http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: “East Linton to have train station for first time in more than half a century” en Sun, 17 May 2026 20:23:46 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=20715#post-354466 Thu, 09 Sep 2021 13:24:08 +0000 Rosie 354466@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>On the Beeb website.</p> <p>"The new station will be fully accessible with lifts and a footbridge connecting both platforms, 126 car parking spaces and cycling storage facilities."</p> <p><a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-edinburgh-east-fife-58488144" rel="nofollow">https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-edinburgh-east-fife-58488144</a></p> <p>I'm not going to be grumpy about this. I love trains and railway stations and I hope all the holes in Scotland's railway network are filled up.</p> <p>In Zoe Heller's Notes on a Scandal the characters take a taxi from Edinburgh to Peebles "because the train would be too slow" - that's before the Borders Railway was built. Slow indeed - probably won't arrive until 2040, if at all. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=20715#post-354458 Thu, 09 Sep 2021 10:50:12 +0000 amir 354458@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><blockquote>At least some chance more people will take the train to Ed rather than drive. </blockquote></p> <p>The Midlothian experience would indicate that (1) trains get quickly full up (2) traffic increases substantially on top of that.</p> <p>Not really much work in East Linton ... </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=20715#post-354456 Thu, 09 Sep 2021 10:16:42 +0000 chdot 354456@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"commuter village with extra houses" </p> <p>Yes. </p> <p>At least some chance more people will take the train to Ed rather than drive. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=20715#post-354455 Thu, 09 Sep 2021 09:57:57 +0000 Rosie 354455@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Any railway station opening sounds like good news to me. East Linton is a nice village with some good places to eat.</p> <p>I do think "commuter village with extra houses" though. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=20715#post-354447 Thu, 09 Sep 2021 08:50:12 +0000 Cyclops 354447@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><blockquote>no information was available on how many trains would use it. </blockquote></p> <p>East Lothian councillors with their finger on the pulse again. TPE have said 14 services will call there on weekdays. If ScotRail's Dunbar service also calls there that'll be another 26 trains. Of course, trying to predict train timetables in 3 years time is not dissimilar to predicting the lottery numbers.</p> <p><a href="https://www.railadvent.co.uk/2021/09/transpennine-express-to-introduce-services-between-edinburgh-and-newcastle-from-december-2021transpennine-express-to-increase-services-between-edinburgh-and-newcastle-from-december-2021east-coast-main.html">https://www.railadvent.co.uk/2021/09/transpennine-express-to-increase-services-between-edinburgh-and-newcastle-from-december-2021east-coast-main.html</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=20715#post-354445 Wed, 08 Sep 2021 23:01:28 +0000 gembo 354445@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Nice to cycle to East Linton and several cafes. Longniddry to Hadders cinder track good.</p> <p>Train to East Linton and cycling round about would also be fine.</p> <p>The hills roll a fair bit and the river Tyne carves a valley. Where the houses will go? Farmers’ fields? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=20715#post-354444 Wed, 08 Sep 2021 22:55:12 +0000 chdot 354444@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>“</p> <p>But councillors raised fears the station could become a “white elephant” when no information was available on how many trains would use it. </p> <p>“</p> <p><a href="https://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/transport/new-station-at-east-linton-gets-go-ahead-amid-warnings-it-could-become-white-elephant-3375689" rel="nofollow">https://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/transport/new-station-at-east-linton-gets-go-ahead-amid-warnings-it-could-become-white-elephant-3375689</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=20715#post-354436 Wed, 08 Sep 2021 18:38:06 +0000 acsimpson 354436@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>They do like to mention that it's potentially supporting economic growth in that article. I suspect that the economy which will benefit most is housebuilding. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=20715#post-354435 Wed, 08 Sep 2021 18:26:54 +0000 chdot 354435@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>“The car park will be on the south side of the line“</p> <p>Had assumed the illustration was looking north towards the Forth. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=20715#post-354433 Wed, 08 Sep 2021 17:15:10 +0000 Cyclops 354433@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>The station is slightly further west than the old one. The car park will be on the south side of the line whilst pedestrians and cyclists will be able to access the station from the north by going past the primary school and across the park. As most of East Linton is north of the line I'd imagine very few pedestrians or cyclists will opt to access via the car park side unless they're coming from further afield. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=20715#post-354424 Wed, 08 Sep 2021 14:11:43 +0000 neddie 354424@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>No mention of walking or cycling routes to the station. But hey, we got the 126 parking spaces... </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=20715#post-354420 Wed, 08 Sep 2021 13:40:27 +0000 chdot 354420@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><a href="https://www.heraldscotland.com/business_hq/19564928.east-linton-train-station-first-time-half-century/" rel="nofollow">https://www.heraldscotland.com/business_hq/19564928.east-linton-train-station-first-time-half-century/</a> </p>