Pinkhill railway station

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Pinkhill
Pinkhill Station from the west (geograph 4345096).jpg
The site of the former Pinkhill Station.
LocationPinkhill, Corstorphine, City of Edinburgh
Scotland
Coordinates 55°56′30″N3°15′51″W / 55.9417°N 3.2643°W / 55.9417; -3.2643 Coordinates: 55°56′30″N3°15′51″W / 55.9417°N 3.2643°W / 55.9417; -3.2643
Platforms2
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original company North British Railway
Post-grouping London and North Eastern Railway
Key dates
1 February 1902Station opened
1 January 1917Station closed
1 February 1919Station opened
1 January 1968Station closed (passengers)
5 February 1968Station closed (freight)

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.

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History

Platforms beside the trackbed which is now a cycle path. The former ticket office sits above the bridge Cyclepath at former Pinkhill Station, Edinburgh (geograph 5711807).jpg
Platforms beside the trackbed which is now a cycle path. The former ticket office sits above the bridge

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's Quiet Route 9. [2] The platforms and ticket office of the former station remain in place. [3]

Preceding station Historical railways Following station
Balgreen Halt   North British Railway
Corstorphine Branch 		  Corstorphine

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References

Notes

  1. ↑ Quick, Michael (September 2020). "Railway Passenger Stations in Great Britain: A Chronolgy" (PDF). The Railway and Canal Historical Society. p. 342. Retrieved 31 May 2021.
  2. ↑ "Quiet Route Map North West". City of Edinburgh Council. Retrieved 2 April 2021.
  3. ↑ Bell, Raymond MacKean (2017). Literary Corstorphine: A reader's guide to West Edinburgh. Edinburgh: Leamington Books. ISBN   9780244644406.

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