East Linton Station Opening Day - 13th December 2023
This page records a selection of photographs taken on the day that the new East Linton Station received its first train services. These are drawn from various sources, mostly taken by the RAGES Committee. Included at the end is the STV (Edinburgh) news extract featuring the opening. Thanks to STV (Edinburgh) for providing this.
Unlike the station build progress pages, this one has the earliest of the day at the top.
Destination board at Waverley. 13/12/2023
Destination board at Waverley. 13/12/2023
Tom Thorburn, RAGES Honorary President (right) and Alex Hynes, Managing Director, Scotland's Railway. 13/12/2023
Large ticket on board the first train. 13/12/2023
East Linton Primary School pupils welcoming the first train. 13/12/2023
First train arriving at East Linton station. 13/12/2023
Fiona Hyslop, MSP, Minister for Transport, receiving a bouquet from an East Linton school pupil. Bill Reeve, Director of Rail, Transport Scotland, is looking on. 13/12/2023
Fiona Hyslop, MSP, Minister for Transport, with school pupils and the old station totem, along with Alex Hynes and Bill Reeve 13/12/2023
Fiona Hyslop, MSP, Minister for Transport, with Cllr Norman Hampshire, Leader of the East Lothian Council, Paul McLennan MSP for East Lothian and Alex Hynes, Managing Director of Scotland's Railway. 13/12/2023
Oscar, our cub reporter, ready for action with his Grandfather. 13/12/2023
Some of the many on lookers. 13/12/2023
The old East Linton station totem has been donated for display at the new station. 13/12/2023
Our cub reporter with one of the publicity signs. 13/12/2023
Alex Hynes, Managing Director of Scotland's Railway welcoming guests to the reception at The Mart. 13/12/2023
Barrie Forrest BEM, RAGES Chairman, at the reception in The Mart. 13/12/2023
Cllr Norman Hampshire, Leader of East Lothian Council, at the reception in The Mart. 13/12/2023
Destination board at East Linton announcing the first train to Edinburgh. 13/12/2023
Highland Dancers, Chris Jackson, Managing Director of Transpennine Express, and Rachel Sydeserff, Historic Environment Scotland's District Visitor and Community Manager, posing with the TPE train newly named Hailes Castle in recognition of East Linton Station being opened. 13/12/2023
STV (Edinburgh) featured the opening on their news. Click here to see the news extract. 13/12/2023