Trinity Junction
Location type
JunctionName and dates
Trinity Junction (1868-1967)Opened on the Easter Road Deviation (North British Railway).
Opened on the Edinburgh, Leith and Newhaven Railway.
Description
This junction was to the south of Trinity [2nd] station. The signal box was located on the west side.
The original 1842 Edinburgh, Leith and Newhaven Railway was met by the 1868 Easter Road Deviation (North British Railway) which gave less direct but also less steep access to the Granton and Leith Citadel branches.
The opening of the deviation coincided with the closure of the line south from Scotland Street station, which closed to passengers.
This was originally a double track junction, over which passed Newhaven Junction of the Leith North Branch (Caledonian Railway). This was later modified, the line running south to Warriston Junction and Scotland Street goods singling to the immediate south before redoubling.
The line to Scotland Street closed on the 6th of November 1967.
The line was singled from the 28th of January 1970 (from Easter Road Junction to Granton), the box having closed on the 17th of July 1968. Initially the northbound line was retained however the remaining track was slewed to east curves after the southbound line was lifted. Latterly the remaining track here was on the southbound side.
Complete closure came in 1986 with the closure of the naphtha sidings at Granton Gasworks.
Tags
Junction
| Nearby stations Newhaven [Leith New Lines] Newhaven Trinity [2nd] Trinity [1st] Ferry Road Granton Road Newhaven [Tram] Bonnington Powderhall Pilrig Street Leith North Junction Bridge Granton Scotland Street Ocean Terminal [Tram] | Newhaven Junction Trinity Tunnel Newhaven Goods and Minerals Ferry Road Junction Bonnington North Junction Leith High Depot Junction Chancelot Mills [1st] Bonnington Viaduct [CR] Bonnington East Junction Hawthorn Vale Depot Bonnington North Viaduct Bonnington South Viaduct Tourist/other Trinity Chain Pier Bonnington Level Crossing Boswell Road Temporary Signal Box |
| 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. |
| 17/07/1967 | Easter Road Deviation (North British Railway) Edinburgh, Leith and Granton Railway Trinity Junction signal box closed. |
| 06/11/1967 | Edinburgh, Leith and Granton Railway Scotland Street goods and Heriothill Goods to Trinity Junction (excluded) closed. Scotland Street goods depot is closed. (The Warriston Junction to Bonnington East Junction approach had closed in 1960.) |
| 25/02/1969 | Easter Road Deviation (North British Railway) Edinburgh, Leith and Granton Railway Easter Road Junction to Granton begins to be worked as a single line on closure of signal boxes. Trinity Junction box closed 17/07/1968 and Bonnington South Junction box on 25/02/1969. |
