Edinburgh, Junction Road Station
Railway Station (19th Century) - (20th Century)
Site Name Edinburgh, Junction Road Station
Classification Railway Station (19th Century) - (20th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Junction Bridge Station
Canmore ID 155569
Site Number NT27NE 706
NGR NT 26490 76386
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/155569
- Council Edinburgh, City Of
- Parish Edinburgh (Edinburgh, City Of)
- Former Region Lothian
- Former District City Of Edinburgh
- Former County Midlothian
NT27NE 706 2649 7638
This intermediate station on the Edinburgh (Abbeyhill Junction) - Powderhall - Leith branch of the former North British Rly was opened (by the Edinburgh, Leith and Northern Rly) on 10 May 1846. It closed on 1 January 1917, reopened on 1 April 1919 and was renamed Junction Bridge Station (by the London and North Eastern Rly) on 9 July 1923. It was closed to regular passenger traffic (again (by the London and North Eastern Rly) on 16 June 1947.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 14 March 2001.
R V J Butt 1995.
