Haymarket

[Blindtraveler]

Not only unreliable, but painfully slow.
I use the stairs because it's faster.

agreed. Always said we should have gone for the Transport for London approach with these i.e high Speed Escalaters or better still Travelaters for ease of use with luggage↲
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I passed by again today and realise that today (Xmas Eve) is far from typical, but was struck by the vast disparity between the great capacity of the new concourse and the tiny trickle of passengers - typically there was about 0.2 passengers per escalator, and less than 2 passengers per 100sq meters of floor space.

Still, it is nice to see that it opened on time, with frontage leading right into a tram stop, providing frequent onward travel on Edinburgh's notoriously magical and invisible transit (Well, JK Rowling is an Edinburgh visionary).

Lol true, nice post Dave. Wonder if theres a hidden platform 9 and 3 quarters in there somewhere too?↲ Still not used the ↲ station yet but heard lots of good things wen passing through.↲

 

[railjock]

agreed. Always said we should have gone for the Transport for London approach with these i.e high Speed Escalaters or better still Travelaters for ease of use with luggage↲
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Lol true, nice post Dave. Wonder if theres a hidden platform 9 and 3 quarters in there somewhere too?↲ Still not used the ↲ station yet but heard lots of good things wen passing through.↲

Platform 0 almost qualifies.

 

[Blindtraveler]

True enough

 

[DaveNewcastle]

Now you see it.

And now you don't.

Kindly published by STV : "Haymarket station bridge gone in 46 seconds" : http://edinburgh.stv.tv/51791/

 

[MidnightFlyer]

Does anyone have any photos of the new building (interior)? Had a quick Google but they seem hard to come by apart from the generic news report shots.

Nice video above by the way

 

[route:oxford]

Now you see it.

And now you don't.

Kindly published by STV : "Haymarket station bridge gone in 46 seconds" : http://edinburgh.stv.tv/51791/

For all the years I've used Haymarket station, I had no idea that for want of a hole cut in a wall there could have been a quick exit to the side-street there.

(I believe there are also ownership issues).

 

[DaveNewcastle]

Does anyone have any photos of the new building (interior)? Had a quick Google but they seem hard to come by apart from the generic news report shots.

Yes, not any of mine, but there are some images on SkyscraperCity towards the end of this thread :
SkyscraperCity > European Forums > UK & Ireland Architecture Forums > Projects and Construction > Scotland and Glasgow Architecture Forum > Edinburgh > Edinburgh Rail

 

[railjock]

Looks like they have truncated platform 0 as part of the re-build.