Curriehill railway station explained

Curriehill
Native Name:Gaelic; Scottish Gaelic: Cnoc Churraich[1]
Symbol Location:gb
Symbol:rail
Borough:Currie, Edinburgh
Country:Scotland
Coordinates:55.9006°N -3.3185°W
Grid Name:Grid reference
Manager:ScotRail
Platforms:2
Code:CUH
Years:15 February 1848
Events:opened
Years1:31 March 1951
Events1:closed
Years2:5 October 1987
Events2:reopened
Footnotes:Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

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 to by way of Shotts.

The station has two platforms, connected by a stairway footbridge, and is equipped with CCTV. It is managed by 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 ScotRail service in each direction, to Edinburgh Waverley and Glasgow Central. Most of these trains run via . Westbound trains via only stop here during the evening. 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.

The staple passenger traction calling at this station is the Class 385, although the occasional Class 380 can also be used. Avanti West Coast and TransPennine Express services pass though the station without stopping.

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Notes and References

  1. Book: Brailsford . Martyn . Railway Track Diagrams 1: Scotland & Isle of Man . 6th . December 2017 . 1987 . Trackmaps . Frome . 978-0-9549866-9-8 . Gaelic/English Station Index .
  2. Book: Shaw, Donald. The Balerno Branch and the Caley in Edinburgh. 1989 . Oakwood Library. 978-0-85361-366-4 . 224 .