Edinburgh Princes Street | |
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General information | |
Location | Edinburgh, Edinburgh Scotland |
Platforms | 7 |
Other information | |
Status | Disused |
History | |
Original company | Caledonian Railway |
Post-grouping | LMS |
Key dates | |
2 May 1870 | Temporary wooden station opened |
1890 | Partly destroyed by fire & building work on permanent station started |
1893 | Permanent station brought into use |
1903 | Hotel added |
6 September 1965 | Station closed |
Princes Street Station was a mainline railway station which stood at the west end of Princes Street, in Edinburgh, Scotland, for almost 100 years. Temporary stations were opened in 1848 and 1870, with construction of the main station commencing in the 1890s. The station was closed completely in 1965 and largely demolished in 1969–70. Only its hotel remains, but it is no longer in railway ownership.