More new platforms open at Waverley Uncategorized by railsistem@gmail.com - April 23, 20190 TWO new platforms for East Coast Main Line inter-city services opened for use at Edinburgh Waverley in March. Bay platforms 5 and 6 on the east side of the station have been extended to 275 metres to accommodate new 10-car Intercity Express Train (IET) sets due to be introduced later this year. A substantial crowd is waiting to board as LNER No. 91107 crawls along platform 5 towards the buffers after arrival from London King’s Cross on March 13. To the right, No. 220022 waits in platform 7 to work the 15.08 Edinburgh-Plymouth. IAN LOTHIAN In their previous guise, the bay platforms were under-used or used for stabling. Read more in the April 2019 issue of The RM – on sale now! Enjoy more of The Railway Magazine reading every month. Click here to subscribe. Share this: Comments comments Share this: Share on X (Opens in new window) X Share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Related Share on Facebook Share Share on TwitterTweet Share on Google Plus Share Share on Pinterest Share Share on LinkedIn Share Share on Digg Share Send email Mail