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.

History

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 Council'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

References

Notes

  1. ^ Quick, Michael (September 2020). "Railway Passenger Stations in Great Britain: A Chronolgy" (PDF). The Railway and Canal Historical Society. p. 342. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 July 2021. 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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