Balgreen Halt railway station

Closed railway station in Edinburgh, Scotland, UK

Balgreen Halt

Balgreen Halt railway station served Balgreen in the Edinburgh. Services were provided by trains on the Corstorphine Branch.

In 2014 the Edinburgh Tram system opened a tram stop named "Balgreen" adjacent to the site of the station.

The line that Balgreen Halt was on is now a cycle route and a way to Edinburgh Zoo.

History

The station was opened by the London and North Eastern Railway in 1934. The line passed on to the Scottish Region of British Railways on nationalisation in 1948, to be then closed by the British Railways Board.

Preceding station	Historical railways			Following station
Haymarket		London and North Eastern Railway Corstorphine Branch		Pinkhill

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

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.
Balgreen Halt on navigable O. S. map Station marked at Saughton Hall
Picture of the station

Transport in Edinburgh

Bus
Present	Lothian Buses McGill's Scotland East
Past	Edinburgh Corporation Transport Lothian Regional Transport Eastern Scottish First Scotland East Scottish Motor Traction Scottish Omnibuses

Rail

Present

Stations	Brunstane Curriehill Dalmeny Edinburgh Gateway Edinburgh Park Edinburgh Waverley Haymarket Kingsknowe Newcraighall Slateford South Gyle Wester Hailes
Lines	Borders Railway Edinburgh–Aberdeen Edinburgh–Dunblane Fife Circle Forth Bridge North Berwick North Clyde Shotts
Operations	Caledonian Sleeper Craigentinny TMD Haymarket TMD ScotRail

Past

Stations	Abbeyhill Balerno Balgreen Halt Blackford Hill Corstorphine Craiglockhart Duddingston & Craigmillar Easter Road Easter Road Park Halt Edinburgh Princes Street Gorgie East Hailes Halt Joppa Leith Central Leith Citadel Leith Walk Meadowbank Stadium Merchiston Morningside Road Newington Piershill Pinkhill Portobello railway station (E&DR) Portobello railway station (NBR) Ravelrig Junction Platform Scotland Street South Leith St Leonards
Lines	Edinburgh, Leith and Newhaven Railway Edinburgh Suburban and Southside Junction Railway Edinburgh and Dalkeith Railway
Operations	Caledonian Railway Edinburgh & Glasgow Railway North British Railway LNER Scottish Region of British Railways ScotRail

Tram
Present	Edinburgh Trams
Past	Edinburgh Corporation Tramways

Roads
Motorways	M8 M9
A roads	A1 European route E15 A68 A7 A772 A71 A700 A701 A702 A8 A89 B800/A8000 A90 Edinburgh City Bypass
Streets	Chambers Street Constitution Street Cowgate Drummond Street Easter Road Ferry Road George IV Bridge George Street Great Junction Street Leith Walk The Mound The Pleasance Princes Street Regent Terrace Rose Street Royal Mile South Bridge West Port
Bridges	Dean Bridge Forth Road Bridge Leamington Lift Bridge North Bridge Queensferry Crossing Regent Bridge Victoria Swing Bridge Waverley Bridge

Other
Air	Edinburgh Airport
Water	Firth of Forth hovercraft (proposed) Almond Aqueduct Bonnington Aqueduct Scott Russell Aqueduct Slateford Aqueduct Union Canal
Cycling	National Cycle Route 1 National Cycle Route 75 National Cycle Route 76