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Cameron Toll is a suburb located to the south of Edinburgh, Scotland. Originally it was the site of a toll house built in the early 19th century, which was located on a stretch of road between Edinburgh and Dalkeith. Today the area is home to Cameron Toll Shopping Centre, which opened in 1984.
In 1846 the railway was built in the valley to connect the Edinburgh-Glasgow line at Haymarket with the new northern terminus of the North British line from Berwick-upon-Tweed at Waverley Station. [1] The Gardens are the best known parks in Edinburgh, having the highest awareness and visitor figures for both residents and visitors to the city. [2]
It started with the Edinburgh and Dalkeith Railway, whose terminus was at St Leonards on the east of the Old Town, and the Edinburgh, Leith and Newhaven Railway (later the Edinburgh, Leith and Granton Railway), whose terminus was at Canal Street (on the site of today's Waverley Station). The Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway opened in 1842.
The Balmoral Hotel is a hotel and landmark in Edinburgh, Scotland. It is located in the heart of the city at the east end of Princes Street, the main shopping street beneath the Edinburgh Castle rock, and the southern edge of the New Town. It is accessed from Princes Street, on its north side, and flanked by North Bridge and Waverley Steps.
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The collective name "Waverley", after the Waverley Novels by Sir Walter Scott, was used for the three from around 1854 when the through "Waverley" route to Carlisle opened. Canal Street station was also known as Edinburgh Princes Street, [ 1 ] not to be confused with the Caledonian Railway railway station later built at the West End which was ...
Castle Terrace Car Park is a car park in Edinburgh in the brutalist style which was designated as a listed building in October 2019. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Opened in 1964 and finished around 1966, it is the first modern multistorey car park built in Scotland , and an early European example of the continuous ramp model.
The Hawick-Edinburgh stretch fared little better, with between 5,000 and 10,000 passengers a week. [99] [100] At the time, the Waverley Route was running at an estimated annual loss of £113,000, [97] with an average operating cost per train mile for diesel-hauled freights of 12.390 shillings, one of the worst in Scotland. [101]