Heritage railway stations · Scottish Highlands
Dirleton railway station
Dirleton railway station in Scotland Islands, United Kingdom.
Richard Webb — CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons licence
Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 1 h–2 h
- Free entry
About
Dirleton railway station is a place of interest in Scotland Islands, United Kingdom — drawn from open-data sources for visitor reference. See the linked Wikipedia article for the full description.
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From the Wikipedia article
Dirleton railway station was a railway station on the North Berwick Branch of the North British Railway in East Lothian, Scotland. It was an intermediate station on the branch line from Drem.
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Background
History
Dirleton station was a small station with a single platform and two sidings on the south side of the line. There was no signalbox, and the siding points were controlled by a ground frame. Dirleton station closed to passengers on 1 February 1954, with the goods yard surviving as an unstaffed public siding until 1 June 1959. The station house is now privately owned, and the station site is clearly visible from passing trains. Although named for the village of Dirleton, the station was actually some distance away, approximately halfway between Dirleton and Kingston. A plan to give Direlton a more convenient station was put forward by the Aberlady, Gullane and North Berwick Railway, which was…
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- Coordinates
- 56.0349, -2.7590
- District
- East Lothian
- Postcode
- EH39 5LR
- Parliamentary constituency
- Lothian East
Sources
- wikidata: Q5280904 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Dirleton railway station (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Dirleton railway station?
- Dirleton railway station is in the Scottish Highlands, United Kingdom (postcode EH39 5LR).
- Is Dirleton railway station free to visit?
- Yes, Dirleton railway station is free to enter.
- How do I get to Dirleton railway station?
- Drivers can navigate to postcode EH39 5LR. It sits within the Lothian East parliamentary constituency.