Edinburgh Waverley train 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 607 trains a day.

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Edinburgh Waverley is the nearest station for postcodes in EH1, EH2, EH3, EH8, EH7, EH9, EH6, EH5. Check your own postcode.

238 direct destinations
20th busiest in Britain
Staffed full time
Step-free throughout
617 parking spaces
16 bus stops nearby

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	607	589	298
Inverkeithing	194	189	89
Edinburgh Gateway	182	179	70
Glasgow Queen Street	177	174	117
Edinburgh Park	170	152	97
Linlithgow	147	177	107
Polmont	147	177	107
Kirkcaldy	122	122	65
Newcastle	120	112	97
Dalmeny	99	101	55
North Queensferry	99	101	55
Bathgate	95	79	54
Falkirk High	95	104	66
Livingston North	95	79	54
Uphall	95	79	54
York	89	84	71
Stirling	87	85	52
Airdrie	82	70	50
Drumgelloch	82	70	50
Coatbridge Sunnyside	81	69	50
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	75	55
Markinch	78	77	24
Falkirk Grahamston	77	75	45
Ladybank	77	76	22
Shettleston	76	68	50
Bridge of Allan	75	72	29
Camelon	75	73	43
Dunblane	75	72	30
Larbert	75	73	43
Burntisland	72	70	31
Cowdenbeath	72	71	23
Croy	72	72	64
Dalgety Bay	72	70	31
Dundee	72	69	35
Dunfermline City	72	71	23

and 198 more stations, each served less often.

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How busy Edinburgh Waverley station 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 3 March 2027

From 3 March 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

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Facilities at Edinburgh Waverley station

Edinburgh Waverley is staffed full time, with step-free access to the whole station.

Ticket office: Monday to Friday: 06:00 to 22:00 · Saturday: 06:00 to 22:00 · Sunday: 07:00 to 22:00

Toilets · Waiting room · WiFi

Parking at Edinburgh Waverley station

New Street: Long Stay 617 spaces, 16 accessible

Cycle parking: 223 spaces (sheltered, stands).

From National Rail's station record, last updated 23 August 2026.

Getting to Edinburgh Waverley station

Edinburgh Waverley station is in City of Edinburgh, Scotland, and is run by Network Rail.

The nearest motorway junction is M8 J1 (Hermiston Gait), 5.5 miles south-west.

16 bus stops are within a short walk, the nearest being Waverley Bridge.

Sources: Office of Rail and Road (Table 6329), OpenStreetMap and NaPTAN.

Edinburgh Waverley 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