Northumbrian Trainfan: November 2022

Tuesday, November 1, 2022

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.