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Haymarket railway station is the second largest railway station in Edinburgh, Scotland, after Waverley railway station. It is a major commuter and long-distance destination, located near the city centre, in the West End. Trains from the station serve much of Scotland, including Fife and Glasgow, as well as suburban lines to the east, and the East Coast Main Line through to. It is the seventh busiest railway station in Scotland.HistoryThe station opened in 1842 as the original terminus of the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway, before the line was extended in 1846 through the Haymarket tunnels and Princes Street Gardens to what is now Waverley station. Its name has always been just 'Haymarket', as opposed to 'Edinburgh Haymarket' - although the latter designation is used in timetables by some train operating companies for the purpose of clarity. Covered platforms were added in 1894 by the engineer James Carswell The connecting line to now used by services towards Glasgow Central and the West Coast Main Line was originally constructed in 1853 by the Caledonian Railway but lay disused for more than a century due to a disagreement over running rights with the E&GR and its successors - it was finally commissioned in September 1964 by British Rail to allow the closure of the former C.R terminus at Princes Street the following year.

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