This line was promoted as a separate company by the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway which did not want to risk the construction of an Edinburgh to Berwick branch. Its construction was encouraged by George Hudson.
This line provided a service between Berwick-upon-Tweed and Edinburgh Waverley with a branch to Haddington. Later expansions and acquisitions provided lines to Glasgow Queen Street, Stirling, Dundee, Hamilton [NB] , Peebles, Galashiels, Aberdeen, St Andrews, Carlisle and a large number of other locations. Ultimately this company owned the largest track mileage of any Scottish railway company.
The mainline remains open and the Haddington branch is now a footpath.
The line between Edinburgh Waverley, North Berwick and Dunbar is supported and promoted by the East Lothian Community Rail Partnership .
The former North British Railway company is studied and memory preserved by the North British Railway Study Group .
/ / | Burntisland Docks 17 acres site developed with 2 docks each with 6 coal hoists by the [North British Railway]. |
/ /1762 | Nor Loch, Edinburgh Drained, this was the future site of [North British Railway]s Waverley Station. |
09/03/1837 | [Newcastle and Carlisle Railway] Branch to basin on the Carlisle and Port Carlisle Canal in Carlisle opened. The terminus later became Canal yard and was an interchange point with the [North British Railway] who acquired the [Carlisle and Port Carlisle Railway and Dock Company]. |
07/07/1844 | [North British Railway] Act receives Royal assent. Alternative date 4/7/1844. |
/ /1845 | [Edinburgh and Hawick Railway (North British Railway)] Act receives Royal assent. |
/ /1845 | [Edinburgh and Hawick Railway (North British Railway)] Edinburgh and Hawick Railway (as yet unbuilt) absorbed by North British Railway. |
/ /1845 | [Marquis of Lothians Waggonway] [North British Railway] Waggonway purchased by the North British Railway. |
21/07/1845 | Edinburgh and Dalkeith Railway North British Railway Edinburgh and Dalkeith Railway merged with the North British Railway. |
/ /1846 | [Edinburgh and Dalkeith Railway] Fisherrow branch modified to branch off North British Railway. |
/ /1846 | [Edinburgh and Dalkeith Railway] Original Fisherrow branch from Niddrie connected to North British Railway to form Niddrie to Monktonhall link. |
16/06/1846 | [North Berwick Branch] ([North British Railway]) Act passed |
18/06/1846 | [North British Railway] Opened from Edinburgh North Bridge to Berwick and the branch from Longniddry to Haddington. |
01/08/1846 | [Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway] Line extended from Haymarket to meet the [North British Railway] at North Bridge station. |
/ /1847 | [Musselburgh Branch] ([North British Railway]) [Edinburgh and Dalkeith Railway] [Musselburgh Branch] opened and Fisherrow closed to passengers. |
14/07/1847 | Edinburgh and Hawick Railway (North British Railway) Portobello East Junction to Niddrie South Junction, Cairney to Millerhill, re-alignment at Sheriffhall and Dalhousie to Gorebridge opened. |
/ /1848 | [North British Railway] Trinity College Church, Edinburgh, pulled down to make room for North Bridge station. |
01/05/1848 | Edinburgh and Hawick Railway (North British Railway) Line extended from Gorebridge to Bowland. |
20/04/1849 | [Edinburgh and Hawick Railway (North British Railway)] Line opened from Bowland to Hawick. |
13/08/1849 | [North Berwick Branch] ([North British Railway]) Opened from Drem Junction to Williamston |
17/06/1850 | [North Berwick Branch] ([North British Railway]) Line opened completely to North Berwick |
27/01/1851 | [Kelso Branch] ([North British Railway]) Wallace Nick station, by Kelso, closed. |
/10/1852 | [Edinburgh and Hawick Railway (North British Railway)] Newstead station closed |
26/05/1856 | [Forth and Clyde Junction Railway] Opened throughout, operated by the [North British Railway]. |
