Craiglockhart railway station
Craiglockhart Station | |
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![]() Site of Craiglockhart Station (disused) | |
Location | Craiglockhart, Edinburgh, City of Edinburgh Scotland |
Coordinates | Coordinates: 55°55′41″N 3°13′42″W / 55.9280°N 3.2284°W |
Platforms | 2 |
Other information | |
Status | Disused |
History | |
Pre-grouping | North British Railway |
Post-grouping | LNER |
Key dates | |
1 June 1887[1] | Opened |
1 January 1917[2] | closed |
1 February 1919[3] | opened |
10 September 1962 | Closed |
Craiglockhart Railway Station was a railway station in Scotland on the Edinburgh Suburban and Southside Junction Railway (SSJR). It was opened on 1 June 1887. Located on Colinton Road next to the Myreside Aqueduct of the Union Canal, it served the Craiglockhart area of Edinburgh, in the south-west of the city.
Craiglockhart station closed in 1962, when passenger rail services were withdrawn from the Edinburgh Suburban line although the line itself was retained for rail freight use. The route continues to be used for freight services to this day, so freight trains avoid Edinburgh's main stations of Edinburgh Waverley and Haymarket, and occasionally diverted passenger trains also pass along this line.
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Future[]
A local campaigning group, the Capital Rail Action Group (CRAG), is running a campaign for the SSJR line to be re-opened to passenger services, and proposes that it should be operated either as a commuter rail service or as a light rail system to form an extension of the forthcoming Edinburgh Tram Network.[4] Following a petition submitted to the Scottish Parliament in 2007, the proposal was rejected in 2009 by transport planners due to anticipated cost.[5]
Preceding station | Historical railways | Following station | ||
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Gorgie East | Edinburgh Suburban and Southside Junction Railway North British Railway |
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References[]
- ^ Railway Passenger Stations by M.Quick page 139
- ^ Railway Passenger Stations by M.Quick page 139
- ^ Railway Passenger Stations by M.Quick page 139
- ^ "Reopening the South Sub" (PDF). Transform Scotland. March 2007. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 August 2011. Retrieved 8 January 2010.
- ^ "Public Petitions Committee Official Report". Scottish Parliament. 27 January 2009. Archived from the original on 5 June 2011. Retrieved 8 January 2010.
- Disused railway stations in Edinburgh
- Former North British Railway stations
- Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1887
- Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1917
- Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1919
- Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1962
- Scotland railway station stubs
- Edinburgh stubs