
THE NEW Edinburgh Gateway station, serving the airport and providing an interchange with the city’s tram network, was offically opened by Scottish Transport Minister Humza Yousaf on 9 December. A continuing source of frustration to rail passengers – especially those coming from the north from Aberdeen, Dundee and Fife stations, for instance – had been to go right past the runway at Edinburgh Airport on a train with no possibility of it stopping there. Passenger numbers at the airport are approaching 12 million and growing every year, a reflection of Edinburgh’s status as a capital city, a tourist magnet and an international festival and conference centre.