South Gyle railway station
General information | |||||
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Location | South Gyle, Edinburgh Scotland | ||||
Coordinates | 55°56′12″N 3°17′59″W / 55.9366°N 3.2998°W | ||||
Grid reference | NT189722 | ||||
Managed by | ScotRail | ||||
Platforms | 2 | ||||
Other information | |||||
Station code | SGL | ||||
History | |||||
Opened | 9 May 1985 | ||||
Passengers | |||||
2018/19 | 0.382 million | ||||
2019/20 | 0.363 million | ||||
2020/21 | 49,842 | ||||
2021/22 | 0.121 million | ||||
2022/23 | 0.163 million | ||||
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South Gyle railway station is a railway station serving South Gyle in the City of Edinburgh, Scotland. The station was opened on 9 May 1985 by ScotRail alongside new housing in the area, and is located on the Fife Circle Line, 4+1⁄2 miles (7.2 km) west of Edinburgh Waverley. It has two platforms. There is a ticket machine and a shelter on each platform.
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
[edit]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.
References
[edit]- ^ 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.
- ^ Table 242 National Rail timetable, May 2016
External links
[edit]- Train times and station information for South Gyle railway station from National Rail
Preceding station | National Rail | Following station | ||
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Haymarket | ScotRail Fife Circle Line |
Edinburgh Gateway or Dalmeny |