Curriehill railway station is located in Currie, a southwestern suburb of the city of Edinburgh, Scotland, 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.
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 View from footbridge at Curriehill railway station in June 2008, looking towards Edinburgh | |||||
| General information | |||||
| Location | Currie, Edinburgh Scotland | ||||
| Coordinates | 55°54′02″N 3°19′07″W / 55.9006°N 3.3185°W | ||||
| Grid reference | NT176682 | ||||
| Managed by | ScotRail | ||||
| Platforms | 2 | ||||
| Other information | |||||
| Station code | CUH | ||||
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| 15 February 1848 | Station opened | ||||
| 31 March 1951 | Station closed | ||||
| 5 October 1987 | Station reopened | ||||
| Passengers | |||||
| 2019/20 |  80,978 | ||||
| 2020/21 |  8,972 | ||||
| 2021/22 | 40,210 | ||||
| 2022/23 | 69,292 | ||||
| 2023/24 | 109,626 | ||||
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The station has two platforms, connected by a stairway footbridge, and is equipped with CCTV. It is managed by ScotRail.
History
editCurriehill 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.[2]
Services
editCurriehill is currently served on Mondays to Saturdays by an approximately hourly ScotRail service in each direction, to Edinburgh Waverley and Glasgow Central. Most of these trains run via Shotts. Westbound trains via Carstairs only stop here during the evening. Two trains per day run to Motherwell (one in the evening peak running via Shotts and one late night service via Carstairs), whilst one starts back from there. On Sundays the service is more limited, with two-hourly departures each way after midday.[3]
The staple passenger traction calling at this station is the Class 385, although the occasional Class 380 can also be used. Avanti West Coast and TransPennine Express services pass though the station without stopping.
| Preceding station |  National Rail
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Following station | ||
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| Wester Hailes | ScotRail Shotts Line |
Kirknewton | ||
Sources
edit- ^ Brailsford, Martyn, ed. (December 2017) [1987]. "Gaelic/English Station Index". Railway Track Diagrams 1: Scotland & Isle of Man (6th ed.). Frome: Trackmaps. ISBN 978-0-9549866-9-8.
- ^ Shaw, Donald (1989). The Balerno Branch and the Caley in Edinburgh. Oakwood Library. p. 224. ISBN 978-0-85361-366-4.
- ^ Table 224 National Rail timetable, May 2016
External links
edit- Train times and station information for Curriehill railway station from National Rail
- Video footage of Curriehill station