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Edinburgh Gateway

Location type

Station

Name and dates

Edinburgh Gateway (2016-)

Opened on the Forth Bridge Connecting Lines (North British Railway).
Open on the Fife Circle.
Open on the Edinburgh to Perth.
Open on the Edinburgh to Dundee.

Description

This station is a train/tram interchange which also serves the Gyle shopping Centre. Trams run west to Edinburgh Airport.

The station was officially opened 09/12/2016 and trains commenced calling on 11/12/2016.

Tags

Station

Chronology Dates

/03/2010	Forth Bridge Connecting Lines (North British Railway) Gogar interchange station promoted by Scottish Government as a cheap alternative to an Edinburgh Airport Rail Link. Cost expected to be £40M. (Opened as Edinburgh Gateway.)

News items

03/02/2021	Edinburgh Gateway: ScotRail passengers face disruption after signalling fault near airport [The Herald]
15/08/2019	Building a short stretch of track would give Edinburgh a third main rail hub [Evening News]
01/02/2018	£41m Edinburgh railway station branded a flop as it fails to attract passengers [Herald]
27/08/2017	White elephant on the tracks: New £41 million railway station gets a fraction of expected number of passengers [Sunday Post]
18/04/2017	Dundee Railway Station Could Get £700K Revamp [Dundee Evening Telegraph]
11/12/2016	New Edinburgh Gateway interchange opens in capital [BBC News]
29/09/2016	Edinburgh's new tram-train interchange days away from completion [Scotsman]
12/06/2016	Edinburgh Gateway railway station 'extensively damaged' [BBC News]

Books

Edinburgh To Inverkeithing.: including The Port Edgar, North Queensferry And Rosyth Dockyard Branches. (Scottish Main Lines.)