Pinkhill railway station explained

Pinkhill
Status:	Disused
Borough:	Corstorphine, City of Edinburgh
Country:	Scotland
Coordinates:	55.9417°N -3.2643°W
Map Type:	Edinburgh
Platforms:	2
Original:	North British Railway
Postgroup:	London and North Eastern Railway
Years:	1 February 1902
Events:	Station opened
Years1:	1 January 1917
Events1:	Station closed
Years2:	1 February 1919
Events2:	Station opened
Years3:	1 January 1968
Events3:	Station closed (passengers)
Years4:	5 February 1968
Events4:	Station closed (freight)

Pinkhill railway station was a railway station in Edinburgh, Scotland. It served Edinburgh Zoo, east Corstorphine and Murrayfield. Services were provided by trains on the Corstorphine Branch of the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway.

History

The station was opened by the North British Railway and the line passed on to the Scottish Region of British Railways on nationalisation in 1948. It was closed by the British Railways Board in 1968.^[1]

The disused track bed is now a cycle and footpath, forming part of the City of Edinburgh Council's Quiet Route 9.^[2] The platforms and ticket office of the former station remain in place.^[3]

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Notes and References

1. Web site: Quick . Michael . Railway Passenger Stations in Great Britain: A Chronolgy . The Railway and Canal Historical Society . 31 May 2021 . 342 . September 2020 . 4 July 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210704134712/https://rchs.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Railway-Passenger-Stations-v5.02.pdf . dead .
2. Web site: Quiet Route Map North West . City of Edinburgh Council . 2 April 2021.
3. Book: Bell, Raymond MacKean. Literary Corstorphine: A reader's guide to West Edinburgh. 2017. Edinburgh. Leamington Books. 9780244644406.