A diverted Scotrail (BR) Edinburgh-Glasgow train runs through Morningside Road station. This sight will not be seen again but will stopping passenger trains return to the South Sub? Just to get the ball rolling how about running a few Borders Railway trains around the Sub with some intermediate stops then either continuing to Waverley or reversing at Haymarket and continuing out to Fife or West Lothian/Lanarkshire? Return would then also be via Haymarket and the South Sub. This would not only provide a service for re-opened Sout Sub stations but could also liberate a few train paths through Princes Street Gardens. Undoubtedly that is a big IF but with some imagination and careful train planning not to say a bit of market research something could be done. Are there not people from the Borders trying to get to work in Edinburgh Park? How about shopping at Fort Kinnaird? Why should people from Morningside not be able to travel direct to the Borders from their local station? Avoiding Waverley altogether will not work for everybody but 'out of the box' thinking is needed and could reap big rewards. Surely the South Sub should not be used solely by freight and EMPTY passenger trains?

Location: Morningside Road

Original line: Edinburgh, Suburban and Southside Junction Railway

Photographer: Charlie Niven

Contact photographer: Charlie Niven

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Date: 07/1989

Image number: 59017

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