Edinburgh Waverley
Edinburgh Waverley 
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View of Edinburgh Waverley from the east.
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| Location | |
| Place | Edinburgh |
| Local authority | City of Edinburgh |
| Coordinates | 55°57′08″N 3°11′21″W / 55.9521°N 3.1893°WCoordinates: 55°57′08″N 3°11′21″W / 55.9521°N 3.1893°W |
| Grid reference | NT257738 |
| Operations | |
| Station code | EDB |
| Managed by | Network Rail |
| Number of platforms | 18 |
| Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries |
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| Annual rail passenger usage* | |
| 2011/12 |
 17.992 million |
| – Interchange |
 1.143 million |
| 2012/13 |
18.879 million |
| – Interchange |
1.191 million |
| 2013/14 |
20.006 million |
| – Interchange |
1.190 million |
| 2014/15 |
21.107 million |
| – Interchange |
1.257 million |
| 2015/16 |
21.724 million |
| – Interchange |
1.327 million |
| History | |
| Original company | Edinburgh, Leith and Newhaven Railway, Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway and North British Railway |
| Pre-grouping | North British Railway |
| Post-grouping | LNER |
| 22 June 1846 | North Bridge built by NBR |
| 17 May 1847 | General Station built by E&GR |
| 17 May 1847 | Canal Street built by EL&NR |
| April 1866 | NBR demolished existing stations and replaced them with Edinburgh Waverley |
| 18 April 1966 | Renamed Edinburgh by British Railways |
| ???? | Renamed Edinburgh Waverley |
| National Rail – UK railway stations | |
| * Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Edinburgh Waverley from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year. | |
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Edinburgh Waverley railway station, often simply referred to as Waverley, or as Edinburgh, is the main railway station in the Scottish capital Edinburgh. Covering an area of over 25 acres (10 ha) 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; 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 provided by Virgin Trains East Coast operate to Glasgow, Dundee, Aberdeen, Perth and Inverness.
There are many local services operated by ScotRail, 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 served by Virgin Trains and TransPennine Express. Long distance inter-city trains to England are operated by CrossCountry to destinations such as York, Leeds, Sheffield, Derby, Birmingham New Street, Bristol Temple Meads, Exeter St Davids and Plymouth.
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