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
Glenesk railway station station closed on 1 November 1874, although it was classed as an unadvertised use until 1886. Glenesk railway station Glenesk railway station is a railway station that served the village of Glenesk, Midothian, Scotland, from 1855 to 1874 on the Dalkeith banche of the Waverley Route. The station was opened in 1855 by the North British Railway. The station was known as Glenesk Junction in some timetables. It was located as a junction on the Waverley Line with the Dalkeith branch. There were no goods facilities, but there were private sidings located to the north of the station which served