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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 ...
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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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.
At Broughton the passenger terminus was by-passed and a new passenger station adjacent was built; the old station became a goods depot. [3] The Symington line station at Peebles was on the south of the River Tweed and the NBR station was on the north side. [7] The Act permitting the extension included authorisation to connect to the NBR line. [2]
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 ...