Edinburgh Waverley railway station
Edinburgh Waverley is a major interchange: 238 stations can be reached from here without changing on a weekday, more than almost anywhere else on the network. The most frequent is Haymarket, with 609 trains a day.
See Edinburgh Waverley on the map
Edinburgh Waverley is the nearest station for postcodes in EH1, EH2, EH3, EH8, EH7, EH9, EH6, EH5. Check your own postcode.
Direct trains from Edinburgh Waverley
Trains a day to each station you can reach without changing, by day of the week.
| Destination | Weekday | Saturday | Sunday |
|---|---|---|---|
| Haymarket | 609 | 595 | 302 |
| Inverkeithing | 194 | 190 | 90 |
| Edinburgh Gateway | 182 | 179 | 71 |
| Glasgow Queen Street | 179 | 178 | 120 |
| Edinburgh Park | 170 | 153 | 98 |
| Linlithgow | 149 | 180 | 109 |
| Polmont | 149 | 180 | 109 |
| Kirkcaldy | 122 | 123 | 65 |
| Newcastle | 120 | 114 | 99 |
| Dalmeny | 99 | 102 | 56 |
| North Queensferry | 99 | 102 | 56 |
| Falkirk High | 97 | 107 | 68 |
| Bathgate | 95 | 80 | 55 |
| Livingston North | 95 | 80 | 55 |
| Uphall | 95 | 80 | 55 |
| York | 89 | 84 | 71 |
| Stirling | 87 | 85 | 52 |
| Airdrie | 82 | 71 | 51 |
| Drumgelloch | 82 | 71 | 51 |
| Coatbridge Sunnyside | 81 | 70 | 51 |
| Charing Cross (Glasgow) | 81 | 69 | 50 |
| High Street | 81 | 69 | 50 |
| Hyndland | 81 | 69 | 50 |
| Partick (Rail) | 81 | 69 | 50 |
| Glasgow Central | 80 | 80 | 15 |
| South Gyle | 80 | 76 | 56 |
| Markinch | 78 | 78 | 24 |
| Falkirk Grahamston | 77 | 75 | 45 |
| Ladybank | 77 | 77 | 22 |
| Shettleston | 76 | 69 | 51 |
| Bridge of Allan | 75 | 72 | 29 |
| Camelon | 75 | 73 | 43 |
| Dunblane | 75 | 72 | 30 |
| Larbert | 75 | 73 | 43 |
| Croy | 74 | 75 | 66 |
| Burntisland | 72 | 71 | 31 |
| Cowdenbeath | 72 | 71 | 24 |
| Dalgety Bay | 72 | 71 | 31 |
| Dundee | 72 | 70 | 35 |
| Dunfermline City | 72 | 71 | 24 |
and 198 more stations, each served less often.
How busy Edinburgh Waverley is
22,755,164 passenger entries and exits in 2024-25, making it the 20th busiest station in Great Britain.
A further 1,583,408 passengers changed trains here without entering or leaving the station.
More journeys run between Edinburgh Waverley and Glasgow Queen Street than any other pair: 2,369,536 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.
Changing from 17 February 2027
From 17 February 2027, Edinburgh Waverley gains 11 destinations including Weston-super-Mare, Basingstoke, Southampton Central, Brockenhurst, Oxford, Reading.
Nearest other stations
- Haymarket 1.2 miles
- Slateford 2.7 miles
- Brunstane 3.5 miles
- Kingsknowe 3.7 miles
- Newcraighall 4.1 miles
Closed stations nearby
Former stations within 8 km of Edinburgh Waverley, from Wikidata. They are on the map under Closed & former stations.
- Scotland Street · 0.6 miles
- Edinburgh Princes Street · 0.7 miles
- St Leonards (Edinburgh) · 0.8 miles
- Leith Walk · 0.8 miles
- St Leonards (Edinburgh) · 0.9 miles
- Abbeyhill · 1.0 miles
Show closed stations on the map
More about this station on Wikipedia.