Brunstane train station
You can reach 9 stations directly from Brunstane on a weekday, without changing. The most frequent is Edinburgh Waverley, with 61 trains a day.
Brunstane is the nearest station for postcodes in EH15, EH16. Check your own postcode.
Direct trains from Brunstane
Trains a day to each station you can reach without changing, by day of the week.
| Destination | Weekday | Saturday | Sunday |
|---|---|---|---|
| Edinburgh Waverley | 61 | 63 | 30 |
| Eskbank | 61 | 63 | 30 |
| Galashiels | 61 | 63 | 30 |
| Gorebridge | 61 | 63 | 30 |
| Newtongrange | 61 | 63 | 30 |
| Newcraighall | 61 | 63 | 30 |
| Shawfair | 61 | 63 | 30 |
| Stow | 61 | 63 | 30 |
| Tweedbank | 61 | 63 | 30 |
Lines serving Brunstane
Brunstane is on the Borders Railway. That page has the whole route, every station on it and how busy each one is.
Freight through Brunstane station, hour by hour
No freight is booked through or alongside Brunstane station in the week beginning 12 October 2026. Freight paths stay in the national timetable even when they run only as required, so a station with none booked is one that goods trains do not pass.
How busy Brunstane station is
156,782 passenger entries and exits in 2024-25, making it the 1,525th busiest station in Great Britain.
More journeys run between Brunstane and Edinburgh than any other pair: 94,182 a year. That is where passengers go, which is not always where the most trains go.
Source: Office of Rail and Road, Estimates of station usage, 2024-25. Estimated from ticket sales.
Nearest other stations
- Newcraighall 0.7 miles
- Musselburgh 1.2 miles
- Shawfair 1.7 miles
- Wallyford 3.3 miles
- Edinburgh Waverley 3.5 miles
Closed stations nearby
Former stations within 8 km of Brunstane, from Wikidata. They are on the map under Closed & former stations.
- Joppa railway station, E&DR · 0.2 miles
- Joppa · 0.4 miles
- Niddrie · 0.6 miles
- Newhailes · 0.7 miles
- Portobello (E&DR) · 0.8 miles
- Portobello (NBR) · 0.8 miles
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Facilities at Brunstane station
Brunstane is unstaffed, with step-free access to part of the station.
Waiting room
Cycle parking: 14 spaces (lockers).
From National Rail's station record, last updated 13 August 2026.
Getting to Brunstane station
Brunstane station is in City of Edinburgh, Scotland, and is run by ScotRail.
The nearest motorway junction is M8 J1 (Hermiston Gait), 8.6 miles west.
Sources: Office of Rail and Road (Table 6329), OpenStreetMap and NaPTAN.
Brunstane station elsewhere
- National Rail facilities, opening hours and live departures
- Realtime Trains every train calling today, to the minute
- Wikipedia the station's history
- OpenStreetMap the map data this page is built from
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