Old Photograph Railway Station Kirkliston Scotland

Old photograph of the railway station in Kirkliston village located ten miles from Edinburgh in West Lothian, Scotland. Until 1930, Kirkliston had its own railway station, built by the North British Railway. The station was located on a branch line from Queensferry Junction, near Ratho on the Edinburgh to Glasgow main line, to Dalmeny, which was opened in 1866. The line was extended from Dalmeny to Queensferry and Port Edgar a few years later. The train station was closed to passengers by the London and North Eastern Railway in 1930. Kirkliston was the location of the first recorded Parliament in Scottish history; the Estates of Scotland met there in 1235, during the reign of Alexander II of Scotland. From 1959 to 2001, Kirkliston was the site of the Drambuie liqueur factory. There had also been a whisky distillery in the south of the town since 1795. In later years this became a malt factory. Both factories have been demolished.



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