/07/1856 | [Jedburgh Railway] Line opened, worked by [North British Railway]. Jedburgh station had an all-over roof which was supported by the engine shed and station building. It is so far from town a bus runs between the station and town. |
/ /1859 | [Selkirk and Galashiels Railway] [North British Railway] Selkirk and Galashiels Railway absorbed by North British Railway. |
/ /1860 | Border Counties RailwayNorth British Railway Border Counties Railway absorbed by North British Railway. |
/ /1860 | [Jedburgh Railway] [North British Railway] Jedburgh Railway absorbed by North British Railway. |
/ /1860 | Clyde Trustees Decide to build a wet dock (the Queens Dock) on their land at Stobcross. The North British Railway promotes the Stobcross Railway as a branch of the Glasgow, Dumbarton and Helensburgh Railway to serve it. (1860s). |
01/06/1862 | [North British Railway] Hawick Junction (at Portobello) becomes Portobello East Junction. |
03/06/1862 | [Macmerry Branch] ([North British Railway]) Monktonhall to Hardengreen authorised with branch to Macmerry. |
01/07/1862 | [Edinburgh and Hawick Railway (North British Railway)] Hawick [1st] closed to passengers on opening of the [Border Union Railway (North British Railway)]. |
29/07/1862 | Edinburgh, Perth and Dundee RailwayNorth British Railway Edinburgh, Perth and Dundee Railway absorbed by the North British Railway. |
29/07/1862 | [West of Fife Mineral Railway][North British Railway] West of Fife Railway absorbed by the North British Railway. |
14/08/1862 | [Caledonian and Dumbartonshire Junction Railway] Caledonian and Dumbartonshire Junction Railway absorbed by [North British Railway]? |
/ /1863 | [Wansbeck Railway] [North British Railway] Wansbeck Railway absorbed by [North British Railway]. |
/ /1863 | [North British Railway] Buy Charlestown Harbour and extend it east. |
01/05/1863 | [Devon Valley Railway] Opened from Kinross to Rumbling Bridge (worked by [North British Railway]). |
01/08/1865 | [Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway] [North British Railway] Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway absorbed by North British Railway. |
/ /1866 | Leadburn, Linton and Dolphinton RailwayNorth British Railway Leadburn, Linton and Dolphinton Railway absorbed by North British Railway. |
/ /1866 | Settle and Carlisle Line (Midland Railway) Bill for the line presented with support from the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway, Glasgow and South Western Railway and the North British Railway (who did not have a partner other than the North Eastern Railway route to Newcastle Central for taking traffic from the Border Union Railway (North British Railway) (Waverley Route) at Carlisle). |
/ /1867 | Forth and Clyde Canal [Caledonian Railway] Forth and Clyde Canal (and various assets such as the [Grangemouth Railway]) bought by Caledonian Railway to compete with the [North British Railway] in the Forth Clyde Valley. |
/ /1868 | [Settle and Carlisle Line] ([Midland Railway]) An agreement with the [London and North Western Railway] is reached over use of the [Ingleton Branch] ([Lancaster and Carlisle Railway]) and [Lancaster and Carlisle Railway] by the [Midland Railway]. The route would involve the [North Western Railway]. The [Midland Railway] tries to abandon the [Settle and Carlisle Line]. The [North British Railway] and the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway block the abandonment. |
/ /1869 | [Forth Ironworks Railway] Ironworks closed. Line taken over by the [North British Railway] as the [Kinnedar Branch] some time later. |
/ /1870 | [Edinburgh and Hawick Railway (North British Railway)] Fountainhall station masters house built. |
19/03/1870 | [Macmerry Branch] ([North British Railway]) Line opened from Monktonhall to Macmerry. |
31/07/1870 | [Macmerry Branch] ([North British Railway]) Connection from Hardengreen Junction ([Edinburgh and Dalkeith Railway]) to Smeaton ([Macmerry Branch]) opened. |
19/12/1870 | [City of Glasgow Union Railway] Gallowgate opened, used as a terminus by the [North British Railway]s [Coatbridge Branch] until the College terminus was complete. |
