Leith Central Branch (North British Railway)

Introduction

This line is closed. After closure to passengers the station was retained for a while as a DMU maintenance depot.






Portions of line and locations

This line is divided into a number of portions.


London Road to Leith Central

This was a three way double track junction. No railway remains in use here today.
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Easter Road Deviation (North British Railway)
'Lochend Butterfly' was the name given to the lepidopteraform (my coining) bit of land left behind when all but one of the many lines around here had ...
David Panton 14/11/2020
The plan seems to be to develop every last square metre of the Lochend Butterfly (https://maps.nls.uk/view/130075185 - it's even got a street named ...
David Panton 28/07/2018
A shot of the curve to Easter Road from a passing DMU in 1986. I don't know if the main line turnout was still connected. I have a shot from a year ...
Bill Roberton //1986
47663 passes the dismantled turnout for Easter Road as it passes London Road Junction in 1987 with a diverted (because of ECML electrification work) ...
Bill Roberton //1987
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This junction was south of Leith Central and controlled the approaches to the terminus from London Road Junction [Edinburgh] to the west and Lochend South Junction to the east. Both lines were double track and were opened with the terminus.
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This bridge over the closed Powderhall branch is modern, but is on the same site as the rail bridge carrying the Leith Central branch between London ...
David Panton 23/03/2019
The area once occupied by the complex of lines north of Abbeyhill has been
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David Panton 02/01/2018
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This was a single platform halt on the Leith Central double track line, used for arrivals only for excursion trains run for football matches at Easter Road Stadium. The halt was east of the stadium. Departures left from Abbeyhill, west of the stadium.
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The curve of the Leith Central branch at the site of the short-lived (and seldom used) Easter Road Park Halt is called Lochend Butterfly Way. ...
David Panton 23/03/2019
The gentle curve of Lochend Butterfly Way follows the course of the Leith Central branch through the site of short-lived Easter Road Park Halt (for ...
David Panton 20/04/2018
The 1953 1:1250 OS map correctly shows Easter Road Park as a 'Halt' with a bare platform on the Leith-bound side only. However in their annual ...
David Panton 01/01/1950
View towards Abbeyhill Junction from the site of Easter Road Park Halt on 31 October 2009 ...
David Panton 31/10/2009
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Leith Central closed in 1952 and it was redeveloped, in 1959, as Leith Central Diesel Depot. British Railways assigned the code 64H.
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Leith Central was a large four platform terminus with a glazed roof fronting Leith Walk, at the foot of the Walk.
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The frontage of Leith Central Station in 2015. Passenger services ceased in 1952 and use as a diesel depot ended twenty years later. The train shed ...
Bill Roberton 18/06/2015
The former Leith Central station, closed to passengers in 1952. It later served as a diesel unit depot but is now abandoned, seen here on 21st May ...
David Bosher 21/05/2018
This photograph is published in 'The Scottish Railway Scene 1973-2020' by John Kirk, published by Pen & Sword.
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John Kirk //
'The Opening of Leith Central', a photo mural in the newly relocated doctors' surgery in the old station building. Notice that they've had to reverse ...
David Panton 07/08/2017
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Lochend North Junction to Lochend South Junction

This junction was south of Leith Central and controlled the approaches to the terminus from London Road Junction [Edinburgh] to the west and Lochend South Junction to the east. Both lines were double track and were opened with the terminus.
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This bridge over the closed Powderhall branch is modern, but is on the same site as the rail bridge carrying the Leith Central branch between London ...
David Panton 23/03/2019
The area once occupied by the complex of lines north of Abbeyhill has been
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David Panton 02/01/2018
2 of 2 images.


This junction opened in 1888 with the curve from London Road Junction. This provided a secondary route from Abbeyhill Junction to Piershill Junction and on to Portobello East Junction, thus quadrupling the route.
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Easter Road Deviation (North British Railway)
116 387 passes an eastbound Commonwealth Games shuttle at Lochend Junction with a return trip to Waverley in July 1986.
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Bill Roberton /07/1986
A Commonwealth Games DMU shuttle, in July 1986, is given the road at Lochend Junction for Meadowbank Halt, visible beyond the road bridge - see image ...
Bill Roberton /07/1986
Looking east towards Lochend Junction, from the bridge which carried the Leith Central branch over the Granton (latterly Powderhall) line, in 1988. ...
Bill Roberton //1988
View from a DMU operating the Waverley to Meadowbank shuttle service during the Commonwealth Games. The train is heading east towards Lochend Junction ...
Bill Roberton /07/1986
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