East Linton

Location type

Station

Name and dates

East Linton (2023-)

Station code: National Rail
Opened on the North British Railway.

Description

The new station in East Linton is west of the original East Linton [1st] station (closed 1964), directly west of East Linton Primary School. There are platform shelters, a footbridge with lifts for accessibility and a car park. The car park is on the south side of the line.

Tags

Station




Chronology Dates

  /10/2011North British Railway
Proposal to re-open East Linton along with an improved service to Dunbar by 2014.

News items

13/12/2023Transport minister praises local rail campaigners after station opens [East Lothian Courier]
13/12/2023Train service returns to East Linton after nearly 60 years [BBC News]
12/12/2023East Linton: Excitement grows as new station opens [East Lothian Courier]
17/11/2023Date announced for opening of new station at East Linton [Network Rail]
30/10/2023New timetable delivers electric trains between Barrhead and Glasgow [ScotRail]
19/10/2023Edinburgh train passengers face chaos as power line collapses onto tracks [Edinburgh Live]
19/09/2023Assurances given East Linton railway station is on track to open [East Lothian Courier]
26/05/2023Join the campaign for railway station at Winchburgh- Sue Webber [Edinburgh News]
15/04/2023New East Linton Railway Station on track to open in spring 2024 [East Lothian Courier]
11/10/2022Footbridge installed at the new £15m East Linton station [Network Rail]

Books


A Regional History of the Railways of Great Britain: Scotland - The Lowlands and the Borders v. 6 (Regional railway history series)

Drem to Edinburgh: Including Gullane, Haddington, Tranent, Musselburgh and Fisherrow Branches (Scottish Main Lines)

Edinburgh St. Margaret's: The Story of the 'Other' Edinburgh Depot of the North British Railway 1845-1967

Exploring Disused Railways in East Scotland

Last Trains: Edinburgh and South East Scotland v. 1
LNER Wagons: Volume 3: Scottish Area: Ex North British and Ex-Great North of Scotland Railway Wagons
North British Railway in Northumberland, The

North British Railway, Vol. 1 (Standard Railway History)

North British Railway, Vol. 2 (Standard Railway History)

Signalling and Signal Boxes along the North British Railway, Great North of Scotland Railway and the CLC Routes

South East Scotland (British Railways Past & Present)

The Castle and the Bear: A Brief History of the North British Railway

The North British Railway a History
The North British Railway, Volume 1, One,
The Vanished Railways of Old Western Dunbartonshire (Britains Railways/Old Photos)

Vanished Railways of West Lothian