Piershill railway station

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Piershill
General information
Location Portobello, Edinburgh, Edinburgh
Scotland
Coordinates 55°57′25″N3°09′05″W / 55.9569°N 3.1514°W / 55.9569; -3.1514
Platforms2
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original company Edinburgh Suburban and Southside Junction Railway
Pre-grouping North British Railway
Post-grouping London and North Eastern Railway
Key dates
22 March 1868 [1] Opened
1 January 1917 [1] Closed
1 April 1919 [1] Reopened
7 September 1964 [1] Closed

Piershill railway station was a railway station in Edinburgh, Scotland, on a loop off the main line. It was opened on 22 March 1868.

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Piershill station closed in 1964, when passenger rail services were withdrawn from the Musselburgh branch rail service as part of the British Railways rationalisation programme known as the Beeching Axe, although the line itself was retained for rail freight use. The route was used for infrequent movement of waste from Powderhall to the East Coast Main Line until 2016. [2]

Piershill was near the temporary Meadowbank Stadium station which was opened during the Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh in 1986; Meadowbank station closed shortly after the games finished.

A 1905 Railway Clearing House diagram of Edinburgh railways, with the SSJR (in blue along the bottom) Edinburgh- Granton- Haymarket & Leith RJD 27.jpg
A 1905 Railway Clearing House diagram of Edinburgh railways, with the SSJR (in blue along the bottom)

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Butt 1995, p. 185.
  2. "Proposal to redevelop at the former Powderhall Waste Transfer Station - City of Edinburgh Council - Citizen Space".

Sources

Preceding station Disused railways Following station
Abbeyhill
Line partially extant but disused, station closed
  North British Railway
Edinburgh Suburban Line
  Portobello
Line extant but partially disused, station closed