Some might say it was a record-breaking weekend at Edinburgh Waverley, and they would be right. The major station in Scotland’s capital clocked 148,000 passengers on Saturday 9 August, as the Edinburgh Festivals collided with a record-smashing Oasis gig at Murrayfield Stadium. The concert added tens of thousands of extra journeys to an already saturated network.

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