Date: 11/03/2023

There was a grand opening of Granton Station Square on Saturday, the first major milestone of the Granton Waterfront regeneration.
Locals, including S3 pupils from Craigroyston Community High School were invited to see the refurbished Edwardian Granton [Gasworks] Station building on Saturday. The pupils have been busy creating artwork symbolising the are along with local artist Shona Hardie. The art was displayed on Waterfront Broadway for everyone to see as the arrived and departed from the opening event.

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At an unveiling on 11th March 2023, John Cameron declared Granton to have been Britain's largest private station and now Scotland's 30th Red Wheel, and said that too much of his BR career had been about closing things so what a pleasure it was to be helping open something - with the prospect of rails returning in the shape of Edinburgh Trams. His speech followed those of Cllr Cammy Day, Edinburgh City Council Leader (and local member) and Ben Macpherson MSP and the cutting of a tape by one of the artists. I was surprised to learn that much of the building's art activity will be virtual e.g. apps rather than say on canvas. Also present were railway photographer Hamish Stevenson and author Kenny Williamson whose new book about the railways of Edinburgh, Granton and Leith was published the previous day.
Location: Granton Gasworks [Station]
Company: Edinburgh and Leith Gas Commissioners
11/03/2023 John Yellowlees

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