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Known as the Queen's Station, the forgotten railway hub [a single platform] was created in 1850 [opened in 1846 as Meadowbank] and situated near the old St Margaret's Railway Depot at what is now Meadowbank Terrace.
(Permalink) Meadowbank St Margaret's The Queen's  The Queen^s: Looking west from London Road bridge at St. Margarets in 1989. On the right is the former siding to the (wagon) Sheet Shed, destroyed by fire in 1922. On the left was located the Queens Platform, bui ... |
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Plans to turn an old rail route into a green corridor for pedestrians and cyclists have been held up because the council is too busy on the Spaces for People programme. [Railscot note: use of the trackbed between Easter Road, Meadowbank and Piershill would block railway use of the route, various uses of which have included provision of extra capacity or sidings.]
(Permalink) Easter Road Deviation (North British Railway) Meadowbank Powderhall  Powderhall: In the fading light of an afternoon on the cusp of winter, the time of year for which the untranslatable Japanese word [get on with it. Ed] The foundations in the foreground are not, alas remnants of ...  Powderhall: Main entrance to Powderhall depot from Broughton Road, looking north on a bright and sunny 22 June 2019. Demolition work and decontamination of the site, previously used for refuse processing, inciner ...  Powderhall Loop: If I hadn't photographed it myself a fortnight previously I might not have believed that the rails here had been lifted in order to dig a hole. The hole is now filled in and the rails replaced. This w ... |
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