Murrayfield / Russell Road Area

This is a selection of south facing pictures on the Roseburn Corridor at Murrayfield, which has been a walkway and cycleway for a number of years, showing the Water of Leith bridge just before the old Murrayfield station then on to where the old Caledonian Steel Girder Bridge crossed the Edinburgh to Glasgow Mainline Railway near the Haymarket Depot, then on embankment at the other side of the mainline at Sachiebank to and under the Western Approach Road above McLeod Street – July 2011.

Old railway bridge crossing the Water of Leith at Coltbridge Gardens
Old Murrayfield station adjacent to Wester Coates Terrace
Old railway bridge over Roseburn Terrace
Old railway formation leading to Russell Road and Balbirnie Place
This is where the old Caledonian Steel Girder Bridge crossed the Edinburgh to Glasgow Mainline Railway, part of the old suburban line to Princes Street station and the existing Haymartket to Slateford station line and beyond
View of the old embankment near Sauchiebank in Russell Road where a new station could be located
View of the Russell Road embankment going under the Western Approach Road
View of the Russell Road embankment after going under the Western Approach Road
View from McLeod Street of the Russell Road embankment as it approaches the mainline from Haymarket to Slateford etc