Portobello (E&DR) railway station

For the former Portobello station in Wolverhampton, see Portobello railway station. For the former North British Railway Portobello station in Edinburgh, see Portobello (NBR) railway station.

Portobello
Location
Place	Portobello, Edinburgh
Area	City of Edinburgh
Coordinates	55°56′56″N 3°07′05″W / 55.949°N 3.118°W / 55.949; -3.118Coordinates: 55°56′56″N 3°07′05″W / 55.949°N 3.118°W / 55.949; -3.118
Operations
Original company	Edinburgh and Dalkeith Railway
Platforms	2
History
July 1832	Opened^[1]
1846	Closed^[1]
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The Edinburgh and Dalkeith Railway opened Portobello railway station in July 1832.^[1] It remained in use until 1846 when a replacement station was opened nearby on the NBR Main Line.^[1]

History

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

Preceding station	Historical railways			Following station
Duddingston & Craigmillar		Edinburgh and Dalkeith Railway North British Railway		Piershill

References

Notes

1 2 3 4 Butt (1995), page 189

Sources

Awdry, Christopher (1990). Encyclopaedia of British Railway Companies. Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 1-8526-0049-7. OCLC 19514063.
Butt, R. V. J. (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 1-8526-0508-1. OCLC 60251199.
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 1-8526-0086-1. OCLC 22311137.
"RAILSCOT on Edinburgh and Dalkeith Railway". Retrieved 10 August 2011.

Transport in Edinburgh

Bus

Present	Lothian Buses First Scotland East

Past	Edinburgh Corporation Transport Lothian Regional Transport Eastern Scottish Scottish Motor Traction Scottish Omnibuses

Rail

Present

Stations	Brunstane Curriehill Dalmeny Edinburgh Park Haymarket Kingsknowe Newcraighall Slateford South Gyle Waverley Wester Hailes

Lines	Borders Railway Edinburgh Crossrail Edinburgh to Aberdeen Edinburgh to Dunblane Fife Circle Forth Bridge North Berwick North Clyde Shotts

Operations	Abellio ScotRail Caledonian Sleeper Haymarket TMD

Past

Stations	Abbeyhill Balerno Balgreen Halt Blackford Hill Craiglockhart Duddingston & Craigmillar Edinburgh Princes Street Gorgie East Leith Central Meadowbank Stadium Merchiston Morningside Road Newington Piershill Portobello (E&DR) Portobello (NBR) Scotland Street St Leonards

Lines	Edinburgh, Leith and Newhaven Railway Edinburgh Suburban and Southside Junction Railway Edinburgh and Dalkeith Railway

Operations	Caledonian Railway Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway North British Railway LNER Scottish Region of British Railways ScotRail

Future

Tram

Present	Edinburgh Trams

Past	Edinburgh Corporation Tramways

Roads

Motorways	M8 M9

A roads	A1 European route E15 A68 A7 A772 A71 A702 A701 A8 A89 B800/A8000 A90 Edinburgh City Bypass Forth Road Bridge Queensferry Crossing

Streets	Chambers Street Constitution Street Cowgate Drummond Street Ferry Road George IV Bridge George Street Great Junction Street Leith Walk Mayfield Road The Mound The Pleasance Princes Street Regent Terrace Rose Street Royal Mile South Bridge West Port

Other

Air	Edinburgh Airport Edinburgh Airport Rail Link

Water	Forth Estuary Transport Authority Firth of Forth hovercraft (proposed) Union Canal

Cycling	National Cycle Route 1 National Cycle Route 75 National Cycle Route 76

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