Edinburgh Waverley railway station (referred to by Network Rail simply as Edinburgh but also commonly called Waverley) is the main railway station in the Scottish capital Edinburgh (the other being Haymarket). Covering an area of over 25 acres (101,000 m²) in the centre of the city, it is the second-largest main line railway station in the United Kingdom in terms of area, the largest being London Waterloo; and is both a terminal station and a through station, in contrast to the major London stations.
It is one of 18 stations managed by Network Rail. It is the northern terminus of the East Coast Main Line but with through services from London to Dundee, Aberdeen, Inverness and Fort William.
There are many local services operated by Scotrail, including the four routes to Glasgow, the Fife Circle, and services to Stirling, and the station is the terminus of the Edinburgh branch of the West Coast Main Line.
Waverley is the second-busiest railway station in Scotland, with only Glasgow Central handling more passengers; in terms of passenger entries and exits between April 2010 and March 2011, Waverley is the fifth-busiest station outside London. According to Network Rail, which manages the station, over 19.2 million people use it annually.
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