Photographs of Waverley
Waverley: Looking east over the Royal Mail yard in Calton Road in the 1980s as a class 47 prepares to leave platform 1 with a southbound ECML service. The Royal Mail depot at Waverley occupies the north east corner of the station just off to the right.
John Furnevel [//] Ref: 6021 |
Waverley: One of a batch of 18 new EE Type 4 locomotives delivered to Gateshead MPD just a few days earlier, no D243 makes an appearance at Waverley on 9 April 1960 with the up Flying Scotsman. Is that a bullion coach immediately behind the locomotive? [With thanks to Bill Jamieson]
Frank Spaven Collection [Courtesy David Spaven] [09/04/1960] Ref: 28951 |
Waverley: A3 Pacific no 60093 Coronach about to enter the Calton Tunnel on 12 August 1961 with the 10.05 up Waverley bound for London St Pancras. The first scheduled stop will be Galashiels in 53 minutes time. Nowadays, the 10.05 X95 bus from nearby Waterloo Place, will reach Gala in 1 hour 15 minutes – how's that for half a century of progress! When the line is re-opened to Tweedbank (5 minutes beyond Galashiels) in 2014, there will be a maximum 55 minute journey time to the terminus, including eight intermediate stops.
Frank Spaven Collection [Courtesy David Spaven] [12/08/1961] Ref: 27732 |
Waverley: A Devon Belle observation car on the rear of the Gainsborough Model Railway Society Forth Bridge Special returning to Lincoln on Saturday 26th May 1962, photographed at the east end of Waverley station.
Frank Spaven Collection [Courtesy David Spaven] [26/05/1962] Ref: 27909 |
Waverley: Salisbury Crags make a dramatic backcloth for EE Type 4 D368 as it passes Abbey Mount with the Queen of Scots pullman on 5 June 1962. (With thanks to Bill Jamieson).
Frank Spaven Collection [Courtesy David Spaven]] [05/06/1962] Ref: 27533 |
Waverley: Skiers heading for Aviemore join the 2.03pm DMU at Waverley on 23rd March 1963.
Frank Spaven Collection [Courtesy David spaven] [23/03/1963] Ref: 26984 |
Waverley: An EE Type 4 leaves Waverley station for Haymarket in June 1963.
Colin Miller [/06/1963] Ref: 28356 |
Waverley: Deltic D9019 Royal Highland Fusilier leaves Waverley and heads for Haymarket shed in June 1963.
Colin Miller [/06/1963] Ref: 27421 |
Waverley: An arrival from Corstorphine at Waverley platform 10 in 1967 during the last few months of operations. The last passenger service ran on the branch on Saturday 30 December 1967. [See image 23470]
David Spaven [//1967] Ref: 26203 |
Waverley: Empty DMU standing at Waverley on 30 December 1967, having arrived with the last scheduled passenger service off the Corstorphine branch. [See image 23500]
Bruce McCartney [30/12/1967] Ref: 26522 |
Waverley: A steam crane, EE Type 4 and 2-6-4 tank are all in attendance at this Waverley DMU derailment on 16th February 1965. Part of the old elevated walkway linking Jeffrey Street and Calton Road can be seen in the background.
Frank Spaven Collection [Courtesy David Spaven] [16/02/1968] Ref: 28377 |
Waverley: 86 213 Lancashire Witch with an arrival at the old platform 10 at Waverley in February 1998
David Panton [/02/1988] Ref: 27247 |
Waverley: 37 428 David Lloyd George awaiting departure at the former Waverley platform 10 in June 1994 with the 1540 to Inverness, dubbed The Highland Enterprise
David Panton [/06/1994] Ref: 27274 |
Waverley: 86 244 The Royal British Legion in BR InterCity livery awaits its departure time at the old Waverley Platform 10 in December 1994 with a train for Birmingham New Street.
David Panton [/12/1994] Ref: 27465 |
Waverley: Motorail vans at Waverley in April 1995. The cut-down 'platforms' used only by Motorail services had no numbers but were formerly platforms 8 and 9 in the days when as many platforms were needed at the east end of the station as at the west. When platforms were renumbered in December 2006 the old 7 became 4 and 10 became 7, so provision has been made for these platforms to reopen as 5 and 6. At present there isn't really the need for them and they are normally used to stable sleeper locomotives [see image 13877].
David Panton [/04/1995] Ref: 27437 |
Waverley: Edinburgh Waverley - 305 519 stands in the sunshine at the old North Berwick platform 7 (now 4) in April 1995.
David Panton [/04/1995] Ref: 28139 |
Waverley: 117 313 stands at Waverley platform 17 in May 1997 with the 1727 to Perth via Dunfermline.
David Panton [/05/1997] Ref: 27625 |
Waverley: 86 244 The Royal British Legion pulls out of platform 11 at Edinburgh Waverley in May 1997 with the 1710 service to Birmingham New Street.
