Dalkeith

Location type

Station

Name and dates

Dalkeith (1838-1943)

Opened on the Edinburgh and Dalkeith Railway.

Description

This was a single platform terminus at the end of a short branch from Glenesk Junction. There was a goods yard to the north of the station site.

A coach service ran from the station to Pathhead, to the south east.

The Duke of Buccleuch's Tramway continued the line east via the Victoria Viaduct to serve pits at Cowden and Smeaton. Part of the alignment of the tramway later became the Dalkeith Branch (North British Railway).

A signal box opened at the station in 1888 at the end of the platform. The box closed in 1933 when the line was singled. The station closed in 1943. The site remained open for goods until 1964.

After closure the site became a bus garage.

Tags

Station
08/05/2020




Chronology Dates

  /  /1839Edinburgh and Dalkeith Railway
Dalkeith branch opened. It connected to the Duke of Buccleuch's Tramway, owned by Walter Francis Montagu Douglas Scott the Duke of Buccleuch's, which served collieries at Smeaton (Smeaton Colliery) and Cowden (Cowdenfoot Colliery).
05/01/1942Edinburgh and Dalkeith Railway
Dalkeith to Millerhill (Glenesk Junction) closed to passengers.
10/08/1964Edinburgh and Dalkeith Railway
Dalkeith to Millerhill (Glenesk Junction) closed to freight

News items

17/09/2023Lost Edinburgh rail line built by an aristocrat you can still see signs of today [Edinburgh Live]
13/05/2023Inside Dalkeith Museum [Midlothian View]
02/02/2023Questions over Edinburgh's £1 billion transport plan as public consultation gets go-ahead [Edinburgh Live]
02/12/2022Edinburgh trams unveils extension plans with new route from Granton to city centre via Orchard Brae [STV]
16/11/2021Lorry overturns on major road after striking railway bridge [STV]
06/09/2018Institution of Civil Engineers celebrate the Newbattle Viaduct [Midlothian View]
07/01/2014Steel's regret at £300m rail bill [Herald]
21/08/2006New directors named for transport agency [Scotsman]
11/04/2005South Leith traffic

Books


A Regional History of the Railways of Great Britain: Scotland - The Lowlands and the Borders v. 6 (Regional railway history series)

Galashiels to Edinburgh: Including the Lauder and Dalkeith Branches - the Waverley Route (Scml)

Origins of the Scottish Railway System 1722-1844

Waverley: Portrait of a Famous Route