View from ENE showing NE block of station which has been converted to depot

Description View from ENE showing NE block of station which has been converted to depot

Date 13/10/1970

Collection Papers of Professor John R Hume, economic and industrial historian, Glasgow, Scotland

Catalogue Number SC 770361

Category On-line Digital Images

Scope and Content North Leith Passenger Station (1846-1947), Edinburgh Leith (North ) - ex Caledonian Railway This shows the front block from the north-east. It had been closed to passengers since 1947, and was being used as a coppersmiths' shop by Smith & McGowan. The overall roof at the rear had been removed. This station was built to serve traffic to the Leith Old Docks. The Caledonian Railway opened a station nearby in 1879, and the North British Railway, who had inherited this station, opened Leith Central Station in 1903. All three have now closed. This one is now a youth club. This station was built as the Leith terminus of the Edinburgh, Leith & Granton Railway, and opened in 1846. Behind the Classical street frontage was a single platform with an overall roof. The station was designed by Grainger & Miller. For many years, from 1952 onwards, it was known as Leith Citadel Goods Station. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.

External Reference H35/70/60/29

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/collection/770361

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