General information | |||||
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Location | Dalkeith, Midlothian Scotland | ||||
Coordinates | 55°52′53″N 3°04′58″W / 55.8812887°N 3.0828437°W | ||||
Grid reference | NT323660 | ||||
Owned by | Network Rail | ||||
Managed by | ScotRail | ||||
Platforms | 1 | ||||
Other information | |||||
Station code | EKB | ||||
History | |||||
Original company | Edinburgh and Hawick Railway | ||||
Pre-grouping | North British Railway | ||||
Post-grouping | |||||
Key dates | |||||
July 1849 | Opened as Gallowshall | ||||
October 1850 | Renamed Eskbank and Dalkeith | ||||
6 January 1969 | Closed | ||||
6 September 2015 | Resited and reopened as Eskbank | ||||
Passengers | |||||
2018/19 | 0.367 million | ||||
2019/20 | 0.365 million | ||||
2020/21 | 45,402 | ||||
2021/22 | 0.159 million | ||||
2022/23 | 0.203 million | ||||
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Eskbank is a railway station on the Borders Railway, which runs between Edinburgh Waverley and Tweedbank. The station, situated 8 miles 25 chains (13 km) south-east of Edinburgh Waverley, serves the towns of Bonnyrigg and Dalkeith in Midlothian, Scotland. It is owned by Network Rail and managed by ScotRail.