North Berwick railway station
North Berwick 
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North Berwick station
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| Location | |
| Place | North Berwick |
| Local authority | East Lothian |
| Coordinates | 56°03′24″N 2°43′52″W / 56.0566°N 2.7310°WCoordinates: 56°03′24″N 2°43′52″W / 56.0566°N 2.7310°W |
| Grid reference | NT546851 |
| Operations | |
| Station code | NBW |
| Managed by | Abellio ScotRail |
| Number of platforms | 1 |
| DfT category | F1 |
| Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries |
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| Annual rail passenger usage* | |
| 2011/12 |
 0.470 million |
| 2012/13 |
0.490 million |
| 2013/14 |
0.512 million |
| 2014/15 |
0.550 million |
| 2015/16 |
0.572 million |
| History | |
| Original company | North British Railway |
| Post-grouping | LNER |
| 17 June 1850 | Opened |
| National Rail – UK railway stations | |
| * Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at North Berwick from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year. | |
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North Berwick railway station is a railway station serving the seaside town of North Berwick in East Lothian, Scotland. It is the terminus of the Edinburgh to North Berwick Line, 22 1⁄4 miles (35.8 km) east of Edinburgh Waverley.
Albert Edward, Prince of Wales (the future King Edward VII) visited North Berwick in 1859, arriving by train. By this time the town was increasingly favoured as a resort for the wealthy, and the royal visit helped to boost its popularity. To encourage tourism, a large new hotel (the 'Royal Hotel') was built opposite the station, with the railway company being a shareholder in this venture until 1923. The growth of the town during the Victorian era resulted in increased business for the railway, and in 1894 the station was enlarged to cope with the traffic.
Following the rebuilding, the station complex featured two terminus platforms, which extended right up to Station Road. To the south of the station was a goods yard with ten sidings and a goods shed. One of the sidings originally extended across Station Road onto a high embankment between Abbey Road and Station Hill in order to serve the gasworks at the foot of Station Hill (this embankment was the only part of the harbour line to be completed). A two-road dead-ended engine shed was located on the north of the line, with its back against the Ware Road overbridge, while the signalbox was located on the south side of the line opposite the shed. West of Ware Road was a headshunt siding on the north side of the line. In 1904 a replacement gasworks was built at Ferrygate, with two sidings on the north side of the line facing towards North Berwick.
There was a proposal by the Aberlady, Gullane and North Berwick Railway to build a second route to North Berwick from Longniddry; however, that line was only completed as far as Gullane.
In the days of steam locomotives many of the North Berwick branch passenger trains terminated at Drem, and passengers had to change onto main line stopping services to continue their journeys.
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