Meadowbank Stadium
Location type
StationName and dates
Meadowbank Stadium (1985-1988)Station code: MBS National Rail
Opened on the Easter Road Deviation (North British Railway).
Description
This was a single platform station built on the westbound line of the Abbeyhill Loop. It served the Commonwealth Games stadium at Meadowbank. Shuttle trains from Edinburgh Waverley used the crossover west of the station to reach the platform, crossing over from the eastbound to the westbound line.
The platform remains, overgrown. The westbound line was lifted when the route west to Abbeyhill Junction was closed and lifted.
With the closure of the Destructor at Powderhall the remaining eastbound line is disused.
Tags
Station
| Nearby stations Piershill St Margaret^s Easter Road Park Halt Abbeyhill Jock^s Lodge Easter Road Balfour Street [Tram] McDonald Road [Tram] Leith Central Leith Walk Leith Walk [CR] Foot of the Walk [Tram] Picardy Place [Tram] York Place [Tram] The Shore [Tram] | Lochend Junction St Margarets Wagon Sheets St Margarets Shed St Margarets Shed [2nd] Iron Foundry Lochend North Junction St Andrew Steel Works London Road Junction [Edinburgh] Waverley Engineering Works Easter Road Stadium Rose Lane Goods Easter Road Junction Abbeyhill Junction St Ann^s Maltings Tourist/other St Triduana^s Chapel |
| Location names in dark blue are on the same original line. | |
Chronology Dates
| /07/1986 | Edinburgh, Leith and Granton Railway Meadowbank Stadium station opened on the westbound track of the Abbeyhill to Piershill loop (for the Commonwealth games). |
