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Black plaque № 56333

Edinburgh, City of Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom

The Booking Office. This historic building, part of a UNESCO World Heritage Site, looks west across Princes Street Gardens. In 1846, The North British Railway Company built a station at this end of the gardens - now, all that remains is the much-modelled booking office. Originally, it had nine arche

s at the front. The wings on either side were slightly set back, each being three arches wide and seven arches deep. The booking office later became the parcels office, until around 1984. It was then

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