Edinburgh

Waverley Station

In 1846, North British Railway started running trains from Edinburgh to Berwick-upon-Tweed. The original station was known as the General or Joint Station, but was renamed to Waverley, after the novel by Sir Walter Scott, in 1854. The station was rebuilt in 1868-74 and 1892-7.

To the west of the station is Waverley Bridge, which was built in the 1840s to connect Princes Street and the New Town to the station. The bridge also connects to the bottom of Cockburn Street, which was built in 1856 to provide access to the station from the Old Town. The bridge itself was replaced in 1870-3 and again in 1894-6 - the latter being the present bridge.

Canal Street Station, to the northeast of Waverley Bridge, provided services to Granton and Leith via a tunnel under Princes Street, St. Andrew's Square and Scotland Street. This route was taken over by North British Railway in 1862 and an alternative route, via Abbeyhill, made the tunnel redundant; the sealed northern entrance is still visible from platform 19.

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