The site of Balerno Goods station in 1962 with the old goods shed
General information
Location
Edinburgh Scotland
Grid reference
NT163670
Platforms
1
Other information
Status
Disused
History
Original company
Caledonian Railway
Pre-grouping
Caledonian Railway
Post-grouping
London Midland and Scottish Railway
Key dates
1 August 1874
Station opens[1]
1 November 1943 (Last train)
Station closes (LMS Last train)[1][2]
1 June 1949
Station closes (BR Officially)[1]
4 December 1967
Line closes to goods traffic
Balerno railway station was opened in 1874 and served the area of the village of Balerno that now forms part of the city of Edinburgh. Although primarily built as a goods line, with a dedicated goods station at Balerno, serving the many mills on the Water of Leith, a passenger service was provided by the Caledonian Railway using the Balerno Loop and after grouping by the London, Midland and Scottish Railway, seeing formal closure to passenger traffic shortly after nationalisation. The station was the only one with a separately served goods station on the 'loop' line and lay in rural surroundings that had been popular with families having a day out in the country.
^ abcButt 1995, p. 23.
^Wignal (1983), Page 4
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