A New Station For Edinburgh
Posted: Tue Aug 21, 2018 3:54 pm
Whilst browsing a friend's shelves recently when house-sitting in Edinburgh, I discovered "A Civic Survey And Plan For Edinburgh", a local Govt volume from 1947.
Amongst the usual forward-planning for schools and houses etc there is a section on "Proposals for Communications-Railways" which details a suggestion that there be a "combined long-distance station on two levels at Morrison Street; the upper terminal for LMS traffic and the lower for through LNER traffic."
Waverley was to be retained only as a covered-in regional suburban station. A new tunnel was proposed beneath The Meadows to connect Morrison Street with the ECML at Niddrie
Is anyone aware of what if anything further was produced from this report as I have never seen anything in the usual railway-enthusiast press?
Amongst the usual forward-planning for schools and houses etc there is a section on "Proposals for Communications-Railways" which details a suggestion that there be a "combined long-distance station on two levels at Morrison Street; the upper terminal for LMS traffic and the lower for through LNER traffic."
Waverley was to be retained only as a covered-in regional suburban station. A new tunnel was proposed beneath The Meadows to connect Morrison Street with the ECML at Niddrie
Is anyone aware of what if anything further was produced from this report as I have never seen anything in the usual railway-enthusiast press?