Gorgie East railway station

Gorgie East Railway Station (named Gorgie Station until 1952) was a railway station on the Edinburgh Suburban and Southside Junction Railway in Edinburgh, Scotland. It was opened on 1 December 1884 and served the Gorgie area of Edinburgh.

Gorgie East
General information
Location	Gorgie, City of Edinburgh Scotland
Coordinates	55.9338°N 3.2369°W / 55.9338; -3.2369
Platforms	2
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	Edinburgh Suburban and Southside Junction Railway
Pre-grouping	North British Railway
Post-grouping	London and North Eastern Railway
Key dates
1 December 1884	Opened as Gorgie station
1952	Renamed Gorgie East station
10 September 1962	Station closed to passengers
21 May 1969	Station re-opened for one day for a military event
Location Gorgie East Location within the City of Edinburgh council area

Gorgie East station closed in 1962, when passenger rail services were withdrawn from the Edinburgh Suburban line. There is now no trace of the station but the route continues to be used for freight services to this day, so freight trains avoid Edinburgh's main stations of Edinburgh Waverley and Haymarket, and occasionally diverted passenger trains also pass along this line. It was re-opened for one day on 21 May 1969 when a contingent of the Household Cavalry arrived by special trains, using the station.^[1]

A 1905 Railway Clearing House diagram of Edinburgh railways, with the SSJR (in blue along the bottom)

Future

A local campaigning group, the Capital Rail Action Group (CRAG), is running a campaign for the SSJR line to be re-opened to passenger services, and proposes that it should be operated either as a commuter rail service or as a light rail system to form an extension of the forthcoming Edinburgh Tram Network.^[2] Following a petition submitted to the Scottish Parliament in 2007, the proposal was rejected in 2009 by transport planners due to anticipated cost.^[3]

References

1. A., Maclean, A. (2006). The Edinburgh suburban and South Side Junction railway. The Oakwood Press. ISBN 0-85361-645-0. OCLC 76797541.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
2. "Reopening the South Sub" (PDF). Transform Scotland. March 2007. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 August 2011. Retrieved 8 January 2010.
3. "Public Petitions Committee Official Report". Scottish Parliament. 27 January 2009. Archived from the original on 5 June 2011. Retrieved 8 January 2010.

External links

Preceding station	Historical railways			Following station
Craiglockhart Line open, station closed		North British Railway Edinburgh Suburban and Southside Junction Railway		Haymarket Line and station open, no services on this line

v t e Edinburgh Suburban and Southside Junction Railway
Legend
East Coast Main Line Portobello (NBR) Portobello East Junction Brunstane Niddrie South Junction Newcraighall North British Railway to Leith East Coast Main Line Waverley Route (Borders Railway) Innocent Railway Duddingston & Craigmillar Edinburgh Waverley Newington Blackford Hill Morningside Road Haymarket Craiglockhart Haymarket East Junction Myreside Aqueduct (Union Canal) Gorgie East Craiglockhart Junction Slateford Junction Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway Caledonian Main Line