Slateford railway station
Slateford railway station is a railway station serving Slateford in the city of Edinburgh, Scotland. It is located on the Shotts Line from Glasgow Central to Edinburgh Waverley via Shotts.Photo: Rosser1954, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Railway station
- Description: railway station in Slateford, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
- Also known as: “SLA”, “Slateford Railway Station”, and “Slateford Station”
- Wheelchair access: no
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Prince Charlie Bridge and Tynecastle Park.
Prince Charlie Bridge
Bridge
Photo: kim traynor, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Prince Charlie Bridge is situated 930 feet southwest of Slateford railway station.
Tynecastle Park
Stadium
Tynecastle Park, also known as Tynecastle Stadium or colloquially as Tynie, is a football stadium in the Gorgie area of Edinburgh, which is the home ground of Scottish Professional Football League club Heart of Midlothian. Tynecastle Park is situated 1 mile northeast of Slateford railway station.
Murrayfield
Stadium
Photo: Vclaw, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Murrayfield Stadium is a rugby union stadium located in the area of the same name in Edinburgh, Scotland. The stadium is owned by the Scottish Rugby Union which has its headquarters based at the stadium, and is the national stadium of the Scotland national rugby union team. Murrayfield is situated 1 mile north of Slateford railway station.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Slateford and Chesser.
Slateford
Suburb
Photo: Kim Traynor, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Slateford is an area of Edinburgh, the capital of Scotland. It is east of the Water of Leith. The former village of Slateford lies on the Lanark Road where it crosses the Water of Leith, 1⁄4 mile south west of Slateford Station.
Chesser
Neighborhood
Chesser is a mainly residential suburb of Edinburgh, Scotland, east of the Water of Leith. It, with Longstone, is to the south-west, Allan Park and Craiglockhart to the south, Slateford, Hutchison and Moat to the east, and Gorgie Road to the north.
Craiglockhart
Suburb
Photo: Kim Traynor, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Craiglockhart is a suburb in the south west of Edinburgh, Scotland, lying between Colinton to the south, Morningside to the east Merchiston to the north east, and Longstone and Kingsknowe to the west. The Water of Leith is also to the west.
Slateford railway station
- Categories: station and transportation
- Location: Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
55.92662° or 55° 55′ 36″ northLongitude
-3.24375° or 3° 14′ 38″ westElevation
210 feet (64 metres)Operator
ScotRailNetwork
National RailAbbreviation
“SLA”Open location code
9C7RWQG4+JGOpenStreetMap ID
node 4305266450OpenStreetMap feature
public_transport=stationOpenStreetMap feature
railway=stationOpenStreetMap attribute
wheelchair=noGeoNames ID
6953579Wikidata ID
Q2027629
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Urdu—“Slateford railway station” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “station Slateford”
- Dutch: “Station Slateford”
- Egyptian Arabic: “محطة سلاتيفورد”
- French: “gare de Slateford”
- French: “Slateford”
- Italian: “stazione di Slateford”
- Urdu: “سلیٹ فورڈ ریلوے اسٹیشن”
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