Corstorphine railway station served Corstorphine in Edinburgh. Services were provided by trains on the Corstorphine Branch. It was a terminus of a branch line, and there were sidings.
Corstorphine | |||||
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 Site of the former Corstorphine Station. | |||||
| General information | |||||
| Location | Station Road, Corstorphine, City of Edinburgh Scotland | ||||
| Coordinates | 55°56′29″N 3°16′43″W / 55.941309°N 3.278732°W | ||||
| Grid reference | NT202727 | ||||
| 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 1968 | Station closed | ||||
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History
editThe station was opened by the North British Railway in 1902 and the line passed on to the Scottish Region of British Railways on nationalisation in 1948, to be then closed by the British Railways Board in 1968.[1] The train journey from Corstorphine Station to Edinburgh Waverley Station took 11 minutes.
The site has since been built over by Mactaggart & Mickel, and is now occupied by the Paddockholm Estate.[2] Station Road nearby is named for the former station.[2]
| Preceding station | Historical railways | Following station | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pinkhill | North British Railway Corstorphine Branch |
Terminus | ||
References
editNotes
edit- ^ Quick, Michael (September 2020). "Railway Passenger Stations in Great Britain: A Chronolgy" (PDF). The Railway and Canal Historical Society. p. 137. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 July 2021. Retrieved 31 May 2021.
- ^ a b 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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