Balerno railway station

Balerno
Balerno railway station in 1962
Location
Place	Scotland
Area	Edinburgh
Operations
Pre-grouping	Caledonian Railway
Post-grouping	London Midland and Scottish Railway
Platforms	1
History
1 August 1874	Station opens ^[1]
1 November 1943	Station closes (LMS Last train)^[1]
1 June 1949	Station closes (BR Officially)^[1]
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Balerno railway station served Balerno in the Scottish city of Edinburgh. Services were provided by the Caledonian Railway using the Balerno Loop.

History

A 1914 diagram including Balerno

Opened by the Caledonian Railway, it became part of the London Midland and Scottish Railway during the Grouping of 1923, and that company ran the last train to use the station. However the line passed on the Scottish Region of British Railways on nationalisation in 1948 who officially closed the station in 1949.

Preceding station	Historical railways			Following station
Ravelrig		Caledonian Railway Balerno Loop		Currie

The station master's house remains standing, in the site which has been landscaped as part of a garden.

Butt, R. V. J. (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 1-8526-0508-1. OCLC 60251199.
Jowett, Alan (March 1989). Jowett's Railway Atlas of Great Britain and Ireland: From Pre-Grouping to the Present Day (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 1-8526-0086-1. OCLC 22311137.
Jowett, Alan (2000). Jowett's Nationalised Railway Atlas (1st ed.). Penryn, Cornwall: Atlantic Transport Publishers. ISBN 0-9068-9999-0. OCLC 228266687.
RAILSCOT on the Balerno Loop
Balerno Station on navigable O. S. map
Picture of the station

Bus

Present	Lothian Buses First Scotland East

Past	Edinburgh Corporation Transport Lothian Regional Transport Eastern Scottish Scottish Motor Traction Scottish Omnibuses

Rail

Present

Stations	Brunstane Curriehill Dalmeny Edinburgh Park Haymarket Kingsknowe Newcraighall Slateford South Gyle Waverley Wester Hailes

Lines	Borders Railway Edinburgh Crossrail Edinburgh to Aberdeen Edinburgh to Dunblane Fife Circle Forth Bridge North Berwick North Clyde Shotts

Operations	Abellio ScotRail Caledonian Sleeper Haymarket TMD

Past

Stations	Abbeyhill Balerno Balgreen Halt Blackford Hill Craiglockhart Duddingston & Craigmillar Edinburgh Princes Street Gorgie East Leith Central Meadowbank Stadium Merchiston Morningside Road Newington Piershill Portobello (E&DR) Portobello (NBR) Scotland Street St Leonards

Lines	Edinburgh, Leith and Newhaven Railway Edinburgh Suburban and Southside Junction Railway Edinburgh and Dalkeith Railway

Operations	Caledonian Railway Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway North British Railway LNER Scottish Region of British Railways ScotRail

Future

Tram

Present	Edinburgh Trams

Past	Edinburgh Corporation Tramways

Roads

Motorways	M8 M9

A roads	A1 European route E15 A68 A7 A772 A71 A702 A701 A8 A89 B800/A8000 A90 Edinburgh City Bypass Forth Road Bridge Queensferry Crossing

Streets	Chambers Street Constitution Street Cowgate Drummond Street Ferry Road George IV Bridge George Street Great Junction Street Leith Walk Mayfield Road The Mound The Pleasance Princes Street Regent Terrace Rose Street Royal Mile South Bridge West Port

Other

Air	Edinburgh Airport Edinburgh Airport Rail Link

Water	Forth Estuary Transport Authority Firth of Forth hovercraft (proposed) Union Canal

Cycling	National Cycle Route 1 National Cycle Route 75 National Cycle Route 76

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