Gorgie Cattle Market Branch (North British Railway)

Introduction

This short branch ran south west from to serve the Gorgie Cattle Market. It also served a minerals depot close to Gorgie [NB] station. The branch ran out from the Edinburgh, Suburban and Southside Junction Railway which had nearby branches to the to Gorgie East Goods and Gorgie Mills. It was also served by the Gorgie Cattle Market Branch (North British Railway). The Gorgie Slaughter Houses came to an agreement with the Caledonian and North British in 1913.




Dates

  /  /1910Edinburgh Corporation Gorgie Cattle Market Branch (Caledonian Railway) Gorgie Cattle Market Branch (North British Railway)
Corporation asks railways to built branches to the new Gorgie Cattle Market.
  /06/1910Gorgie Cattle Market Branch (North British Railway)
Branch from the Gorgie Mills siding built to Gorgie Cattle Market [NB] yard (cattle, minerals etc). The engineers were Blyth and Westland. The branch was built at the corporation's expense and the NB paid for the costs of connection at Gorgie.
  /  /1913Edinburgh Corporation Gorgie Cattle Market Branch (Caledonian Railway) Gorgie Cattle Market Branch (North British Railway)
Agreement between Edinburgh Corporation with the Caledonian Railway and North British Railway over the Gorgie Slaughter Houses.
  /  /1913Gorgie Cattle Market Branch (Caledonian Railway)
Gorgie Cattle Market Branch (North British Railway)
Caledonian Railway and North British Railway agree on access to the Gorgie Slaughter Houses in Edinburgh. This related to the building of a railway between the two branches which was to be done at CR expense. Two jointly owned sidings laid in on the north side of the NB yard, but the link was not built.
  /  /1977Edinburgh District Council
Decides to remove the embankment of the Gorgie Cattle Market Branch (North British Railway) for safety as the embankment material smouldered.

Locations along the line

These locations are along the line.

This is the southern junction of a triangular junction formed by Haymarket West Junction (west), Haymarket Central Junction (east) and Gorgie Junction (south).
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Edinburgh, Suburban and Southside Junction Railway
A hoarding at Gorgie - August 2019.
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John Yellowlees 17/08/2019
Looking north to Gorgie Junction in 1975. The cattle market branch and goods yard joined here on the left. ...
Bill Roberton //1975
Looking west along the along the disconnected Gorgie Cattle Market branch in 1975. The track was donated to the Strathspey Railway by the city ...
Bill Roberton //1975
After taking a freight through Gorgie Junction on the Edinburgh sub, 25026 turns towards Haymarket West Junction where it will join the E&G main line. ...
John Furnevel 14/04/1981
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This was a small goods yard on the west side of the line just north of Gorgie station and south of Gorgie Junction. It was approached from the north. On the west side of the yard was Gorgie East Minerals, a larger set of sidings for coal traffic. Further west again was the start of the Gorgie Cattle Market [NB], which crossed over a level crossing (as did the mineral yard ...

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The site of Gorgie East Goods station is occupied by interesting-looking housing, seen in January 2019. The signal for Gorgie Junction marks the ...
David Panton 13/01/2019
With the Bernard Brewery as a backcloth, N15 0-6-2T no 69150 shunts a wooden 'BD' container at Gorgie East yard in 1961. ...
Frank Spaven Collection (Courtesy David Spaven) //1961
J88 0-6-0ST no 68335 takes a break from shunting Gorgie East yard in 1961. In the right background wooden containers can be seen standing alongside ...
Frank Spaven Collection (Courtesy David Spaven) //1961
Lots of railwaymen in attendance as a J35 shunts near Gorgie East yard in 1961. The engine has just come off the Edinburgh Suburban Line and the photo ...
Frank Spaven Collection (Courtesy David Spaven) //1961
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This mill was rail served via a headshunt from Gorgie Junction. It was the glue and gelatine mill of J&G Cox Ltd, originally the site was probably a corn mill. The mill was rail served from 1905.
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The Edinburgh Corporation owned cattle market, built from 1909, was served by a branch from Gorgie Junction. This struck off from from alongside the goods yard at Gorgie East and ran south west to the north side of the cattle market. The branch was built at the expense of the corporation with the North British Railway paying connection costs at Gorgie. The NB worked the line.
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Behind the camera, the former Gorgie Cattlemarket branch in Edinburgh, opened by the North British Railway in 1910 and closed circa 1960, is now a ...
David Bosher 06/06/2023
View looking east along the former Gorgie Cattlemarket branch in Edinburgh, on the evening of 6th June 2023. This part of the branch is now a footpath ...
David Bosher 06/06/2023
This was the closed Gorgie Cattle Market in 2004. The sign reads 'John Swan & Sons Ltd'. Behind the camera was the North British cattle and ...
Ewan Crawford 16/09/2004
This wide cobbled subway under Chesser Avenue connected the Gorgie Cattle Market (off to the right) to the North British Railway's cattle and minerals ...
Ewan Crawford 16/09/2004
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