Withdrawal of Passenger Service
On 29 January 1962, the Edinburgh Corporation Transport Committee met to discuss a request made by British Railways to withdraw passenger services from the suburban line. The text records:
"British Railways proposed to make a saving of £56,885 per annum with the withdrawal of the circle and the Rosewell to Hawthornden branch. The Assistant General Manager argued that reducing the frequency of service would not result in a saving unless the stock and crew could be used on journeys elsewhere in the intervals."
The measure was approved with a concluding remark from Councillor Bailie McLaughlin noting: "the desirability of ensuring that the line would be retained against the possibility the increasing congestion of road traffic might make its renewed use for passenger services necessary and practicable at some future date."
On 10 September 1962, the suburban line was closed to local passenger services and, consequently, the stations at Gorgie, Craiglockhart, Morningside, Blackford Hill, Newington, and Duddingston were closed. Portobello, Abbeyhill, and Piershill stations closed in 1964. Occasional long distance passenger services still operate - mainly to and from the Caledonian Railway Main Line when direct access into Edinburgh Waverley via Haymarket is not possible or desirable.
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