Wester Hailes railway station
- Wester Hailes railway station
Infobox UK station
name = Wester Hailes
other_name =
code = WTA
caption = Taken from Wester Hailes station looking towards Glasgow
manager = First ScotRail
locale = Wester Hailes
borough = Edinburgh
lowusage0203 = 15,127
lowusage0405 = 19,294
lowusage0506 = 20,915
platforms = 2
start = May 1987
Wester Hailes railway station is a railway station serving Wester Hailes in the city of Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom. It is located on the Edinburgh branch of the West Coast Main Line, but is not served by inter-city services - these are provided via the Shotts Line of the SPT network. The station has two platforms, connected by a stairway footbridge, and CCTV. It is managed by First ScotRail.
The staple passenger traction calling at this station is the Class 156 "Super Sprinter". As this station is part of the West Coast Main Line to Carstairs, which diverges at Mid Calder Junction, a colourful variety of CrossCountry Class 220 "Voyager", Virgin Trains Class 221 "Super Voyager", Class 390 "Pendolino" and NXEC InterCity 225 can also be seen.
ervice
It is currently served, Monday to Saturday, by one First ScotRail service each hour from Glasgow Central to Edinburgh Waverley. One train a day from Edinburgh terminates at Motherwell. There is a limited Sunday service at this station to Edinburgh and West Calder.
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