Wester Hailes railway station
Wester Hailes railway station is a railway station opened in 1987 by British Rail serving Wester Hailes in the city of Edinburgh, Scotland. It is located on the Edinburgh branch of the West Coast Main Line, but is not served by inter-city services - these are provided via the Shotts Line of the SPT network.Photo: Signalhead, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Railway station
- Description: railway station in Wester Hailes, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
- Also known as: “Wester Hailes Railway Station”, “Wester Hailes Station”, and “WTA”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Wester Hailes Education Centre and Kingsknowe railway station.
Wester Hailes Education Centre
School
Wester Hailes High School is a mixed non-denominational high school in Wester Hailes, in the South-West suburb of Edinburgh. The current principal is David Young and the roll is about 303. Wester Hailes Education Centre is situated 1,700 feet northwest of Wester Hailes railway station.
Kingsknowe railway station
Railway station
Photo: Rosser1954, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Kingsknowe railway station is a railway station serving Kingsknowe in the Scottish city of Edinburgh. It is located on the Shotts Line from Glasgow Central to Edinburgh Waverley via Shotts. Kingsknowe railway station is situated 4,200 feet northeast of Wester Hailes railway station.
Juniper Green Parish Church
Church
Photo: M J Richardson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Juniper Green Parish Church is situated 3,400 feet south of Wester Hailes railway station.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Wester Hailes and Baberton.
Wester Hailes
Suburb
Photo: paul birrell, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Wester Hailes is an area in the south west of Edinburgh, Scotland. Wester Hailes borders on Kingsknowe and Longstone to the east. Bankhead Industrial Estate and Sighthill Park lie to the north.
Baberton
Suburb
Baberton is a suburb of Edinburgh, the capital of Scotland. It is known as Baberton Mains, It is south-west of the Edinburgh City Bypass and Wester Hailes and south of the Shotts Line railway line.
Clovenstone
Neighborhood
Photo: Richard Webb, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Clovenstone is a neighbourhood in southwestern Edinburgh, Scotland. It is in Wester Hailes and close to the A720 road. Wester Hailes Baptist Church is in Clovenstone, as is a local nursing home.
Wester Hailes railway station
- Categories: station and transportation
- Location: Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
55.91437° or 55° 54′ 52″ northLongitude
-3.28382° or 3° 17′ 2″ westElevation
289 feet (88 metres)Operator
ScotRailNetwork
National RailAbbreviation
“WTA”Open location code
9C7RWP78+PFOpenStreetMap ID
node 4305266451OpenStreetMap feature
public_transport=stationOpenStreetMap feature
railway=station
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Urdu—“Wester Hailes railway station” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “station Wester Hailes”
- Dutch: “Station Wester Hailes”
- Egyptian Arabic: “محطة ويستير هايليس”
- French: “gare de Wester Hailes”
- French: “Wester Hailes”
- Italian: “stazione di Wester Hailes”
- Scots: “Wester Hailes railway station”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Hailes an Iar”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Stèisean-rèile Hailes an Iar”
- Scottish Gaelic: “WTA”
- Urdu: “ویسٹر ہیلز ریلوے اسٹیشن”
- “Stèisean-rèile Hailes an Iar”
- “Wester Hailes railway station”
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