David Panton [/05/1997] Ref: 27890 |
Waverley: 47 758 at Platform 19 (plus a fair bit of Platform 1) with an SRPS railtour for York in June 1997.
David Panton [/06/1997] Ref: 27262 |
Waverley: 43 154 with the down Devon Scot at Waverley platform 19 in June 1997
David Panton [/06/1997] Ref: 27335 |
Waverley: The Solari (named after its Italian manufacturer) was installed at Waverley in 1970 in the spruce-up for the Commonwealth Games. It is now July 1997 and its less entertaining successor is taking shape. The 1040 to Brighton, the Sussex Scot, is on the board and the limitations of the technology are obvious. Every time a timetable change resulted in a stopping pattern not covered by existing leaves, or there was a new station stop added, it meant a man on portable scaffolding was required to add new leaves or stick-on letters.
David Panton [/07/1997] Ref: 27525 |
Waverley: 37 430 Cwmbran stands at the old platform 10 at Waverley in July 1997 with the Royal Scotsman.
David Panton [/07/1997] Ref: 27383 |
Waverley: 37 796 and an unidentified class 47 stand in the south loop at Waverley in July 1997. This is now a siding terminating just beyond the locomotives, following construction of the new platform 10. [See image 17598]
David Panton [10/07/1997] Ref: 27536 |
Waverley: The western concourse at Waverley seen in November 1998 during the
construction of the W H Smith's block which took up so much of the
space, though with a curving front to ease passenger flow. The shop's predecessor can just be seen on the right. Notice also the short-lived bi-coloured LED departure board, which gave way a few years later to the all-yellow style used throughout the network.
David Panton [/11/1998] Ref: 27357 |
Waverley: 47 737 Resurgent stands at the former platform 20 at Edinburgh Waverley in February 1999 with an EWS charter.
David Panton [/02/1999] Ref: 27227 |
Waverley: 86 258 Talyllyn stands at the head of a WCML train at Waverley's platform 11 in February 1999. The carriages are in Virgin Trains red, but the locomotive is still in BR InterCity livery. The site of the loop line (nearest the wall) is now occupied by Platform 10.
David Panton [/02/1999] Ref: 27965 |
Waverley: EWS 37 413 eases The Royal Scotsman over the scissors crossover and into the old Platform 10 in July 1999.
David Panton [/07/1999] Ref: 27433 |
Waverley: Glasgow shuttle arriving at Edinburgh Waverley in October 2005.
John Furnevel [12/10/2005] Ref: 5566 |
Waverley: Platforms 19 and 20 occupied on 28 December 2006.
John Furnevel [28/12/2006] Ref: 13081 |
Waverley: New escalators and stairways from west end concourse in use on 28 December.
John Furnevel [28/12/2006] Ref: 13082 |
Waverley: Night shift still hard at work on the electrification of The Mound central tunnel and the remaining west end platforms at Waverley. View west from Waverley Bridge early on Sunday 30 December 2007.
John Furnevel [30/12/2007] Ref: 17600 |
Waverley: The external sub platforms 8 & 9 on the south side of Waverley on 15 September 2009. View east towards the Calton Tunnel.
Iain Steel [15/09/2009] Ref: 26746 |
Waverley: 170 394 forms the 1637 service to Dunblane standing at Waverley platform 10 on 7 October 2009.
Colin Miller [07/10/2009] Ref: 27534 |
Waverley: The western concourse at Edinburgh Waverley approaching the evening peak on 25 November 2009
David Panton [25/11/2009] Ref: 26536 |
Waverley: Network Rail yellow 31233, with BR blue 31106 at the other end, sandwich the Measurement Train at Waverley Station on 12 January 2010. The train was about to head west for Bathgate. [See image 27170]
Bill Roberton [12/01/2010] Ref: 27166 |
Waverley: BR blue 31106 on one end of the NR measurement train at Waverley on 12 January 2010 [see image 27166]
Bill Roberton [12/01/2010] Ref: 27170 |
Waverley: 322 485 arriving from North Berwick at Edinburgh Waverley on 23 February 2010. The 322s are to replaced next Spring by new class 380 units.
Bill Roberton [23/02/2010] Ref: 27852 |
Waverley: Saltire liveried 156 502 on arrival from Glasgow Central at Edinburgh Waverley on 23 February 2010.
Bill Roberton [23/02/2010] Ref: 27859 |
Waverley: TransPennine 185 112 nearly ready to depart Platform 10 at Waverley on 24 March. Its journey to Manchester Airport will not conspicuously involve crossing the Pennines, though it will have a fair stab at the less celebrated Southern Uplands.
David Panton [24/03/2010] Ref: 28395 |
Waverley: Deltic no 55022 Royal Scots Grey looking immaculate during a Retro railtour at Waverley on 31 May 2010.
Brian Smith [31/05/2010] Ref: 29625 |