Coast Main Line to the west of the original village station site got underway in February 2022. The £15m project will include pedestrian and cyclist access with lifts and a new foot bridge connecting both platforms. There will be parking for 128 vehicles including 18 electric vehicle charging spaces. The project is scheduled to be completed in March 2024. Prior to the coming of the North British Railway, the mail coaches changed horses at the Douglas Inn, opposite the distillery in East Linton. A surviving relic of East Linton's past importance as an agricultural centre is a timber octagonal auction mart for cattle, pigs and sheep in Station Road. Dating back to 1850, the mart has recently been fully restored and is now used for various community functions and a Sunday market. The location was used as the setting to re-introduce Stephen Bonnet in a darkly memorable fashion during Season 5 of the 'Outlander' TV series. Notable people Robert Brown (1757-1831) agriculturalist was born here. Gavin Douglas (c.1474 - September 1522) William Dudgeon c.1753-1813) poet was born at Tyninghame and is buried at Prestonkirk. Charles Martin Hardie RSA (1858-1916) artist born here Andrew Meikle (1719-1811) mechanical engineer, credited with inventing the mechanical threshing machine died here. Robert Noble RSA (1857-1917) artist and founder and president of the Scottish Society of Arts lived his later years here and died here. John Pettie RSA (1839-1893) painter lived here. George Rennie (1802-1860) sculptor and politician was born here, at Phantassie. George Rennie (1749-1828) agriculturalist, was born here at Phantassie. John Rennie (1761-1821) civil engineer was born here, at Phantassie. Gilbert Rule (1629-1701) prisoner on the Bass Rock and Principal of Edinburgh University John Shirreff (1759-1818) agricultural writer is buried at Prestonkirk. Climate Like most of Scotland, East Linton has a temperate, maritime climate which is relatively mild despite its northerly latitude. Winter daytime temperatures rarely fall below . and is milder than places such as Moscow and Labrador which lie at similar latitudes. Summer temperatures are normally moderate, rarely exceeding . The prevailing wind direction is from the south west, which is often associated with warm, unstable air from the North Atlantic Current that can give rise to rainfall – although considerably less than locations in the west of Scotland. Rainfall is distributed fairly evenly throughout the year. Winds from an easterly direction are usually drier but considerably colder, and may be accompanied