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{{Short description|Former railway station in Scotland}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2017}}
{{Use British English|date=December 2017}}
{{Infobox station
| name                = St Leonards
| status              = Disused
| image               = The Engine Shed, St. Leonard's Edinburgh.jpg
| caption             = Surviving goods shed
| borough             = [[Edinburgh]], [[City of Edinburgh (council area)|City of Edinburgh]]
| country             = Scotland
| coordinates = {{coord|55.9426|-3.1757|type:railwaystation_region:GB|display=title}}
| map_type = Edinburgh
| map_caption = Location within the [[City of Edinburgh council area]]
| original            = [[Edinburgh and Dalkeith Railway]]
| pregroup            = [[North British Railway]]
| postgroup           = [[London and North Eastern Railway]]
| years               = 2 June 1832
| events              = Opened
| years1              = 1846
| events1             = Closed
| years2              = 1 June 1860
| events2             = Reopened
| years3              = 30 September 1860
| events3             = Closed to passengers - site reused as a goods depot
| years4              = 1968
| events4             = Goods depot closed
}}
'''St. Leonards railway station''' is a closed railway station in [[St Leonard's, Edinburgh]], on the [[Edinburgh and Dalkeith Railway]]. It was Edinburgh's first railway station. The railway was built in 1831 to transport coal from the mining towns south of the city; and the following year opened passenger services. St. Leonards was the terminus for the south of the city and was named after the nearby region.
Passenger services ceased in 1846, when the North British Railway opened a station at [[North Bridge, Edinburgh|North Bridge]] which later developed into [[Edinburgh Waverley railway station|Waverley station]]. Services from Dalkeith were re-routed via Portobello.  The station reopened briefly between 1 June 1860 and 30 September 1860 when a service was temporarily re-introduced from St. Leonard's to Dalkeith, Portobello and Leith, but it closed again within a few months. The railhead continued to see heavy use in its original intended role as a coal yard until 1968.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://canmore.org.uk/site/131543/edinburgh-and-dalkeith-railway-st-leonards-station|title = Edinburgh and Dalkeith Railway, St Leonard's Station &#124; Canmore}}</ref>
Both the coal depot and part of the railway line have been redeveloped as housing. The goods shed is the only surviving building; it has been  designated a [[listed building#Scotland|Category B listed building]] by [[Historic Environment Scotland]].<ref>{{cite web |title=St Leonard's Lane, St Leonard's Station Including Outbuilding at Gate and Gatepiers |url=http://portal.historicenvironment.scot/designation/LB29731 |publisher=Historic Scotland |accessdate=17 March 2019}}</ref> In 2019 it was  converted into  a whisky and gin distillery, operated by [[Holyrood Distillery]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Andy Gemmell |first1=Andy |title=Drink with Andy Gemmell: Holyrood Distillery |url=https://www.heraldscotland.com/life_style/17748716.drink-andy-gemmell-holyrood-distillery/ |access-date=2 December 2022 |work=The Herald |date=7 July 2019 |location=Glasgow}}</ref> The remaining trackbed is now a footpath and cycle path, forming part of the [[National Cycle Network]] Route 1.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Lewis |first1=Mike |title=Edinburgh Bike Paths: A Cyclist's Guide |url=http://www.cycling-edinburgh.org.uk/bike-paths.htm |website=Cycling Edinburgh |access-date=2 December 2022 |date=August 2020}}</ref>
[[File:Edinburgh- Granton- Haymarket & Leith RJD 27.jpg|thumb|left|270px|A 1905 [[Railway Clearing House]] diagram of Edinburgh railways, showing the location of St Leonards railway station]]
==See also==
* [[Innocent Railway]]
==References==
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==External links==
* [http://www.edinphoto.org.uk/1_edin_t/1_edinburgh_transport_railways_-_saint_leonards_sidings_1959_r1010b.htm Railways - St Leonard's Station]
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[[Category:Disused railway stations in Edinburgh]]
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