Edinburgh Waverley railway station directly over the central booking hall (which cleverly hides one of the main stone piers within its bulk). Waverley Bridge lies to the west side of the station (though platforms extend below it) and it is this road which, by means of ramps, formerly afforded vehicular access to the station and still provides two of the six pedestrian entrances to the station. The valley to the west, formerly the site of the Nor Loch, is the public parkland of Princes Street Gardens. Edinburgh's Old Town, perched on a steep-sided sloping ridge, was bounded on the north by a valley in
Heriot railway station downgraded to an unstaffed halt on 27 March 1967, although the suffix 'halt' was not shown in the timetables. The station was closed to passengers on 6 January 1969. In September 2015, the Waverley Route partially reopened as part of the Borders Railway. Although the railway passes through the original Heriot station, it was not reopened. Heriot railway station Heriot railway station was a railway station that served the village of Heriot, Scottish Borders, Scotland from 1848 to 1969 on the Waverley Route. The station opened on 4 August 1848 by the North British Railway. The station was situated on