South Leith railway station served the area of

Leith Leith (; gd, Lìte) is a port area in the north of the city of Edinburgh, Scotland, founded at the mouth of the Water of Leith. In 2021, it was ranked by '' Time Out'' as one of the top five neighbourhoods to live in the world. The earliest ...

Edinburgh Edinburgh ( ; gd, Dùn Èideann ) is the capital city of Scotland and one of its 32 Council areas of Scotland, council areas. Historically part of the county of Midlothian (interchangeably Edinburghshire before 1921), it is located in Lothian ...

, Scotland from 1832 to 1903 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 ...

History

The station opened in 1832 by the

as Leith station. The station closed in 1846 but reopened on 1 October 1859 and was renamed South Leith on the same day. It closed again to passengers and goods traffic on 1 July 1903.

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Disused railway stations in Edinburgh Former North British Railway stations Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1832 Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1846 Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1859 Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1903 1832 establishments in Scotland 1903 disestablishments in Scotland {{Edinburgh-railstation-stub