Pinkhill railway station

Pinkhill
The site of the former station
General information
Location	Corstorphine, City of Edinburgh, Scotland
Coordinates	55.9417°N 3.2643°W / 55.9417; -3.2643
Platforms	2
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	North British Railway
Post-grouping	London and North Eastern Railway
Key dates
1 February 1902	Opened
1 January 1917	Closed
1 February 1919	Reopened
1 January 1968	Closed to passengers
5 February 1968	Closed to freight
Location Pinkhill Location within the City of Edinburgh council area

Pinkhill railway station served the areas of east Corstorphine and Murrayfield, and Edinburgh Zoo, in Edinburgh, Scotland. It was a stop on the Corstorphine Branch of the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway between 1902 and 1968.

History

The station was opened by the North British Railway and the line passed on to the Scottish Region of British Railways on nationalisation in 1948. It was closed by the British Railways Board in 1968.

The site today

Platforms beside the trackbed, which is now a shared-use path; the former ticket office lies above the bridge

The disused track bed is now a shared-use path, forming part of the City of Edinburgh Council's Quiet Route 9. The platforms and ticket office of the former station remain in place.

Preceding station	Historical railways			Following station
Balgreen Halt		North British Railway Corstorphine Branch		Corstorphine

References

Sources

• 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.