Curriehill railway station

Curriehill railway station
Curriehill National Rail
Scottish Gaelic: Cnoc Churraich
Curriehill
View from footbridge at Curriehill railway station, looking towards Edinburgh
Location
Place Currie
Local authority Edinburgh
Coordinates 55°54′01″N 3°19′09″W / 55.900278°N 3.319167°W / 55.900278; -3.319167Coordinates: 55°54′01″N 3°19′09″W / 55.900278°N 3.319167°W / 55.900278; -3.319167
Operations
Station code CUH
Managed by First ScotRail
Number of platforms 2
Live arrivals/departures and station information
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Annual rail passenger usage
2004/05 * increase 40,127
2005/06 * increase 43,593
2006/07 * decrease 41,053
2007/08 * increase 43,321
2008/09 * increase 47,122
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* Annual passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Curriehill from Office of Rail Regulation statistics. Please note: methodology may vary year on year.
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Curriehill railway station is located in Currie, a southwestern suburb of the city of Edinburgh, not far from the main campus of Heriot-Watt University. It lies on the Shotts Line, which runs from Glasgow Central to Edinburgh Waverley by way of Shotts.

The station has two platforms, connected by a stairway footbridge, and is equipped with CCTV. It is managed by First ScotRail.

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History

Curriehill is a reopened station. The original Curriehill (called "Currie") opened on 15 February 1848, and was closed by British Railways on 31 March 1951. The present station (which occupies the site of the old station) opened on 5 October 1987.[1]

Services

Curriehill is currently served on Mondays to Saturdays by an approximately hourly First ScotRail service in each direction, to Edinburgh and Glasgow. On Sundays the service is more limited, with two-hourly departures each way after midday.

The staple passenger traction calling at this station is the Class 156 "Super Sprinter". 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 East Coast InterCity 225 can also be seen.

Sources

  1. ^ Shaw, Donald (1989). The Balerno Branch and the caley in Edinburgh. Oakwood Library. p. 224. ISBN 978-0853613664. 
Preceding station National Rail National Rail Following station
Wester Hailes   First ScotRail

Shotts Line

  Kirknewton

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Railway stations in Edinburgh
Commuter lines:  North Clyde Line Crossrail Dunblane Fife Circle North Berwick Shotts

Stations: BrunstaneCurriehillDalmenyEdinburgh ParkHaymarketKingsknoweNewcraighallSlatefordSouth GyleWaverleyWester Hailes

Future stations: Gogar • Shawfair

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