Davidson's Mains
Location type
StationNames and dates
Barnton Gate (1894-1903)Davidson^s Mains (1903-1951)
Opened on the Barnton Branch (Caledonian Railway).
Description
This was a two platform station on an elevated site. The large main station building, with canopy, was on the eastbound (city bound) platform. There was a waiting room on the opposite platform.
When opened there was little housing nearby, just Davidson's Mains to the immediate south east. It was on the eastern edge of the Barnton House grounds, just to the north of its gatehouse lodge.
As housing developed the station was renamed from Barnton Gate to Davidson's Mains.
The station closed in 1951 when the line west to Barnton closed. The nearby Davidson's Mains Goods yard (to the south east) closed in 1960.
The station site is now housing.
Local
The original clubrooms of the Edinburgh & Lothians
Miniature Railway Club were in the station building at Davidson's Mains.
Tags
Station01/08/2020
| Nearby stations House O' Hill Halt Barnton Craigleith Granton Gasworks [Station] Corstorphine [2nd] Pinkhill East Pilton Halt Balgreen Halt Balgreen [Tram] Murrayfield South Gyle Murrayfield Stadium [Tram] Saughton Saughton [Tram] Granton | Davidson's Mains Goods Davidson's Mains Goods Junction Cramond Iron Works Crew South Junction Craigleith Junction Craigleith Quarry Crew Junction Granton Gasworks Pilton West Junction Caroline Park Ironworks Pilton Junction East Breakwater Junction Granton Shell Siding Tourist/other Eagle Rock Corstorphine Dovecot |
| Location names in dark blue are on the same original line. | |
Dates
| 01/03/1894 | Barnton Branch (Caledonian Railway) Craigleith to Cramond Brig opened. Barnton Gate and Cramond Brig stations opened. |
| 01/04/1903 | Barnton Branch (Caledonian Railway) Cramond Brig renamed Barnton (for Cramond Brig). Barnton Gate renamed Davidsons Mains. |
