Morningside Road railway station

Morningside Road railway station is a former railway station in the Morningside area of Edinburgh, Scotland. It was opened by the Edinburgh Suburban and Southside Junction Railway (ESSJR) on 1 December 1884 as Morningside Station.

Railway advertising on the bridge over the tracks

Morningside Road
The former Morningside Road Station
LocationMorningside, Edinburgh, City of Edinburgh
Scotland
Platforms2
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Pre-groupingNorth British Railway
Post-groupingLNER
Scottish Region of British Railways
Key dates
1 December 1884Opened
10 September 1962Closed

After the ESSJR was incorporated into the North British Railway on 1 March 1885, the station was renamed Morningside Road in October 1886.[1]

Morningside Road station closed in 1962, when passenger rail services were withdrawn from the Edinburgh Suburban line, although the line itself was retained for rail freight use. The route continues to be used for freight services to this day, and occasionally diverted passenger trains also pass through Morningside.

Location
The old station footbridge

The station was located by Morningside Road, where the road bridge crosses the suburban line, and was accessed via a gate on the west side of the road, opposite the Morningside Clock.

Today the station building has been converted for commercial use. The outer circle platform was removed to allow Mark 3 coaching stock to operate on the line. Abellio ScotRail has an advertising hoarding on the bridge next to the clock, where its displays posters advertising passenger rail services. The iron footbridge from the former station still stands to this day, connecting Maxwell Street to Balcarres Street.[2]

Future

A local advocacy group, the Capital Rail Action Group (CRAG), is running a campaign for the SSJR line to be re-opened to passenger services, and proposes that it should be operated either as a commuter rail service or as a light rail system to form an extension of the forthcoming Edinburgh Tram Network.[3] Following a petition submitted to the Scottish Parliament in 2007, the proposal was rejected in 2009 by transport planners due to anticipated cost.[4]

References
  1. "Edinburgh, Morningside Road Station". Scotland's Places. Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland/ National Archives of Scotland. Retrieved 10 January 2010.
  2. "Edinburgh Morningside footbridge". Scottish Ironwork Foundation. Archived from the original on 19 July 2011. Retrieved 10 January 2010.
  3. "Reopening the South Sub" (PDF). Transform Scotland. March 2007. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 August 2011. Retrieved 8 January 2010.
  4. "Public Petitions Committee Official Report". Scottish Parliament. 27 January 2009. Archived from the original on 5 June 2011. Retrieved 8 January 2010.

Preceding station Historical railways Following station
Craiglockhart   Edinburgh Suburban and
Southside Junction Railway
North British Railway
   Blackford Hill


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