Haymarket railway station

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Haymarket
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Haymarket
Station exterior of Haymarket station
Location
Place	Haymarket, Edinburgh
Local authority	Edinburgh
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Operations
Station code	HYM
Managed by	First ScotRail
Owned by	Network Rail
Platforms in use	5
Live arrivals/departures and station information from National Rail
Annual rail passenger usage
2002/03 *	1.088 million
2004/05 *	File:Increase2.svg 1.571 million
2005/06 *	File:Increase2.svg 1.658 million
2006/07 *	File:Decrease2.svg 1.620 million
2007/08 *	File:Decrease2.svg 1.607 million
2008/09 *	File:Increase2.svg 1.743 million
History
Opened 1842 (1842)
National Rail - UK railway stations
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* Annual passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Haymarket from Office of Rail Regulation statistics.
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Haymarket railway station is in Haymarket, Edinburgh, Scotland. It is Edinburgh's second largest station after Waverley railway station, and Scotland's eighth busiest. It is a major commuter and long-distance destination, located near the city centre, in the West End. Trains from the station serve much of Scotland west and north of Edinburgh (including Fife and Glasgow), and local lines to the east, and the trunk route down the east coast of England. It is the fourth busiest railway in Scotland.

History

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Overhead equipment at the entrance to the north tunnel

The station opened in 1842 as the original terminus of the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway, before the line was extended in 1846 through the Haymarket tunnels and Princes Street Gardens to what is now Waverley station. Its name has always been just 'Haymarket', as opposed to 'Edinburgh Haymarket' - although the latter designation is used in timetables by some companies for the purpose of clarity.

In 1989 the south tunnel was electrified and Platform 1 was extended as part of the East Coast electrification project to allow through electric trains from King's Cross in London to Glasgow Central, and from Edinburgh Waverley to the West Coast Main Line. In 2011 in conjunction with the Airdrie to Bathgate project the North Tunnel was also electrified.

Current station and usage

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Platforms 0 to 4 at Haymarket (in 2011) showing all platforms electrified, showing the tunnels leading to Waverley station to the east

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Platforms 1 to 4 at Haymarket (in 2004)

The station has four through platforms and, since December 2006, one bay platform on the north side of the station. As a general rule, trains to/from stations across the Forth Bridge use Platforms 1 and 2 (the non-electrified lines on the left of the 2004 photograph), with trains to/from Glasgow and the West Coast Main Line using Platforms 3 and 4. The bay platform (Platform 0) was built for services terminating at Haymarket while major engineering works were taking place at Waverley station. All platforms are electrified.

The station is now listed amongst the most congested on the Scottish railway network due to rapid increases in passenger numbers (see usage data to the right). The Network Rail Business Plan 2007 suggested that options for remodelling passenger facilities at the station were to be considered during the period of the plan. The installation of passenger lifts was scheduled to be completed by December 2010; all platforms would then become fully accessible to those with reduced mobility. Further work to expand the capacity of the station is due for completion in December 2013.

Haymarket TMD, a service and maintenance depot, is located Template:Convert/mi west of the station, on the north side of the railway, adjacent to Murrayfield Stadium.

Edinburgh Trams

Haymarket will be served by Edinburgh Trams, with an interchange with main line railway services. The tram stop (and the entire tram line) are expected to open in mid-2014.

Services

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station Template:Rail line one to three
Edinburgh Waverley		Virgin Trains West Coast Main Line		Lockerbie
		First TransPennine Express TransPennine North West
Edinburgh Waverley		CrossCountry Cross Country Network		Inverkeithing
		CrossCountry Cross Country Network		Motherwell
Edinburgh Waverley		First ScotRail Glasgow-Edinburgh via Falkirk line		Linlithgow
Edinburgh Waverley		First ScotRail Edinburgh–Dunblane Line		Edinburgh Park
Edinburgh Waverley		First ScotRail Fife Circle Line		South Gyle
Edinburgh Waverley		First ScotRail North Clyde Line		Edinburgh Park
Edinburgh Waverley		First ScotRail Shotts Line		Slateford
		First ScotRail North Berwick Line
Edinburgh Waverley		First ScotRail Edinburgh to Dunbar		Terminus
	Historical railways
Edinburgh Waverley	style="background:#Template:NBR colour;" |	Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway North British Railway	style="background:#Template:NBR colour;" |	Saughton
	style="background:#Template:NBR colour;" |	E&G - Corstorphine Branch North British Railway	style="background:#Template:NBR colour;" |	Balgreen
Edinburgh Waverley	style="background:#Template:NBR colour; border-top:solid 1px gray; " |	Edinburgh Suburban and Southside Junction Railway North British Railway	style="background:#Template:NBR colour;border-top:solid 1px gray; " |	Gorgie
Commencement of line	style="background:#Template:Caledonian colour; border-top:solid 1px gray; " |	Duff Street Spur Caledonian Railway	style="background:#Template:Caledonian colour;border-top:solid 1px gray; " |	Gorgie East
		On start of Edinburgh Trams
Terminus		{{{{{system}}} lines|{{{line}}}}}		Terminus
West End – Princes Street towards York Place		York Place-Edinburgh Airport		Murrayfield Stadium towards Edinburgh Airport

References

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