Ratho Station
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Ratho Station is a suburb of Edinburgh
, the capital of Scotland
.
It is located south of Edinburgh Airport
; the community has a population of approximately 600. Approx 300 houses are within the village limit.
The name derives from the closed railway station of the same name which in 1917 was the site of a rail crash which killed 12 people
.
The local primary school is Hillwood Primary School, which replaced the now closed Newbridge Primary School in 1972. Catchment areas include Ratho Station, Lochend, Newbridge, Gogar and Ingliston.
The village is served by one primary shop, Scotmid or Co-op Foodhall as it was called when first opened. When first created Ratho Station also had its own Post Office and Police Station, both have now closed. With Newbridge being the location for the nearest Post Office.
A large amount of warehousing and industry is located along the Queen Anne Drive with notable businesses such as Chivas Regal and Racal.
Edinburgh
Edinburgh is the capital city of Scotland, the second largest city in Scotland, and the eighth most populous in the United Kingdom. The City of Edinburgh Council governs one of Scotland's 32 local government council areas. The council area includes urban Edinburgh and a rural area...
, the capital of Scotland
Scotland
Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...
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It is located south of Edinburgh Airport
Edinburgh Airport
Edinburgh Airport is located at Turnhouse in the City of Edinburgh, Scotland, and was the busiest airport in Scotland in 2010, handling just under 8.6 million passengers in that year. It was also the sixth busiest airport in the UK by passengers and the fifth busiest by aircraft movements...
; the community has a population of approximately 600. Approx 300 houses are within the village limit.
The name derives from the closed railway station of the same name which in 1917 was the site of a rail crash which killed 12 people
Ratho rail crash
The Ratho Rail crash occurred on 3 January 1917 and killed 12 people. It occurred near Ratho Station in Scotland when an express collided with a light engine in stormy weather....
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The local primary school is Hillwood Primary School, which replaced the now closed Newbridge Primary School in 1972. Catchment areas include Ratho Station, Lochend, Newbridge, Gogar and Ingliston.
The village is served by one primary shop, Scotmid or Co-op Foodhall as it was called when first opened. When first created Ratho Station also had its own Post Office and Police Station, both have now closed. With Newbridge being the location for the nearest Post Office.
A large amount of warehousing and industry is located along the Queen Anne Drive with notable businesses such as Chivas Regal and Racal.