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St Leonard's Station 1894 - 1951 |
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Opening St Leonard's station was the terminus of Edinburgh's first passenger railway. Was it Edinburgh's first railway? The railway ran from Edinburgh St Leonard's station in Edinburgh to Dalkeith. St Leonard's station was beneath the slopes of Arthur's Seat in Holyrood Park. This was a 4ft 6ins gauge horse-drawn railway. It opened on 4 July 1831 to transport coal. A passenger service was introduced from 2 June 1832, at first using a converted stage coach. 2 The line was known as The Innocent Railway. Some say that this was because of the railway's good safety record The line ran to the south to: - Niddrie - Sheriffhall - Dalkeith Branches to Leith and Musselburgh were added in 1838. This railway was absorbed into the North British Railway in 1845 and converted to steam operation the following year. 1 |
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Closure Passenger services to St Leonard's were withdrawn in 1846 when the North British Railway opened Bridge Street station on the site now occupied by Waverley Station. 1 St Leonard's station re-opened briefly to passengers in 1860, but this service lasted for only a few months. 3 |
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1: 'Yesterday's Railways: Edinburgh' Publ: Railway Correspondence and Travel Society ISBN 0 9508595 0 8 2. Edinburgh Transport - The Early Years [DGL Hunter] 3. 'The Last Trains - Edinburgh & SE Scotland' Moorfoot Publishing, 1979 ISBN 0 906606 01 2 |
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