/ /1871 | [Esk Valley Railway] [North British Railway] Esk Valley Railway absorbed by North British Railway. |
/ /1871 | [Coatbridge Branch] ([North British Railway]) Under construction. Contractor: John Waddell. |
/ /1871 | [Wansbeck Railway] [Newcastle and Berwick Railway] Curve (authorised in original [Wansbeck Railway] Act) put in to allow [North British Railway] trains to run into the main Morpeth station in either 1871 or 1872. The two companies built the curve towards each other, meeting in the middle. On opening the [Wansbeck Railway] trains stopped using the Blyth and Tyne Railways [Morpeth Branch] terminus. |
01/02/1871 | [Coatbridge Branch] ([North British Railway]) College station opened on a site previously occupied by the University of Glasgow. |
01/02/1871 | [Coatbridge Branch] ([North British Railway]) Opened. |
17/07/1871 | [Edinburgh and Hawick Railway (North British Railway)] Auction Mart started by John Swan & Sons by the St Boswells station |
26/10/1871 | [Coatbridge Branch] ([North British Railway]) [Monkland and Kirkintilloch Railway] Whifflet to College passenger service starts. |
/ /1872 | [Leslie Railway] [North British Railway] Leslie Railway absorbed by North British Railway. |
/ /1872 | Northumberland Central RailwayNorth British Railway Northumberland Central Railway absorbed by North British Railway. |
01/05/1872 | [Macmerry Branch] ([North British Railway]) Smeaton, Ormiston, Winton and Macmerry stations opened. |
/ /1873 | Glasgow and Milngavie Junction Railway North British Railway Glasgow and Milngavie Junction Railway absorbed by North British Railway. |
/ /1873 | Broxburn Railway [North British Railway] Broxburn Railway absorbed by North British Railway. |
/ /1874 | Blyth and Tyne Railway [North Eastern Railway] Line absorbed by the North Eastern Railway to stop the [North British Railway] from acquiring the line and developing an independent route into Newcastle with a station. |
20/10/1874 | Stobcross Railway Line opened by the North British Railway. The Caledonian Railway obtained permission for running powers to Stobcross and for goods yards at Partickhill and Stobcross. The Caledonian managed to gain join ownership of the Stobcross high level to Stobcross low level connecting line. |
29/10/1874 | Whiteinch Railway
Whiteinch Tramway Opened as a branch from the Stobcross Railway from an east facing Whiteinch Junction. Railway operated by North British Railway and tramway by the Wood brothers. |
/ /1875 | [Devon Valley Railway] [North British Railway] Devon Valley Railway absorbed by North British Railway. |
/ /1875 | Stobcross Railway Cowdenhill Branch (North British Railway) opened to Knightswood pits and brickworks, later extended to the Cowdenhill stone quarries. |
/ /1876 | Peebles RailwayNorth British Railway Peebles Railway absorbed by North British Railway. |
/ /1876 | [Berwickshire Railway] [North British Railway] Berwickshire Railway absorbed by North British Railway. |
/ /1876 | [Penicuik Railway] [North British Railway] Penicuik Railway absorbed by North British Railway. |
/ /1877 | [Leven and East of Fife Railway] Leven and East of Fife Railway absorbed by North British Railway. |
/ /1877 | [Edinburgh Loanhead and Roslin Railway] Edinburgh, Loanhead and Roslin Railway absorbed by [North British Railway]. |
/ /1877 | Dunfermline and Queensferry Railway Dunfermline and Queensferry Railway absorbed by North British Railway. |
01/08/1877 | [Leven and East of Fife Railway] [North British Railway] Leven and East of Fife Railway absorbed by North British Railway. |
01/08/1877 | [St Andrews Railway] [North British Railway] St Andrews Railway absorbed by North British Railway. |
01/06/1878 | [Tay Bridge and associated lines] ([North British Railway]) Public opening of bridge and line between Camperdown Junction, Dundee (Tay Bridge) station and Leuchars. The Tay Bridge was single track and the other part of the line double. The bridge had signalboxes at either end. The engineer for the line was Thomas Bouch, knighted after Queen Victoria traveled over the bridge. |
