- Curriehill railway station
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Curriehill 
Scottish Gaelic: Cnoc Churraich 
View from footbridge at Curriehill railway station, looking towards Edinburgh Location Place Currie Local authority Edinburgh Coordinates 55°54′01″N 3°19′09″W / 55.900278°N 3.319167°WCoordinates: 55°54′01″N 3°19′09″W / 55.900278°N 3.319167°W Operations Station code CUH Managed by First ScotRail Number of platforms 2 Live arrivals/departures and station information
from National Rail EnquiriesAnnual rail passenger usage 2004/05 * 
40,1272005/06 * 43,5932006/07 * 
41,0532007/08 * 43,3212008/09 * 47,122National Rail - UK railway stations A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z * Annual passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Curriehill from Office of Rail Regulation statistics. Please note: methodology may vary year on year. Curriehill railway station is located in Currie, a southwestern suburb of the city of Edinburgh, not far from the main campus of Heriot-Watt University. It lies on the Shotts Line, which runs from Glasgow Central to Edinburgh Waverley by way of Shotts.
The station has two platforms, connected by a stairway footbridge, and is equipped with CCTV. It is managed by First ScotRail.
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History
Curriehill is a reopened station. The original Curriehill (called "Currie") opened on 15 February 1848, and was closed by British Railways on 31 March 1951. The present station (which occupies the site of the old station) opened on 5 October 1987.[1]
Services
Curriehill is currently served on Mondays to Saturdays by an approximately hourly First ScotRail service in each direction, to Edinburgh and Glasgow. On Sundays the service is more limited, with two-hourly departures each way after midday.
The staple passenger traction calling at this station is the Class 156 "Super Sprinter". As this station is at the junction of the West Coast Main Line to Carstairs a colourful variety of CrossCountry Class 220 "Voyager", Virgin Trains Class 221 "Super Voyager", Class 390 "Pendolino" and East Coast InterCity 225 can also be seen.
Sources
Preceding station 
National RailFollowing station Wester Hailes First ScotRail
Kirknewton External links
- Train times and station information for Curriehill railway station from National Rail
Railway stations in Edinburgh Commuter lines: █ North Clyde Line • █ Crossrail • █ Dunblane • █ Fife Circle • █ North Berwick • █ Shotts Stations: Brunstane • Curriehill • Dalmeny • Edinburgh Park • Haymarket • Kingsknowe • Newcraighall • Slateford • South Gyle • Waverley • Wester Hailes
Future stations: Gogar • Shawfair
Transport in Edinburgh edit Categories:- Railway stations in Edinburgh
- Former Caledonian Railway stations
- Railway stations opened in 1848
- Railway stations closed in 1951
- Railway stations opened in 1987
- Railway stations served by First ScotRail
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