Balgreen Halt railway station
Balgreen Halt | |
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City of Edinburgh council area |
Balgreen Halt railway station served Balgreen in the Edinburgh. Services were provided by trains on the Corstorphine Branch.
In 2014 the Edinburgh Tram system opened a tram stop named "Balgreen" adjacent to the site of the station.
The line that Balgreen Halt was on is now a cycle route and a way to Edinburgh Zoo.
History
The station was opened by the
nationalisation in 1948, to be then closed by the British Railways Board
.
| Preceding station | Historical railways | Following station | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Haymarket | London and North Eastern Railway Corstorphine Branch |
Pinkhill | ||
The site today
The stationmaster's house remains standing, in the site which has been landscaped as part of a garden. [1]
References
Notes
Sources
- 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. OCLC 22311137.
- Jowett, Alan (2000). Jowett's Nationalised Railway Atlas (1st ed.). Penryn, Cornwall: Atlantic Transport Publishers. OCLC 228266687.
- Balgreen Halt on navigable O. S. map Station marked at Saughton Hall
- Picture of the station