Juniper Green
Location type
StationName and dates
Juniper Green (1874-1943)Opened on the Balerno Branch (Caledonian Railway).
Description
This was a single platform station. The platform was on the north (village) side of the line. The Water of Leith was just to the south, alongside the line, with a footbridge crossing to the south bank.
On the north side of the line, accessed from the east, was the goods yard with a goods shed. To the north of these sidings was a mill lade for Wright's Mill (Corn) and Woodhall Bank Mill (Snuff).
There was a signal box, opened with the line but closed by 1889. A replacement opened in 1901 and closed in 1939.
The station closed to passengers in 1943 and the line closed altogether in 1967. It remained opened to goods until 1958. A large shed for the nearby Woodhall Mill [Paper] had been erected in the yard.
The trackbed is now a footpath.
Tags
Station footpath
| Nearby stations Wester Hailes Colinton Hailes Halt Currie [2nd] Kingsknowe Curriehill Bankhead [Tram] Edinburgh Park Station [Tram] Edinburgh Park Slateford [2nd] Saughton [Tram] Saughton Gogar Slateford Balerno | Wright^s Mill Woodhall Bank Mill Woodhall Mill [Paper] Inglis Mill Woodhall Bridge East Mill [Snuff] Mossy Mill East Mill [Corn] Upper Spylaw Mill Upper Spylaw Bridge Kinleith Siding Kinleith Mill Colinton Bridge West Mills Tourist/other Torduff Reservoir |
| Location names in dark blue are on the same original line. | |
Chronology Dates
| 01/08/1874 | Balerno Branch (Caledonian Railway) Loop opened along with Balerno Goods. Stations opened at Colinton, Juniper Green, Currie [2nd] and Balerno. |
| 11/08/1958 | Balerno Branch (Caledonian Railway) Juniper Green closed to goods. |
News items
| 25/12/2021 | A trip on the Balerno branch [Railscot] |
Books
| The Balerno Branch and the Caley in Edinburgh (Oakwood Library of Railway History) |
