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North Berwick
North Berwick station
Location
Place	North Berwick
Local authority	East Lothian
Operations
Station code	NBW
Managed by	First ScotRail
Platforms in use	1
Live arrivals/departures and station information from National Rail
Annual rail passenger usage
2004/05 *	0.362 million
2005/06 *	0.380 million
2006/07 *	0.398 million
History
Original company	North British Railway
Post-grouping	LNER
17 June 18501	Opened
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* Annual passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at North Berwick from Office of Rail Regulation statistics.
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North Berwick railway station is a railway station serving the seaside town of North Berwick in East Lothian, Scotland. It is the terminus on the Edinburgh to North Berwick Line 36 km (22¼ miles) east of Edinburgh Waverley.

History

North Berwick station was opened by the North British Railway on 17 June 1850.¹ The original station complex featured two platforms, however this was demolished and only a single platform now remains. There was a proposal by the Aberlady, Gullane and North Berwick Railway to reach North Berwick from Longniddry, however the line was never completed between Gullane and North Berwick.²³

There have been many proposals for closure of the station, notably in the 1960s. Following electrification of the East Coast Main Line in the early 1990s, the branch line from Drem to North Berwick was also electrified - a measure of confidence in the long term future of the station.

Services

Train services are provided by First ScotRail using Class 322 electric multiple units; services include an off-peak hourly service (more regular peak times with half hourly services on Saturdays and hourly evenings and Sundays) to Edinburgh Waverley and the peak-hour service to Glasgow Central via Motherwell & Carstairs.

At one point during the ScotRail tenure as franchisee, Class 90 locomotives with Mark 3 coaches including a DVT were used on services to this station.

Gallery

In the days before electrification a DMU awaits departure with the 10.04 to Edinburgh Waverley.

The line to North Berwick was opened by the North British Railway in 1850. The station building was still in use in 1984 but was later demolished.

References

Notes

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 Edition ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 1-8526-0508-1. 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 1-8526-0086-1. OCLC 22311137. 

• RAILSCOT on the North Berwick Branch
• RAILSCOT on Aberlady, Gullane and North Berwick Railway

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Coordinates: 56°03′25″N 2°43′52″W / 56.057, -2.731