Slateford railway station
- Slateford railway station
Infobox UK station
name = Slateford
other_name =
code = SLA
caption =
manager = First ScotRail
locale = Slateford
borough = Edinburgh
lowusage0203 = 11,903
lowusage0405 = 18,158
lowusage0506 = 17,805
lowusage0607 = 19,861
platforms = 2
Slateford railway station is a railway station serving Slateford in the city of Edinburgh, Scotland. It is located on the Shotts Line from Glasgow Central to Edinburgh Waverley via Shotts. The station has two platforms, connected by a stairway footbridge, and CCTV. It is managed by First ScotRail.
It is currently served, Monday to Saturday, by one First ScotRail service each hour from Glasgow Central to Edinburgh Waverley. One train a day from Edinburgh terminates at Motherwell. There is a limited Sunday service at this station to Edinburgh and West Calder.
The staple passenger traction calling at this station is the Class 156 "Super Sprinter". However a Class 158 can also be seen on the Glasgow Central to Edinburgh Waverley services with sometimes a Class 170 on the local Sunday service to West Calder. As this station is at the junction of the West Coast Main Line to Carstairs a colourful variety of CrossCountry Class 220 "Voyager", Virgin Trains Class 221 "Super Voyager", Class 390 "Pendolino" and NXEC InterCity 225 can also be seen.
The line is heavily used by freight, mainly coal from Hunterston in Ayrshire, to Longannet power station in Fife.
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