Tag: Waverley Station
Waverley masterplan for the next 30 years unveiled
The rail body has prepared a masterplan in collaboration with the council and Transport Scotland setting out what they intend doing at Waverley Station over the next three decades.
This plan will have...
Miles secures debate on station traffic
Lothians MSP Miles Briggs has made it one of the principal aims of his new position to get accessible taxis back into Waverley Station.
Despite Scotrail having said when they banned all vehicles except delivery trucks that this...
Homecoming: Station Stories – a Victorian interlude at Waverley this week
A train carriage travels through a wintry landscape. You are the passenger in that carriage, and as you watch the swirling snowflakes from your cosy seat, an unknown voice begins to tell you a...
Tuesday in Edinburgh – What’s On Today
The Football Cronicas: Jethro Soutar (who co-edited the book with Tim Girven and is a founder of Ragpicker Press) and translator Rachael McGill discuss all things literary, Latin American and football, plus translation and the setting up...
What’s On in Edinburgh this week
MONDAY 17TH NOVEMBER 2014
Delighters: Hula Hooping - taster session. For ages 14+, beginners or beginners + - session will be tailored to the abilities of the participants. 6.30-7.30pm, Forest Centre +, 38 Castle Terrace....
VIDEO – For the Fallen locomotive visited Edinburgh today
A unique and moving centenary railway tribute to the thousands who gave their lives in World War One was dedicated by East Coast earlier this month.
Today the locomotive arrived in Edinburgh pulling the 12.10...
‘Sir Walter Scott’ at Waverley Station
Great Scott! - Sir Walter’s Words Around Waverley
From today Edinburgh’s Waverley Station - the only railway station in the world named after a novel - will be awash with the wit and wisdom of...
Edinburgh MP urges Network Rail to rethink Waverley access
Mark Lazarowicz MP has written to Network Rail calling for them to meet with organisations representing disabled people to urgently find a solution to ensure disabled access to Waverley Station now that it is...
Waverley Station is now a vehicle free zone
Waverley station will be closed to all vehicles from Monday, June 2, following a review of access arrangements by Network Rail.
All taxis will be removed from the station, with passengers directed to external ranks....
Network Rail advises safety first on stairs and escalators
Network Rail have released a video which is designed to shock you a little into being more careful in and around their stations. Watch some of the spills here - then slow down and...
Drugs seized at Waverley Station
£10,000 worth of drugs were recovered following a joint operation between Lothian and Borders Police and British Transport Police in Edinburgh yesterday.
The activity took place at Waverley Train Station and Edinburgh Bus Station and...
Rail journeys from Edinburgh to Glasgow to be quicker
Exciting plans to electrify Glasgow Queen Street to Edinburgh Waverley train route - which would cut journey times by 10 minutes - have been unveiled by The Scottish Government.
Glasgow MSP Sandra White welcomed Transport...