Joppa railway station served the suburb of

Joppa, Edinburgh Joppa is an eastern suburb of Edinburgh, the capital of Scotland. It is bounded on the north by the coast of the Firth of Forth, on the west by Portobello of which it was a suburb when Portobello was a burgh, to the south by the open area sout ...

, Scotland from 1859 to 1964 on the

East Coast Main Line The East Coast Main Line (ECML) is a electrified railway between London and Edinburgh via Peterborough, Doncaster, York, Darlington, Durham and Newcastle. The line is a key transport artery on the eastern side of Great Britain running broa ...

History

The station opened on 16 May 1859 by the

North British Railway The North British Railway was a British railway company, based in Edinburgh, Scotland. It was established in 1844, with the intention of linking with English railways at Berwick. The line opened in 1846, and from the outset the company followe ...

. The station was closed to both passengers and goods traffic on 7 September 1964. The station building remains, however the platforms have been removed.

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Disused railway stations in Edinburgh Former North British Railway stations Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1859 Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1964 1859 establishments in Scotland 1964 disestablishments in Scotland Beeching closures in Scotland {{Edinburgh-railstation-stub