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'''Slateford railway station''' is a [[railway station]] serving [[Slateford]] in the city of [[Edinburgh]], [[Scotland]]. It is located on the [[Shotts Line]] from {{Stnlnk|Glasgow Central}} to {{Stnlnk|Edinburgh Waverley}} via [[Shotts]]. The station has two platforms, connected by a stairway footbridge, and CCTV. It is managed by ScotRail.[[File:Edinburgh from Slateford Station.jpg|thumb|Slateford station in September 2011]]
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It is currently served, Monday to Saturday, by one ScotRail service each hour from Glasgow Central to Edinburgh Waverley with a two-hourly Sunday service. There are also additional services, one from Motherwell to Edinburgh in the early morning with a late evening return and a morning peak service from Glasgow Central to Edinburgh via Carstairs, returning in the evening peak.
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'''Slateford railway station''' is a [[railway station]] serving Slateford in the city of [[Edinburgh]], [[Scotland]]. It is located on the [[Shotts Line]] from {{Stnlnk|Glasgow Central}} to {{Stnlnk|Edinburgh Waverley}} via [[Shotts]]. The station has two platforms, connected by a stairway footbridge, and CCTV. It is managed by Abellio ScotRail.[[File:Edinburgh from Slateford Station.jpg|thumb|Slateford station]]


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The staple passenger traction calling at this station is the [[British Rail Class 385|Class 385 ]] Scotrail “Express” Electric Multiple Unit, however it is also served by [[British Rail Class 380|Class 380]] “Desiro” EMUs. As this station lies on the spur of the [[West Coast Main Line]] from [[Carstairs railway station|Carstairs]] to Edinburgh, a variety of [[CrossCountry]] [[British Rail Class 220|Class 220 ''Voyager'']], [[Avanti West Coast]] [[British Rail Class 221|Class 221 ''Super Voyager'']], [[British Rail Class 390|Class 390 ''Pendolino'']] and [[London North Eastern Railway]] [[British Rail Class 801|Class 801s]] are in use, and also [[British Rail Class 397|Class 397]] on Transpennine Express services.
It is currently served, Monday to Saturday, by one Abellio ScotRail service each hour from Glasgow Central to Edinburgh Waverley. Two trains a day from Edinburgh terminate at {{Stnlnk|Motherwell}} (one also starts back from there) and there is a single peak service to {{rws|North Berwick}} in the morning and to {{rws|Ayr}} via {{rws|Carstairs}} in the evening. There is a two-hourly Sunday service from this station to Edinburgh and Glasgow since the 2012 timetable change.<ref>{{NRtimes|May 2016|224}}</ref>


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The line was and still is heavily used by freight, including imported coal from Ayrshire to [[Drax Power Station]], a daily intermodal service, departmental traffic and a daily train of loaded steel to the Dalzell works at [[Motherwell]]. Freight trains normally avoid the centre of Edinburgh and the busy station complex at Waverley by using the link from here onto the [[Edinburgh Suburban Line]] at Craiglockhart Junction, which also gives access to the marshalling yard at Millerhill. There is also a crossover for access to Network Rail's Slateford Depot, which houses On Track Plant and Test Trains when they visit Edinburgh.
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The staple passenger traction calling at this station is the [[British Rail Class 156|Class 156]] "Super Sprinter"; however, a [[British Rail Class 158|Class 158]] can also be seen on the {{Stnlnk|Glasgow Central}} to {{Stnlnk|Edinburgh Waverley}} express services with sometimes a [[British Rail Class 170|Class 170]] on the local Sunday service. As this station lies on the spur of the [[West Coast Main Line]] from [[Carstairs railway station|Carstairs]] to Edinburgh, a variety of [[CrossCountry]] [[British Rail Class 220|Class 220]] "Voyager", [[Virgin Trains]] [[British Rail Class 221|Class 221 "Super Voyager"]] [[British Rail Class 390|Class 390"Pendolino"]] and [[East Coast (train operating company)|East Coast]] [[British Rail Class 91|Inter City 225]] can also be seen, along with [[British Rail Class 350|Class 350]] & [[British Rail Class 380|Class 380]] ''Desiro'' EMUs (the former on [[First TransPennine Express]] trains to {{rws|Manchester Airport}} & the latter on Scotrail Edinburgh to Ayr trains).


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When first opened by the [[Caledonian Railway]] in 1848, the line here ran through to a terminus known as ''Lothian Road''. This was subsequently replaced by a larger depot at {{rws|Edinburgh Princes Street}} in 1870, though it was more than twenty years thereafter before the station was fully completed. What is now the main line to the [[Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway]] at {{rws|Haymarket}} (originally known as the ''Duff Street Spur'') was opened by the Caledonian company in 1853 and the station along with it. The Caledonian had planned to use this link to access the E&G station at Haymarket and hence run through to Waverley, but it would be another century before this actually came to pass as agreement with the E&G over running powers couldn't be reached, forcing the Caledonian to develop its own terminus instead. The spur remained disused but intact until it was finally completed and commissioned in September 1964.
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The line is heavily used by freight, including imported coal from Ayrshire to [[Drax Power Station|Drax]], a daily intermodal service, departmental traffic and a daily train of loaded steel to the Dalzell works at [[Motherwell]]. Freight trains normally avoid the centre of Edinburgh and the busy station complex at Waverley by using the link from here onto the [[Edinburgh Suburban Line]] at Craiglockhart Junction, which also gives access to the marshalling yard at Millerhill.


