South Gyle railway station

Not to be confused with Edinburgh Park station.

South Gyle Scottish Gaelic: Gyle a Deas[1]
General information
Location	South Gyle, Edinburgh Scotland
Coordinates	55.9366°N 3.2998°W / 55.9366; -3.2998
Grid reference	NT189722
Managed by	ScotRail
Platforms	2
Other information
Station code	SGL
History
Opened	9 May 1985; 39 years ago (1985-05-09)
Passengers
2019/20	0.363 million
2020/21	49,842
2021/22	0.121 million
2022/23	0.163 million
2023/24	0.206 million
Notes Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

South Gyle railway station is a railway station serving South Gyle in the City of Edinburgh, Scotland. The station was opened on 9 May 1985 by ScotRail alongside new housing in the area, and is located on the Fife Circle Line, 4+1⁄2 miles (7.2 km) west of Edinburgh Waverley. It has two platforms. There is a ticket machine and a shelter on each platform.

Edinburgh Park station is also on the edge of South Gyle, which serves the North Clyde Line and the Edinburgh-Dunblane Line. Edinburgh Gateway station is to the north-west of South Gyle.

Services

Monday to Saturday daytimes, two trains per hour go to Edinburgh Waverley eastbound and two trains per hour head towards Inverkeithing and the Fife Circle Line. A few peak hour services extend beyond Waverley to/from Tweedbank.^[2]

Evenings and Sundays, two trains per hour go to Edinburgh Waverley and two along the Fife Circle; evening trains via Dunfermline terminate at Glenrothes with Thornton, whilst coast line trains terminate/start at Kirkcaldy. Sundays see one train per hour running both clockwise & anticlockwise around the Circle.

References

1. Brailsford, Martyn, ed. (December 2017) [1987]. "Gaelic/English Station Index". Railway Track Diagrams 1: Scotland & Isle of Man (6th ed.). Frome: Trackmaps. ISBN 978-0-9549866-9-8.
2. Table 242 National Rail timetable, May 2016

External links

• Train times and station information for South Gyle railway station from National Rail

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Haymarket		ScotRail Fife Circle Line		Edinburgh Gateway or Dalmeny