Dalkeith Branch (North British Railway)

Introduction

This was the line from Smeaton to Hardengreen Junction. This was the railway the North British Railway referred to as its Dalkeith Branch, rather than the short branch from Glenesk Junction.





Locations along the line

These locations are along the line.

This was a junction station. To the north the line, opened in 1866, ran to Monktonhall Junction (east of Edinburgh) and to the south the line continued through Dalkeith to Hardengreen Junction on the Waverley Route. To the south of the station was the branch to Macmerry (opened as far as Ormiston for goods in 1867). This was continued to Macmerry (goods 1868, passengers ...

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Macmerry Branch (North British Railway)
Smeaton station, closed on 22 September 1930, seen in 1981. The last trains on this line served Dalkeith Coal Preparation Plant until closure in 1978. ...
Bill Roberton //1981
Looking south over the former Smeaton station, towards Dalkeith Coal Preparation Plant, in 1973.
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Bill Roberton //1973
View north with the former Smeaton station at my back in 1997. ...
Ewan Crawford //1997
Looking south west along the A6094 towards Whitecraig, with the former Gifford/Dalkeith Colliery branch crossing over. 1978. ...
Bill Roberton //1978
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Also spelt Thorniebank. This siding was located on the Dalkeith Branch (North British Railway), the line between Hardengreen Junction and Smeaton. This was a single track line. There were two loops here on either side of the line with Thorneybank Signal Box (closed 1896) at the west end and a Thorneybank Estate siding at the west end of the loop, north side of the line, approached from ...

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Very little remains of the substantial Victoria Viaduct over the South Esk. This is the base a pier on the northern side of the river. The viaduct was ...
Ewan Crawford 26/12/2004
This view looks north from what was the trackbed of the Duke of Buccleuch's Tramway and later the Dalkeith Branch of the North British. Ahead was the ...
Ewan Crawford 26/12/2004
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This was the junction between the re-gauged Edinburgh and Dalkeith Railway and the Peebles Railway. Hardengreen Yard was developed here and the Dalkeith Branch (North British Railway) later also reached this location.
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Edinburgh and Dalkeith Railway
Peebles Railway
A 4-car ScotRail class 158 combination with unit 158869 leading heading north past the site of Hardengreen Junction during the morning of 4 August ...
John Furnevel 04/08/2018
A northbound ScotRail service on the Borders Railway passing the site of Hardengreen Junction on 6 April 2017. Eskbank station and footbridge are ...
John Furnevel 06/04/2017
A 1997 view north over the site of Hardengreen Junction. The route of the footpath is now the Borders Railway and the Peebles Railway was off to the ...
Ewan Crawford 20/04/1997
Site of the former Hardengreen Junctionon a sunny spring morning in 2016. The southbound train approaching is a Borders Railway service destined for ...
John Furnevel 20/03/2016
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