Restalrig Goods
Location type
SidingsName and dates
Restalrig Goods (1903-1968)Opened on the Leith New Lines (Caledonian Railway).
Description
Restalrig Goods and Mineral Depot was on the north side of the Leith New Lines (Caledonian Railway)'s double track line. Access was from the west and to the west the line crossed over the Leith Central Branch (North British Railway). Although a connection between the two here was proposed it was not built.
Within the goods yard there was a rounding loop loading bank and siding. Street access was from Restalrig Road.
In the 1920s a saw mill, known as Restalrig Sawmills, was opened in the goods yard, served by a tramway and located where the loading bank had been at the east end of the yard.
The line was singled in 1917, the eastbound line being lifted. After complete closure in 1968 the trackbed became a footpath and the goods yard is now housing.
Tags
Sidings goods mineralsExternal links
Canmore site recordNLS Collection OS map of 1892-1914
NLS Collection OS map of 1944-67
NLS Map
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| Nearby stations Easter Road Park Halt Leith Central Meadowbank Stadium Easter Road Foot of the Walk [Tram] Piershill Leith Walk [CR] The Shore [Tram] Balfour Street [Tram] St Margaret^s Abbeyhill South Leith Jock^s Lodge Port of Leith [Tram] Leith Walk | Eastern Sawmills St Ann^s Maltings Seafield Junction [CR] Leith Rope Works Lochend North Junction Easter Road Stadium Seafield Road Junction Leith South Turntable [NB] Seafield Viaduct Leith East Goods Seafield Level Crossing St Andrew Steel Works Leith South Yard Leith Central Diesel Depot Lochend Junction |
| Location names in dark blue are on the same original line. | |
