Shawfair train station
You can reach 9 stations directly from Shawfair on a weekday, without changing. The most frequent is Brunstane, with 61 trains a day.
Shawfair is the nearest station for postcodes in EH17. Check your own postcode.
Direct trains from Shawfair
Trains a day to each station you can reach without changing, by day of the week.
| Destination | Weekday | Saturday | Sunday |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brunstane | 61 | 63 | 30 |
| 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 |
| Stow | 61 | 63 | 30 |
| Tweedbank | 61 | 63 | 30 |
Lines serving Shawfair
Shawfair is on the Borders Railway. That page has the whole route, every station on it and how busy each one is.
Freight through Shawfair station, hour by hour
No freight is booked through or alongside Shawfair 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 Shawfair station is
72,472 passenger entries and exits in 2024-25, making it the 1,903rd busiest station in Great Britain.
More journeys run between Shawfair and Edinburgh than any other pair: 34,458 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 1.1 miles
- Musselburgh 1.3 miles
- Brunstane 1.7 miles
- Eskbank 2.5 miles
- Wallyford 3.3 miles
Closed stations nearby
Former stations within 8 km of Shawfair, from Wikidata. They are on the map under Closed & former stations.
- Millerhill · 0.5 miles
- Cairney · 0.5 miles
- Niddrie · 1.2 miles
- Sherriffhall · 1.3 miles
- Newhailes · 1.4 miles
- Dalkeith · 1.8 miles
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Facilities at Shawfair station
Shawfair is unstaffed, with step-free access to the whole station.
Waiting room
Parking at Shawfair station
- Station Car Park 53 spaces, 3 accessible
free
Cycle parking: 20 spaces (sheltered, stands).
From National Rail's station record, last updated 12 August 2026.
Getting to Shawfair station
Shawfair station is in Midlothian, Scotland, and is run by ScotRail.
The nearest motorway junction is M8 J1 (Hermiston Gait), 8.9 miles west.
Sources: Office of Rail and Road (Table 6329), OpenStreetMap and NaPTAN.
Shawfair 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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