Musselburgh railway station
You can reach 8 stations directly from Musselburgh on a weekday, without changing. The most frequent is Edinburgh Waverley, with 53 trains a day.
Musselburgh is the nearest station for postcodes in EH21. Check your own postcode.
Direct trains from Musselburgh
Trains a day to each station you can reach without changing, by day of the week.
| Destination | Weekday | Saturday | Sunday |
|---|---|---|---|
| Edinburgh Waverley | 53 | 64 | 27 |
| Wallyford | 52 | 63 | 27 |
| Drem | 42 | 56 | 27 |
| Prestonpans | 42 | 56 | 27 |
| Longniddry | 41 | 56 | 27 |
| North Berwick | 41 | 55 | 27 |
| Dunbar | 12 | 9 | 0 |
| Haymarket | 2 | 0 | 0 |
How busy Musselburgh is
461,092 passenger entries and exits in 2024-25, making it the 907th busiest station in Great Britain.
More journeys run between Musselburgh and Edinburgh than any other pair: 323,464 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.
Sundays
Sunday is a different railway here: 6 stations instead of 8, a drop of about 25%. Saturday runs to 7.
Nearest other stations
- Newcraighall 0.7 miles
- Brunstane 1.2 miles
- Shawfair 1.3 miles
- Wallyford 2.3 miles
- Eskbank 3.6 miles
Closed stations nearby
Former stations within 8 km of Musselburgh, from Wikidata. They are on the map under Closed & former stations.
- Newhailes · 0.5 miles
- Cairney · 0.7 miles
- Musselburgh closed 1970 · 0.8 miles
- Fisherrow · 0.8 miles
- Niddrie · 0.9 miles
- Inveresk · 1.2 miles
Show closed stations on the map
More about this station on Wikipedia.