Musselburgh railway station is a railway station serving the town of Musselburgh

Musselburgh

Musselburgh is the largest settlement in East Lothian, Scotland, on the coast of the Firth of Forth, six miles east of Edinburgh city centre.-History:...

, East Lothian

East Lothian

East Lothian is one of the 32 council areas of Scotland, and a lieutenancy Area. It borders the City of Edinburgh, Scottish Borders and Midlothian. Its administrative centre is Haddington, although its largest town is Musselburgh....

 near Edinburgh

Edinburgh

Edinburgh is the capital city of Scotland, the second largest city in Scotland, and the eighth most populous in the United Kingdom. The City of Edinburgh Council governs one of Scotland's 32 local government council areas. The council area includes urban Edinburgh and a rural area...

 in Scotland

Scotland

Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...

. It was opened in 1988 and is located on the North Berwick Line

North Berwick Line

The North Berwick Line is a railway line linking Edinburgh with North Berwick in Scotland. The route follows the East Coast Main Line as far as Drem where it then branches to the north....

, 8 km (5¼ miles) east of . It is located near the recently built campus of the Queen Margaret University.

Service

Monday to Friday daytimes there is an hourly service westbound to Edinburgh and eastbound to with a half-hourly service on Saturdays. Evenings and Sundays there is an hourly service in each direction. A small number of weekday services now also run to Dunbar from Edinburgh, stopping only at Musselburgh.

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