It was intended that services between the two cities will increase to 13 trains per hour with fastest time being 35 minutes but after the Scottish Department For Transport reviewed the project, it was down scaled and services will continue to be every 15 minutes but with new, longer electric trains, which will at least meet the journey time targets originally set out.

The platforms have been constructed to accommodate the longest trains currently operating in Scotland (London North Eastern Railway).

A chord is proposed a few miles to the north of the station, near the River Almond crossing, to provide another link between Glasgow and Edinburgh with potential for increasing services through.

[7] When the tram line was built in 2013, provision was made for Edinburgh Gateway but it would not open until the same time as the railway station.

[12] Edinburgh Gateway station was officially opened by the Scottish Government Minister for Transport and the Islands Humza Yousaf on 9 November 2016.

Fife Circle trains scheduled to stop at Edinburgh Gateway will normally skip the nearby South Gyle station.