Curriehill railway station
Curriehill railway station is located in Currie, a southwestern suburb of the city of Edinburgh, Scotland, not far from the main campus of Heriot-Watt University. It lies on the Shotts Line, which runs from Glasgow Central to Edinburgh Waverley by way of Shotts.
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 View from footbridge at Curriehill railway station, looking towards Edinburgh | |
| Location | Currie, Edinburgh Scotland |
| Coordinates | 55.9006°N 3.3185°W |
| Grid reference | NT176682 |
| Managed by | Abellio ScotRail |
| Platforms | 2 |
| Other information | |
| Station code | CUH |
| Key dates | |
| 15 February 1848 | opened |
| 31 March 1951 | closed |
| 5 October 1987 | reopened |
| Passengers | |
| 2015/16 |  67,020 |
| 2016/17 | 66,722 |
| 2017/18 |  69,340 |
| 2018/19 | 69,184 |
| 2019/20 | 80,978 |
| Notes | |
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road | |
The station has two platforms, connected by a stairway footbridge, and is equipped with CCTV. It is managed by Abellio ScotRail.
History
Curriehill is a reopened station. The original Curriehill (called "Currie") opened on 15 February 1848, and was closed by British Railways on 31 March 1951. The present station (which occupies the site of the old station) opened on 5 October 1987.[2]
Services
Curriehill is currently served on Mondays to Saturdays by an approximately hourly Abellio ScotRail service in each direction, to Edinburgh and Glasgow Central. There is one train per day to North Berwick and one to Ayr via Carstairs. Two trains per day run to Motherwell (one in the evening peak running via Shotts and one late night service via Carstairs), whilst one starts back from there. On Sundays the service is more limited, with two-hourly departures each way after midday.[3]
The staple passenger traction calling at this station is the Class 156 "Super Sprinter", though Class 380 Desiro EMUs are used on the Ayr and North Berwick trains.
| Preceding station | National Rail |
Following station | ||
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| Wester Hailes | Abellio ScotRail Shotts Line |
Kirknewton | ||
| Abellio ScotRail North Berwick Line |
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Sources
- Brailsford, Martyn, ed. (December 2017) [1987]. "Gaelic/English Station Index". Railway Track Diagrams 1: Scotland & Isle of Man (6th ed.). Frome: Trackmaps. ISBN 978-0-9549866-9-8.
- Shaw, Donald (1989). The Balerno Branch and the Caley in Edinburgh. Oakwood Library. p. 224. ISBN 978-0-85361-366-4.
- Table 224 National Rail timetable, May 2016
External links
- Train times and station information for Curriehill railway station from National Rail
- Video footage of Curriehill station
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