Portobello_railway_station_(E&DR)

Portobello railway station (E&DR)

Portobello railway station (E&DR)

Railway station in City of Edinburgh, Scotland

For the former Portobello station in Wolverhampton, see Portobello railway station (Wolverhampton). For the former North British Railway Portobello station in Edinburgh, see Portobello railway station (NBR).

The Edinburgh and Dalkeith Railway opened Portobello railway station in July 1832.[1] It remained in use until 1846 when a replacement station was opened nearby on the NBR Main Line.[1]

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History

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

Notes

  1. [1]
    Butt (1995), page 189

Sources

  • Awdry, Christopher (1990). Encyclopaedia of British Railway Companies. Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 1-8526-0049-7. OCLC 19514063. CN 8983.
  • 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.
  • 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 978-1-85260-086-0. OCLC 22311137.


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