Location

The station is located on an island between Distillery Lane (southwest) and Clifton Terrace (west). These roads diverge from the junction with Haymarket Terrace (east) to provide a forecourt outside (east of) the station building which is used as the taxi rank. The main car park, closed at the time of our survey, lies north of the station at the lower level.

At the time of our survey, the north lane of Clifton Terrace was closed to traffic pending development of the Tram system.

Entrances and Exits

There are three entrances/exits to this station:

• Two step-free entrances/exits lead west into the ticket office, we’ll call these the north and south exits, though they’re only a few metres apart and will be regarded as a single entrance/exit to the station.
• The third provides step-free access from platforms 0 – 1 via the car park. We understand that, although the car park is closed, customers can leave the station via this route the doors to this exit are remotely operated by staff. Details of the route to Clifton Terrace were not available to us at the time of our survey.

Local Road Crossings

There’s a crossing of Distillery Lane from the southeast side of the island, beyond the Chinese restaurant. This is a single-stage crossing with tactile paving. The post with push button and rotating cone is to your right as you cross in either direction.

There’s a crossing of Clifton Terrace from the north side of the island. Although this is set out as a two-stage crossing, the north lane was closed to traffic at the time of our survey and it remains to be seen how this will be developed. At the time of our survey, the crossing had tactile paving throughout, the post with push button and rotating cone was to your right as you cross in either direction.

Local Buses

There are bus stops on each side of Distillery Lane and Clifton Terrace. These were under development at the time of our survey.

On the Northwest Side of Distillery Lane

The east stop serves buses towards the City Centre, bridges and London Road.

The west stop serves buses to Princes Street, Meadowbank, Cameron toll, Niddrie and New Royal Infirmary:

• Lothian 2, 3, 4, 25, 33, 44, N25 and N44.
• First Bus X25, X26, 27, X27, 28, X28, X31, X32, X33, 44, 66 and 427.

On the Southeast Side of distillery Lane

West Stop

• First Bus: X25, X26, 27, X27, 28, X28, X32, X33 and 427.
• Lothian 2, 3, 25, 33 and N25.

The East Stop

This was under development at the time of our survey.

North Side of Clifton Terrace

Bus Stop C, serves:

• 12, 26, 31, 48 and X48.

This was under development at the time of our survey.

On the South Side of Clifton Terrace

There’s a temporary bus stop outside the car park. This was under development at the time of our survey. The following services were indicated:

• Lothian 12, 26, X26, 31 and N26.

A sign says, go to next stop for 48 and X48.

West of this, is the stop for the 100 service to Edinburgh Airport. Note that there was significant building work in progress at the time of our survey.

Local Features

There are bike racks at the east end of the island, outside the Bonders pub.

South Side of forecourt, Going West

West Side

Continuing West

West side of Forecourt, Going North

South Side of Clifton Terrace, Going West

This was under development at the time of our survey.

Northwest Side of Distillery Lane, Going Southwest

Southeast Side of Distillery Lane, Going Southwest from Morrison Street

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