Piershill railway station

Piershill
General information
Location	City of Edinburgh
Owned by	LNER Scottish Region of British Railways
Managed by	North British Railway
Platforms	2
Key dates
22 March 1868	Opened
1 January 1917	Closed
1 April 1919	Reopened
7 September 1964	Closed

Piershill railway station was a railway station in Edinburgh, Scotland, on a loop off the main line. It was opened on 22 March 1868.

Piershill station closed in 1964, when passenger rail services were withdrawn from the Musselburgh branch rail service as part of the British Railways rationalisation programme known as the Beeching Axe, although the line itself was retained for rail freight use. The route continues to be used for infrequent movement of waste from Powderhall to the East Coast Main Line.

Piershill was near the temporary Meadowbank Stadium station which was opened during the Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh in 1986; Meadowbank station closed shortly after the games finished.

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

Preceding station	Historical railways			Following station
Portobello		Edinburgh Suburban and Southside Junction Railway North British Railway		Abbeyhill

Edinburgh Suburban and Southside Junction Railway
East Coast Main Line Portobello (NBR) Portobello East Junction Brunstane Niddrie South Junction Newcraighall North British Railway to Leith East Coast Main Line Waverley Route (Borders Railway) Innocent Railway Duddingston & Craigmillar Edinburgh Waverley Newington Blackford Hill Morningside Road Haymarket Craiglockhart Haymarket East Junction Myreside Aqueduct (Union Canal) Gorgie East Craiglockhart Junction Slateford Junction Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway Caledonian Main Line

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.