North British Railway Loch, although steps had been taken to provide ornamental gardens on part of the area. The North British Railway obtained a cramped site close to the North Bridge, and the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway extended their line from their terminus at Haymarket to meet the NBR. The new station was operated jointly, and was simply called "the Edinburgh station" or "the North Bridge station". It also came to be referred to as "the General station", and much later it was named "Waverley station". The English railway entrepreneur George Hudson was expanding his portfolio of railways and in 1847 his York
Adelaide railway station (Northern Ireland) Adelaide railway station (Northern Ireland) Adelaide railway station is located in the townland of Malone Lower in south Belfast, County Antrim, Northern Ireland. It is located just off the Lisburn Road and close to many Queen's University students' houses. The station was opened by the Great Northern Railway of Ireland on 1 November 1897 and was originally called "Adelaide and Windsor". It was renamed "Adelaide" in 1935. It became an unstaffed halt in October 1996. The station also serves the nearby Windsor Park stadium, which is the current home of the Northern Ireland national football team. Beside Adelaide Station there