13/08/1836 | Edinburgh, Leith and Newhaven Railway Act receives Royal assent for a line from Canal Street [Edinburgh] to Trinity [1st]. |
/10/1837 | Edinburgh, Leith and Newhaven Railway Walter Francis Montagu Douglas Scott, the Duke of Buccleuch, begins work on Granton Harbour. |
28/05/1838 | Edinburgh, Leith and Newhaven Railway Victoria Jetty, Granton opened for traffic to Burntisland. |
01/07/1839 | Edinburgh, Leith and Newhaven Railway Planned route deviated further east. |
31/08/1842 | Edinburgh, Leith and Newhaven Railway Scotland Street to Trinity [1st] opened. |
/ /1844 | Edinburgh, Leith and Newhaven Railway An Act is passed renaming the company the Edinburgh, Leith and Granton Railway and giving assent to building branches from Trinity [1st] to Granton and from Warriston Junction to [North] Leith. |
/ /1846 | Edinburgh, Leith and Newhaven Railway Scotland Street Tunnel completed. |
19/02/1846 | Edinburgh, Leith and Newhaven Railway Trinity [2nd] and the line to Granton opened, Trinity [1st] turned into a goods station. |
10/05/1846 | Edinburgh, Leith and Newhaven Railway [North] Leith branch opened. |
17/05/1847 | Edinburgh, Leith and Newhaven Railway Scotland Street to Canal Street [Edinburgh] opened (Canal Street [Edinburgh] called Princes Street [1st] briefly). |
27/07/1847 | Edinburgh, Leith and Newhaven RailwayEdinburgh and Northern Railway Edinburgh, Leith and Granton Railway absorbed by Edinburgh and Northern Railway. |
/ /1850 | Edinburgh, Leith and Newhaven Railway World^s first train ferry, designed by Thomas Bouch, operates from Granton Pier (by Granton station) to Burntisland Pier [1st] (near Burntisland [1st]). |
02/03/1868 | Edinburgh, Leith and Newhaven Railway A new diversion opened to goods (Abbeyhill and Piershill to Trinity Junction with a spur onto the [North] Leith branch at Bonnington East Junction). This by-passed the cable operated incline between Canal Street [Edinburgh] and Scotland Street. |
22/03/1868 | Edinburgh, Leith and Newhaven Railway Passenger trains diverted from the Canal Street [Edinburgh] route to via Abbeyhill. A passenger station is opened at Leith Walk. |
22/03/1868 | Edinburgh, Leith and Newhaven Railway Scotland Street to Canal Street [Edinburgh] closed to passengers. Canal Street [Edinburgh] closed. The tunnel between Canal Street [Edinburgh] and Scotland Street is used to store wagons until 1887. |
01/05/1869 | Edinburgh, Leith and Newhaven Railway Abbeyhill opened on the diversion. |
01/05/1869 | Edinburgh, Leith and Newhaven Railway Junction Road station opened on the [North] Leith branch. |
/ /1876 | Edinburgh, Leith and Newhaven Railway Burntisland [1st] to Granton train ferry withdrawn. |
22/07/1885 | Edinburgh, Leith and Newhaven Railway An act for a line between London Road Junction [Edinburgh] (by Abbeyhill) and Lochend South Junction (then called Lochend Junction) is passed. |
01/10/1886 | Edinburgh, Leith and Newhaven Railway Abbeyhill to Lochend Junction opened to passengers and freight. This line effectively quadrupled the main line of the North British Railway from Abbeyhill Junction to Piershill Junction and provided a useful diversionary route. |
/ /1887 | Edinburgh, Leith and Newhaven Railway In the Scotland Street Tunnel the down track was removed and the trackbed planted with mushrooms, and the up truck used for manure wagons. |
/ /1890 | Edinburgh, Leith and Newhaven Railway During Edinburgh Waverley station expansion the tunnel mouth and station at Canal Street are demolished. |
01/05/1891 | Edinburgh, Leith and Newhaven Railway Piershill passenger station opened. |
03/07/1891 | Edinburgh, Leith and Newhaven Railway The Leith New Lines (Caledonian Railway) are given an Act which allows a link from the Leith New Lines to Easter Road on the North British Railway. This connection was not built. |
01/12/1891 | Edinburgh, Leith and Newhaven Railway Easter Road passenger station opened. |
22/04/1895 | Edinburgh, Leith and Newhaven Railway Powderhall passenger station opened. |
01/07/1903 | Edinburgh, Leith and Newhaven Railway Leith Central Branch (North British Railway) to London Road Junction [Edinburgh] and Lochend South Junction opened. |
01/01/1917 | Edinburgh, Leith and Newhaven Railway Powderhall, Leith Walk closed (Wartime measures). |
01/02/1919 | Edinburgh, Leith and Newhaven Railway Leith Walk station re-opened. |
