Peebles (West) railway station

Peebles (West)
The site of the station in 2009
General information
Location	Peebles, Peeblesshire Scotland
Coordinates	55.649509°N 3.194928°W / 55.649509; -3.194928
Grid reference	NT249402
Platforms	1
Other information
Status	Disused
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 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

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

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.

External links

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