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A “cycle hub” will also be established at the east end station exit. This could be staffed to provide information to cyclists as well as secure parking and lockers.
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http://www.scotsman.com/news/transport/waverley-station-overhaul-to-create-city-piazza-1-2936467
The east end station exit - to Calton Road? To New Street? Anyway secure bike parking sounds like a welcome development.
I'm pleased that Network Rail intends to demolish those shops it built a few years ago right in the middle of the station - they seemed like an obvious mistake from the start, making the place far too crowded and cutting off views of the big indicator board.
All looks good, the catering depot appears to be obliterated which is very good as it encroaches on the platform. I hope the row of shops with the left luggage and Costa coffee are also relocated. Although if they remove the Boots / WH Smith block of shops (which would be good as they unneccessarily narrow the main concourse) I'm not sure where they will relocate shops and new cafes to?
I presume this "cycle hub" will have parking for thousands of bikes, since Edinburgh will undoubtedly have a 10% cycling modal share by 2020?
Waverley in the old(ish) days, with flappy signboard and tarmac:
Waverley Car Exit by b16dyr, on Flickr
and ye olde Talisman Bar:
Talisman Bar by b16dyr, on Flickr
So you used to be able to drive between the ticketing lounge and the main concourse (to the Glasgow trains)?
Where was that bar?
flappy signboard
A Solari Board. I struggle to read iluminated text on dark backgrounds (teletext drove me nuts); manual displays like solari boards and the roller blinds on busses (not the digital displays) have always been much easier for me to read.
So you used to be able to drive between the ticketing lounge and the main concourse (to the Glasgow trains)?
Yes you drove down one ramp and up the other I think.
indeed, and if you couldnt get parked, you just kept going round and round !
Those would be good photos to show someone who tried to claim that Waverley was better in the good old days (although maybe there are even older days that are even gooder).
What do the triple yellow stripes on the pavement mean? They look curiously familiar for some reason.
"although maybe there are even older days that are even gooder"
Constantly changing! -
http://www.scotlandsplaces.gov.uk/search_item/index.php?service=RCAHMS&id=52247&image_id=SC370939
What do the triple yellow stripes on the pavement mean?
Dunno, but people probably stopped on them regardless.
"Constantly changing!"
Thanks for the pic link - wow, they spruced up the Balmoral a bit!
What do the triple yellow stripes on the pavement mean?
Don't park here. Don't wait here. Don't even think about stopping. Oh, you'll just be a minute? Well, why didn't you say so! Just bump two wheels up on to the pavment, stick the hazards on and you'll be fine!
Triple yellow kerb markings meant no loading at any time, but were phased out in the late 1990s. At that time the rules on yellow lines started with 'working day' restrictions (single yellows) and went from there. Double yellows were for 'more than the working day', and there were dotted equivalents to allow local authorities to provide limited exemptions.
@ steveo
"Where was that bar? "
I think that was alongside platform 7, the right-hand side of the current ticket office, but I could be wrong - I was way too young to be going in there at the time!
And yes, it was entry via the north ramp and exit via the south for cars, driving in front of the ticket office.
I think the Talisman was where M&S now is, opposite the lost luggage office and on the main drag towards the Calton entrance.
I think the Talisman was where M&S now is
Now that is gentrification! ;)
Cheers guys, I can't remember having ever been to Waverley until I started uni and meeting folk off the train etc.
Nostalgia, getting the better of me but I think that the old pictures look better, also prefer a pub that has an entrance onto a road rather than an internal affair such as the one now and the equally bad one in queen street. There is a fabulous pub in the station at Porthmadog, lleyn peninsula, north Wales. Also pub at st pAncras nice but tht station has mighty air conditioning
@ Arellcat
The opposite location from where I thought then. I was pretty certain it was down one side or the other! That might make more sense though, as I think the ticket office as by and large been in the same general location for many years, just being updated and expanded.
In fact, looking at the photo at maximum magnification, I think the sign in the distance says "Lost (or Left) Luggage", so unless that's been relocated you're more than likely correct :-)
Reflected Light on Canopy by b16dyr, on Flickr
John Menzies approximately where the baguette place is now, with the BR Buffet behind where Boots is?
Brake trails by b16dyr, on Flickr
The rest of the station appeared to be a combination of a road and immense car park.
Vauxhall Chevette and a Viva HC. Must have been a while ago. There aren't many of those left.
Taxis in the foreground first registered 1975 (p) and 1976 (r)
It does look very empty and sterile and not very nice in those old photos. I should try and remember to ask my mother what it was like in the late 1960s when I think she used to commute through Waverley.
I do remember the expanse of road in the station when I first came up here in the early 90's. The general smog of car fumes and diesel engine fumes must have been one hell of a working environment...
Network Rail seems to be doing a good job on the refurb. The new roof has made a huge difference in letting the light in.
Opening up the space on the north side of the booking hall would help make the station more station-y by making some of the East Coast trains more visible, but removing the shops would cost NR lease income. I wonder if they are just taking about the wee stalls (bagel and donut) that are up against the west wall of the booking hall?
I wonder when BR did away with platform tickets? As a kid in the 70s, I remember having to buy those when seeing folk off at the train.
The rest of the station appeared to be a combination of a road and immense car park.
I think it looks kind of cool in an urban wasteland, glad-I am-not-there-trying-to-breathe type way. It could easily be used for a post apocalyptic film. I can just see Bruce Willis running down there blasting a flamethrower at zombie taxi drivers.
The general smog of car fumes and diesel engine fumes
Waverley is of course infamous for having an overly low roof and was one of the smokiest and filthiest mainline stations in the days of steam.
I presume things have greatly improved since most of BRs 1st and 2nd generation diesels have now gone to the cutters torch - in old photos they permanently seem to be either emitting vast clouds of blue smoke, or on fire. Or both.
"Waverley is of course infamous for having an overly low roof"
Really??
Thought main problem was that it was in a valley with not enough airflow.
blasting a flamethrower at zombie taxi drivers.
There are other types?
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