Balerno railway station

Balerno
General information
Location	Edinburgh
Platforms	?
History
Pre-grouping	Caledonian Railway
Post-grouping	London Midland and Scottish Railway
Key dates
1 August 1874	Station opens
1 November 1943	Station closes (LMS Last train)
1 June 1949	Station closes (BR Officially)

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, to be then closed officially by the British Railways Board.

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

The site today

The station master's house remains standing, in the site which has been landscaped as part of a garden. [1]

References

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.
• 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.
• Jowett, Alan (2000). Jowett's Nationalised Railway Atlas (1st ed.). Penryn, Cornwall: Atlantic Transport Publishers. ISBN 978-0-906899-99-1. OCLC 228266687.
• RAILSCOT on the Balerno Loop
• Balerno Station on navigable O. S. map
• Picture of the station