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Pinkhill railway station

Coordinates: 55°56′30″N 3°15′51″W / 55.9417°N 3.2643°W / 55.9417; -3.2643
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Pinkhill
The site of the former Pinkhill Station.
General information
LocationCorstorphine, City of Edinburgh
Scotland
Coordinates55°56′30″N 3°15′51″W / 55.9417°N 3.2643°W / 55.9417; -3.2643
Platforms2
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original companyNorth British Railway
Post-groupingLondon and North Eastern Railway
Key dates
1 February 1902Station opened
1 January 1917Station closed
1 February 1919Station opened
1 January 1968Station closed (passengers)
5 February 1968Station closed (freight)
Location
Pinkhill is located in the City of Edinburgh council area
Pinkhill
Pinkhill
Location within the City of Edinburgh council area

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

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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

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Notes

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  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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