Craiglockhart railway station
| Craiglockhart Station | |
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| 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 |
| Disused railway stations in the United Kingdom | |
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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 Myrside 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Craiglockhart station closed in 1962, when passenger rail services were withdrawn from the Edinburgh Suburban line as part of the British Rail rationalisation programme known as the Beeching Axe, although the line itself was retained for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.
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]
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References
- ↑ "Reopening the South Sub". Transform Scotland. March 2007. Retrieved 8 January 2010.
- ↑ "Public Petitions Committee Official Report". Scottish Parliament. 27 January 2009. Retrieved 8 January 2010.
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