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Xenophon PCDGS

Xenophon PCDGS

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DerekC said:
Slateford 1st station (1848 - ??)

About 300 yd south west of the current station. Shown on OS maps pf 1855. Moved by 1897. There was also a CR temporary station for the Edinburgh Exhibition of 1890 somewhere near Slateford Junction, but I can't find an exact location.
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I have been reading some information, gleaned from various sources, about Slateford station and have still to find confirmation of what you say above about the 1848 station being relocated as you suggest and I wonder if that is an entirely different station.

Incidentally, amongst these readings, I came across Lothian Road station, which was a terminal station, open from 1848-1870 and situated south of Princes Street station.
 
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Xenophon PCDGS said:
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I have been reading some information, gleaned from various sources, about Slateford station and have still to find confirmation of what you say above about the 1848 station being relocated as you suggest and I wonder if that is an entirely different station.
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The situation is confusing, but I think the map evidence is clear. The original Slateford station is shown on the OS 1:10560 map for around 1855 (the exact dates are sometimes unclear in my source) very close to the bend in the Union Canal where it crosses over Lanark Road (now the A70) on an aqueduct and comes alongside the CR main line - about 300 yards south west of the modern Slateford station. There is no sign of Kingsnowe station on this map. On the next available map (1895 1:2500) both Slateford and Kingsnowe stations in their modern locations are shown. The Wikipedia entry for the Caledonian main line suggests that Kingsnowe station was orginally called Slateford, but I think this is incorrect.
 
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DerekC said:
The situation is confusing, but I think the map evidence is clear. The original Slateford station is shown on the OS 1:10560 map for around 1855 (the exact dates are sometimes unclear in my source) very close to the bend in the Union Canal where it crosses over Lanark Road (now the A70) on an aqueduct and comes alongside the CR main line - about 300 yards south west of the modern Slateford station. There is no sign of Kingsnowe station on this map. On the next available map (1895 1:2500) both Slateford and Kingsnowe stations in their modern locations are shown. The Wikipedia entry for the Caledonian main line suggests that Kingsnowe station was orginally called Slateford, but I think this is incorrect.
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Matters are not helped by the fact that 1848 openings by the Caledonian Railway were common to both of these stations. The currently open station of Kingsknowe was opened on 15th February 1848 as Slateford and carried that station name until it was renamed as Kingsknowe in January 1853. I have had this confirmed by three different sources to whom I telephoned on Thursday evening.
 
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