South Leith was one of many stations serving Leith. Because of the loss of identity following the 1920 'rough wooing' by Edinburgh, Leith has NO STATIONS.
19/05/2026
It seems to defeat people to see that this arch of the Caley Hotel on Rutland St used to be the "Station Entrance" to the rather extrapolated name "Princes Street Station" which every Edinburgher knows as The Caley. First stop Merchiston (towards Glasgow) or Gorgie (towards Leith)
(pic is a detail borrowed from "Lost Edinburgh" and "Edinburgh Past & Present")
Rail Action Group, East of Scotland (RAGES)
24/04/2026
A breathtakingly optimistic scheme is being promoted to get the "South Sub" returned to passenger service. Great idea BUT needs rail and civil engineering professipnal "help"
Our Proposal — Tram Trains for Edinburgh A campaign to restore passenger services on Edinburgh's south suburban railway
The people at Ferryhill MPD are thinking of setting up a scheme to buy and run a Class08 shhunter to be a 21c Aberdeen Pilot. Great scheme...maybe 25 Edinburgh people could find £100 each to buy a Share and help them.? pm me .. https://www.facebook.com/FerryhillRHT
Ferryhill Railway Heritage Trust Welcome to the Ferryhill Railway Heritage Trust page, keep up to date by visiting our website at http://www.frht.org.uk/
22/09/2025
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Lothian Regional Council : Edinburgh Metro North - South line : consulation leaflet, 1989 For many years Edinburgh has struggled to come up with a coherent transport strategy and it is still heavily dependent on its bus services. In the 1980s the then Lothian Regional Council, that had transport responsibilities rather than the City Council, proposed two metro lines including this North....
17/09/2025
The saved railways: Brunstane. A poor substitute for Portobello Jn.
14/08/2025
The origins of the name of St.Margaret’s North British shed. It was a well in Restalrig.