/ /1879 | [Glasgow Bothwell Hamilton and Coatbridge Railway] [North British Railway] Glasgow, Bothwell, Hamilton and Coatbridge Railway absorbed by North British Railway (Alternative date 1879). |
28/12/1879 | [Tay Bridge and associated lines] ([North British Railway]) Tay Bridge Disaster. High Girders section of bridge falls in severe weather conditions. An evening train crossing the bridge falls with the High Girders and all on board are killed. |
/ /1880 | [Carlisle and Silloth Bay Railway and Dock Company] [North British Railway] Carlisle and Silloth Bay Railway and Dock Company absorbed by North British Railway. |
/ /1880 | [North British Arbroath and Montrose Railway] [North British Railway] North British, Arbroath and Montrose Railway absorbed by North British Railway. |
/ /1880 | Dundee and Arbroath Joint Railway [Caledonian Railway] [North British Railway] Dundee and Arbroath Joint Railway authorised (Caledonian Railway and North British Railway). |
/ /1880 | [Carmyllie Railway] Becomes joint [Caledonian Railway] and [North British Railway]. |
/ /1880 | Tay Bridge and associated lines (North British Railway) Locomotive retrieved from bottom of River Tay, nicknamed The Diver and put back in service. The letterbox, of Dalhousie station and now at the museum in Bellingham, was made from metal from this engine. |
/ /1881 | [Montrose and Bervie Railway] [North British Railway] Montrose and Bervie Railway absorbed by North British Railway. |
/ /1881 | [Blane Valley Railway] [North British Railway] Blane Valley Railway absorbed by North British Railway. |
/ /1883 | Glasgow and North Western Railway Glasgow and North Western Railway proposed by North British Railway. The route was to have been Glasgow to Inverness via Fort William. It was not built. |
27/04/1883 | [Caledonian Railway][North British Railway][Alloa Railway][South Alloa Branch] North British Railway given running powers over the Alloa Railway and South Alloa Branch from Alloa to Greenhill Junction on payment of £3000 annually to the Caledonian Railway. |
29/06/1883 | City of Glasgow Union Railway St Enoch station and approach lines south of Bellgrove taken over by the Glasgow and South Western Railway. Lines north of Bellgrove taken over by the North British Railway. |
28/07/1884 | Inverness and Aviemore Direct Railway (Highland Railway) Act passed. This was partly in response to the proposed incursion of the North British Railway's Glasgow and North Western Railway from Glasgow to Inverness via Loch Lomond, Crianlarich, Glencoe, Fort William and the Great Glen. |
/ /1885 | [Edinburgh Suburban and Southside Junction Railway] [North British Railway] Edinburgh Suburban and Southside Junction Railway absorbed by North British Railway. |
01/08/1885 | [Kelvin Valley Railway] [North British Railway] Kelvin Valley Railway absorbed by North British Railway. |
/ /1886 | Tranent Waggonway Tranent Colliery to Meadowhill taken over by the North British Railway, Meadowhill to Port Seton dismantled. |
15/03/1886 | [Coatbridge Branch] ([North British Railway]) College terminus closed. |
01/10/1886 | [Edinburgh Leith and Newhaven Railway] Abbeyhill to Lochend opened to passengers and freight. This line effectively quadrupled the main line of the [North British Railway] from Abbeyhill Junction to Piershill Junction and provided a useful diversionary route. |
/ /1887 | [Glasgow City and District Railway] [North British Railway] Glasgow City and District Railway absorbed by North British Railway. |
01/02/1887 | Glasgow City and District Railway Glasgow and Coatbridge Branch (North British Railway) City of Glasgow Union Railway Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway Glasgow, Dumbarton and Helensburgh RailwayStobcross Railway Circular service introduced by the North British Railway. |
13/07/1887 | [Tay Bridge and associated lines] ([North British Railway]) New double track Tay Bridge opened. (Alternative date 6/1887). |
