Prestonpans railway station

Railway station in East Lothian, Scotland

Prestonpans

View towards Edinburgh with Arthur's Seat and the Pentland Hills visible

General information

Location

Prestonpans, East Lothian
Scotland

Coordinates

55°57′10″N 2°58′30″W / 55.9529°N 2.9750°W / 55.9529; -2.9750

Grid reference

NT392737

Managed by

ScotRail

Platforms

Other information

Station code

PST

History

Original company

North British Railway

Post-grouping

LNER

Key dates

1846

opened

Passengers

2019/20

0.260 million

2020/21

33,770

2021/22

0.129 million

2022/23

0.173 million

2023/24

0.236 million

Notes
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

Prestonpans railway station is a railway station serving the small mining town of Prestonpans, East Lothian, Scotland. It is located on the North Berwick Line, 9.75 miles (15.69 km) east of Edinburgh Waverley. It serves the town of Cockenzie and Port Seton, 1.37 miles (2.20 km) away.

Services

On Monday to Friday daytimes there is an hourly service westbound to Edinburgh and eastbound to North Berwick, with extra trains at peak periods; a limited number of trains run to and from Glasgow Central via Carstairs. On Saturdays, a half-hourly service operates during the day, dropping to hourly in the evening. Trains also call hourly each way on Sundays from mid-morning.

Routes

Preceding station	National Rail		Following station
Longniddry		ScotRail North Berwick Line	Wallyford
	Historical railways
Seton Mains Halt Line open; Station closed		North British Railway NBR Main Line	Inveresk Line open; Station closed

References

Notes

Table 238 National Rail timetable, May 2017
Smith & Anderson (1995), page 36

Sources

Butt, R. V. J. (October 1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC 60251199. OL 11956311M.
Jowett, Alan (March 1989). Jowett's Railway Atlas of Great Britain and Ireland: From Pre-Grouping to the Present Day (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 978-1-85260-086-0. OCLC 22311137.
Smith, W.A.C. & Anderson, P. (1995) An Illustrated History of Edinburgh's Railways, Caernarfon, Irwell Press, ISBN 1-871608-59-7
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