Langholm Branch
(Border Union Railway)

This line is closed. 

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Chronology

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Description of route 

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From Langholm to Riddings Junction. The line was single track.

Langholm

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The terminus of the line is now a car-park with a cairn to commemorate the old railway. The station had a single platform, passing loop, engine shed, goods yard and at one time timber roof.

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Riddings Junction

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The line passed over a viaduct (still extant) which crossed the border from Scotland to England before joining the Border Union Railway at a south facing junction at Ridding Junction, a station.


Page last edited on 19/01/1998
Page created on 10/06/2002
Page editor : Ewan Crawford