Piershill
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StationName and dates
Piershill (1891-1964)Opened on the Easter Road Deviation (North British Railway).
Description
This was a two platform station on an elevated section of line. The booking office was at street level at the east end on Restalrig Road with covered footways up to the platform above. The westbound platform was approached from Clockmill Road. Waiting room buildings on the platforms North British Railway style.
The station was directly north of St Margarets Shed on the North British Railway main line and west of Piershill Junction. Immediately to the east was the North British's St Margarets Gas Works. Lochend South Junction was to the west.
There was no goods yard. The station did not open with the line (opened 1868).
Part of the street level building remains, little else remains. Even Clockmill Road is no more. The line was reduced to a single track and is presently out of use.
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StationExternal links
Canmore site recordNLS Collection OS map of 1892-1914
NLS Collection OS map of 1944-67
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| Nearby stations Meadowbank Stadium St Margaret^s Jock^s Lodge Easter Road Park Halt Abbeyhill Easter Road Balfour Street [Tram] McDonald Road [Tram] Leith Central Leith Walk [CR] Leith Walk Foot of the Walk [Tram] Picardy Place [Tram] York Place [Tram] St Leonards | St Margarets Shed St Margarets Shed [2nd] St Margarets Wagon Sheets Lochend Junction Iron Foundry Lochend North Junction Powderhall Branch Junction St Andrew Steel Works London Road Junction [Edinburgh] Rose Lane Goods Easter Road Stadium Waverley Engineering Works Abbeyhill Junction Easter Road Junction Tourist/other St Triduana^s Chapel |
| Location names in dark blue are on the same original line. | |
Chronology Dates
| 02/03/1868 | Edinburgh, Leith and Granton Railway A new diversion opened to goods (Abbeyhill and Piershill to Trinity Junction with a spur onto the [North] Leith branch at Bonnington East Junction). This by-passed the cable operated incline between Canal Street [Edinburgh] and Scotland Street. |
| 01/05/1891 | Edinburgh, Leith and Granton Railway Piershill passenger station opened. |
| 07/04/1952 | Leith Central Branch (North British Railway) Leith Central to Abbeyhill and Piershill closed to passengers. |
| 07/09/1964 | Edinburgh, Leith and Granton Railway Edinburgh; Abbeyhill Junction to Piershill Junction loop closed to regular passenger trains. Piershill and Abbeyhill stations closed. (Coinciding with the closure of Musselburgh [1st].) |
| 07/09/1964 | Musselburgh Branch (North British Railway) Musselburgh [1st] closed to passengers, resulting in the closure of Piershill and Abbeyhill on the Abbeyhill Loop. |
| /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). |
