This marshalling yard and the Monktonhall Curve are open. The marshalling yard has, however, been drastically cut back from its 1960s size and very little of it remains in use. The few remaining original sidings are in the extreme east of the site currently in use as a permanent way depot. The line which ran from Niddrie South Junction through the centre between the up and down yards and east to Monktonhall Junction also remains open and is electrified. The lines which led south to Carlisle are now closed. This yard was built by British Railways in the 1960s as a result of the 1950s modernisation scheme. It partly opened in 1961 and was fully open in 1963. Much of the former Millerhill Yard Down Sorting Sidings and the site of the Monktonhall Colliery was due for re-development as a new housing estate. A council recycling centre has been opened at the north end of the former down yard. The Borders Railway (Network Rail) cuts through the site of the Millerhill Down Secondary Sorting Sidings. The MPD site, and some of the Millerhill Yard Up Sorting Sidings, have been taken over for the new Millerhill EMU Depot. The depot is accessed from the north. The eastern part of this yard has re-opened, with reconditioned sidings, as a permanent way depot. This depot is accessed from the south.
This line is divided into a number of portions.
From Niddrie South Junction to Millerhill Junction.
This junction is in the south east of Edinburgh. It controls the junction between the Edinburgh Waverley to Tweedbank line and the goods only line from Slateford and Haymarket. It is a busy location with freight, passenger trains and depot traffic, made difficult by the single track line north to Portobello.
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The Up Yard, originally of 40 looped sidings, opened in 1962.
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Confusingly Millerhill South Junction is north of Millerhill Junction and the former Millerhill station.
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This location is out of use. The junction was immediately south of Millerhill station (1849). It was the junction between the Edinburgh and Hawick Railway (North British Railway) of 1847 and the Edinburgh, Loanhead and Roslin Railway of 1874. (The 1831 Edinburgh and Dalkeith Railway alignment was off to the west.)
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Most arriving goods would enter the Millerhill Yard Down Arrival Sidings to enter the down yard via the hump, but it was possible to make use of the Millerhill Yard Carlisle Arrival Sidings. The down side also had a departure yard at the north end for fitted freight.
Carlisle Arrival Sidings predate Millerhill Yard (originally known as Millerhill Down Yard). These were first used to to give access to the Millerhill goods yard on the west side of the mainline approached from the Roslin branch. Adding these sidings allowed access off the main line. They were probably added after initial opening of branch in 1874.
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This location is out of use. The junction was immediately south of Millerhill station (1849). It was the junction between the Edinburgh and Hawick Railway (North British Railway) of 1847 and the Edinburgh, Loanhead and Roslin Railway of 1874. (The 1831 Edinburgh and Dalkeith Railway alignment was off to the west.)
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This was a set of seven sidings at the south end of Millerhill Marshalling Yard (British Railways). The sidings were south of the west side hump and Millerhill Yard Down Sorting Sidings.
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This was a set of 40 sorting sidings on the west side of Millerhill Marshalling Yard (British Railways) approached from the hump to the south via 6 retarders.
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This was a set of 9 single ended sorting sidings on the west side of the Millerhill Yard Down Sorting Sidings at their northern end.
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This was the first station at Niddrie, opened by the E&DR at the point of divergence of the lines to Fisherrow and South Esk one year before the opening of the South Leith branch. This location is marked on OS maps as having a 'Branch House' immediately to the south of the running lines. The station is likely to have been an interchange pausing point and probably did not serve the ...
More detailsConnection from yard, to MPD to the west junction.
This is the junction between the Newcraighall North Junction to Monktonhall Junction route through the former Millerhill Yard and the Millerhill EGIP Depot, built partly on the site of the Millerhill MPD and the Millerhill Yard Up Sorting Sidings.
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This was a locomotive depot opened with the Millerhill Marshalling Yard (British Railways) in 1962.
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Goods could leave the up sorting and up secondary sidings by conventional means and head for the East Coast Main Line.
This junction is on the line between Newcraighall North Junction and Monktonhall Junction near the southern end of the former Millerhill Yard Up Sorting Sidings. It is the eastern apex of a triangle of lines with Millerhill West Junction giving access north to Newcraighall North Junction and Millerhill South Junction which leads to the disused portion to the former ...
More detailsThis was a junction which was formed in 1961 with the opening of the Millerhill Marshalling Yard (British Railways) which met the existing Niddrie West Junction to Monktonhall Junction route here. It appears that at first the junction was unnamed, considered part of Monktonhall Junction, but after closure of Wanton Walls Junction [1st] in 1967 the name was transferred to this ...
More detailsArrival from the East Coast Main Line to the up yard was inconvenient. This was carried out via the east junction, south junction, Millerhill junction and Carlisle arrival sidings before running round to head for the down arrival sidings. Unfortunately the yard had been largely configured for operation with the Waverley Route.
This was a junction which was formed in 1961 with the opening of the Millerhill Marshalling Yard (British Railways) which met the existing Niddrie West Junction to Monktonhall Junction route here. It appears that at first the junction was unnamed, considered part of Monktonhall Junction, but after closure of Wanton Walls Junction [1st] in 1967 the name was transferred to this ...
More detailsThis junction is on the line between Newcraighall North Junction and Monktonhall Junction near the southern end of the former Millerhill Yard Up Sorting Sidings. It is the eastern apex of a triangle of lines with Millerhill West Junction giving access north to Newcraighall North Junction and Millerhill South Junction which leads to the disused portion to the former ...
More detailsConfusingly Millerhill South Junction is north of Millerhill Junction and the former Millerhill station.
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This location is out of use. The junction was immediately south of Millerhill station (1849). It was the junction between the Edinburgh and Hawick Railway (North British Railway) of 1847 and the Edinburgh, Loanhead and Roslin Railway of 1874. (The 1831 Edinburgh and Dalkeith Railway alignment was off to the west.)
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Carlisle Arrival Sidings predate Millerhill Yard (originally known as Millerhill Down Yard). These were first used to to give access to the Millerhill goods yard on the west side of the mainline approached from the Roslin branch. Adding these sidings allowed access off the main line. They were probably added after initial opening of branch in 1874.
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