The council’s May 2026 register identifies Trinity Path as an adopted footway and cycleway passing under East Trinity Road. Follow the public path and any temporary closure notices; this does not cover other railway land.
Check the official visitor information ↗ · checked 2026-09-26
Use public paths and visitor areas. Do not enter unstaffed tunnels, shafts, railway land or restricted property.
Advice before you visitInformation checked 2026-09-26. Official records and the cited historical or visitor sources checked. No site visit or direct operator confirmation.
The railway became a path
Historic Environment Scotland’s acquired index identifies the structure at East Trinity Road as a nineteenth-century railway tunnel. Edinburgh’s core paths plan describes the wider network of former railway lines being converted for walking and cycling after the tracks were removed.
The Trinity branch connects the northern neighbourhood with the wider path network. The old transport corridor still carries people, but trains have given way to walking, wheeling and bicycles.
- Historic Environment Scotland — East Trinity Road railway tunnel ↗ · reviewed 2026-09-26
- Edinburgh core paths — North Edinburgh Paths ↗ · reviewed 2026-09-26
Public route evidence
The council’s public roads register, dated May 2026, records Trinity Path running south from Trinity Crescent and passing beneath Lennox Row and East Trinity Road. It identifies the route as a footway and cycleway adopted for maintenance.
This supports use of the established path. It does not guarantee that every entrance has step-free access or that the route is free of temporary works. We have not inspected the tunnel, lighting or surfaces. Check local notices and share the path with other users.
- Edinburgh public roads register — R to Z, May 2026 ↗ · reviewed 2026-09-26
What we still need to check
The full Trove entry could not be retrieved. Exact construction dates, present condition and step-free access are not asserted.
Sources for the visiting information
- Historic Environment Scotland — East Trinity Road railway tunnel ↗ · reviewed 2026-09-26
- Edinburgh core paths — North Edinburgh Paths ↗ · reviewed 2026-09-26
- Edinburgh public roads register — R to Z, May 2026 ↗ · reviewed 2026-09-26
About the original record
This place is recorded by Historic Environment Scotland — NRHE. The details below include the original description of its building or site type.
Place details
- Category
- Underground
- Building or site type (original wording)
- RAILWAY TUNNEL (19TH CENTURY)
- Period or date
- Nineteenth-century railway structure
- Current condition
- Not checked in person
- Heritage protection
- Not given in this record
- Date protection was granted
- Not given
- Nearby town
- Edinburgh (approximate)
- County named in the original record
- MIDLOTHIAN
- Current county or council area
- City of Edinburgh
- Nation
- Scotland
- Original record number
- 152765
- Coordinates
- 55.976093, -3.203297 (reference point, not an entrance)
- Heritage data checked
- 2026-09-13
- Source last updated
- 2011-02-14
- Visitor information checked
- 2026-09-26
We checked the downloaded heritage record on 2026-09-13. We have not visited or inspected the site. The map point may refer to a whole site, one structure or a location where little remains.