Balgreen Halt
Balgreen Halt in 1962
General information
Location	Balgreen, City of Edinburgh Scotland
Coordinates	55°56′18″N 3°15′07″W / 55.9383°N 3.2520°W / 55.9383; -3.2520
Platforms	2
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	London and North Eastern Railway
Post-grouping	London and North Eastern Railway
Key dates
29 January 1934	Station opened[1]
1 January 1968	Station closed[1]
Location
Balgreen Halt Location within the City of Edinburgh council area

Balgreen Halt railway station served Balgreen in the Edinburgh. Services were provided by trains on the Corstorphine Branch.

In 2014 the Edinburgh Tram system opened a tram stop named "Balgreen" adjacent to the site of the station.

The line that Balgreen Halt was on is now a cycle route and a way to Edinburgh Zoo.

History

The station was opened by the London and North Eastern Railway in 1934. The line passed on to the Scottish Region of British Railways on nationalisation in 1948, to be then closed by the British Railways Board.

The site today

The stationmaster's house remains standing, in the site which has been landscaped as part of a garden. [1]