St Margaret's

Location type

Station

Names and dates

Meadowbank (1846-1850)
The Queen's (1850-1860)
St Margaret's (1860-1906)

Opened on the North British Railway.

Description

This station was west of the London Road overbridge and St Margarets Shed. There was only one platform, on the south side of the line. The Duke's Walk and Queen's Drive ran west to Holyrood Palace. The station was used by Royal trains and, with the proximity of the depot, for railwaymen.

A loading bank and sidings were on the north side, the wagon sheets department of St Margarets Shed.

Tags

Station

Aliases

Queen^s Park [NB] St Margarets


News items

22/10/2023The private Edinburgh train station only Queen Victoria was allowed to use [Edinburgh Live]
08/05/2023Orkney Ferry services face two weeks of cancellations after Pentalina grounding, Pentland Ferries announces [STV]

Books


A Regional History of the Railways of Great Britain: Scotland - The Lowlands and the Borders v. 6 (Regional railway history series)

Drem to Edinburgh: Including Gullane, Haddington, Tranent, Musselburgh and Fisherrow Branches (Scottish Main Lines)

Edinburgh St. Margaret's: The Story of the 'Other' Edinburgh Depot of the North British Railway 1845-1967

Exploring Disused Railways in East Scotland

Last Trains: Edinburgh and South East Scotland v. 1
LNER Wagons: Volume 3: Scottish Area: Ex North British and Ex-Great North of Scotland Railway Wagons
North British Railway in Northumberland, The

North British Railway, Vol. 1 (Standard Railway History)

North British Railway, Vol. 2 (Standard Railway History)

Signalling and Signal Boxes along the North British Railway, Great North of Scotland Railway and the CLC Routes

South East Scotland (British Railways Past & Present)

The Castle and the Bear: A Brief History of the North British Railway

The North British Railway a History
The North British Railway, Volume 1, One,
The Vanished Railways of Old Western Dunbartonshire (Britains Railways/Old Photos)

Vanished Railways of West Lothian