Sheriffhall railway station Sheriffhall railway station Sheriffhall railway station was a railway station that served the village of Sheriffhall, Dalkeith, Scotland, from 1844 to 1849 on the Waverley Route. The station was opened in 1844 by the Edinburgh and Dalkeith Railway. The station may have opened before, but information on the intermediate timetable was very vague. The station was situated under the A68 bridge and Sheriffhall. The station had a very short lifespan; it was only open for 5 years and it closed down once the North British Railway had taken over the line. The rebuilt section of the A6106 between Millerhill and
Edinburgh Waverley railway station the Caledonian Railway railway station later built at the West End which was named Princes Street station from 1870. In 1868 the North British Railway acquired the stations of its rivals, demolished all three, and closed the Scotland Street tunnel to Canal Street. The present Victorian station was built on the site, and extended in the late 19th century. Waverley has been in continual use since, under the auspices of the North British, the LNER, British Railways (rebranded as British Rail after 1965), Railtrack and latterly Network Rail. From its opening in its current form by the eastward tunnelled extension