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Accessibility improvements for Edinburgh area... Corridor 3: Edinburgh, ECML, E&G, Borders Croy Carstairs Glasgow Queen St Berwick- upon-Tweed Greenhill Jcn. Polmont Jcn. Falkirk Grahamston Newbridge Jcn. Haymarket Waverley Abbeyhill Jcn. Tweedbank Portobello Jcn. Bathgate Airdrie Drem Jcn. Dunbar Newcraighall Dunbar station developments A new link from Platform 2 to new housing is under construction led by Network Rail. It is hoped that work inside the station boundary can be delivered in 2025/26. A new pedestrian and wheeling route from Deer Park housing estate and Spott Road to Platform 1 and station house is under detailed design. Bathgate Potential to improve Pillar1 with a walking/wheeling link. Possibility of funding for a feasibility study. With support from SRT colleagues. Further discussion with West Lothian Council. Longniddry Positive discussions with East Lothian Council, land agent and housing developer on potential improvement to Pillar1 with walking/wheeling link to new housing and to the existing village. NRS Sponsor liaising with East Lothian Council. With support from SRT colleagues. Brunstane Station Bridge Review of this bridge, which carries National Cycle Network route 1, being led by Sustrans and City of Edinburgh Council. Surveyors on-site to inform detailed designs. Under design. Edinburgh: Southeast Wedge Positive discussions r.e. new entrance to Shawfair. Curriehill New cycle parking being provided by City of Edinburgh Council. Winchburgh Proposal for new station submitted for planning permission by Network Rail Scotland. Liaison with planning team for an accessible station meeting Railway for Everyone recommendations. Borders Line: future investment opportunities Liaison with Network Rail sponsors team reviewing opportunities for improving accessibility as an output of future investment opportunities: particular focus on stations at Newcraighall, Shawfair, Galashiels and Tweedbank. Falkirk Grahamston – AfA and public realm Station selec…

Accessibility improvements for Edinburgh area... Corridor 3: Edinburgh, ECML, E&G, Borders Croy Carstairs Glasgow Queen St Berwick- upon-Tweed Greenhill Jcn. Polmont Jcn. Falkirk Grahamston Newbridge Jcn. Haymarket Waverley Abbeyhill Jcn. Tweedbank Portobello Jcn. Bathgate Airdrie Drem Jcn. Dunbar Newcraighall Dunbar station developments A new link from Platform 2 to new housing is under construction led by Network Rail. It is hoped that work inside the station boundary can be delivered in 2025/26. A new pedestrian and wheeling route from Deer Park housing estate and Spott Road to Platform 1 and station house is under detailed design. Bathgate Potential to improve Pillar1 with a walking/wheeling link. Possibility of funding for a feasibility study. With support from SRT colleagues. Further discussion with West Lothian Council. Longniddry Positive discussions with East Lothian Council, land agent and housing developer on potential improvement to Pillar1 with walking/wheeling link to new housing and to the existing village. NRS Sponsor liaising with East Lothian Council. With support from SRT colleagues. Brunstane Station Bridge Review of this bridge, which carries National Cycle Network route 1, being led by Sustrans and City of Edinburgh Council. Surveyors on-site to inform detailed designs. Under design. Edinburgh: Southeast Wedge Positive discussions r.e. new entrance to Shawfair. Curriehill New cycle parking being provided by City of Edinburgh Council. Winchburgh Proposal for new station submitted for planning permission by Network Rail Scotland. Liaison with planning team for an accessible station meeting Railway for Everyone recommendations. Borders Line: future investment opportunities Liaison with Network Rail sponsors team reviewing opportunities for improving accessibility as an output of future investment opportunities: particular focus on stations at Newcraighall, Shawfair, Galashiels and Tweedbank. Falkirk Grahamston – AfA and public realm Station selec…

new access to Dunbar station, photo of construction Network Rail has commenced construction of a new path to Platform 2, which will open the station to thousands of people living in new housing, and reduce the walk/wheel to the station by 10 minutes. The project is a partnership with East Lothian Council, who completed re-alignment of its off- road path network to access the station in late 2025. The programme is a collaboration with ScotRail and is in receipt of funding support from Transport Scotland’s ATIF (Active Travel Infrastructure Fund) funding stream. Network Rail and ScotRail are now collaborating with East Lothian Council to investigate other potential routes from new housing to the station and improved cycle parking, in what is becoming a fruitful partnership

new access to Dunbar station, photo of construction Network Rail has commenced construction of a new path to Platform 2, which will open the station to thousands of people living in new housing, and reduce the walk/wheel to the station by 10 minutes. The project is a partnership with East Lothian Council, who completed re-alignment of its off- road path network to access the station in late 2025. The programme is a collaboration with ScotRail and is in receipt of funding support from Transport Scotland’s ATIF (Active Travel Infrastructure Fund) funding stream. Network Rail and ScotRail are now collaborating with East Lothian Council to investigate other potential routes from new housing to the station and improved cycle parking, in what is becoming a fruitful partnership

South Gyle Stn, new active travel bridge opened.. A new accessible bridge was lowered into place at South Gyle in January. The new structure replaces the former road bridge, which was demolished in readiness for the forthcoming Haymarket-Dalmeny electrification project. The new bridge is an important link in the West Edinburgh off-road active travel network. The project is a collaboration between Scotland’s Railway and City of Edinburgh Council. The pictures opposite are from works ‘in progress’. The bridge is now open and being used.

South Gyle Stn, new active travel bridge opened.. A new accessible bridge was lowered into place at South Gyle in January. The new structure replaces the former road bridge, which was demolished in readiness for the forthcoming Haymarket-Dalmeny electrification project. The new bridge is an important link in the West Edinburgh off-road active travel network. The project is a collaboration between Scotland’s Railway and City of Edinburgh Council. The pictures opposite are from works ‘in progress’. The bridge is now open and being used.

Graph showing how poeople get to stations in Scotland ScotRail’s Passenger Insight team ran their survey across 72 stations in Scotland for the whole of September-January. The period allowed ScotRail to deploy the question “how did you get to the station today” for its longest continuous run, yielding 407k data points and allowing for an autumn and winter wave to be provided. In addition, in terms of interrogating the Other (18%) response, we continue to use ScotRail’s latest (Autumn ’25) customer satisfaction survey which allows for a greater selection of vehicle types and free format option and allows us to sanity check both sets of results from two different survey assets. The results show consistent modal share and little seasonal variation Cycling is 5%

Graph showing how poeople get to stations in Scotland ScotRail’s Passenger Insight team ran their survey across 72 stations in Scotland for the whole of September-January. The period allowed ScotRail to deploy the question “how did you get to the station today” for its longest continuous run, yielding 407k data points and allowing for an autumn and winter wave to be provided. In addition, in terms of interrogating the Other (18%) response, we continue to use ScotRail’s latest (Autumn ’25) customer satisfaction survey which allows for a greater selection of vehicle types and free format option and allows us to sanity check both sets of results from two different survey assets. The results show consistent modal share and little seasonal variation Cycling is 5%

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