Peebles (West) railway station

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Peebles (West)
Site of former Peebles Caledonian station - geograph.org.uk - 1332452.jpg
The site of the station in 2009
Location Peebles, Peeblesshire
Scotland
Coordinates 55°38′58″N3°11′42″W / 55.649509°N 3.194928°W / 55.649509; -3.194928 Coordinates: 55°38′58″N3°11′42″W / 55.649509°N 3.194928°W / 55.649509; -3.194928
Grid reference NT249402
Platforms1
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original company Caledonian Railway
Post-grouping London, Midland and Scottish Railway
British Railways (Scottish Region)
Key dates
1 February 1864 (1864-02-01)Opened
5 June 1950Closed to passengers
1959 (1959)Closed to goods

Peebles (West) railway station was one of two railway stations that served the burgh of Peebles, Peeblesshire, Scotland from 1864 to 1950 on the Symington, Biggar and Broughton Railway and Peebles Railway.

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History

The station opened on 1 February 1864 by the Symington, Biggar and Broughton Railway. It opened eight months before the station of the same name. The goods yard, which had loading banks, a goods shed and a crane, was to the south. To the west was a locomotive shed with two roads. The signal box was to the north west. It was burned down in 1889 but rebuilt later in the year and rebuilt again in 1906 when the goods yard was expanded. The station closed to passengers on 5 June 1950 [1] but the goods facilities remained open, which were renamed Peebles West Goods. The signal box was reduced to a ground frame. The goods facilities closed in 1959. [2]

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References

  1. ↑ M E Quick, Railway Passenger Stations in England Scotland and Wales—A Chronology, The Railway and Canal Historical Society, 2002, p. 316
  2. ↑ "RAILSCOT - Peebles [CR]". Railscot. Retrieved 30 April 2020.
Preceding station Disused railways Following station
Terminus  Symington, Biggar and Broughton Railway   Lyne
Line and station closed
Peebles (New)
Line and station closed		  Peebles Railway   Cardrona
Line and station closed


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