North Berwick Branch

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North Berwick Branch
The terminus of the line at North Berwick
Overview
Owner	Network Rail
Locale	Edinburgh / East Lothian, Scotland
Termini	Edinburgh Waverley North Berwick
Stations	9
Service
Type	Commuter rail Regional rail Heavy rail
System	National Rail
Operator(s)	ScotRail
Technical
Number of tracks	Double-track from Waverley to Drem Single-track from Drem to North Berwick
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in)
Electrification	25 kV 50 Hz AC
Route map (Click to expand) Show map Legend Shotts Line, North Clyde Line, Edinburgh–Aberdeen line, Fife Circle Line, Glasgow–Edinburgh via Falkirk line & Glasgow–Edinburgh via Carstairs line Edinburgh Waverley ( St Andrew Square ) Borders Railway to Tweedbank Musselburgh Wallyford Prestonpans Longniddry Drem North Berwick East Linton Dunbar East Coast Main Line to Berwick-upon-Tweed and Newcastle Show route diagram

The North Berwick Branch is a short railway branch line built by the North British Railway to connect North Berwick, in East Lothian, Scotland to the East Coast Main Line (at Drem). It was built as a tactical means of excluding competitors from the area, and when it opened in 1850 it was loss making. The later development of North Berwick as a resort and a golfing centre transformed the branch line.

Goods train operation on the branch ceased in 1968, but the line was electrified at 25 kV AC overhead in 1991 and now enjoys a regular ScotRail passenger service to Edinburgh.