Edinburgh Waverley railway station

Edinburgh Waverley Waverley Dhùn Èideann
View of Edinburgh Waverley from the east
General information
Location	Edinburgh Scotland
Coordinates	55°57′08″N 3°11′21″W / 55.9521°N 3.1893°W / 55.9521; -3.1893
Grid reference	NT257737
Owned by	Network Rail
Platforms	20
Other information
Station code	EDB
IATA code	ZXE
Classification	DfT category A
Website	www.networkrail.co.uk/communities/passengers/our-stations/edinburgh-waverley/
History
Original company	Edinburgh, Leith and Newhaven Railway Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway North British Railway
Key dates
22 June 1846	North Bridge built by NBR[1]
17 May 1847	General Station built by E&GR[1]
17 May 1847	Canal Street built by EL&NR[1]
April 1866	NBR demolished existing stations; replaced with Edinburgh Waverley[1]
18 April 1966	Renamed Edinburgh[1]
?	Renamed Edinburgh Waverley
Passengers
2018/19	23.873 million
Interchange	1.659 million
2019/20	23.088 million
Interchange	1.792 million
2020/21	2.958 million
Interchange	0.203 million
2021/22	13.618 million
Interchange	0.860 million
2022/23	18.213 million
Interchange	1.237 million
Listed Building – Category A
Feature	Railway station
Designated	12 November 1991
Reference no.	LB30270[2]
Notes Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road. Station usage figures saw a large decrease in 2020/21 due to the COVID-19 pandemic

Edinburgh Waverley railway station (also known simply as Waverley; Scottish Gaelic: Waverley Dhùn Èideann) is the principal railway station serving Edinburgh, Scotland.^[3][4] It is the second busiest station in Scotland, after Glasgow Central. The station serves as the northern terminus of the East Coast Main Line, 393 miles 13 chains (393.16 miles; 632.7 kilometres) from London King's Cross, although some trains operated by London North Eastern Railway continue to other Scottish destinations beyond Edinburgh.^[5]