Balgreen Halt railway station served

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in the Scottish city of

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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

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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 {{Edinburgh-railstation-stub