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Balgreen Halt railway station

Coordinates: 55°56′18″N 3°15′07″W / 55.9383°N 3.2520°W / 55.9383; -3.2520
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Balgreen Halt
Balgreen Halt in 1962
General information
LocationBalgreen, City of Edinburgh
Scotland
Coordinates55°56′18″N 3°15′07″W / 55.9383°N 3.2520°W / 55.9383; -3.2520
Platforms2
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original companyLondon and North Eastern Railway
Post-groupingLondon and North Eastern Railway
Key dates
29 January 1934Station opened[1]
1 January 1968Station closed[1]
Location
Balgreen Halt is located in the City of Edinburgh council area
Balgreen Halt
Balgreen Halt
Location within the City of Edinburgh council area
Edinburgh Waverley - Corstorphine branch train in 1948

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

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The station was opened by the London and North Eastern Railway in 1934. The line passed on to the Scottish Region of British Railways on 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

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The stationmaster's house remains standing, in the site which has been landscaped as part of a garden.[2]

References

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Notes

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  1. ^ a b Butt (1995)
  2. ^ [1]

Sources

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  • 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.
  • Balgreen Halt on navigable O. S. map Station marked at Saughton Hall
  • Picture of the station