Edinburgh South Suburban Line - New page under development!

This site is for information on the Edinburgh South Suburban Line. This line is currently open for freight. There are plans to reopen this line - and it's stations - for passengers.

News Articles

Moves to fast-track city South Sub line Edinburgh Evining News 18.2.2003
RAIL experts are exploring an option to fast-track the launch of Edinburgh’s South Suburban Line by opening up sections of the key route to commuter trains.

Capital's south suburban rail line could re-open in three years The Scotsman 22.10.2002
Trains could be running on Edinburgh’s south suburban rail line again within three years, a private consortium claimed yesterday. The E-Rail group said it had the financial backing to re-introduce passenger services on the route which links Gorgie, Morningside and Craigmillar with Waverley and Haymarket.

On track to re-open train line BBC News 26.7.2000
A railway line which stopped carrying passengers more than 30 years ago has re-opened - for one journey.

The Scotsman - Edinburgh Transport Plans News Page
This page shows their latest Edinburgh transport news stories.

Stations

Not all the original stations will be reinstated. *Existing/open.

*Waverly

Holyrood

Abbeyhill/field

Meadowbank

Portobello

Jewel

--*Kinnaird Park

--*Newcraighall

--*Brunstane

Niddrie

Craigmillar

Cameron Toll

Mayfield

Newington

Blackford Hill

Morningside

Craiglockhart

Gorgie

Stadium Halt (for Murrayfield & Tyncastle)

*Haymarket

Links

Capital Rail Action Group
Campaigning for railway development in Scotland's capital city

Edinburgh Council

Edinburgh Suburban Line
Innes M. Keighren informative site.

Edinburgh Suburban Rail

JS McGregor - Chartered Surveyors
We have formed and lead a specialist company to re-open Edinburgh’s South Suburban Railway line, which will involve both commercial and residential developments at most of the re-opened railway stations.

Light Rail Transit Association
Since the closure of the Edinburgh tramway network in 1956 there have been a number of attempts to reinstate a tramway system and after so many false starts, the case for a modern tramway system in Edinburgh now looks better than it has for 30 years.

Network Rail
Replaced Railtrack.

New Edinburgh Tramways Company

RAILSCOT
This website presents a history of Scotland's railways. Edinburgh Suburban and Southside Junction Railway.

Scottish Enterprise

Scottish Executive

ScotRail
Oone of nine Train Operating Companies owned by National Express Group, provides around 95% of all train services within Scotland as well as the Anglo-Scottish overnight Caledonian Sleepers linking Fort William, Aberdeen, Inverness, Glasgow and Edinburgh with the heart of London.

Systems and Mechanics Research Group
Transportion Modelling: The Edinburgh Suburban Railway - A practical proposal to transform public transport in Edinburgh.

Transform Scotland

Trams4edinburgh
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Last updated 21 February 2003.

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