West Approach Road, Edinburgh looking to city centre.
This view of the West Approach Road looking towards the city centre was taken from the Grove Street bridge and has captured Lothian 427 working a 22 from Granton Harbour to Gyle Centre. Passenger train services into Princes Street station were finally withdrawn in 1965 and the trackbed converted into this special road, opening in December 1974. Much development has taken place surrounding it in the years since. This view eastwards looks to the bridge over the road at the Gardner’s Crescent/Morrison Street junction with the drum shaped Edinburgh International Conference Centre visible top right. The canyon like nature of this innermost part of the road is evident as the former railway route is hemmed in by modern buildings in the city’s new financial district.
West Approach Road, Edinburgh looking to city centre.
This view of the West Approach Road looking towards the city centre was taken from the Grove Street bridge and has captured Lothian 427 working a 22 from Granton Harbour to Gyle Centre. Passenger train services into Princes Street station were finally withdrawn in 1965 and the trackbed converted into this special road, opening in December 1974. Much development has taken place surrounding it in the years since. This view eastwards looks to the bridge over the road at the Gardner’s Crescent/Morrison Street junction with the drum shaped Edinburgh International Conference Centre visible top right. The canyon like nature of this innermost part of the road is evident as the former railway route is hemmed in by modern buildings in the city’s new financial district.