Waverley Station and Edinburgh Castle

Category

Museums & Galleries Item

Item no

11659

Title

Waverley Station and Edinburgh Castle from Regent Terrace

Description

A double image of the view from Regent Terrace of Waverley Station, the North Bridge and Edinburgh Castle. Railway buildings fill the foreground with tracks and lines of carriages or stock cars stretching away under the original North Bridge. The buildings of the Old Town can be seen on the left-hand side with Edinburgh Castle behind.

Artist / maker

Begbie, Thomas

Date

1877

Size

8.3 x 17.1 cm

Type

Glass negative

Location

City Art Centre

Copyright

The Cavaye Collection of Thomas Begbie Prints ; The City of Edinburgh Council Museums & Galleries

This is a glass negative from the Thomas Begbie Cavaye Collection which is held by City of Edinburgh Museums and Galleries.

Edinburgh Waverley is the second largest mainline railway station in the UK. There were originally three stations on the site, serving three separate railway companies including the Edinburgh, Perth and Dundee Railway whose trains ran through a tunnel underneath Princes Street and New Town to another Station at Scotland Street. In 1866 North British Railway absorbed the other two companies and proceeded to amalgamate the three existing stations. Construction of this single station, much of which remains, was completed in 1874.

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Homes > Residential buildings > Castles and palaces

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Transport > Infrastructure > Railway

Transport > Infrastructure > Railway stations

Transport > Infrastructure > Stone bridges

Transport > Land > Rolling stock