Classic route
Edinburgh–Glasgow Express
Glasgow → Edinburgh · Scotland
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Scotland’s busiest corridor since 1842: four electric expresses an hour between its two great cities over the Falkirk high route.
Stations
- 0 kmGlasgow Queen Street (High Level)
- 18 kmCroy
- 35 kmFalkirk High
- 40 kmPolmont
- 48 kmLinlithgow
- 74 kmHaymarket
- 76 kmEdinburgh Waverley
The stations OpenStreetMap lists for this service, in order, with the distance along the line as drawn here. A train may skip some of them.
How this line was checked
- Line drawn from OpenStreetMap relation 6418437 — the same nodes OpenStreetMap holds for this railway, thinned to within under 25 m of them
- Checked against OpenStreetMap: the whole line lies on real track, a median 4 m from it
- Checked against the running timetable via ÖBB Scotty: our line sits under 100 m from the shape of the scheduled train on this line
- Wikipedia has an article for this line
- See for yourself: open this line on the map with OpenStreetMap's own railway drawn underneath it
Questions and answers
How long is the Edinburgh–Glasgow Express?
The Edinburgh–Glasgow Express runs 76 km from Glasgow to Edinburgh.
How long does the Edinburgh–Glasgow Express take?
The fastest scheduled journey is ≈ 45 min for the 76 km. That is an average of 101 km/h end to end. The line's top service speed is 160 km/h.
Who runs the Edinburgh–Glasgow Express?
ScotRail.
How old is the Edinburgh–Glasgow Express?
The line has been in service since 1842. That is the year the atlas dates it from: for a modern brand running over an older railway, it is the railway's date, not the brand's.
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