Haymarket railway station

Infobox UK station
name = Haymarket
code = HYM


caption = Platforms 1 to 4 at Haymarket, showing the tunnels leading to Waverley station to the east. Platform 0 has since been constructed to the left of this picture.
manager = First ScotRail
locale = Haymarket, Edinburgh
borough = Edinburgh
start = 1842
platforms = 5
usage0203 = 1.088
usage0405 = 1.571
usage0506 = 1.658
usage0607 = 1.620

Haymarket railway station is in Haymarket, Edinburgh, Scotland. It is Edinburgh's second largest station after Waverley, a major commuter and long-distance destination, located quite centrally near 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 west coast of England.

History

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.

Current station and usage

The station has four through platforms and, since December 2006, one bay platform on the north side of the station. [cite web| url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/edinburgh_and_east/6211521.stm| title=Train platforms open at stations| ] As a general rule, trains to/from stations across the Forth Rail Bridge make use of platforms 1 and 2 (the non-electrified lines in the photograph on the right), with trains to/from Glasgow and the West Coast Main Line using platforms 3 & 4. The bay platform (platform 0) was built for services terminating at Haymarket while major engineering works are taking place at Waverley station.

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 suggests that options for remodeling passenger facilities at the station are to be considered during the period of the plan. [cite web| url=http://www.networkrail.co.uk/aspx/3085.aspx| title=Business Plan 2007| ]

Murrayfield Stadium and Haymarket TMD are both located to the west of the station, on the north side of the railway.

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rail line
previous = Edinbugh Waverley
next = Slateford
route = First ScotRail

Shotts Line
col = ff80c0rail line one to two
previous = Edinbugh Waverley
next1 = Saughton
route1 = Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway

North British Railway
next2 = Balgreen
route2 = E&G - Corstorphine Branch

North British Railway
col = 8f691erail line
previous = Edinbugh Waverley
next = Gorgie
route = Edinburgh Suburban and
Southside Junction Railway

North British Railway
col = 8f691erail line
previous = "Commencement of line"
next = Gorgie (East)
route = Duff Street Spur

Caledonian Railway
col = 496799
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