Hailes Halt railway station

Hailes Halt railway station was opened as Hailes Platform railway station in 1908 and served the area of Hailes that now forms part of the city of Edinburgh with Hailes House nearby. Services were provided by the Caledonian Railway using the Balerno Loop and after grouping by the London, Midland and Scottish Railway.

Hailes Halt
Trackbed and platform remains at the site of Hailes Halt
LocationEdinburgh
Scotland
Grid referenceNT212696
Platforms1
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Pre-groupingCaledonian Railway
Post-groupingLondon Midland and Scottish Railway
Key dates
16 November 1908Station opens as Hailes Platform[1]
26 September 1927Renamed Hailes Halt[1]
1 November 1943 (Last train)Station closes (LMS Last train)[1][2]
1 June 1949Station closes (BR Officially)[1]
1967Line closed to freight

History
The Water of Leith.

Opened by the Caledonian Railway, it became part of the London Midland and Scottish Railway during the Grouping of 1923, and the LMS ran the last train to serve the station in 1943. The line passed to the Scottish Region of British Railways upon nationalisation in 1948 who then officially closed Hailes Halt in 1949. At first the station had a private or restricted use status.[1] It stood close to the clubhouse of the Kingsknowe Golf Club with a public path running down to the halt that remains to this day.[3]

Infrastructure

The station had a single platform and was located on the northern side of the single track line.[4] The Water of Leith lies to the south of the site of the old station. A signal lay close by on the route to Colinton station that may have been linked to the control of access to Colinton Tunnel.[5] After the line closed to freight in 1967 the track was lifted in 1968.

Preceding station Historical railways Following station
Slateford   Caledonian Railway
Balerno Loop
   Colinton

The site today

The halt would have had little substantial infrastructure and is now part of a cyclepath that follows much of the route of the Balerno Loop.

References

Notes
  1. Butt (1995), p. 112.
  2. Wignal (1983), p. 28.
  3. "Firth of Forth - Great Britain, Sheet 46, 1943". National Library of Scotland.
  4. "Balerno Loop (Caledonian Railway)". RailScot. 7 August 2011.
  5. "Edinburghshire Sheet VII.NW, Surveyed: 1892, Published: 1895". National Library of Scotland.

Sources
  • 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 978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC 60251199.
  • Wignall, C.J. (1983). Complete British Railways Maps and Gazetteer From 1830-1981. Oxford: Oxford Publishing Co. ISBN 0-86093-162-5.


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