Hailes Halt railway station was opened in 1908 as Hailes Platform railway station and was unadvertised private use for golfers. It became a public station in 1927 serving the area of Hailes that now forms part of the city of Edinburgh with Hailes House nearby.

History

Water of Leith below Juniper Green - geograph

Opened by the Caledonian Railway, it became part of the London Midland and Scottish Railway during the Grouping of 1923, and the LMS ran the last train to serve the station in 1943. The line passed to the

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in 1948 who then officially closed Hailes Halt in 1949. Until 1927 the station had a private or restricted use status. It stood close to the clubhouse of the Kingsknowe Golf Club with a public path running down to the halt that remains to this day.

Infrastructure

The station had a single platform and was located on the northern side of the single track line. The Water of Leith lies to the south of the site of the old station. After the line closed to freight in 1967 the track was lifted in 1968.

The site today

The halt would have had little substantial infrastructure and is now part of a cyclepath that follows much of the route of the Balerno Loop.

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* * {{Transport in Edinburgh Disused railway stations in Edinburgh Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1908 Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1943 Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1949 Former Caledonian Railway stations