Edinburgh Waverley railway station from Haymarket, Waverley has been the principal railway station in Edinburgh. From 1870 to 1965 the city had a second major station, Princes Street, operated by the rival Caledonian Railway, but this was never as important as Waverley. As at other large railway stations of the Victorian and Edwardian eras, the railway company constructed a grand station hotel beside their station. The North British Hotel, adjacent to the station at the corner between Princes Street and North Bridge (on the site of the coachworks) opened in 1902. In 1983 British Rail sold it to the Forte hotel group. In 1988
Longtown railway station of the station on 15 October 1861 but closed in 1924 and was demolished shortly after. The station closed in 1969, although the line was still open for goods traffic to the army depot, until the station closed completely in 1970. Longtown railway station Longtown railway station was a railway station that served the town of Longtown, Cumbria, England, from 1861 to 1970 on the Waverley Route. The station opened on 29 October 1861 by the North British Railway. The station was situated on the north side of the A7. There was a goods yard to the north of the