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All passenger services now use this line to reach Waverley, as services over the original route to Princes Street were withdrawn by [[British Railways]] on 6 September 1965. Goods traffic ended the following year and the track was then lifted. Much of the formation has been used for road improvements, though the former junction site can still be made out.
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When first opened by the [[Caledonian Railway]] in 1848, the line here ran through to a terminus known as ''Lothian Road''. This was subsequently replaced by a larger depot at {{rws|Edinburgh Princes Street}} in 1870, though it was more than twenty years thereafter before the station was fully completed. What is now the main line to the [[Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway]] at {{rws|Haymarket}} (originally known as the ''Duff Street Spur'') was opened by the Caledonian company in 1853 and the station along with it.<ref>[http://www.railbrit.co.uk/Edinburgh_Station_and_Branches/ Railscot - Edinburgh Station and Branches] www.railbrit.co.uk; Retrieved 2014-01-25</ref> The Caledonian had planned to use this link to access the E&G station at Haymarket and hence run through to Waverley, but it would be another century before this actually came to pass as agreement with the E&G over running powers couldn't be reached, forcing the Caledonian to develop its own terminus instead. The spur remained disused but intact until it was finally completed & commissioned in September 1964.

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All passenger services now use this line to reach Waverley, as services over the original route to Princes Street were withdrawn by [[British Railways]] on 6 September 1965. Goods traffic ended the following year and the track was then lifted. Much of the formation has been used for road improvements, though the former junction site can still be made out.


== References ==
== References ==
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== Sources ==
== Sources ==
*{{cite book |editor-last=Brailsford |editor-first=Martyn |title=Railway Track Diagrams 1: Scotland & Isle of Man |edition=6th |date=December 2017 |orig-year=1987 |publisher=Trackmaps |location=Frome |isbn=978-0-9549866-9-8 }}
*{{Butt-Stations}}
*{{Butt-Stations}}


== External links ==
== External links ==
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*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6t9hbd7bjR0 Video footage of Slateford Station]

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Slateford

Scottish Gaelic: Àth na Sglèata[1]
National Rail
General information
LocationSlateford, Edinburgh
Scotland
Coordinates55°55′35″N 3°14′39″W / 55.9265°N 3.2441°W / 55.9265; -3.2441
Grid referenceNT223710
Managed byScotRail
Platforms2
Other information
Station codeSLA
History
OpenedJanuary 1853[2]
Passengers
2019/20Increase 31,992
2020/21Decrease 11,242
2021/22Increase 30,572
2022/23Increase 44,368
2023/24Increase 65,584
Notes
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

Slateford railway station is a railway station serving Slateford in the city of Edinburgh, Scotland. It is located on the Shotts Line from Glasgow Central to Edinburgh Waverley via Shotts. The station has two platforms, connected by a stairway footbridge, and CCTV. It is managed by ScotRail.

Slateford station in September 2011

It is currently served, Monday to Saturday, by one ScotRail service each hour from Glasgow Central to Edinburgh Waverley with a two-hourly Sunday service. There are also additional services, one from Motherwell to Edinburgh in the early morning with a late evening return and a morning peak service from Glasgow Central to Edinburgh via Carstairs, returning in the evening peak.

The staple passenger traction calling at this station is the Class 385 Scotrail “Express” Electric Multiple Unit, however it is also served by Class 380 “Desiro” EMUs. As this station lies on the spur of the West Coast Main Line from Carstairs to Edinburgh, a variety of CrossCountry Class 220 Voyager, Avanti West Coast Class 221 Super Voyager, Class 390 Pendolino and London North Eastern Railway Class 801s are in use, and also Class 397 on Transpennine Express services.

The line was and still is heavily used by freight, including imported coal from Ayrshire to Drax Power Station, a daily intermodal service, departmental traffic and a daily train of loaded steel to the Dalzell works at Motherwell. Freight trains normally avoid the centre of Edinburgh and the busy station complex at Waverley by using the link from here onto the Edinburgh Suburban Line at Craiglockhart Junction, which also gives access to the marshalling yard at Millerhill. There is also a crossover for access to Network Rail's Slateford Depot, which houses On Track Plant and Test Trains when they visit Edinburgh.

When first opened by the Caledonian Railway in 1848, the line here ran through to a terminus known as Lothian Road. This was subsequently replaced by a larger depot at Edinburgh Princes Street in 1870, though it was more than twenty years thereafter before the station was fully completed. What is now the main line to the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway at Haymarket (originally known as the Duff Street Spur) was opened by the Caledonian company in 1853 and the station along with it. The Caledonian had planned to use this link to access the E&G station at Haymarket and hence run through to Waverley, but it would be another century before this actually came to pass as agreement with the E&G over running powers couldn't be reached, forcing the Caledonian to develop its own terminus instead. The spur remained disused but intact until it was finally completed and commissioned in September 1964.

All passenger services now use this line to reach Waverley, as services over the original route to Princes Street were withdrawn by British Railways on 6 September 1965. Goods traffic ended the following year and the track was then lifted. Much of the formation has been used for road improvements, though the former junction site can still be made out.

References

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  1. ^ Brailsford 2017, Gaelic/English Station Index.
  2. ^ Butt 1995, p. 213.

Sources

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  • Brailsford, Martyn, ed. (December 2017) [1987]. Railway Track Diagrams 1: Scotland & Isle of Man (6th ed.). Frome: Trackmaps. ISBN 978-0-9549866-9-8.
  • Butt, R. V. J. (October 1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC 60251199. OL 11956311M.
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Preceding station National Rail National Rail Following station
Haymarket   ScotRail
Shotts Line
   Kingsknowe
  ScotRail
North Berwick Line
  
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