Easter Road Park Halt railway station

Easter Road Park Halt
Location
Place	Lochend
Area	Edinburgh
Grid reference	NT275749
Operations
Original company	London and North Eastern Railway
Platforms	1
History
8 April 1950 (1950-04-08)	Station opened
6 July 1967 (1967-07-06)	Station closed
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Easter Road Park Halt railway station was a railway station located in Lochend, Edinburgh, Scotland from 1950 to 1967 on the Leith Central Branch. It was built to serve the nearby Easter Road stadium.^[1]^[2]

History

The short lived station was opened in 1950 by the London and North Eastern Railway. It consisted of one wooden platform and was only open on match days for arrivals only. Fans would have to make their return journey after the match from neighbouring stations in Leith, Abbeyhill or at Waverley.^[3]

References

Transport in Edinburgh

Bus
Present	Lothian Buses First Scotland East
Past	Edinburgh Corporation Transport Lothian Regional Transport Eastern Scottish Scottish Motor Traction Scottish Omnibuses

Rail

Present

Stations	Brunstane Curriehill Dalmeny Edinburgh Gateway Edinburgh Park Haymarket Kingsknowe Newcraighall Slateford South Gyle Waverley Wester Hailes
Lines	Borders Railway Edinburgh–Aberdeen Edinburgh–Dunblane Fife Circle Forth Bridge North Berwick North Clyde Shotts
Operations	Abellio ScotRail Caledonian Sleeper Craigentinny TMD Haymarket TMD

Past

Stations	Abbeyhill Balerno Balgreen Halt Blackford Hill Corstorphine Craiglockhart Duddingston & Craigmillar Easter Road Park Halt Edinburgh Princes Street Gorgie East Joppa Leith Central Leith Citadel Leith Walk Meadowbank Stadium Merchiston Morningside Road Newington Piershill Pinkhill Portobello (E&DR) Portobello (NBR) Scotland Street South Leith St Leonards
Lines	Edinburgh, Leith and Newhaven Railway Edinburgh Suburban and Southside Junction Railway Edinburgh and Dalkeith Railway
Operations	Caledonian Railway Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway North British Railway LNER Scottish Region of British Railways ScotRail

Tram
Present	Edinburgh Trams
Past	Edinburgh Corporation Tramways

Roads
Motorways	M8 M9
A roads	A1 European route E15 A68 A7 A772 A71 A702 A701 A8 A89 B800/A8000 A90 Edinburgh City Bypass Forth Road Bridge Queensferry Crossing
Streets	Chambers Street Constitution Street Cowgate Drummond Street Ferry Road George IV Bridge George Street Great Junction Street Leith Walk Mayfield Road The Mound The Pleasance Princes Street Regent Terrace Rose Street Royal Mile South Bridge West Port

Other
Air	Edinburgh Airport
Water	Firth of Forth hovercraft (proposed) Union Canal
Cycling	National Cycle Route 1 National Cycle Route 75 National Cycle Route 76

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