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Merchiston railway station

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The station closed on 6 September 1965 with services to/from Edinburgh Princes Street diverted to Edinburgh Waverley. After closure the first part of the old line from Princes Street Station became the West Approach Road, built in the 1970s . The part of the track occupying the former station at
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The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present
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between 1879 and 1883, with the last passenger service in September 1965. The station was demolished shortly afterwards and the
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The station was located in the neighbourhood sometimes known as "North Merchiston" but more commonly as
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Merchiston is now a footpath, extending to a service road leading west to Slateford Yards.
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Jowett's Railway Atlas of Great Britain and Ireland: From Pre-Grouping to the Present Day
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and a small overhead footbridge. The station was located around 1 km east of
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diagram of Edinburgh railways, with the SSJR (in blue along the bottom)
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The station was constructed between 1879 and 1883 with two
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Edinburgh
Edinburgh
55°56′05″N 3°13′43″W / 55.934636°N 3.228749°W / 55.934636; -3.228749
Caledonian Railway
LMS
railway station
Merchiston
Edinburgh
Scotland
Caledonian Railway
track bed
footpath
Shandon
Polwarth
Craiglockhart railway station
North British Railway
Edinburgh Suburban and Southside Junction Railway

Railway Clearing House
platforms
Slateford Station
Princes Street Station


Butt 1995
"APPENDIX 1 SHANDON CONSERVATION AREA CHARACTER APPRAISAL"
the original
Butt, R. V. J.
The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present

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