Pinkhill | |||||
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The site of the former Pinkhill Station. | |||||
| General information | |||||
| Location | Corstorphine,City of Edinburgh Scotland | ||||
| Coordinates | 55°56′30″N3°15′51″W / 55.9417°N 3.2643°W /55.9417; -3.2643 | ||||
| Platforms | 2 | ||||
| Other information | |||||
| Status | Disused | ||||
| History | |||||
| Original company | North British Railway | ||||
| Post-grouping | London and North Eastern Railway | ||||
| Key dates | |||||
| 1 February 1902 | Station opened | ||||
| 1 January 1917 | Station closed | ||||
| 1 February 1919 | Station opened | ||||
| 1 January 1968 | Station closed (passengers) | ||||
| 5 February 1968 | Station closed (freight) | ||||
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Pinkhill railway station was a railway station inEdinburgh,Scotland. It servedEdinburgh Zoo, eastCorstorphine andMurrayfield. Services were provided by trains on the Corstorphine Branch of theEdinburgh and Glasgow Railway.

The station was opened by theNorth British Railway and the line passed on to theScottish Region of British Railways onnationalisation in 1948. It was closed by theBritish Railways Board in 1968.[1]
The disused track bed is now a cycle and footpath, forming part of theCity of Edinburgh Council's Quiet Route 9.[2] The platforms and ticket office of the former station remain in place.[3]
| Preceding station | Historical railways | Following station | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Balgreen Halt | North British Railway Corstorphine Branch | Corstorphine | ||
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