Prestonpans railway station

Prestonpans railway station is a railway station serving the 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.

Prestonpans
View towards Edinburgh with Arthurs Seat and the Pentland Hills visible
Location
Place	Prestonpans
Local authority	East Lothian
Coordinates	55.9529°N 2.9750°W / 55.9529; -2.9750
Grid reference	NT392737
Operations
Station code	PST
Managed by	Abellio ScotRail
Number of platforms	2
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage*
2014/15	0.271 million
2015/16	0.274 million
2016/17	0.258 million
2017/18	0.270 million
2018/19	0.257 million
History
Original company	North British Railway
Post-grouping	LNER
1846	opened
National Rail – UK railway stations
* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Prestonpans from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.

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.[1]

Routes

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Longniddry		Abellio ScotRail North Berwick Line		Wallyford
	Historical railways
Seton Mains Halt[2] Line open; Station closed		North British Railway NBR Main Line		Inveresk Line open; Station closed

References

Notes

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

Sources

• Butt, R. V. J. (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.
• 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
• RAILSCOT on North British Railway