Edinburgh Waverley railway station 22 June 1846 by the North British Railway as the terminus for its line from Berwick-upon-Tweed. The Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway's General station opened on 17 May 1847, on the same day as the Canal Street station of the Edinburgh, Leith and Newhaven Railway, serving Leith and Granton via a long rope-hauled tunnel under the New Town. The collective name "Waverley", after the Waverley Novels by Sir Walter Scott, was used for the three from around 1854 when the through 'Waverley' route to Carlisle opened. Canal Street station was also known as Edinburgh Princes Street, not to be confused with
Stevenage railway station Waverley via Stevenage, Newcastle and Morpeth. Services are planned to begin in 2021. Stevenage railway station Stevenage railway station serves the town of Stevenage in Hertfordshire, England. The station is north of London King's Cross on the East Coast Main Line. Stevenage is managed and served by Great Northern. It is also served by Hull Trains and London North Eastern Railway. The present station was opened on 26 July 1973 by Shirley Williams, then MP for Stevenage, replacing the previous station, which was to the north, and further away from the centre of the new town. The station was built