Edinburgh Princes Street railway station information
Not to be confused with Edinburgh Waverley railway station or Perth Princes Street railway station.
Former railway station in Scotland
Edinburgh Princes Street
Waldorf Astoria Edinburgh - The Caledonian, is the main surviving part of the former station complex
General information
Location
Edinburgh, Edinburgh Scotland
Platforms
7
Other information
Status
Disused
History
Original company
Caledonian Railway
Post-grouping
LMS
Key dates
2 May 1870
Temporary wooden station opened
1890
Partly destroyed by fire & building work on permanent station started
1893
Permanent station brought into use
1903
Hotel added
6 September 1965
Station closed
Princes Street Station was a mainline railway station which stood at the west end of Princes Street, in Edinburgh, Scotland, for almost 100 years. Temporary stations were opened in 1848 and 1870, with construction of the main station commencing in the 1890s. The station was closed completely in 1965 and largely demolished in 1969–70. Only its hotel remains, but it is no longer in railway ownership.
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