Granton Road

Location type

Station

Name and dates

Granton Road (1879-1962)

Opened on the Leith North Branch (Caledonian Railway).

Description

This was a two platform station with offices above on the east side of the Granton Road overbridge. Platforms were to the east of the bridge running east towards the Wardie Road overbridge. There were waiting shelters on the platforms. There was no goods yard.

The station was built in 1879 on the 1864 goods and minerals line to North Leith. The line closed to passengers in 1962 and this portion closed completely in 1967. The station was about half a mile south of Granton itself and on higher ground.

The trackbed is now a footpath and the platforms survive. None of the station buildings have survived.

Tags

Station footpath

External links

Canmore site record
NLS Collection OS map of 1892-1914
NLS Collection OS map of 1944-67
NLS Map
NLS Map
NLS Map
NLS Map



Chronology Dates

01/08/1879Granton Branch (Caledonian Railway)
Leith North Branch (Caledonian Railway)
Leith North Passenger Branch (Caledonian Railway)
Passenger service starts, a new passenger portion opens from Newhaven Junction to Leith North on the south side of the existing goods lines. Granton Junction to Crew Junction to Newhaven Junction opened to passengers. Stations opened at Craigleith and Murrayfield on the Granton branch, Granton Road on the Leith North branch, Newhaven and Leith North on the new line.
30/04/1962Leith North Passenger Branch (Caledonian Railway)
Leith North Branch (Caledonian Railway)
Granton Branch (Caledonian Railway)
Edinburgh Princes Street (Dalry Middle Junction) to Leith North passenger service withdrawn. Craigleith, Murrayfield, Granton Road, Newhaven and Leith North closed.

News items

07/01/2022Trip back in time: Did you journey aboard the British Rail TV Train? [The Courier]
17/06/2021New article: The TV Train [Railscot]