Pinkhill
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StationName and dates
Pinkhill (1902-1968)Opened on the Corstorphine Branch (North British Railway).
Description
This was a two platform station. There was a waiting room on the eastbound platform and a booking office on the overbridge to the west on Traquair Park East. There was no goods yard. There was a signal box briefly, it closed in 1906.
It was the nearest station to Edinburgh Zoo, opened 1913, to the north over Corstorphine Road. (Platforms signs read 'Alight here for Zoological Park'.)
The platforms still exist and the trackbed is now a footpath/cycleway.
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Station footpath
| Nearby stations Balgreen Halt Corstorphine [2nd] Balgreen [Tram] Saughton Saughton [Tram] Murrayfield Stadium [Tram] Gorgie East Craigleith Murrayfield Slateford Slateford [2nd] Exhibition [CR] South Gyle Bankhead [Tram] Merchiston | Saughton East Signal Box Saughton Junction Haymarket West Junction Damhead Junction Gorgie Tram Depot Gorgie Mills Blandford Chemical Works Gorgie Cattle Market [NB] Gorgie Junction Haymarket MPD Gorgie Cattle Market [CR] Tourist/other Corstorphine Dovecot Murrayfield Stadium Saughton North Signal Box North British Distillery |
| Location names in dark blue are on the same original line. | |
