New images unveiled of extended Waverley platforms

Network Rail has today released new images showing how Edinburgh Waverley’s extended platforms will look once complete.Engineers are currently working in Scotland’s second busiest station to extend platforms 5 and 6, to the east of the station, and 12, to the west.The project will prepare Waverley for the arrival of Virgin East Coast’s new Azuma trains and ScotRail’s new class-385s.As the project enters its next phase, work will soon begin to extend platform 12 further into the station and to remove redundant buildings on platform 11.To enable these vital enhancements to take place, the escalators on platform 11 will close to the public on Saturday, September 2, and reopen in early 2018 when the extended platform 12 comes into service.The enhancements are being delivered as part of the Scottish Government’s Edinburgh Glasgow Improvement Programme (EGIP) and the Department for Transport-funded Intercity Express Programme (IEP).The images can be viewed at .