/ /1920 | Edinburgh, Leith and Newhaven Railway Edinburgh tramways are electrified. A number of routes run between Edinburgh, Leith and Granton. |
02/11/1925 | Edinburgh, Leith and Newhaven Railway Granton to Powderhall (Bonnington South Junction) closed to passengers on withdrawal of Granton to Edinburgh Waverley service. |
/ /1929 | Edinburgh, Leith and Newhaven Railway Scotland Street Tunnel; mushroom growing ceases. |
31/03/1930 | Edinburgh, Leith and Newhaven Railway Leith Walk closed to passengers. |
/03/1940 | Edinburgh, Leith and Newhaven Railway Ferry service from Granton Pier suspended. |
16/06/1947 | Edinburgh, Leith and Newhaven Railway Passenger services to North Leith withdrawn. Easter Road, Bonnington, Junction Road and North Leith stations closed on withdrawal of Leith to Edinburgh via Abbeyhill service. |
/ /1951 | Edinburgh, Leith and Newhaven Railway Vehicle ferry service from Granton started. |
/ /1952 | Edinburgh, Leith and Newhaven Railway North Leith Goods renamed Leith Citadel. |
/04/1952 | Edinburgh, Leith and Newhaven Railway Leith Walk Goods renamed Leith Walk East Goods. |
01/06/1960 | Edinburgh, Leith and Newhaven Railway The goods yard at Granton is closed. |
01/08/1961 | Edinburgh, Leith and Newhaven Railway Junction Bridge goods depot (by Bonnington) is closed. |
07/09/1964 | Edinburgh, Leith and Newhaven Railway Edinburgh; Abbeyhill Junction to Piershill Junction loop closed to regular passenger trains. Piershill and Abbeyhill stations closed. |
06/11/1967 | Edinburgh, Leith and Newhaven Railway Scotland Street goods depot is closed. |
05/02/1968 | Granton Branch (Caledonian Railway) Granton High Goods closed. (Latterly accessed via the Edinburgh, Leith and Newhaven Railway). |
05/02/1968 | Edinburgh, Leith and Newhaven Railway Leith Citadel to Junction Mills Siding closed to freight. The daily North Leith fish train is withdrawn. |
28/02/1968 | Edinburgh, Leith and Newhaven Railway Junction Mills Siding to Bonnington Goods Junction closed to freight. |
22/07/1968 | Edinburgh, Leith and Newhaven Railway Bonnington Goods depot is closed. Line to Bonnington South Junction falls out of use. |
05/08/1968 | Leith New Lines (Caledonian Railway) Leith High Depot to Leith North Goods (excluded) closed. (Latterly accessed via the Leith Harbour and Dock Commissioners Railway dock lines from the Edinburgh, Leith and Newhaven Railway). |
02/12/1968 | Edinburgh, Leith and Newhaven Railway Bonnington Goods Junction to Bonnington South Junction closed to freight. |
29/04/1972 | Edinburgh, Leith and Newhaven Railway Leith Central Branch (North British Railway) to London Road Junction [Edinburgh] and Lochend South Junction is closed. |
/ /1980 | Granton Branch (Caledonian Railway) Granton Bitumen Works Siding closed. (Latterly accessed via the Edinburgh, Leith and Newhaven Railway which is cut back to Powderhall). |
/ /1980 | Edinburgh, Leith and Newhaven Railway Very little traffic to Granton from this date. The remaining traffic was Naphtha. |
/ /1983 | Edinburgh, Leith and Newhaven Railway The south end of the tunnel at Canal Street station is found and then destroyed during building of the Waverley Centre to the north of Edinburgh Waverley. |
20/01/1986 | Edinburgh, Leith and Newhaven Railway The Granton Gasworks branch closes to freight. The line from Granton to London Road Junction [Edinburgh] and Lochend South Junction becomes disused but remains in place for a while. |
/07/1986 | Edinburgh, Leith and Newhaven Railway Meadowbank Stadium station opened on the westbound track of the Abbeyhill to Piershill loop (for the Commonwealth games). |
/ /1987 | Edinburgh, Leith and Newhaven Railway Line lifted from Powderhall to Granton Harbour. |
/ /1989 | Edinburgh, Leith and Newhaven Railway Loop from Abbeyhill Junction to Lochend South Junction falls into disuse after the remodelling of Abbeyhill Junction in connection with the electrification of the East Coast Main Line. |
/ /1989 | Edinburgh, Leith and Newhaven Railway Track singled from Piershill Junction to Powderhall, and the Abbeyhill route is disconnected at Lochend South Junction. |
/ /1990 | Edinburgh, Leith and Newhaven Railway Powderhall to Piershill Junction re-opened to freight for refuse trains traffic. |
/ /1994 | Edinburgh, Leith and Newhaven Railway Abbeyhill loop retained by British Railways on transfer of operational infrastructure to Railtrack. |