Old Photograph Steam Train Waverley Station Edinburgh Scotland

Old photograph of a steam train in Waverley Railway station in Edinburgh, Scotland. This the main railway station in the Scottish capital Edinburgh. Covering an area of over 25 acres in the centre of the city, it is the second largest main line railway station in the United Kingdom in terms of area, the largest being London Waterloo; England, and is both a terminal station and a through station, in contrast to the majority of central London stations. Ticketing generally regards Waverley and Haymarket as interchangeable subject to operator validity. It is one of 19 stations managed by Network Rail. It is the northern limit of the East Coast Main Line to Network Rail infrastructure definition, but through services operate to Glasgow, Dundee, Aberdeen, Perth, Perthshire, and Inverness. There are many local services including the four routes to Glasgow, the Fife Circle, and services to Stirling, Dunblane, Alloa, North Berwick, Dunbar, and the station is the terminus of the Edinburgh leg of the West Coast Main Line. Long distance inter city trains to England are operated to destinations such as York, Leeds, Sheffield, Derby, Birmingham New Street, Bristol Temple Meads, Exeter St Davids and Plymouth, England. Waverley is the second busiest railway station in Scotland after Glasgow Central and the 5th busiest in the United Kingdom outside London. Blog post of interest to folks with ancestry, genealogy or Scottish Family Roots in Scotland who may wish to visit one day.



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