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Galashiels is a railway station on the Borders Railway, which runs between Edinburgh Waverley and Tweedbank. The station, situated 33 miles 22 chains (54 km) south-east of Edinburgh Waverley, serves the town of Galashiels in Scottish Borders , Scotland.
Trains from Galashiels railway station run every half-hour going down to hourly in the evening and on Sundays. Journey times between Tweedbank and Edinburgh take less than one hour. The town also has a recently-opened Interchange building which replaces the old bus station and is also situated next to the railway station.
All stations other than Galashiels have park and ride facilities; at Galashiels, the local council built a £5.2 million bus/rail interchange. [62] [64] [69] [118] The station at Stow was a late addition to the scheme after lobbying by the Campaign for Borders Rail. [52]
Six of the stations were junctions at one time – Fountainhall (for Lauder), Galashiels (for Selkirk and Peebles), St Boswells (for Jedburgh and Kelso), Riccarton Junction (for Hexham), Riddings Junction (for Langholm) and Longtown (for Gretna). [216] [217] Spacious facilities were provided at Galashiels, Melrose, St Boswells and Hawick. [218]
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It was a modest affair, opening in 1864. The Peebles Railway station continued in use for the time being, renamed Peebles (Old). [1] [6] The train service now operated from Galashiels to Edinburgh via Peebles, as a through route; there were five trains daily, two on Sundays, with some short workings.
The A7 becomes a trunk road at the southern boundary of Galashiels. [3] It continues south to Selkirk ; a bypass here has been proposed for years but not implemented. [ 4 ] This section of the A7 runs parallel to the Borders Railway which opened in 2015; Network Rail and MPs met during construction to mitigate the effect of works traffic on the ...
The station was opened on 5 April 1856 by the Selkirk and Galashiels Railway. It was situated at the end of Station Road. On the west side was the goods yard which had six sidings and a goods shed. To the north was an engine shed and on the north side was the signal box, which opened in 1893.