New homes plan withdrawn following fears over former Edinburgh Portobello train station reopening [STV]





Date: 25/04/2023

Portobello residents hit back at proposals they said would represent a 'massive loss' to the community if given the go ahead.


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New homes plan withdrawn over 'potential reopening of train station'

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Portobello residents hit back at proposals they said would represent a 'massive loss' to the community if given the go ahead.

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The little house in Station Brae. Hidden behind trees, in a small yard, off a busy road is the old Portobello station house. Photograph taken in April 2007, almost 43 years after the station closed. The former island platform was reached via a subway through the embankment in the background, once accessible from both sides of the line. See image [[14165]]
Location: Portobello [3rd]
Company: North British Railway
10/04/2007 John Furnevel
Freight workings at Portobello. N.B. 0.6.2T 69222.
Location: Portobello [3rd]
Company: North British Railway
18/10/1952 G H Robin collection by courtesy of the Mitchell Library, Glasgow


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