Closed Stations Journey quiz

[A Challenge]

Craigleith Junction?

 

[DerekC]

Craigleith

Trinity (2nd - 1846 to 1925)

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

East Pilton

Note the name of the line we are now traversing (and the supplementary note) shown on the journey itinerary.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Trinity (2nd - 1846 to 1925)

Wrong direction, sorry.

 

[DerekC]

East Pilton

Hmm - I am a bit bamboozled now. I got to Trinity via the loop past Granton gasworks. I was therefore on the Edinburgh, Leith and Newhaven line heading towards Piershill via Trinity Junction and South Junction (which seems to be consistent with the itinerary) but East Pilton is back on the CR North Leith branch. More guidance please.

 

[Ash Bridge]

Granton Road

 

[Calthrop]

Powderhall (assuming that the junction complex east of Granton Road, includes a link between Caledonian and North British trackage)

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

......assuming that the junction complex east of Granton Road, includes a link between Caledonian and North British trackage)

In that respect, your assumptions are quite correct.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Powderhall

Leith Walk

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Hmm - I am a bit bamboozled now. I got to Trinity via the loop past Granton gasworks. I was therefore on the Edinburgh, Leith and Newhaven line heading towards Piershill via Trinity Junction and South Junction (which seems to be consistent with the itinerary) but East Pilton is back on the CR North Leith branch. More guidance please.

We traversed the CR Leith North (Granton connection) branch line shown as the second line on the journey itinerary, before reaching the Edinburgh, Leith and Newhaven Railway. Trinity would have taken you onwards to the terminal Granton station, whereas we needed to carry on with the journey using the already known junctions in that area.

 

[Calthrop]

Easter Road

 

[A Challenge]

Piershill

 

[Calthrop]

Portobello

 

[A Challenge]

Duddingston and Craigmillar

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Newington

 

[A Challenge]

Blackford Hill

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Morningside Road

 

[A Challenge]

Craiglockhart

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Hailes Halt

 

[Calthrop]

Colinton

 

[A Challenge]

Juniper Green

 

[Calthrop]

Currie

 

[A Challenge]

Balerno

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Ravelrig

 

[A Challenge]

Harburn

 

[DerekC]

Cobbinshaw

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Auchengray

 

[Calthrop]

Carnwath

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Thankerton

 

[DerekC]

We traversed the CR Leith North (Granton connection) branch line shown as the second line on the journey itinerary, before reaching the Edinburgh, Leith and Newhaven Railway. Trinity would have taken you onwards to the terminal Granton station, whereas we needed to carry on with the journey using the already known junctions in that area.

I traced out my route via the Granton Branch, past the Granton gasworks at Pilton Junction West, turning east at Breakwater Junction and then onto the quayside lines at Granton Pier. That brings you to Trinity station from the west and so onto the E, L & N. The connection is visible on OS maps and confirmed in the "RAILSCOT" web page on the Granton Branch.

Powderhall (assuming that the junction complex east of Granton Road, includes a link between Caledonian and North British trackage)

I can't find any trace of such a link on any OS map between 1853 and 1968. However there is a vague indication of one in a badly drawn plan of railways in the Edinburgh area, part of C J Wignall's "British Railways Maps and Gazeteer". I think it's unsafe to assume that one existed.