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Leith had
several stations. The names of these two can be confusing:
North Leith Station,
(above) was a North British Railway
station, situated in Commercial Street close to Leith Citadel. This
line ran originally through the tunnel under Scotland Street to Canal
Street station situated beside Waverley Station at the East End of Princes
Street.
Later it ran via Abbey Hill to Waverley Station.
The North British Railway closed the station to passenger traffic in
1947. It continued to be used for fish and other freight until the
1970s.
Leith North Station,
(here)
was a little further west, close to where the road to Ocean
Terminal enters Leith Docks. This was the terminus of the Caledonian
Railway's line that ran via Newhaven, Granton Road and Craigleith to
Princes Street station at the West End of Princes Street.
This line was closed to passenger traffic in 1962, and Princes Street
Station that also had lines running to the south from Edinburgh closed two
years later.
New housing was built, in the early 200s, on the land where the station
used to stand.
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