Edinburgh Waverley railway station and taxi rank to create platforms 5 & 6 for British Rail Class 800 trains that will serve InterCity East Coast services. In May 2016 ORR gave the green light to a new operator called East Coast Trains which would operate services to Edinburgh Waverley via Stevenage, Newcastle & Morpeth. The service would begin operation in 2021. The main station facilities are located in the middle of what is essentially a large island platform which is surrounded by platforms on all four sides. There are 18 numbered platforms, which are numbered from 1-4 and 7-20. There are three pairs of
Edinburgh Waverley railway station the Caledonian Railway railway station later built at the West End which was named Princes Street station from 1870. In 1868 the North British Railway acquired the stations of its rivals, demolished all three, and closed the Scotland Street tunnel to Canal Street. The present Victorian station was built on the site, and extended in the late 19th century. Waverley has been in continual use since, under the auspices of the North British, the LNER, British Railways (rebranded as British Rail after 1965), Railtrack and latterly Network Rail. From its opening in its current form by the eastward tunnelled extension