Edinburgh Waverley Station on track for redevelopment in the New Year [Network Rail]





Date: 06/01/2006

[Press release date: 19/12/2005]

Passengers using Edinburgh Waverley station will see the £150 million investment in the Scottish station get underway in the New Year. Two major contracts worth £53 million have been awarded by Network Rail as part of phase one of the redevelopment which will see improvements to the station, platforms, track and signalling.
More in Word Document linked to below.

RAILSCOT Comment: There will be two platforms at the Balmoral side opposite Platforms 1/19 and one at the Klondyke opposite Platform 11. Platform 5 will be reinstated at the East End. At Haymarket a bay platform in the carpark will be used to turn trains round during 2007 while the western throat of Waverley is being remodelled. A separate contract will cover the provision of lifts and escalators at the Waverley Steps during 2006..


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Network Rail Press Release - note this is a Word Document.

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