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Edinburgh Waverley

CRS Code EDB
Collected date 16/12/13

Edinburgh Waverley sign

After a weekend visiting a friend in Edinburgh and doing some of the touristy things the city has to offer I wandered around Waverley taking a few photos. The entrance to Waverley on the south side of the station, from Market Street:

Edinburgh Waverley
south entrance

The entrance leads down some steps to a bridge which spans the tracks:

Edinburgh Waverley on
bridge

The first platform you cross entering from the south side of the station is platform 8, here looking east:

Edinburgh Waverley platform 8
looking east

Next along is platform 9, with the North Bridge visible:

Edinburgh Waverley platform 9
looking east

Passing through a wall, we next see platforms 10 and 11, looking east:

Edinburgh Waverley
platforms 10 and 11 looking east

Platform 11:

Edinburgh Waverley platform
11

Beside platform 11 a road leads through the station, seen here looking east:

Edinburgh Waverley access
road looking east

Looking west along the road back towards the bridge:

Edinburgh Waverley road
looking west

Plaque on the side of the station building adjacent to the road:

Edinburgh Waverley plaque

The road leads up one of two ramps to Waverley Bridge:

Edinburgh Waverley ramp

The concourse area seen from the bridge:

Edinburgh Waverley
concourse area

Platforms 12-18 are west-facing bay platforms, behind barriers:

Edinburgh Waverley platforms
14, 15

Just east of the concourse is the station building at the heart of the roofed complex which has an impressive ticket hall with an impressive domed roof:

Edinburgh Waverley
ticket office roof

The second exit ramp, this one on the north side of the concourse area is just for service vehicles:

Edinburgh Waverley exit
ramp

Details of the woodwork and windows on the side of the exit ramp:

Edinburgh Wavelrey exit
ramp side

The escalators lead to a second bridge which leads out of the north side of the station up Waverley Steps to Princes Street:

Edinburgh Waverley north
exit

Platforms 1 and 2 looking east from the bridge:

Edinburgh Waverley
platforms 1 and 2 from footbridge

Parallel to platforms 1 and 2 is this route between a small collection of shops and the side of the central station building:

Edinburgh Waverley
building side

Looking back west at this area with platform 2 on the right:

Edinburgh Waverley platform 2
looking west

Platforms 1 and 2, looking east:

Edinburgh Waverley platforms
1 and 2 looking east

Looking east with platform 2 on the left and another exit bridge from the station visible:

Edinburgh Waverley platform 2
looking east

Looking west at platforms 1, 2, and the rear of the station building, from this footbridge:

Edinburgh Waverley from
footbridge looking west

The rear of the station building:

Edinburgh Waverley
station building rear

In the vast space behind the station building squats the Operations Depot with wwalls that look like they want to be laminate flooring when they grow up:

Edinburgh Waverley operations
depot

On the other side of the operations depot is the east-facing bay platform 4:

Edinburgh Waverley platform 4

Taken earlier that day, the station roof seen from the North Bridge:

Edinburgh Waverley roof