Work to install a new platform at Edinburgh Waverley railway station is now complete.

The new 204-metre-long platform 12 entered into service on Sunday, 10 December.

Located to the western side of the station, the scheme forms a key part of the Edinburgh Glasgow Improvement Programme (EGIP). It will accommodate new electric trains being introduced by ScotRail next year.

Works included demolishing redundant station buildings on platforms 11 and 12 before extending platform 12 by 75 metres. Around 2,500 tonnes of material was removed and 200-metres of track laid as well as new signalling and overhead powerline infrastructure installed.


The completion of platform 12 is the first in a series of enhancements being delivered at the station. New track-layout is set to be installed between platforms 10 and 11 to increase flexibility at the station and allow more trains to use the platforms. In addition, platforms 5 and 6 are also being extended to 265-metres to accommodate new 10-car trains due to be introduced on the main line between Edinburgh and London..

Rodger Querns, Network Rail programme director, said: "Together with the electrification of the main Edinburgh-Glasgow line, the commissioning of the new platform 12 is another step forward in our journey to transform capacity at Waverley and build the best railway Scotland’s ever had.

"The electrification of our railway will allow us to run faster, longer, greener trains and cut journey times while increasing the number of seats available for passengers."

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