Craiglockhart railway station

Craiglockhart Station
Site of Craiglockhart Station (disused)
Location
Place	Craiglockhart, Edinburgh
Area	City of Edinburgh
Operations
Pre-grouping	North British Railway
Post-grouping	LNER Scottish Region of British Railways
Platforms	2
History
1 December 1884	Opened
10 September 1962	Closed
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Coordinates: 55°55′41″N 3°13′42″W / 55.9280°N 3.2284°W

Craiglockhart Railway Station was a railway station in Scotland on the Edinburgh Suburban and Southside Junction Railway (SSJR). It was opened on 1 December 1884. Located on Colinton Road next to the Myreside Aqueduct of the Union Canal, it served the Craiglockhart area of Edinburgh, in the Southside of the city.

Craiglockhart station closed in 1962, when passenger rail services were withdrawn from the Edinburgh Suburban line although the line itself was retained for rail freight use. The route continues to be used for freight services to this day, so freight trains avoid Edinburgh's main stations of Edinburgh Waverley and Haymarket, and occasionally diverted passenger trains also pass along this line.

A 1905 Railway Clearing House diagram of Edinburgh railways, with the SSJR (in blue along the bottom)

Future

A local campaigning group, the Capital Rail Action Group (CRAG), is running a campaign for the SSJR line to be re-opened to passenger services, and proposes that it should be operated either as a commuter rail service or as a light rail system to form an extension of the forthcoming Edinburgh Tram Network.^[1] Following a petition submitted to the Scottish Parliament in 2007, the proposal was rejected in 2009 by transport planners due to anticipated cost.^[2]

Edinburgh Suburban and Southside Junction Railway

Legend East Coast Main Line Portobello (E&DR) Portobello East Junction Niddrie South Junction Piershill Newcraighall North British Railway to Leith East Coast Main Line Abbeyhill Waverley Line Innocent Railway Duddingston & Craigmillar Waverley Newington Blackford Hill Haymarket Tunnel Morningside Road Haymarket Craiglockhart Haymarket East Junction Myreside Aqueduct (Union Canal) Gorgie East Craiglockhart Junction Slateford Junction Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway Caledonian Main Line

References

1. "Reopening the South Sub" (PDF). Transform Scotland. March 2007. Retrieved 8 January 2010.
2. "Public Petitions Committee Official Report". Scottish Parliament. 27 January 2009. Retrieved 8 January 2010.