Edinburgh Waverley Preston Train

Edinburgh Waverley, operated by Network Rail, is the main railway station serving Edinburgh, Scotland. The station is located in the heart of historic Edinburgh and lies at the northern end of the East Coast Main Line which connects London, Peterborough, Doncaster, Wakefield, Leeds, York, Darlington, Newcastle and Edinburgh. The station is also the second largest main line station in the UK in terms of area. The largest is London Waterloo. The station has a staffed ticket office and passengers are also able to collect tickets purchased in advance (for example, on the internet) from one of the automatic ticket machines located in the station.

Princes Street, the premier shopping street in Edinburgh, runs along one side of the station and North Bridge, a three-span iron and steel bridge constructed in 1897, passes over the station's eastern section.

Facilities at the station include ATM's, First Class Lounge, pay phones, public wifi, cafe, shops, toilets and baby changing facilities.

Passenger services calling at the station are operated by East Coast, First TransPennine Express, CrossCountry, Virgin Trains and First ScotRail. Passenger services calling at the station generally depart towards London King's Cross, Birmingham New Street, North Berwick, Newcastle Central, York and Glasgow.

Parking is available at the station for 21 vehicles and is open 24 hours a day.

Located in Lancashire, Preston railway station offers passengers services to destinations including Blackpool North, Blackpool South, Burnley, Liverpool Lime Street, Manchester Victoria, York, Lancaster, Glasgow, Edinburgh, Warrington, Birmingham International, Manchester Piccadilly, Manchester Airport and London Euston. First ScotRail operate their "Highland" Caledonian Sleeper service with a call at Preston to and from the Scottish Highlands.

Preston railway station is operated by Virgin Trains and is located on the West Coast Main Line which connects London to the West Midlands, the North West, North Wales and the Central Belt of Scotland. Passenger services calling at the station are operated by First TransPennine Express, Northern Rail, First ScotRail and Virgin Trains.

Facilities at the station include ATM's, pay phones, cafe, shops, toilets and baby changing facilities. Parking is available at the station for 939 vehicles and is open 24 hours a day.

When the station was first opened in 1838 by the North Union Railway, the line north of the station passed through a tunnel under the west end of Fishergate (then Preston’s major thoroughfare). It was on a slope so steep that sometimes station staff had to push trains out of the station.