Edinburgh, Princes Street, Princes Street Station
Railway Station (19th Century)
Site Name Edinburgh, Princes Street, Princes Street Station
Classification Railway Station (19th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Caledonian Railway Station; Caley Station; Rutland Street; Lothian Road Station
Canmore ID 79884
Site Number NT27SW 189
NGR NT 2470 7355
NGR Description Centred NT 2470 7355
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/79884
- Council Edinburgh, City Of
- Parish Edinburgh (Edinburgh, City Of)
- Former Region Lothian
- Former District City Of Edinburgh
- Former County Midlothian
NT27SW 189.00 centred 2470 7355
NT27SW 189.01 NT 2475 7336 Offices
NT27SW 189.02 NT 24655 73582 Entrance Screen
NT27SW 189.03 NT 2470 7325 Railway Terminus (early)
For (integral) Caledonian Hotel see NT27SW 110
This station was built by the Caledonian Rly. to succeed an interim wooden structure in Lothian Road; it opened in 1894 and was universally known as the 'Caley'; the associated Caledonian Hotel (NT27SW 110) opened in 1903. The station was resignalled in 1937 but retained semaphore signals to the end of its life. It is the largest closed station in Scotland, regular passenger traffic having ceased on 6 September 1965, following the construction of the Duff Street connection (NT 23 72) to allow direct access from the former Caledonian Rly system to the Waverley Station (NT27SE 221).
The building was designed by Peddie and Kinnear and cost £120,000. There were no centre-roads, but five carriage-cleaning sidings and an electric generator were situated on the N side; a signalbox and a turntable were situated beyond the platform-ends.
G Daniels and L Dench 1980; A J Mullay 1991
Demolished 1967-8.
Information from RCAHMS (DRE) August 1994.
Edinburgh, (temporary) Lothian Road station, opened (Caledonian Rly) 15 February 1848.
Edinburgh, (replacement) Princes Street station, opened (Caledonian Rly) 2 May 1870 (NT27SW 189.03); closed (British Railways) 6 September 1965.
R V J Butt 1995.
See also: NT27SW 110 Edinburgh, Princes Street, Caledonian Hotel
NT27SW 189.01 Edinburgh, Lothian Road, Former Station Offices
NT27SW 189.02 Entrance Screen
Station built 1893; closed 6.9.1965, succeeded earlier CR stations on site
