St Leonards railway station (Scotland) St Leonards railway station (Scotland) St. Leonards railway station is a closed railway station on the Edinburgh and Dalkeith Railway. It was Edinburgh's first railway station. The railway was built in 1831 to transport coal from the mining towns south of the city; and the following year opened passenger services. St. Leonards was the terminus for the south of the city and was named after the nearby region. Passenger services ceased in 1846, when the North British Railway opened a station at North Bridge which later developed into Waverley station. Services from Dalkeith were re-routed via Portobello. The station reopened
Fushiebridge railway station Fushiebridge railway station Fushiebridge railway station was a railway station that served Fushiebridge, Gorebridge, from 1847 to 1959 on the Waverley Route. The station opened on 12 July 1847, by the North British Railway. The station was situated to the north of an unnamed minor road. There was a goods yard to the south of the station and two private sidings, one to the west over a river and one to two of the Vogrie group of collieries with a steep loco-worked incline. The colliery was near Esperton Lime Quarry, as well as a newer signal box and the northern