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Balgreen Halt railway station

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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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In 2014 the Edinburgh Tram system opened a tram stop named "Balgreen" adjacent to the site of the station.
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The stationmaster's house remains standing, in the site which has been landscaped as part of a garden.
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The line that Balgreen Halt was on is now a cycle route and a way to
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Balgreen Halt on navigable O. S. map Station marked at Saughton Hall
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Edinburgh Waverley - Corstorphine branch train in 1948
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Balgreen
City of Edinburgh
55°56′18″N 3°15′07″W / 55.9383°N 3.2520°W / 55.9383; -3.2520
London and North Eastern Railway
Balgreen Halt is located in the City of Edinburgh council area
City of Edinburgh council area

Balgreen
Edinburgh
Corstorphine Branch
Edinburgh Zoo
London and North Eastern Railway
Scottish Region of British Railways
nationalisation
British Railways Board
Historical railways
Haymarket
London and North Eastern Railway
Corstorphine Branch
Pinkhill



Butt, R. V. J.
The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present
Sparkford
ISBN
978-1-85260-508-7
OCLC

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