Granton Road
Location type
StationName and dates
Granton Road (1879-1962)Opened on the Leith North Branch (Caledonian Railway).
Description
This was a two platform station with offices above on the east side of the Granton Road overbridge. Platforms were to the east of the bridge running east towards the Wardie Road overbridge. There were waiting shelters on the platforms. There was no goods yard.
The station was built in 1879 on the 1864 goods and minerals line to North Leith. The line closed to passengers in 1962 and this portion closed completely in 1967. The station was about half a mile south of Granton itself and on higher ground.
The trackbed is now a footpath and the platforms survive. None of the station buildings have survived.
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Station footpathExternal links
Canmore site recordNLS Collection OS map of 1892-1914
NLS Collection OS map of 1944-67
NLS Map
NLS Map
NLS Map
NLS Map
| Nearby stations Trinity [2nd] Trinity [1st] East Pilton Halt Newhaven [Leith New Lines] Newhaven Granton Ferry Road Bonnington Powderhall Newhaven [Tram] Scotland Street Granton Gasworks [Station] Pilrig Street Leith North Junction Bridge | Trinity Junction Newhaven Junction Trinity Tunnel Bruce Peebles Ltd Newhaven Goods and Minerals Granton Shed Granton Square Granton Goods [NBR] Warriston Junction Pilton Junction East Bonnington North Junction Tourist/other Roya Botanic Gardens Boswell Road Temporary Signal Box Trinity Chain Pier Granton Hotel |
| Location names in dark blue are on the same original line. | |
Chronology Dates
| 01/08/1879 | Granton Branch (Caledonian Railway) Leith North Branch (Caledonian Railway) Leith North Passenger Branch (Caledonian Railway) Passenger service starts, a new passenger portion opens from Newhaven Junction to Leith North on the south side of the existing goods lines. Granton Junction to Crew Junction to Newhaven Junction opened to passengers. Stations opened at Craigleith and Murrayfield on the Granton branch, Granton Road on the Leith North branch, Newhaven and Leith North on the new line. |
| 30/04/1962 | Leith North Passenger Branch (Caledonian Railway) Leith North Branch (Caledonian Railway) Granton Branch (Caledonian Railway) Edinburgh Princes Street (Dalry Middle Junction) to Leith North passenger service withdrawn. Craigleith, Murrayfield, Granton Road, Newhaven and Leith North closed. |
News items
| 07/01/2022 | Trip back in time: Did you journey aboard the British Rail TV Train? [The Courier] |
| 17/06/2021 | New article: The TV Train [Railscot] |
