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Corstorphine railway station

Summary

Corstorphine railway station served Corstorphine in Edinburgh. Services were provided by trains on the Corstorphine Branch. It was a terminus of a branch line, and there were sidings.

Corstorphine
Site of the former Corstorphine Station.
General information
LocationStation Road, Corstorphine, City of Edinburgh
Scotland
Coordinates55°56′29″N 3°16′43″W / 55.941309°N 3.278732°W / 55.941309; -3.278732
Grid referenceNT202727
Platforms2
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original companyNorth British Railway
Post-groupingLondon and North Eastern Railway
Key dates
1 February 1902station opened
1 January 1968Station closed
Location
Corstorphine is located in the City of Edinburgh council area
Corstorphine
Corstorphine
Location within the City of Edinburgh council area

History edit

The station was opened by the North British Railway in 1902 and the line passed on to the Scottish Region of British Railways on nationalisation in 1948, to be then closed by the British Railways Board in 1968.[1] The train journey from Corstorphine Station to Edinburgh Waverley Station took 11 minutes.

The site has since been built over by Mactaggart & Mickel, and is now occupied by the Paddockholm Estate.[2] Station Road nearby is named for the former station.[2]

Preceding station Historical railways Following station
Pinkhill   North British Railway
Corstorphine Branch 		  Terminus

References edit

Notes edit

  1. ^ Quick, Michael (September 2020). "Railway Passenger Stations in Great Britain: A Chronolgy" (PDF). The Railway and Canal Historical Society. p. 137. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 July 2021. Retrieved 31 May 2021.
  2. ^ a b Bell, Raymond MacKean (2017). Literary Corstorphine: A reader's guide to West Edinburgh. Edinburgh: Leamington Books. ISBN 9780244644406.

Sources edit

  • 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.