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
Fountainhall railway station Fountainhall railway station Fountainhall railway station was a railway station that served the village of Fountainhall, Scottish Borders 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 the south side of an unnamed minor road. The station opened as Burn House but it was changed to Fountainhall in 1849. The goods yard consisted of three sidings with the siding closest to the main line passing through a large goods shed. After the Lauder branch was built on 1 July 1901, the station's name was