Leith Walk West Goods

Location type

Sidings

Name and dates

Leith Walk West Goods (1903-1968)

Opened on the Leith New Lines (Caledonian Railway).

Description

This goods station was west of the unopened Leith Walk [CR] station. It was served from the west and fanned out at a lower level than the line on the west side of Leith Walk itself. There was a large goods shed to the south and series of sidings with the embankment of the through route to the north.

The Caledonian Railway owned yard competed with the existing North British Railway goods yard at Leith Walk East Goods, not far north.

The main line was singled and a loop retained west of the goods yard connection. This extended as far west as Bonnington (Rosebank) Goods. The eastbound line was lifted.

In the 1930s a row of flat roofed shops and flats built in sandstone were built on the east side of the yard, bordering the west side of Leith Walk by the London, Midland and Scottish Railway.

In 1966 the line to the west was severed, leaving the goods yard accessible from a headshunt. In 1968 the line and goods yard closed completely. Access was latterly from Leith South Yard.

Local

In 2018 the row of shops and flats west of Leith Walk were proposed to be demolished for redevelopment.Save Leith Walk
This proposal was rejected in late 2019.

Tags

Sidings

External links

NLS Collection OS map of 1892-1914
NLS Collection OS map of 1944-67
NLS Map
NLS Map
NLS Map




Nearby stations
Leith Walk [CR]
Leith Central
Foot of the Walk [Tram]
Balfour Street [Tram]
Pilrig Street
Junction Bridge
Leith Walk
Easter Road
The Shore [Tram]
McDonald Road [Tram]
Powderhall
North Leith
Bonnington
Easter Road Park Halt
South Leith
Leith Walk Tram Depot
Leith Central Diesel Depot
Bowershall Engine Works
Constitution Street [Tram]
Bonnington Bond
Bonnington Goods
Eastern Sawmills
The Pilrig Muddle
Bonnington Steel Works
Junction Mills
St Ann^s Maltings
Leith Mills
Midlothian Oatmeal Works
Tourist/other
Trinity House
Rosebank Cemetery
Location names in dark blue are on the same original line.


Chronology Dates

04/07/1966Leith New Lines (Caledonian Railway)
Newhaven Junction to Leith Walk West Goods (excluded) closed.
06/05/1968Leith New Lines (Caledonian Railway)
Leith Walk West Goods to Seafield Junction [CR] (excluded) closed.

News items

08/07/2022Edinburgh Leith Walk Stead's Place offices to open [Glasgow Herald]
20/12/2019Government rejects £50m Leith Walk project [BBC News]