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SCOTTISH STRATEGIC RAIL STUDY
2. CURRENT POSITION
Routes & Services
2.1 We begin with a brief review of the current network and the services that are operated over them.
2.2 Figure 1.1 previously, showed the extent of the network and those sections that have been electrified. Figure 2.1 illustrates which sections of the network are single track.
Figure 2.1 Single Track Passenger Lines
SESTRAN Area
2.3 The SESTRAN area is focused on Edinburgh Waverley station, which comprises four through platforms, (two of which are split in the middle to form two platforms each) and eight bay platforms (seven at the western end, one at the eastern end).
2.4 To the east of Waverley the route is the electrified East Coast Main Line, carrying InterCity services to/from England, from which there are branches to North Berwick (electrified) and Newcraighall.
2.5 To the west, the line branches several times to form five routes from Edinburgh - clockwise; the electrified line via Carstairs carrying trains from London, the line to Glasgow via Shotts, a partially single track branch to Bathgate, the main line to Glasgow via Falkirk carrying the 15 minute interval Glasgow Queen Street - Edinburgh service and services to Dunblane, Perth and Inverness, and towards the north, the main line via the Forth Bridge carries local services to Fife, along with inter regional express and through services onto Dundee and Aberdeen.
2.6 Local rail services operate from Edinburgh Waverley to North Berwick and to Glenrothes or Markinch via Dunfermline or Kirkcaldy (the Fife Circle). The recently introduced Edinburgh Crossrail service runs from Newcraighall to Bathgate and Dunblane. A local service stopping at all stations runs to Glasgow via Shotts.
2.7 Inter Regional services comprise a 15 minute interval service to Glasgow Queen Street, with services running most hours to Aberdeen and 6 times a day to Inverness (one each onwards to Thurso and Wick). An hourly service operates south to Birmingham and South Western England, as well as an hourly to half hourly service to London (three starting in Aberdeen, one in Inverness and eight at Glasgow Central). Seven trains a day also run from Edinburgh to the West Coast Main Line, and onwards to the English South Coast via Birmingham.
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