Prestonpans railway station

Prestonpans
View along the tracks to a rainy Pentlands and the recent track deviation
Location
Place	Prestonpans
Local authority	East Lothian
Coordinates	55°57′10″N 2°58′30″W / 55.9529°N 2.9750°W / 55.9529; -2.9750Coordinates: 55°57′10″N 2°58′30″W / 55.9529°N 2.9750°W / 55.9529; -2.9750
Grid reference	NT392737
Operations
Station code	PST
Managed by	Abellio ScotRail
Number of platforms	2
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage*
2004/05	0.108 million
2005/06	0.129 million
2006/07	0.143 million
2007/08	0.170 million
2008/09	0.196 million
2009/10	0.202 million
2010/11	0.207 million
2011/12	0.211 million
2012/13	0.237 million
2013/14	0.252 million
2014/15	0.271 million
History
Original company	North British Railway
Post-grouping	LNER
1846	opened
National Rail – UK railway stations
* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Prestonpans from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.
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Prestonpans railway station is a railway station serving the town of Prestonpans, East Lothian, Scotland. It is located on the North Berwick Line, 9.75 miles (15.69 km) east of Edinburgh Waverley. It serves the town of Cockenzie and Port Seton, 1.37 miles (2.20 km) away.

Services

Monday to Saturday daytimes there is a half-hourly service westbound to Edinburgh and eastbound to North Berwick. Evenings and Sundays there is an hourly service in each direction.

Routes

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Longniddry		Abellio ScotRail North Berwick Line		Wallyford
	Historical railways
Seton Mains Halt[1] Line open; Station closed		North British Railway NBR Main Line		Inveresk Line open; Station closed

References

Notes

Sources

• Butt, R. V. J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 1-8526-0508-1. OCLC 60251199. 
• Jowett, Alan (March 1989). Jowett's Railway Atlas of Great Britain and Ireland: From Pre-Grouping to the Present Day (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 1-8526-0086-1. OCLC 22311137. 
• Smith, W.A.C. & Anderson, P. (1995) An Illustrated History of Edinburgh's Railways, Caernarfon, Irwell Press, ISBN 1-871608-59-7
• RAILSCOT on North British Railway

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