Waverley Station and Calton Hill, Edinburgh

Category

Library Item

Item no

23965

Title

Waverley Station and Calton Hill, Edinburgh

Description

St Andrew's House, headquarters of the Scottish Government, and the monuments on Calton Hill are viewed across the roofs and railway line of Waverley Station.

Artist / maker

Thompson, Dr. Gordon I.

Date

1960

Size

7.5 x 12.5 cm

Type

Photograph

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.
Find out more about St Andrew's House on Regent Road.

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Places > Edinburgh areas > Calton Hill

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