Ratho Station

Ratho Station is a commuter village of Edinburgh,[1] the capital of Scotland, located in Edinburgh council area. It is located south of Edinburgh Airport; the community has a population of approximately 600. About 300 houses are within the village limit.

The name derives from the closed railway station of the same name (itself named after the nearby village of Ratho), which in 1917 was the site of a rail crash which killed 12 people.

  1. ^ "Ratho Station". Retrieved 13 October 2011.