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The station, along with the line, was closed by British Rail on 5 January 1969. [1] A train at the station. Following the opening of the Borders Railway on 6 September 2015, the line was extended 30 miles 60 chains (49 km) south-east from Newcraighall to Tweedbank. The current station is located slightly to the north of the original. [5]
Station name Postcode External link to map of station at MultiMap Code External link to livedepartureboards showing current departures and arrivals for this station Gainsborough Central: DN21 2EX: GNB: Gainsborough Lea Road: DN21 1AJ: GBL: Galashiels: TD1 1BP: GAL: Garelochhead: G84 0DB: GCH: Garforth: LS25 2QQ: GRF: Gargrave: BD23 3PD: GGV ...
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Continuing still not far from the Ettrick, the line ran to the terminus station at Selkirk. The length of the line was 5 + 1 ⁄ 4 miles (8.4 km) from Selkirk station to the junction with the main line (Selkirk Junction). The figure of 6 + 1 ⁄ 4 miles (10.1 km) often quoted is from Selkirk station to Galashiels station, that is, partly on the ...
The Peebles Railway in 1855. As the Scottish railway network developed in the following years, the cost of transporting goods to and from towns connected to a line fell dramatically; and Peebles, and other towns not connected, felt at a marked disadvantage in the cost of the necessities of living, and in moving its manufactures to markets, and this heightened the feeling that Peebles must have ...
Looking south-east towards Galashiels. Photographed in June 2000, prior to the station's reopening. The original station opened on 14 July 1847 as part of the North British Railway's new line that was to reach Hawick and Carlisle. The station closed to passengers on 6 January 1969 as part of the overall closure of the Waverley Route between ...
Galashiels' citizens often refer to their rival as dirty Hawick while the 'Teries' retort that Galashiels's residents are pail merks, supposedly because their town was the last to be plumbed into the mains water system and so residents had to rely on buckets as toilets.