Wester Hailes railway station


Wester Hailes railway station is a railway station opened in 1987 by British Rail serving Wester Hailes in the city of Edinburgh, Scotland. It is located on the Edinburgh branch of the West Coast Main Line, but is not served by inter-city services - these are provided via the Shotts Line of the SPT network. The station has two platforms, connected by a stairway footbridge, and CCTV to deter crime and anti-social behaviour. It is managed by Abellio ScotRail.
The staple passenger traction calling at this station is the Class 156 "Super Sprinter". As this station is part of the West Coast Main Line to Carstairs, which diverges at Mid Calder Junction, a colourful variety of CrossCountry Class 220 "Voyager", Avanti West Coast Class 221 "Super Voyager", Class 390 "Pendolino" and London North Eastern Railway Class 801s can also be seen.

Service

It is currently served, Monday to Saturday, by one Abellio ScotRail service every hour each way from to. One train a day to/from Edinburgh running via starts/terminates at and there is a single a.m peak-hour service to that returns in the evening and runs to via and Glasgow. The latter is operated by a Class 380 Desiro EMU.
On Sundays there is a two-hourly service to Edinburgh and Glasgow.