Bonnington Goods
Location type
SidingsName and dates
Bonnington Goods (1876-1960)Opened on the Edinburgh, Leith and Granton Railway.
Description
This was the goods yard at the end of the branch from Bonnington Goods Junction, just east of Bonnington station. The goods yard was on the south bank of the Water of Leith and served a considerable number of small works.
From west to east among the works served were:
- Bonnington Bridge Paper Works
- an iron works which became an engineering works and the Weldun Boiler Works, later a paper shaving works (prior to the railway it was the Leith Distillery)
- a tannery
- Midlothian Oatmeal Mills
- Albion Boiler Works, on the site of Bonnington House which later became the Victoria Brass Foundry, later a steel works
- a foundry which became sidings with a goods shed
- a sugar refinery which became Bonnington Bond
The line closed around 1960. The site is still an industrial estate with some new flats. The track which led to the bond remains in place along with the archway through which it passed.
Tags
Goods;sidings terminusExternal links
NLS Collection OS map of 1892-1914NLS Collection OS map of 1944-67
NLS Map
NLS Map
06/02/2022
| Nearby stations Pilrig Street Bonnington Junction Bridge Powderhall Leith Walk [CR] Foot of the Walk [Tram] Balfour Street [Tram] Ferry Road Leith Central North Leith Leith North Leith Walk McDonald Road [Tram] Newhaven [Leith New Lines] Newhaven | Bonnington Steel Works Bonnington Bond Midlothian Oatmeal Works Bonnington Tannery Junction Mills Weldun Boiler Works Bowershall Engine Works Bonnington Bridge Paper Works Graham Street Junction Bonnington (Rosebank) Goods Leith Mills Rosebank Iron Works Powderhall Bridge Tourist/other Bowling Green Street Level Crossing Rosebank Cemetery |
| Location names in dark blue are on the same original line. | |
Chronology Dates
| 22/07/1968 | Edinburgh, Leith and Granton Railway Bonnington Goods depot is closed. Line to Bonnington South Junction falls out of use. |
