken in order to identify and record any archaeological remains exposed during the works. The work was commissioned by C Spencer Ltd on behalf of Network Rail, and to a specification agreed with Edinburgh City Council.

Two deep trenches were excavated at the base of the raised walkway, one to the outer side of the station and one inside the station building. The external trench revealed part of an earlier platform edge relating to a late 19th century layout of the station. A second platform was exposed within Trench 2 also relating to an earlier configuration of the station No features relating to the pre-railway period (1850’s) of the area were uncovered during the watching brief and no artefacts of archaeological significance were recovered. Headland Archaeology 2013 (D. Wilson), OASIS ID: headland1-155346 Further Details Project (February 2014 - July 2014) A data upgrade project to record war memorials. Further Details 192 Hotels near Edinburgh Waverley station, Edinburgh, UK. Book your hotel now! - Booking.com More properties near Edinburgh Waverley station We've negotiated with thousands of hotels to get the very best deals. We call them Secret Deals and they only last for a limited time. You can get these deals for free by subscribing to our newsletters. You can even choose your favourite destinations to receive personalised deals.

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Question: In which UK city is Waverley railway station?
Answer: Edinburgh