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It is understood that the original line - The Edinburgh and Dalkeith Railway Company (E&DR) - was constructed in order to bring better quality coal from Midlothian into the capital. [Republication of article?]
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It is 50-50 as to whether Edinburghs Southern Suburban Railway could be reopened to passenger traffic, the citys transport convener has said.
(Permalink) Edinburgh Suburban and Southside Junction Railway Edinburgh and Dalkeith Railway  Morningside Road: A view to the rear of a diverted Birmingham train passing under the footbridge at Morningside Road station in July 1989. Another passenger train is just visible disappearing under Morningside Road OB ...  Duddingston: The board on the west end wall of Duddingston and Craigmillar station (closed 1962) proclaims that it deals with goods and parcels traffic but the dilapidated condition of the building suggests otherw ...  Craiglockhart: EE Type 4 No. 258 accelerates through the disused platforms at Craiglockhart station in March 1970, doubtless heading for Millerhill depot. The position of the points at Craiglockhart Junction is not ... |
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It's 60 years ago today since the last regular passenger train made its final journey on Edinburgh's South Suburban railway. The line - which runs in a circle from Waverley through Haymarket to Gorgie, Craiglockhart, Morningside, Blackford Hill, Newington, Duddingston/Craigmillar, Portobello, Piershill and Abbeyhill - is now only used for freight and diverted services, but there have been repeated calls for it to be reopened and a feasibility study on its future is included in the public transport plan being prepared by the current council administration. Now rail expert Robert Drysdale, who has been researching the history of the 'South Sub', has detailed the intriguing story of how one of Scotlands better-used lines, whose full potential was never exploited, came to be closed.
(Permalink) Edinburgh Suburban and Southside Junction Railway Edinburgh and Dalkeith Railway  Morningside Road: 6E45, the 08.07 Fort William-North Blyth alumina empties, glides through Morningside Road station on time - just before 16.30 - on 12th April. The train has just crested the Sub's summit a few hundred ...  Craiglockhart: DBS 66004 passes through the closed Craiglockhart Station on the Edinburgh 'sub' on 4 May 2015 with the 6S58 Lackenby - Dalzell 'slabs'.  Blackford Hill: The abandoned building on the westbound platform at Blackford Hill station (closed September 1962), photographed in the late spring of 1971.
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Edinburgh South Suburban Railway is a campaign group run mostly on Twitter and which has one aim to reopen the railway line to passengers within the city, taking cars off the streets and providing another means of public transport.
The group would like you to support their cause by responding to the online consultation on the Strategic Transport Projects Review (STPR2) for Scotland which ends at midnight on 15 April 2022. We asked them to explain their campaign and what they do. (Permalink) Blackford Hill Cameron Toll Craiglockhart Duddingston Edinburgh Suburban and Southside Junction Railway Edinburgh and Dalkeith Railway Gorgie Morningside Road Newington STPR2  Craiglockhart: The closed Craiglockhart Station seen from a Cockburn Association charter exploring the Edinburgh Suburban Circle in 1973. (Image requested by Euan Millar who knew the station.)  Newington [NBR]: View west over Newington Station (closed September 1962) in the 1970s. The platform was later removed and the track realigned. See image [[7602]] Duddingston: The board on the west end wall of Duddingston and Craigmillar station (closed 1962) proclaims that it deals with goods and parcels traffic but the dilapidated condition of the building suggests otherw ... |
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A petition to reopen a historic route [which partly incorporates] the [former] Edinburgh, Suburban and Southside Junction Railway has gained thousands of signatures as it aims to increase mobility and city centre links for Edinburgh residents.
(Permalink) Edinburgh Suburban and Southside Junction Railway Edinburgh and Dalkeith Railway  Newington [NBR]: It is after 4pm and getting dark as the 10.43 Virgin Trains service from Euston to Edinburgh Waverley passes the site of Newington Station on the Edinburgh Suburban line on 1st January 2019. Diversion ...  Morningside Road: GBRf 66736 passes the surviving Edinburgh suburban Inner Circle platform at Morningside Road on 8 July with the 6S45 North Blyth - Fort William alumina train. Duddingston: The board on the west end wall of Duddingston and Craigmillar station (closed 1962) proclaims that it deals with goods and parcels traffic but the dilapidated condition of the building suggests otherw ... |
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The Innocent Railway in the capital was given its name because it was a horse-drawn railway.
(Permalink) Edinburgh and Dalkeith Railway St Leonards Tunnel  St Leonards Tunnel: A look southeast into the tunnel at St Leonards. Originally horses were used for haulage and would have clopped along here even when steam was becoming commonplace. This supposedly led to the nickna ... |
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A pioneering railway when it was first built, the Innocent Railway quickly fell victim of steam power's progress, but its route and legacy lives on.
(Permalink) Edinburgh and Dalkeith Railway  Glenesk Viaduct: The sweeping single arch of the Edinburgh and Dalkeith Railway Company's Glenesk Viaduct (1830), seen from the east side illuminated by March sunshine in 2007. Photograph taken from the steep sided va ... St Leonards Tunnel: A look southeast into the tunnel at St Leonards. Originally horses were used for haulage and would have clopped along here even when steam was becoming commonplace. This supposedly led to the nickna ...  St Leonards: J35 0-6-0 no 64510 with the SLS Edinburgh and Dalkeith Rail Tour at St Leonard's goods yard on 25th August 1962 - 115 years after the end of regular passenger services! 64510 had propelled the ... |
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