User:Pencefn/Sandboxes/Edinburgh and Dalkeith Railway
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The Edinburgh and Dalkieth Railway received the royal assent on 26 May 1826 as a horse-drawn tramway to the Scotch gauge to link various coal mines to the south east of Edinburgh, opening from July 1831.
Due to the success of the enterprise, the North British Railway had to pay £113,000 for the line, with the sale being completed in October 1845. It was subsequently converted to standard gauge, reopening in July 1847.
Connections to other Lines
[edit]- Edinburgh Suburban and Southside Junction Railway at Duddingston Junction
- North British Railway at Niddrie South Junction
- Edinburgh, Loanhead and Roslin Railway at Millerhill
- Edinburgh and Hawick Railway (including Marquis of Lothian's waggonway) at Dalhousie
- Further information is provided in the article Innocent Railway
The line aquired the name Innocent Railway because of its safety record, despite carrying up to 400,000 passengers per year, no-one was ever killed.
Links
[edit]- Awdry, Christopher, (1990). Encyclopaedia of British Railway Companies. London: Guild Publishing.
- RAILSCOT on the Edinburgh and Dalkeith Railway
- The Innocent Railway