/ /1888 | North Monkland RailwayNorth British Railway North Monkland Railway absorbed by North British Railway. |
/ /1889 | [Leith New Lines] ([Caledonian Railway]) Leith New Lines planned; (Newhaven to Leith passenger terminus by [North British Railway]s Leith station, a triangular junction at Lochend with a line to Princes Street under the city with a branch to Waverley Market by Waverley station) |
01/05/1889 | [Tay Bridge and associated lines] ([North British Railway]) Dundee Esplanade opened. |
01/05/1889 | [Tay Bridge and associated lines] ([North British Railway]) Wormit opened. |
26/07/1889 | [Wemyss and Buckhaven Railway] [North British Railway] Wemyss and Buckhaven Railway merged into North British Railway. |
/10/1889 | Stirling and Dunfermline RailwayAlloa Railway Connection made between the North British Railway's Stirling and Dunfermline Railway and the Caledonian Railway's Alloa Railway. |
/ /1890 | [North British Railway] Operate a horse bus in East Lothian. |
02/06/1890 | [Aberdour Line] ([North British Railway]) Aberdour opened. |
04/07/1890 | [Leith New Lines] ([Caledonian Railway]) Act received for a line from Newhaven to Seafield (Seafield Junction was for the line to the terminus and the [North British Railway] lines) |
17/08/1890 | [North British Railway] Six of the Forth Ferry Steamers now redundant and scrapped. |
/ /1891 | [Whiteinch Railway] [North British Railway] North British buys the smaller line. |
03/07/1891 | [Edinburgh Leith and Newhaven Railway] The [Leith New Lines] ([Caledonian Railway]) are given an Act which allows a link from the Leith New Lines to Easter Road on the [North British Railway]. This connection was not built. |
05/08/1891 | [Strathendrick and Aberfoyle Railway] [North British Railway] Strathendrick and Aberfoyle Railway absorbed by North British Railway. |
/ /1892 | Dumbarton and Balloch Joint Line [Caledonian Railway] [North British Railway] Dumbarton and Balloch Joint Line authorised (Caledonian Railway and North British Railway). |
18/12/1893 | [Kincardine Line] ([North British Railway]) Kincardine Junction to Kincardine opened. |
17/09/1894 | [Kincardine Line] ([North British Railway]) Kilbagie station opened. |
/ /1895 | [East Fife Central Railway] [North British Railway] East Fife Central Railway absorbed by North British Railway. |
/ /1895 | [North British Railway] Design chosen for the North British Hotel, Edinburgh, by Sir William Hamilton Beattie after a competition. North Bridge also raised. |
01/04/1895 | [Hamiltonhill Branch] ([Caledonian Railway]) Branch to the Saracen foundry opened, but has to be closed as it was in breach of a formal agreement with the [North British Railway] which owned the nearby [Glasgow Dumbarton and Helensburgh Railway]. |
/ /1896 | City of Glasgow Union RailwayGlasgow and South Western RailwayNorth British Railway City of Glasgow Union Railway absorbed and divided between Glasgow and South Western Railway and North British Railway. |
03/03/1896 | [Kirkcaldy District Railway] ([North British Railway]) Line opened as a goods relief line between Invertiel Junction (Kirkcaldy) and Foulford (Cowdenbeath) with a goods station at Auchtertool. |
01/10/1896 | [Caledonian and Dumbartonshire Junction Railway] Dumbarton and Balloch Joint Line The [North British Railway] is forced to put its Dumbarton Central to Balloch Pier line into joint ownership with the [Caledonian Railway] to stop the [Caledonian Railway] from building a second railway (the proposed Dumbarton, Jamestown and Loch Lomond Railway) from Dumbarton to Balloch. |
/ /1897 | [Glasgow Yoker and Clydebank] Railway [North British Railway] Glasgow, Yoker and Clydebank Railway absorbed by North British Railway. |
/ /1897 | [Anstruther and St Andrews Railway] [North British Railway] Anstruther and St. Andrews Railway absorbed by North British Railway. |
