Wester Hailes train station
You can reach 24 stations directly from Wester Hailes on a weekday, without changing. The most frequent is Curriehill, with 42 trains a day.
Wester Hailes is the nearest station for postcodes in EH14. Check your own postcode.
- 24 direct destinations
- 1,963rd busiest in Britain
- Unstaffed
- Step-free in part
- 38 parking spaces
- 6 bus stops nearby
Direct trains from Wester Hailes
Trains a day to each station you can reach without changing, by day of the week.
| Destination | Weekday | Saturday | Sunday |
|---|---|---|---|
| Curriehill | 42 | 41 | 12 |
| Edinburgh Waverley | 42 | 42 | 12 |
| Haymarket | 42 | 42 | 12 |
| Kingsknowe | 42 | 42 | 12 |
| Kirknewton | 42 | 41 | 12 |
| Slateford | 42 | 42 | 12 |
| Glasgow Central | 39 | 40 | 12 |
| Livingston South | 38 | 38 | 12 |
| Shotts | 38 | 38 | 12 |
| West Calder | 38 | 38 | 12 |
| Addiewell | 37 | 37 | 12 |
| Fauldhouse | 37 | 37 | 12 |
| Holytown | 37 | 38 | 12 |
| Bellshill | 36 | 37 | 12 |
| Breich | 36 | 35 | 12 |
| Cleland | 36 | 36 | 12 |
| Carfin | 36 | 36 | 12 |
| Hartwood | 36 | 36 | 12 |
| Uddingston | 36 | 37 | 12 |
| Cambuslang | 6 | 7 | 0 |
| Motherwell | 5 | 5 | 0 |
| Carluke | 4 | 4 | 0 |
| Carstairs | 4 | 4 | 0 |
| Wishaw | 4 | 4 | 0 |
How busy Wester Hailes station is
62,844 passenger entries and exits in 2024-25, making it the 1,963rd busiest station in Great Britain.
More journeys run between Wester Hailes and Edinburgh than any other pair: 29,236 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: 19 stations instead of 24, a drop of about 21%. Saturday runs to 24.
Nearest other stations
- Kingsknowe 0.8 miles
- Edinburgh Park 1.3 miles
- Curriehill 1.6 miles
- South Gyle 1.6 miles
- Slateford 1.8 miles
Closed stations nearby
Former stations within 8 km of Wester Hailes, from Wikidata. They are on the map under Closed & former stations.
- Juniper Green · 0.8 miles
- Hailes Halt · 0.9 miles
- Colinton · 1.0 miles
- Saughton · 1.4 miles
- Currie · 1.7 miles
- Gogar railway station, NBR · 1.7 miles
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Facilities at Wester Hailes station
Wester Hailes is unstaffed, with step-free access to part of the station.
Waiting room
Parking at Wester Hailes station
- Station Car Park 38 spaces
free
From National Rail's station record, last updated 12 August 2026.
Getting to Wester Hailes station
Wester Hailes station is in City of Edinburgh, Scotland, and is run by ScotRail.
The nearest motorway junction is M8 J1 (Hermiston Gait), 1.5 miles west.
6 bus stops are within a short walk, the nearest being Wester Hailes Drive.
Sources: Office of Rail and Road (Table 6329), OpenStreetMap and NaPTAN.
Wester Hailes 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