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"The Sub" Circle around Southern Edinburgh 1884 - 1962 |
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Opening The Suburban and South Side Junction Railway operated from 1884. 1 The line ran in a circle around Southern Edinburgh. Travelling clockwise along the line, the stations were: Waverley Portobello Duddingston & Craigmillar Newington Blackford Hill Morningside Road Craiglockhart Road, Gorgie Haymarket Waverley |
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Closure Passenger services ended in 1962. The line is still used for freight. |
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Re-opening During the 1990s and more recently there have been several campaigns to re-open this line. The most recent plan was announced by the Capital Rail Action Group on 7 August 2003, suggesting problems of capacity at Haymarket station could be overcome by extending Dunbar to Waverley or North Berwick to Waverley trains. They could continue to Haymarket then round the 'Sub', so providing a half-hourly service, perhaps in three years' time. |
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1: 'Yesterday's Railways: Edinburgh' Publ: Railway Correspondence and Travel Society ISBN 0 9508595 0 8 2. CRAG Plan for re-opening of the 'Sub': Edinburgh Evening News, 7 August 2003 |
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STATIONS mentioned on the EDINBURGH RAILWAYS pages |
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