Haymarket railway station
Haymarket  
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| Scottish Gaelic: Margadh an Fheòir | |
New entrance to Haymarket railway station.
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| Location | |
| Place | Haymarket, Edinburgh |
| Local authority | City of Edinburgh |
| Coordinates | 55°56′43″N 3°13′07″W / 55.9453°N 3.2187°WCoordinates: 55°56′43″N 3°13′07″W / 55.9453°N 3.2187°W |
| Grid reference | NT239731 |
| Operations | |
| Station code | HYM |
| Managed by | Abellio ScotRail |
| Owned by | Network Rail |
| Number of platforms | 5 |
| Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries |
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| Annual rail passenger usage* | |
| 2011/12 |
 2.072 million |
| – Interchange |
0.537 million |
| 2012/13 |
 2.030 million |
| – Interchange |
0.549 million |
| 2013/14 |
2.142 million |
| – Interchange |
0.568 million |
| 2014/15 |
2.449 million |
| – Interchange |
 0.568 million |
| 2015/16 |
2.650 million |
| – Interchange |
0.573 million |
| History | |
| Key dates | Opened 1842 |
| National Rail – UK railway stations | |
| * Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Haymarket from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year. | |
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Haymarket railway station is the second largest railway station in Edinburgh, Scotland, after Waverley railway station. It is a major commuter and long-distance destination, located near the city centre, in the West End. Trains from the station serve much of Scotland, including Fife and Glasgow, as well as suburban lines to the east, and the East Coast Main Line through to London King's Cross. It is the seventh busiest railway station in Scotland.
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. Its name has always been just 'Haymarket', as opposed to 'Edinburgh Haymarket' - although the latter designation is used in timetables by some train operating companies for the purpose of clarity. Covered platforms were added in 1894 by the engineer James Carswell The connecting line to Slateford now used by services towards Glasgow Central and the West Coast Main Line was originally constructed in 1853 by the Caledonian Railway but lay disused for more than a century due to a disagreement over running rights with the E&GR and its successors - it was finally commissioned in September 1964 by British Rail to allow the closure of the former C.R terminus at Princes Street the following year.
In 1989, the south tunnel was electrified by British Rail, and Platform 4 was extended as part of the East Coast Main Line electrification project to allow through electric trains from King's Cross in London to Glasgow Central railway station, and from Waverley station to the West Coast Main Line. In 2011, in conjunction with the Airdrie to Bathgate project, the north tunnel was also electrified.
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