South Gyle railway station

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 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.

South Gyle Scottish Gaelic: Gyle a Deas[1]
Location	South Gyle, Edinburgh Scotland
Coordinates	55.9366°N 3.2998°W
Grid reference	NT189722
Managed by	Abellio ScotRail
Platforms	2
Other information
Station code	SGL
History
Opened	9 May 1985
Passengers
2015/16	0.587 million
2016/17	0.497 million
2017/18	0.433 million
2018/19	0.382 million
2019/20	0.363 million
Notes
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

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