Pinkhill railway station
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Pinkhill | |||||
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.jpg) The site of the former Pinkhill Station. | |||||
| General information | |||||
| Location | Corstorphine, City of Edinburgh Scotland | ||||
| Coordinates | 55°56′30″N 3°15′51″W / 55.9417°N 3.2643°W | ||||
| Platforms | 2 | ||||
| Other information | |||||
| Status | Disused | ||||
| History | |||||
| Original company | North British Railway | ||||
| Post-grouping | London and North Eastern Railway | ||||
| Key dates | |||||
| 1 February 1902 | Station opened | ||||
| 1 January 1917 | Station closed | ||||
| 1 February 1919 | Station opened | ||||
| 1 January 1968 | Station closed (passengers) | ||||
| 5 February 1968 | Station closed (freight) | ||||
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Pinkhill railway station was a railway station in Edinburgh, Scotland. It served Edinburgh Zoo, east Corstorphine and Murrayfield. Services were provided by trains on the Corstorphine Branch of the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway.
History
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The station was opened by the North British Railway and the line passed on to the Scottish Region of British Railways on nationalisation in 1948. It was closed by the British Railways Board in 1968.[1]
The disused track bed is now a cycle and footpath, forming part of the City of Edinburgh Council's Quiet Route 9.[2] The platforms and ticket office of the former station remain in place.[3]
| Preceding station | Historical railways | Following station | ||
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| Balgreen Halt | North British Railway Corstorphine Branch | Corstorphine | ||
References
[edit]Notes
[edit]- ^ Quick, Michael (September 2020). "Railway Passenger Stations in Great Britain: A Chronolgy" (PDF). The Railway and Canal Historical Society. p. 342. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 July 2021. Retrieved 31 May 2021.
- ^ "Quiet Route Map North West". City of Edinburgh Council. Retrieved 2 April 2021.
- ^ Bell, Raymond MacKean (2017). Literary Corstorphine: A reader's guide to West Edinburgh. Edinburgh: Leamington Books. ISBN 9780244644406.
Sources
[edit]- Butt, R. V. J. (October 1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC 60251199. OL 11956311M.
- Jowett, Alan (March 1989). Jowett's Railway Atlas of Great Britain and Ireland: From Pre-Grouping to the Present Day (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 978-1-85260-086-0. OCLC 22311137.
- Jowett, Alan (2000). Jowett's Nationalised Railway Atlas (1st ed.). Penryn, Cornwall: Atlantic Transport Publishers. ISBN 978-0-906899-99-1. OCLC 228266687.
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