Riding Mill - 14 Feb 2023

Riding Mill
Northern Trains Class 156

 

ECMR Beal - 7 Feb 2023

 The Beal level crossing is situated on the East Coast Main Line (ECML) 10 miles south of Berwick. The road crossing the ECML is used to reach Holy Island.

LNER Azuma
East Coast Main Line Beal level crossing

Wylam - Winter 19 Jan 2023

Wylam Carlisle Train
Northern Rail Class 158

Wylam Newcastle Train
Northern Rail Class 158

Wylam Freightliner Class 66

Wylam Freightliner Class 66

Edinburgh Waverley Jan 2023

 

Edinburgh Waverley Station North British Hotel

Edinburgh Scott Memorial and LNER Azuma

Edinburgh Waverly west end LNER Azuma

Edinburgh Waverly Scot Rail Class 170 departs west end

Edinburgh Waverley Nov 2022

 

Edinburgh Waverley Station

In 1846, the North British Railway (NBR) Company built a station at the east of Nor Loch. The Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway (EGR), and the Edinburgh Leith and Newhaven Railway (EL&NR) also opened stations. The three companies combined their stations and renamed the station 'Waverley' after the novel of that name written by Sir Walter Scott.

By 1865, the North British had absorbed the EGR and the EL&NR and built a new station. The NBR built a new Waverley Station in the 1890's. 

NBR Edinburgh Waverley Station West End

NBR Edinburgh Waverley Station East 

NBR 0-6-0 locomotives
Edinburgh Waverley West 1893

The North British Hotel (now the Balmoral), which dominates the station, opened in 1902.

North British Railway Hotel Edinburgh

North British Railway Edinburgh Waverley Station

NBR Edinburgh Waverley Station Perth Express

The station on the East Coast Main Line (ECML) would be operated by the London and North Eastern Railway (LNER) after the railway amalgamations of 1923.

Edinburgh Waverley Station 1923

LNER Empire of India Class A4 leaving Edinburgh

After nationalisation of the rail network in 1947 the station was operated by British Railways. 

 British Railways Edinburgh Waverley Station 1950

 British Railways Edinburgh Waverley Station 1960

When British Rail was privatised in 1994, the station was placed in the ownership of Railtrack. The ownership changed again in 2002, when Railtrack ran into financial difficulties, and Network Rail assumed control of the railway infrastructure. 

Network Rail Edinburgh Waverley Station 2003

The station was refurbished and altered from 2006 to 2020. 

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Edinburgh Waverley Station November 2022

Edinburgh Waverley Station Concourse

Edinburgh Waverley Station West End at night

Edinburgh Waverley Station Platforms 10-12

Edinburgh Waverley Station Platforms 15-16

Edinburgh Waverley Station Platform 17
Scot Rail Class 170

Edinburgh Waverley Station Platform 2
LNER Azuma

Edinburgh Waverley Station Platforms 5 and 6
LNER Azuma

Edinburgh Waverley Station Platforms 5
LNER Azuma

Edinburgh Waverley Station East End
Scot Rail Class 380

Edinburgh Waverley Station East End
LNER Azuma

Edinburgh Waverley Station East End
Platform 5 and 6 LNER Azuma

Edinburgh Waverley Station East End
LNER Azuma departing Platform 6

Edinburgh Waverley Station Wast End
Princess Gardens