Piershill railway station

Piershill
General information
Location	Portobello, Edinburgh, Edinburgh Scotland
Coordinates	55.9569°N 3.1514°W / 55.9569; -3.1514
Platforms	2
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	Edinburgh Suburban and Southside Junction Railway
Pre-grouping	North British Railway
Post-grouping	London and North Eastern Railway
Key dates
22 March 1868[1]	Opened
1 January 1917[1]	Closed
1 April 1919[1]	Reopened
7 September 1964[1]	Closed

Piershill railway station was a railway station in Edinburgh, Scotland, on a loop off the main line. It was opened on 22 March 1868.

Piershill station closed in 1964, when passenger rail services were withdrawn from the Musselburgh branch rail service as part of the British Railways rationalisation programme known as the Beeching Axe, although the line itself was retained for rail freight use. The route was used for infrequent movement of waste from Powderhall to the East Coast Main Line until 2016.^[2]

Piershill was near the temporary Meadowbank Stadium station which was opened during the Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh in 1986; Meadowbank station closed shortly after the games finished.

A 1905 Railway Clearing House diagram of Edinburgh railways, with the SSJR (in blue along the bottom)

v t e Edinburgh Suburban and Southside Junction Railway
East Coast Main Line Portobello (NBR) Portobello East Junction Brunstane Niddrie South Junction Newcraighall North British Railway to Leith East Coast Main Line Waverley Route (Borders Railway) Innocent Railway Duddingston & Craigmillar Edinburgh Waverley Newington Blackford Hill Morningside Road Haymarket Craiglockhart Haymarket East Junction Myreside Aqueduct (Union Canal) Gorgie East Craiglockhart Junction Slateford Junction Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway Caledonian Main Line

References

1. Butt 1995, p. 185.
2. "Proposal to redevelop at the former Powderhall Waste Transfer Station - City of Edinburgh Council - Citizen Space".

Sources

• Butt, R. V. J. (October 1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC 60251199. OL 11956311M.

External links

Preceding station		Disused railways		Following station
Abbeyhill Line partially extant but disused, station closed		North British Railway Edinburgh Suburban Line		Portobello Line extant but partially disused, station closed