A portion of this line remains, in abeyance, at the south end of Millerhill Marshalling Yard (British Railways). The original line was due to terminate in Roslin but the North British Railway requested the company extend to Glencorse (Glencorse Extension (Edinburgh, Loanhead and Roslin Railway)).
These locations are along the line.
This was a single platform station about a third of a mile east of Gilmerton. The platform was on the west side of a single track line with a station building and signal box at the south end. A small goods yard with siding and loading bank was on the west side of the line, south of the station, approached from the north. A station cottage was on Gilmerton Station Road to the west, alongside the ...
More detailsThe first Gilmerton Colliery was located to the north west of Gilmerton station. ...
More detailsThis colliery was located immediately to the south of Gilmerton station. A mine of the same name existed to the north west of the station before 1928. It was opened by the Fordell Mains (Midlothian) Colliery Company and was transferred to the Gilmerton Colliery Company. ...
More detailsThis was a small paraffin works on the east side of Edinburgh, Loanhead and Roslin Railway at Edgefield east of Straiton. It was served by a siding on the east side of the line, approached from the south. This siding was the Edgefield Siding which also served the Edgefield Candle Works, to the south of the oil works.
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Opened by Loanhead station and also known as Loanhead Colliery. Opened by the Shotts Iron Company. ...
More detailsThis was a single platform station. It remains an excellent example of a small North British Railway station with platform, station building, station house and goods shed.
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This colliery was south of Loanhead station, just west of Bilston Glen Viaduct.
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This colliery was developed by the National Coal Board, with the sinking commencing in 1952. It replaced Burghlee Colliery, just to the east.
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This station was in the north of Roslin. It was terminus of the line from 1874 to 1877. It was a single platform station (on the south ie village side of the line). The line was single track with a passing loop by the platform. The station building was joined to a railway cottage (similar to Loanhead).
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