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Peebles (West) railway station

Coordinates: 55°38′58″N 3°11′42″W / 55.649509°N 3.194928°W / 55.649509; -3.194928
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Peebles (West)
The site of the station in 2009
General information
LocationPeebles, Peeblesshire
Scotland
Coordinates55°38′58″N 3°11′42″W / 55.649509°N 3.194928°W / 55.649509; -3.194928
Grid referenceNT249402
Platforms1
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original companyCaledonian Railway
Post-groupingLondon, Midland and Scottish Railway
British Railways (Scottish Region)
Key dates
1 February 1864 (1864-02-01)Opened
5 June 1950 (1950-06-05)Closed to passengers

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.

History

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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][2]

References

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  1. ^ M E Quick, Railway Passenger Stations in England Scotland and Wales—A Chronology, The Railway and Canal Historical Society, 2002, p. 316
  2. ^ Butt, R. V. J. (October 1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. p. 182. ISBN 978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC 60251199. OL 11956311M.
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Preceding station   Disused railways   Following station
Terminus   Caledonian Railway
Symington, Biggar and Broughton Railway
  Lyne
Line and station closed
Peebles (New)
Line and station closed
  North British Railway
Peebles Railway
  Cardrona
Line and station closed