Morningside Road | |
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 The former platform at Morningside Road Station | |
| General information | |
| Location | Morningside, City of Edinburgh Scotland |
| Coordinates | 55°55′32″N 3°12′37″W / 55.9255°N 3.2104°W |
| 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 | |
| 1 December 1884 | Opened as Morningside |
| October 1886 | Name changed to Morningside Road |
| 10 September 1962 | Station closed to passengers |
| Location | |
  Morningside Road Location within the City of Edinburgh council area | |
Morningside Road railway station is a former railway station in the Morningside area of Edinburgh, Scotland. Originally named Morningside Station, it was opened by the Edinburgh Suburban and Southside Junction Railway (ESSJR) in 1884 and closed to passengers in 1962. The station buildings still remain, and the railway track is still in use.
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History
The station was opened by the Edinburgh Suburban and Southside Junction Railway (ESSJR) on 1 December 1884 as Morningside Station.
After the ESSJR was incorporated into the North British Railway on 1 March 1885, the station was renamed Morningside Road in October 1886.[1]
Morningside Road station closed in 1962, when passenger rail services were withdrawn from the Edinburgh Suburban line, although the line itself was retained for rail freight use. The route continues to be used for freight services to this day, and occasionally diverted passenger trains also pass through Morningside. Currently (2022) Avanti West Coast use the line for some empty coaching stock moves between Edinburgh and Glasgow and CrossCountry have a daily passenger train from Glasgow to Edinburgh.
Location
The station was located by Morningside Road, where the road bridge crosses the suburban line, and was accessed via a gate on the west side of the road, opposite the Morningside Clock.
Today the station building has been converted for commercial use. The outer circle platform was removed to allow Mark 3 coaching stock to operate on the line. ScotRail has an advertising hoarding on the bridge next to the clock, where its displays posters advertising passenger rail services. The iron footbridge from the former station still stands to this day, connecting Maxwell Street to Balcarres Street.[2]
- Morningside Road station features
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The old station clock on Morningside Road -
Railway advertising on the bridge over the tracks -
The old station footbridge -
1914 Railway Junction Diagram showing Morningside Road in the south of the city
Future
A local advocacy group, the Capital Rail Action Group (CRAG), is running a campaign for the SSJR line to be re-opened to passenger services, and proposes that it should be operated either as a commuter rail service or as a light rail system to form an extension of the Edinburgh Tram Network.[3] Following a petition submitted to the Scottish Parliament in 2007, the proposal was rejected in 2009 by transport planners due to anticipated cost.[4]
References
- ^ "Edinburgh, Morningside Road Station". Scotland's Places. Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland/ National Archives of Scotland. Retrieved 10 January 2010.
- ^ "Edinburgh Morningside footbridge". Scottish Ironwork Foundation. Archived from the original on 19 July 2011. Retrieved 10 January 2010.
- ^ "Reopening the South Sub" (PDF). Transform Scotland. March 2007. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 August 2011. Retrieved 8 January 2010.
- ^ "Public Petitions Committee Official Report". Scottish Parliament. 27 January 2009. Archived from the original on 5 June 2011. Retrieved 8 January 2010.
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North British Railway Edinburgh Suburban Line |
Craiglockhart Line open, station closed | ||
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