Haymarket
Location type
Station
Name and dates
Haymarket (1842-)
Opened on the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway.
Open on the Fife Circle.
Open on the Edinburgh to Perth.
Open on the Edinburgh to Dundee.
Open on the Edinburgh to Glasgow via Shotts.
Open on the Edinburgh to Glasgow via Bathgate and Airdrie.
Description
This is a five platform station in the west of Edinburgh where the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway and Caledonian Railway divide.
The station was the 1842 eastern terminus of the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway before extension by tunnel and through Princes Street Gardens to Edinburgh Waverley in 1846.
A second tunnel opened to the south of the original in 1892 as part of the general improvements and quadrupling of the line following the opening of the Forth Bridge in 1890. The two additional tracks are now platforms 3 and 4.
The train-shed from here was removed to Bo'ness when that station was opened on the Bo'ness and Kinneil Railway (preserved) (formerly the Slamannan Railway).
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StationExternal links
Canmore site recordNLS Collection OS map of 1892-1914
NLS Collection OS map of 1944-67
Nearby stations Haymarket Haymarket [Tram] Shandwick Place [Tram] Dalry Road Lothian Road Edinburgh Princes Street Murrayfield Murrayfield Stadium [Tram] Princes Street [Tram] Merchiston Gorgie East Princes Street [1st] Exhibition [NBR] St Andrew Square [Tram] Exhibition [CR] | Other railway and industry locations Morrison Street Goods Fountain Brewery Haymarket East Junction Dalry Junction [Edinburgh] Haymarket Tunnels Waverley Oil and Cake Mills Haymarket Shed [1st] Dalry Road Shed Dalry Middle Junction Lothian Road Shed Haymarket Power Box Coltbridge Junction Lothian Road Goods Granton Junction Tourist/other Caledonian Distillery |
| Location names in dark blue are on the same original line. | |
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