Balgreen Halt
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StationName and dates
Balgreen Halt (1934-1967)Opened on the Corstorphine Branch (North British Railway).
Description
This was a two platform halt on the Corstorphine Branch (North British Railway) immediately west of Haymarket West Junction where the branch met the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway. The station was on an embankment. It had timber platforms and a metal footbridge.
The station was built on the site of the Edinburgh Exhibition station of 1908. This was a four platform station - two on branch and two on Forth Bridge lines (the northern two lines of the quadruple track of the main line).
The site is now Balgreen [Tram].
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StationAliases
Balgreen
| Nearby stations Balgreen [Tram] Pinkhill Murrayfield Stadium [Tram] Gorgie East Exhibition [CR] Slateford Merchiston Murrayfield Slateford [2nd] Saughton Exhibition [NBR] Saughton [Tram] Corstorphine [2nd] Craiglockhart Dalry Road | Haymarket West Junction Damhead Junction Saughton East Signal Box Gorgie Tram Depot Gorgie Mills Blandford Chemical Works Gorgie Junction Gorgie East Goods Gorgie East Minerals Gorgie Cattle Market [NB] Edinburgh Brewery Haymarket MPD Haymarket Central Junction Tourist/other Murrayfield Stadium North British Distillery |
| Location names in dark blue are on the same original line. | |
