Newington station | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
General information | |||||
Location | Newington, City of Edinburgh Scotland | ||||
Coordinates | 55°55′52″N 3°10′22″W / 55.9310°N 3.1727°W | ||||
Platforms | 2 | ||||
Other information | |||||
Status | Disused | ||||
History | |||||
Original company | Edinburgh Suburban and Southside Junction Railway | ||||
Pre-grouping | North British Railway | ||||
Post-grouping | London and North Eastern Railway | ||||
Key dates | |||||
1 December 1884 | Opened | ||||
10 September 1962 | Station closed to passengers | ||||
|
Newington Railway Station was a railway station in Edinburgh, Scotland, on the Edinburgh Suburban and Southside Junction Railway. It served the southern Edinburgh suburb of Newington and the station site is still visible from Craigmillar Park.
Newington station closed in 1962, when passenger rail services were withdrawn from the Edinburgh Suburban line although the line itself was retained for rail freight use.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, so freight trains avoid Edinburgh's main stations of Edinburgh Waverley and Haymarket, and occasionally diverted passenger trains also pass along this line.