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Prestonpans
View east towards Longniddry in 2017
General information
Location	Prestonpans,East Lothian Scotland
Coordinates	55°57′10″N2°58′30″W / 55.9529°N 2.9750°W /55.9529; -2.9750
Grid reference	NT392737
Managed by	ScotRail
Platforms	2
Other information
Station code	PST
History
Original company	North British Railway
Post-grouping	LNER
Key dates
1846	opened
Passengers
2020/21	33,770
2021/22	0.129 million
2022/23	0.173 million
2023/24	0.236 million
2024/25	0.258 million
Location
Notes Passenger statistics from theOffice of Rail and Road

Prestonpans railway station is arailway station serving the mining town ofPrestonpans,East Lothian,Scotland. It is located on theNorth Berwick Line, 9.75 miles (15.69 km) east ofEdinburgh Waverley. It serves the town ofCockenzie and Port Seton, 1.37 miles (2.20 km) away.

On Monday to Friday daytimes there is an hourly service westbound to Edinburgh and eastbound toNorth Berwick, with extra trains at peak periods. On Saturdays, a half-hourly service operates during the day, dropping to hourly in the evening. Trains also call hourly each way on Sundays from mid-morning.^[1]

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Longniddry		ScotRail North Berwick Line		Wallyford
	Historical railways
Seton Mains Halt[2] Line open; Station closed		North British Railway NBR Main Line		Inveresk Line open; Station closed

• Butt, R. V. J. (October 1995).The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.).Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd.ISBN 978-1-85260-508-7.OCLC 60251199.OL 11956311M.
• Jowett, Alan (March 1989).Jowett's Railway Atlas of Great Britain and Ireland: From Pre-Grouping to the Present Day (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd.ISBN 978-1-85260-086-0.OCLC 22311137.
• Smith, W.A.C. & Anderson, P. (1995)An Illustrated History of Edinburgh's Railways, Caernarfon, Irwell Press,ISBN 1-871608-59-7
• RAILSCOT on North British Railway

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