Gorgie Junction
Location type
JunctionName and dates
Gorgie Junction (1884-)Station code: National Rail
Opened on the Edinburgh, Suburban and Southside Junction Railway.
Opened on the Gorgie Cattle Market Branch (North British Railway).
Description
This is the southern junction of a triangular junction formed by Haymarket West Junction (west), Haymarket Central Junction (east) and Gorgie Junction (south).
The signal box was in the 'V' of the junction.
On the east side was a loop - the siding for the North British Distillery to the north and the Edinburgh Brewery to the south.
On the west side was the approach to the Gorgie Cattle Market Branch (North British Railway), Gorgie East Goods and Gorgie Mills. The box was replaced in 1897.
The box closed in 1975 and junction simplified. Control passed to Haymarket.
The suburban line is used as a goods bypass for Edinburgh Waverley which approaches by the west junction. Formerly the east junction was used by a circular passenger service. The west curve is double track and east is now singled due to less regular use.
Tags
Junction12/05/2019
| Nearby stations Gorgie East Murrayfield Stadium [Tram] Merchiston Exhibition [CR] Balgreen [Tram] Exhibition [NBR] Murrayfield Balgreen Halt Dalry Road Craiglockhart Slateford Haymarket [Tram] Haymarket Slateford [2nd] Pinkhill | Gorgie Tram Depot Blandford Chemical Works Gorgie Mills Gorgie East Goods Edinburgh Brewery Caledonian Brewery Gorgie East Minerals Damhead Junction Haymarket Central Junction Haymarket MPD Tynecastle Depot Tourist/other North British Distillery Tynecastle Park Tynecastle Bridge Signal Box Murrayfield Stadium |
| Location names in dark blue are on the same original line. | |
Chronology Dates
| 17/05/1905 | Edinburgh, Suburban and Southside Junction Railway Siding from Gorgie Junction for Gorgie Mills opened. |
| 25/05/1968 | Gorgie Castle Market [NB] Gorgie Mills siding to Gorgie Junction (excluded) closed. |
