Easter Road railway station

Not to be confused with Easter Road Park Halt railway station.

Easter Road
Site of Easter Road station in 2011
General information
Location	Easter Road, Edinburgh Scotland
Coordinates	55.961325°N 3.170744°W / 55.961325; -3.170744
Platforms	2
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	North British Railway
Pre-grouping	North British Railway
Post-grouping	London and North Eastern Railway
Key dates
1 December 1891 (1891-12-01)	Station opened
1 January 1917 (1917-01-01)	Station closed
1 February 1919 (1919-02-01)	Station reopened
16 June 1947 (1947-06-16)	Station closed

Easter Road railway station was a railway station located on the street of Easter Road in Edinburgh, Scotland from 1891 to 1947 built by the North British Railway.

A 1905 Railway Clearing House diagram of Edinburgh railways, showing the location of Easter Road station

History

The station was opened in 1891 by North British Railway as part of the Easter Road Deviation to replace the rope operated incline between Canal Street (later part of Edinburgh Waverley) and Scotland Street, that was originally built by the Edinburgh, Leith and Newhaven Railway. The station closed in 1947. Part of the line from Piershill remained in use to serve the waste consolidation depot at Powderhall which remained in use until it closed in 2016. Both platforms still remain in place.

External links

Preceding station		Disused railways		Following station
Abbeyhill Line disused, station closed		North British Railway Edinburgh, Leith and Granton Line		Leith Walk Line disused, station closed