Hailes Halt railway station

Hailes Halt
Trackbed and platform remains at the site of Hailes Halt
General information
Location	Edinburgh Scotland
Coordinates	55.9130°N 3.2620°W / 55.9130; -3.2620
Grid reference	NT212696
Platforms	1
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Pre-grouping	Caledonian Railway
Post-grouping	London Midland and Scottish Railway
Key dates
16 November 1908	Station opens as Hailes Platform[1]
26 September 1927	Renamed Hailes Halt[1] and became public station[2]
1 November 1943 (Last train)	Station closes (LMS Last train)[1][3]
1 June 1949	Station closes (BR Officially)[1]
1967	Line closed to freight

Hailes Halt railway station was opened in 1908 as Hailes Platform railway station and was unadvertised private use for golfers. It became a public station in 1927 serving the area of Hailes that now forms part of the city of Edinburgh with Hailes House nearby.

History

The Water of Leith.

Opened by the Caledonian Railway, it became part of the London Midland and Scottish Railway during the Grouping of 1923, and the LMS ran the last train to serve the station in 1943. The line passed to the Scottish Region of British Railways upon nationalisation in 1948 who then officially closed Hailes Halt in 1949. Until 1927 the station had a private or restricted use status.^[1] It stood close to the clubhouse of the Kingsknowe Golf Club with a public path running down to the halt that remains to this day.^[4]

Infrastructure

The station had a single platform and was located on the northern side of the single track line. The Water of Leith lies to the south of the site of the old station. After the line closed to freight in 1967 the track was lifted in 1968.

Preceding station	Historical railways			Following station
Slateford		Caledonian Railway Balerno Loop		Colinton

The site today

The halt would have had little substantial infrastructure and is now part of a cyclepath that follows much of the route of the Balerno Loop.

References

Notes

1. Butt (1995), p. 112.
2. Railway Passenger Stations by M.Quick page 211
3. Wignall (1983), p. 28.
4. "Firth of Forth - Great Britain, Sheet 46, 1943". National Library of Scotland.

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.
• Wignall, C.J. (1983). Complete British Railways Maps and Gazetteer From 1830-1981. Oxford: Oxford Publishing Co. ISBN 0-86093-162-5.