St. Leonards railway station is a closed railway station in

St Leonard's, Edinburgh St Leonard's is a neighbourhood of south-central Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom. Once notable as a centre of industry, it is now primarily residential. The area takes its name from the mediaeval St Leonard's Hospital, Edinburgh, hospital of S ...

, on the

Edinburgh and Dalkeith Railway The Edinburgh and Dalkeith Railway was an early railway built to convey coal from pits in the vicinity of Dalkeith into the capital. It was a horse-operated line, with a terminus at St Leonards on the south side of Arthur's Seat. Opened in sta ...

. It was Edinburgh's first railway station. The railway was built in 1831 to transport coal from the mining towns south of the city; and the following year opened passenger services. St. Leonards was the terminus for the south of the city and was named after the nearby region. Passenger services ceased in 1846, when the North British Railway opened a station at North Bridge which later developed into

Waverley station Edinburgh Waverley railway station (also known simply as Waverley; gd, Waverley Dhùn Èideann) is the principal railway station serving Edinburgh, Scotland. It is the second busiest station in Scotland, after Glasgow Central. It is the north ...

. Services from Dalkeith were re-routed via Portobello. The station reopened briefly between 1 June 1860 and 30 September 1860 when a service was temporarily re-introduced from St. Leonard's to Dalkeith, Portobello and Leith, but it closed again within a few months. The railhead continued to see heavy use in its original intended role as a coal yard until 1968. Both the coal depot and part of the railway line have been redeveloped as housing. The goods shed is the only surviving building; it has been designated a

Category B listed building In the United Kingdom, a listed building or listed structure is one that has been placed on one of the four statutory lists maintained by Historic England in England, Historic Environment Scotland in Scotland, in Wales, and the Northern Irel ...

Historic Environment Scotland Historic Environment Scotland (HES) ( gd, Àrainneachd Eachdraidheil Alba) is an executive non-departmental public body responsible for investigating, caring for and promoting Scotland's historic environment. HES was formed in 2015 from the mer ...

. Since 2019, it has been used as a whisky and gin distillery with an accompanying visitor centre. The remaining trackbed is now a footpath and cycle path, forming part of the

National Cycle Network The National Cycle Network (NCN) is the national cycling route network of the United Kingdom, which was established to encourage cycling and walking throughout Britain, as well as for the purposes of bicycle touring. It was created by the cha ...

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Edinburgh- Granton- Haymarket & Leith RJD 27

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Disused railway stations in Edinburgh Former North British Railway stations Listed railway stations in Scotland Category B listed buildings in Edinburgh Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1832 Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1846 Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1860 Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1860 Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1968 {{Edinburgh-railstation-stub

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