Heriothill Goods
Location type
SidingsName and dates
Heriothill Goods (1846-1967)Opened on the Edinburgh, Leith and Granton Railway.
Opened on the Edinburgh, Leith and Newhaven Railway.
Description
This goods yard was between Warriston Viaduct and Warriston Junction, to the north, and Rodney Street Tunnel, to the south. The yard was on the west side of the line and approached from the north. Across the railway from the yard was the Logie Green Works. Heriothill House was just to the south.
The yard had a loading bank to the east and a set of sidings to the west. Warriston Sawmills were in the north of the yard.
The line closed in 1967.
The yard site is now housing. The former line is a footpath considerably improved by the re-opening of the Rodney Street Tunnel to the south.
Tags
Goods sidings mineralsExternal links
NLS Collection OS map of 1892-1914NLS Collection OS map of 1944-67
NLS Map
NLS Map
| Nearby stations Scotland Street Powderhall York Place [Tram] Picardy Place [Tram] St Andrew Square [Tram] Leith Walk McDonald Road [Tram] Pilrig Street Ferry Road Bonnington Princes Street [Tram] Princes Street [1st] Edinburgh Waverley Balfour Street [Tram] Newhaven [Leith New Lines] | Logie Green Workshops Rodney Street Tunnel Warriston Viaduct Warriston Junction Powderhall Destructor Scotland Street Tunnel Powderhall Bridge Bonnington South Junction Rosebank Iron Works Powderhall Loop Bonnington South Viaduct Bonnington North Viaduct Tourist/other Roya Botanic Gardens Bonnington Level Crossing Scottish National Portrait Gallery |
| Location names in dark blue are on the same original line. | |
Chronology Dates
| 06/11/1967 | Edinburgh, Leith and Granton Railway Scotland Street goods and Heriothill Goods to Trinity Junction (excluded) closed. Scotland Street goods depot is closed. (The Warriston Junction to Bonnington East Junction approach had closed in 1960.) |
