Balgreen Halt railway station
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Balgreen Halt in 1962
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| Place | Scotland |
| Area | Edinburgh |
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| Post-grouping | London and North Eastern Railway |
| Platforms | 2 |
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| 29 January 1934 | Station opened[1] |
| 1 January 1968 | Station closed[1] |
| Disused railway stations in the United Kingdom | |
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File:Balgreen Halt Edinburgh Waverley - Corstorphine branch train geograph-2327930-by-Ben-Brooksbank.jpg
Edinburgh Waverley - Corstorphine branch train in 1948
Balgreen Halt railway station served Balgreen in the Scottish city of 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.
History
The station was opened by the London and North Eastern Railway during the Grouping 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 | ||
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| Haymarket | London and North Eastern Railway Corstorphine Branch |
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The site today
The stationmaster's house remains standing, in the site which has been landscaped as part of a garden. [1]
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- *RAILSCOT on Corstorphine Branch
- Balgreen Halt on navigable O. S. map Station marked at Saughton Hall
- Picture of the station
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