Design work to start on Powderhall Railway Path

A brief bit of news. We were not contacted directly by Council officers about this. The information was gleaned from papers for the forthcoming City of Edinburgh Council Transport and Environment Committee meeting to be held at 10.00am, Thursday, 14 October 2021. The paper is titled 'Active Travel Investment Programme Update'. --- Powderhall Railway Planned …

Sustrans fund Powderhall Railway Path feasibility study

Some good news regarding the Powderhall Railway Path. CEC have secured Sustrans funding for a feasibility study to look into developing the disused railway solum into an active travel corridor. The funding comes from the Sustrans Places For Everyone programme. The council will appoint a consultant to undertake the feasibility study and we understand a …

Working Group meet with City of Edinburgh Council officers

Three members of the working group, accompanied by Harald Tobermann, Vice-Chair of Leith Central Community Council today met with Council officers at Waverley Court to discuss the potential Powderhall Railway Path. The meeting was constructive and covered quite a lot of the issues we have been looking at over the past two years. However as …

Leith Central Community Council October minutes discuss Powderhall line future use

See below an extract from the minutes of the recent Leith Central Community Council meeting, held on Monday 15 October at 7:00pm. There are some interesting snippets of information regarding the progress, or lack of it, towards a railway path, and possible legal obstacles. (Editor's note: I sincerely hope the date of expiry for DB …

North East Locality Committee discuss Powderhall Railway Path feasibility study

This item went (almost) unnoticed in the September business bulletin of the North East Locality committee (my bold): --- Motion by Councillor Staniforth – Powderhall Railway Path At its meeting on 19 February 2018, the Committee approved a motion by Councillor Staniforth requesting a feasibility study be undertaken regarding opening the Powderhall Railway Path as …