Hailes Halt railway station
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Hailes Halt | |||||
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 Trackbed and platform remains at the site of Hailes Halt | |||||
| General information | |||||
| Location | Edinburgh Scotland | ||||
| Coordinates | 55°54′47″N 3°15′43″W / 55.9130°N 3.2620°W | ||||
| Grid reference | NT212696 | ||||
| Platforms | 1 | ||||
| Other information | |||||
| Status | Disused | ||||
| History | |||||
| Pre-grouping | Caledonian Railway | ||||
| Post-grouping | London Midland and Scottish Railway | ||||
| Key dates | |||||
| 16 November 1908 | Station opens as Hailes Platform[1] | ||||
| 26 September 1927 | Renamed Hailes Halt[1] and became public station[2] | ||||
| 1 November 1943 (Last train) | Station closes (LMS Last train)[1][3] | ||||
| 1 June 1949 | Station closes (BR Officially)[1] | ||||
| 1967 | Line closed to freight | ||||
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Hailes Halt railway station was opened in 1908 as Hailes Platform railway station and was unadvertised private use for golfers. It became a public station in 1927 serving the area of Hailes that now forms part of the city of Edinburgh with Hailes House nearby.
Opened by the Caledonian Railway, it became part of the London Midland and Scottish Railway during the Grouping of 1923, and the LMS ran the last train to serve the station in 1943. The line passed to the Scottish Region of British Railways upon nationalisation in 1948 who then officially closed Hailes Halt in 1949. Until 1927 the station had a private or restricted use status.[1] It stood close to the clubhouse of the Kingsknowe Golf Club with a public path running down to the halt that remains to this day.[4]
