Balgreen Halt railway station served
Balgreen
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in the
Scottish city of
Edinburgh
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. 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 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
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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
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Balgreen Halt on navigable O. S. map Station marked at Saughton Hall
Disused railway stations in Edinburgh
Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1934
Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1968
Former London and North Eastern Railway stations
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