Prestonpans railway station
You can reach 8 stations directly from Prestonpans on a weekday, without changing. The most frequent is Drem, with 42 trains a day.
Prestonpans is the nearest station for postcodes in EH32, EH33, EH35. Check your own postcode.
Direct trains from Prestonpans
Trains a day to each station you can reach without changing, by day of the week.
| Destination | Weekday | Saturday | Sunday |
|---|---|---|---|
| Drem | 42 | 56 | 27 |
| Edinburgh Waverley | 42 | 56 | 27 |
| Musselburgh | 42 | 56 | 27 |
| Wallyford | 42 | 56 | 27 |
| Longniddry | 41 | 56 | 27 |
| North Berwick | 40 | 55 | 27 |
| Dunbar | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Haymarket | 2 | 0 | 0 |
How busy Prestonpans is
257,514 passenger entries and exits in 2024-25, making it the 1,242nd busiest station in Great Britain.
More journeys run between Prestonpans and Edinburgh than any other pair: 202,686 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
- Wallyford 1.7 miles
- Longniddry 3.7 miles
- Musselburgh 4.0 miles
- Newcraighall 4.7 miles
- Brunstane 4.9 miles
Closed stations nearby
Former stations within 8 km of Prestonpans, from Wikidata. They are on the map under Closed & former stations.
- Seton Mains Halt · 1.7 miles
- Macmerry · 2.6 miles
- Ormiston · 2.9 miles
- Inveresk · 3.0 miles
- Musselburgh closed 1970 · 3.3 miles
- Winton · 3.3 miles
Show closed stations on the map
More about this station on Wikipedia.