Edinburgh Park railway station
- Edinburgh Park railway station
Infobox UK station
name = Edinburgh Park
code = EDP
|Edinburgh park Railway Station.
caption = Edinburgh Park railway station
manager = First ScotRail
locale = South Gyle
borough = Edinburgh
start = December 2003
platforms = 2
usage0405 = 0.295
usage0506 = 0.353
usage0607 = 0.368
Edinburgh Park railway station is a railway station in the west of Edinburgh serving the Edinburgh Park business park and the Hermiston Gait shopping centre. The station opened in December 2003 and is the first intermediate station between Haymarket and Linlithgow since 1951.
There are two platforms, linked by a covered footbridge, which is accessible by either stairs or a lift. Tickets are available from one of the two ticket machines.
Edinburgh Park station is on the edge of South Gyle. It should not be confused with South Gyle railway station which is a mile/two kilometres away.
The railway through Edinburgh Park station is diesel operated (as of 2008), but will electrified (using overhead wires at 25 kV) as part of the Airdrie-Bathgate Rail Link project.
Services
Edinburgh to Bathgate and Dunblane services call at the station, providing four trains an hour to Edinburgh city centre and two to Brunstane and Newcraighall. The possibility of some Edinburgh to Glasgow express services calling at Edinburgh Park station is currently being investigated.
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