Trinity railway station

Trinity railway station served the district of Trinity, Edinburgh, Scotland from 1842 to 1925 on the Edinburgh, Leith and Newhaven Railway.

Trinity
The station house in 2016
Location
Place	Trinity
Area	Edinburgh
Coordinates	55.9791°N 3.2048°W / 55.9791; -3.2048
Grid reference	NT248769
Operations
Original company	Edinburgh, Leith and Newhaven Railway
Pre-grouping	North British Railway
Post-grouping	LNER
Platforms	2
History
31 August 1842 (1842-08-31)	Opened
19 January 1846	Closed and relocated
1 January 1917	Closed again as a wartime economy measure
1 February 1919	Reopened
2 November 1925 (1925-11-02)	Closed permanently
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History

The station opened on 31 August 1842 by the Edinburgh, Leith and Newhaven Railway. The first site of the station closed on 19 January 1846 when the line to Granton was extended.[1] It was relocated and opened in the same year. On the east side was a coal depot that closed, along with the station on 1 January 1917 because of the First World War. The station opened again on 1 February 1919 but the coal depot didn't reopen. The station closed completely on 2 November 1925.[2][3]

References

1. "RAILSCOT - Trinity [1st]". Railscot. Retrieved 19 May 2020.
2. Quick, M E (2002). Railway passenger stations in England, Scotland and Wales - a chronology. Richmond: Railway and Canal Historical Society. p. 402. OCLC 931112387.
3. "RAILSCOT - Trinity [2nd]". Railscot. Retrieved 19 May 2020.

External links

Preceding station	Historical railways			Following station
Granton Line and station closed		Edinburgh, Leith and Newhaven Railway		Bonnington Line and station closed