Trains at: Edinburgh Waverley, ECML, 01/02/2020

A very enjoyable afternoon spent at Edinburgh Waverley which is the northern terminus of the East Coast Mainline where we see plenty of services from Abellio Scotrail, Cross Country and Transpennine Express.

Edinburgh Waverley started its life off as three separate stations all built by different companies, the first was the North Bridge built by the North British Railway which ran a line from Berwick to Edinburgh. You then had the General station opened a year later in 1847 by the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway and finally in the same year we had the Canal Street station opened by the Edinburgh, Leith and Newhaven Railway.

In 1868 the North British Railway brought the stations from its competitors and then subsequently demolished all three including their own. But they did so with a plan to build a new grand station located in the heart of the capital. They closed the Scotland Street Tunnel to Canal Street. Waverley station has been in continuous use since it was built in the late 1880's, the station has been looked after by North British Railway, LNER, British Railways which eventually became British Rail in 1965, Railtrack and now Network Rail. After the line was extended through the tunnels to Haymarket it became the busiest railway station in the city, there was a second station there but it wasn't anywhere near as important. It was Princes Street run by the Caledonian Railway.

British Rail brought electrification to Edinburgh in 1991 which allowed for full electric running of trains from London Kings Cross all the way along the ECML to the Scottish Capital.

My next station is Haymarket.

A special shout out goes to George Jackson as I am to believe it is your birthday this month!

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