http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: Water of Leith Path (Balerno branch railway) en Tue, 19 May 2026 04:47:09 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=20813#post-357715 Wed, 29 Dec 2021 11:01:21 +0000 Arellcat 357715@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Indeed it did, for a short time anyway.</p> <p><a href="https://flic.kr/p/6aP1XZ"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/3651/3392805815_0c0b7aa48b_z.jpg"></a><br /> <a href="https://flic.kr/p/6aP1XZ">Commonwealth Game over, man</a> by <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/beqi/">beqi</a>, on Flickr </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=20813#post-357714 Wed, 29 Dec 2021 10:57:03 +0000 SRD 357714@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I had not known that Meadowbank had its own station! <a href="https://twitter.com/briansmith0/status/1476121205929299970?s=21" rel="nofollow">https://twitter.com/briansmith0/status/1476121205929299970?s=21</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=20813#post-357711 Tue, 28 Dec 2021 20:11:47 +0000 SRD 357711@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>It was indeed the chap mentioned above. </p> <p>Although a google of 'abandoned railway stations edinburgh' brings up other people and various newspaper articles/listicles. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=20813#post-357707 Tue, 28 Dec 2021 11:27:00 +0000 ejstubbs 357707@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@SRD: <em>There’s a guy on twitter had a lockdown challenge to photograph all the abandoned railway stations in Edinburgh.</em></p> <p>I think that would be quite a challenge since, AFAIK, there is no trace of a large proportion of them - at least, nothing that you could recognisably call a 'station'. Yes, there are platforms still in situ along parts of the NEPN, and on the old Corstorphine branch. But actual station buildings, not a lot if anything (the Corstorphone terminus has been completely built over I believe).</p> <p>There's the one in Trinity - and of course the old Leith Central, but too many have been obliterated, like <a href="http://">Abbeyhill</a> for instance, or completely built over.</p> <p>Other extant ones I can think of would be <a href="https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@55.9253624,-3.2094581,3a,66.4y,269.21h,89.4t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sGRrAZyIkVj_xh_fE30E11A!2e0!7i16384!8i8192">Morningside</a>, and the <a href="https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@55.9493946,-3.2081693,3a,75y,126.18h,99.65t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1s_-fJUEVez1uKyaV4souNLQ!2e0!7i16384!8i8192">gateway into the Caledonian's Princes Street station</a> on Rutland Street, but my initial estimate would be that there is far more almost or completely disappeared compared to having anything recognisably left.</p> <p>If you do manage to track down that Twitter thread, I for one would be interested to see it. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=20813#post-357706 Tue, 28 Dec 2021 11:12:47 +0000 Colonies_Chris 357706@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>You're probably thinking of <a href="https://twitter.com/BrianSmith0" rel="nofollow">https://twitter.com/BrianSmith0</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=20813#post-357705 Tue, 28 Dec 2021 09:40:16 +0000 SRD 357705@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Hmmm… have found about 18 other twitter threads (including one by kaputnil formerly of this parish) but not the guy I was thinking of. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=20813#post-357704 Tue, 28 Dec 2021 09:36:17 +0000 SRD 357704@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>There’s a guy on twitter had a lockdown challenge to photograph all the abandoned railway stations in Edinburgh. Will see if I can find it. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=20813#post-357701 Mon, 27 Dec 2021 10:12:16 +0000 Morningsider 357701@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>The Railscot website is running <a href="https://www.railscot.co.uk/">a series of photos</a> of the Water of Leith path taken in the 1960's, while it was still a railway (scroll down to the bottom of the front page). Might be of interest to some here. </p>