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Xenophon PCDGS

Xenophon PCDGS

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We next move to Scotland for the next journey.....

This is number 827 in the series so far.....

The journey starts at the closed station of Dalry Road
It follows the line of the CR Leith Branch Line
It then follows the line of the CR Leith North Br anch Line
It then follows the line of the Edinburgh, Leith and Newhaven Railway
It then follows the line of the Edinburgh Suburban Railway...via Blackford Hill
It then follows the line of the Caledonian Railway Main Line...via the Balerno loop line...note 1st and 2nd stations
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, Lilmarnock 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 NBR Corstorphine Branch Line
The journey ends at the closed station of Corstorphine

The first closed station on this journey is Dalry Road
 
Xenophon PCDGS

Xenophon PCDGS

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A few years ago, one of our now-departed contributors found a short-lived (1986-1998) closed station of the modern era which was built for the 1986 Commonwealth Games (and also used for other special occasions) of the line of the three previous stations, so out of respect to him I will name......

Meadowbank Stadium
 
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DerekC said:
Note - I think we missed Slateford (1st station) on the Caledonian Main Line, before we diverged onto the Balerno Loop
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As the currently open Slateford railway site has always occupied its present situation, your mention of a 1st station there could only refer to a station that opened in 1853 and closed in 1871, which was not on the current running line, but was situated to the east of the viaduct and served both the CR Redford Barracks Branch and the CR Gorgie Cattle Market Branch.

There have been past discussions on this very matter, which were never resolved to the best of my knowledge.
 
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