DerekC
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Hainton Street Halt
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Xenophon PCDGS
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Moving on to the next leg of the journey.....
Grimsby Pyewipe Road
Grimsby Pyewipe Road
DerekC
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Ignoring the stopping points of the Grimsby & Immingham Electric Railway running alongside us .....Immingham Halt
Xenophon PCDGS
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Thornton Curtis
DerekC
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New Holland Town
Xenophon PCDGS
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New Holland Pier is the final closed station on this journey
Xenophon PCDGS
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We next move to Scotland for the next journey.....
This is number 545 in the series so far.....
The journey starts at the closed station of Edinburgh Princes Street
It follows the line of the CR Leith North Branch Line...via Craigleith, East Pilton Halt and Granton Road
It then follows the line of the Edinburgh, Leith and Newhaven Railway
It then follows the line of the Edinburgh Suburban Railway
It then follows the line of the Caledonian Railway Main Line...via the Balerno loop line
It then follows the line of the Dumfries, Lochmaben and Lockerbie Railway
It then follows the line of the Glasgow, Dumfries and Carlisle Railway
It then follows the line of the Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock and Ayr Railway...via the Montgreenan loop line
It then follows the line of the Dalry and North Johnstone Line
It then follows the line of the Paisley Canal Line
It then follows the line of the City of Glasgow Union Railway
It then follows the line of the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway...via the Ratho loop line
It then follows the line of the North British Railway Main Line
It then follows the line of the Berwickshire Railway
It then follows the line of the NBR Kelso Branch Line
It then follows the line of the NER Kelso Branch Line
It then follows the line of the NER Cornhill Branch Line
It then follows the line of the NER Alnwick Branch Line
It then follows the line of the Newcastle and Berwick Railway
It then follows the line of the Newcastle and Carlisle Railway...via the North Wylam loop line
It then follows the line of the Border Counties Railway
It then follows the line of the Wansbeck Railway
It then follows the line of the Blyth and Tyne Railway
It then follows the line of the B&TR Backworth to Newcastle Line
The journey ends at the closed station of Forest Hill B&TR
The first closed station on this journey is Edinburgh Princes Street
This is number 545 in the series so far.....
The journey starts at the closed station of Edinburgh Princes Street
It follows the line of the CR Leith North Branch Line...via Craigleith, East Pilton Halt and Granton Road
It then follows the line of the Edinburgh, Leith and Newhaven Railway
It then follows the line of the Edinburgh Suburban Railway
It then follows the line of the Caledonian Railway Main Line...via the Balerno loop line
It then follows the line of the Dumfries, Lochmaben and Lockerbie Railway
It then follows the line of the Glasgow, Dumfries and Carlisle Railway
It then follows the line of the Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock and Ayr Railway...via the Montgreenan loop line
It then follows the line of the Dalry and North Johnstone Line
It then follows the line of the Paisley Canal Line
It then follows the line of the City of Glasgow Union Railway
It then follows the line of the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway...via the Ratho loop line
It then follows the line of the North British Railway Main Line
It then follows the line of the Berwickshire Railway
It then follows the line of the NBR Kelso Branch Line
It then follows the line of the NER Kelso Branch Line
It then follows the line of the NER Cornhill Branch Line
It then follows the line of the NER Alnwick Branch Line
It then follows the line of the Newcastle and Berwick Railway
It then follows the line of the Newcastle and Carlisle Railway...via the North Wylam loop line
It then follows the line of the Border Counties Railway
It then follows the line of the Wansbeck Railway
It then follows the line of the Blyth and Tyne Railway
It then follows the line of the B&TR Backworth to Newcastle Line
The journey ends at the closed station of Forest Hill B&TR
The first closed station on this journey is Edinburgh Princes Street
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Ash Bridge
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Dalry Road?
DerekC
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Murrayfield
Xenophon PCDGS
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Craigleith
The journey preamble should now be a help
The journey preamble should now be a help
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DerekC
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East Pilton Halt
Xenophon PCDGS
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Granton Road
Off now on the next line of this journey
Off now on the next line of this journey
DerekC
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I have spent quite a while trying to work out how to get from Granton Road to the Edinburgh, Leith and Newhaven Railway. Having failed to see a connection (other than via The Leith New Lines and a double reversal in the Leith docks) on OS maps between the opening and closure of these lines, I cheated and looked to see what we did last time. I see that we went via a chord to
Powderhall
So that's what I have repeated, but where was it?
Powderhall
So that's what I have repeated, but where was it?
Xenophon PCDGS
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Leith Walk
Ash Bridge
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Easter Road
DerekC
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Meadowbank Stadium
Xenophon PCDGS
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Piershill
Ash Bridge
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Portobello (E&DR)
DerekC
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Joppa (1st station) I put this one forward tentatively - it is shown on the 1857 OS map, about 400m north of the site of the current Brunstane station.
Xenophon PCDGS
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That would be fine normally, but that is not the line that we are currently using, which is the Edinburgh Suburban Railway.
Xenophon PCDGS
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Duddingston & Craigmillar
DerekC
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The Joppa station I am referring to was on the section of line between Portobello East Junction and Niddrie North Junction, a little to the north of where Brunstane station now is. So unless I have gone completely off-piste, the ES&SJR used this line. (Not sure why Brunstane isn't shown on the Wikipedia entry - I think it should be)
Newington
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Xenophon PCDGS
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I have examined both the 1891 and 1905 working timetables for this line and the ES & SJR do not appear to have used the route that you say.
Xenophon PCDGS
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Blackford Hill
Ash Bridge
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Morningside Road
Xenophon PCDGS
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Craiglockhart
We now take the line from there that takes us to the junction above the open station of Slateford on the Caledonian Railway Main Line
We now take the line from there that takes us to the junction above the open station of Slateford on the Caledonian Railway Main Line
DerekC
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Another tentative suggestion Slateford (1st) - shown on the 1855 map about 350m west of the current station.
Xenophon PCDGS
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Hailes Halt
Xenophon PCDGS
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A referral to page 213 on Butt 1995 gives an opening date of January 1853 for the currently open Slateford station.
Have you both opening and closing dates for the Slateford (1st) station that you make reference to above.