01/01/1897 | Whiteinch Railway Opened to passengers. A new connection was made to the line from the west of Crow Road. This replaced an earlier line which crossed under Crow road and joined at Whiteinch Junction which was further east (to the south of Gartnavel Hospital). The route of this earlier line is now built over, but was slightly further south than the existing line. The North British Railway also built a spur from a west facing junction on the Glasgow, Yoker and Clydebank Railway to a north facing junction on the Stobcross Railway. |
/07/1897 | [Wemyss and Buckhaven Railway] ([North British Railway]) Methil Dock No. 2 partly opened. |
/ /1900 | [Newport Railway] [North British Railway] Newport Railway absorbed by North British Railway. |
/ /1900 | [Eyemouth Railway] [North British Railway] Merged with North British Railway. |
/01/1900 | [Wemyss and Buckhaven Railway] ([North British Railway]) Methil Dock No. 2 opened completely. |
06/08/1900 | [Aberlady, Gullane and North Berwick Railway] [North British Railway] Aberlady, Gullane and North Berwick Railway absorbed by North British Railway. |
/ /1901 | Lauder Light Railway Opened, new signal box opened at Fountainhall for the new junction on the Edinburgh and Hawick Railway (North British Railway). |
/10/1901 | [Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway] New Cadder hump shunted yard opened by the [North British Railway]. |
/ /1902 | [North British Railway] North British Hotel, Edinburgh, opened. |
12/01/1903 | Glasgow City and District Railway Glasgow and Coatbridge Branch (North British Railway) City of Glasgow Union Railway Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway Glasgow, Dumbarton and Helensburgh RailwayStobcross Railway Circular service withdrawn. |
22/07/1903 | [Invergarry and Fort Augustus Railway] [Highland Railway] Line opened by Mrs Ellic of Glengarry, service operated by the [Highland Railway] who were keen to keep the [North British Railway] away from Inverness. Steamers connected the Pier station to Inverness via Loch Ness and the Caledonian Canal. |
17/08/1903 | Princes Dock Joint Railway Joint line owned by the Caledonian Railway, Glasgow and South Western Railway and North British Railway opened. |
01/07/1906 | [Kincardine Line] ([North British Railway]) Line opened between Kincardine and Elbowbend Junction, contractor Robert McAlpine. |
28/12/1906 | [Dundee and Arbroath Railway] A [North British Railway] express which had been traveling from Edinburgh to Aberdeen is blocked by snow at Arbroath and returns south. It strikes a local [Caledonian Railway] Arbroath to Dundee train at Elliot Junction in a blizzard killing 22 passengers. |
25/04/1907 | [Lanarkshire and Dumbartonshire Railway] [Glasgow Yoker and Clydebank] Railway [Rothesay Dock Branch] opened. The line was joint [North British Railway] and [Caledonian Railway]. |
01/05/1907 | [Invergarry and Fort Augustus Railway] [North British Railway] North British Railway start running service. |
/ /1908 | [Grangemouth Railway] ([Forth and Clyde Canal] Company) By-pass line from Swing Bridge Junction to Fouldubs Junction opened, the western half was owned by the [North British Railway] (part of the former line to the [Carron Ironworks]) and the eastern by the [Caledonian Railway]. |
/ /1908 | [Kilsyth and Bonnybridge Railway] Absorbed by the [North British Railway]. |
31/12/1908 | North British RailwayWest Highland Railway North British Railway formally takes over the West Highland Railway line from Craigendoran to Mallaig and the branch to Banavie [1st]. |
31/10/1911 | [Invergarry and Fort Augustus Railway] [North British Railway] Line closed to all traffic as North British withdraws. |
/ /1913 | [Macmerry Branch] ([North British Railway]) Hardengreen Junction to Smeaton mothballed. |
22/01/1913 | [Wemyss and Buckhaven Railway] ([North British Railway]) Methil Dock No. 3 opened, contractor Robert McAlpine. |
01/08/1913 | [Invergarry and Fort Augustus Railway] [North British Railway] Line re-opened by North British. |
/05/1914 | Whiteinch Tramway Wood Brothers liquidated and operation taken over by A and G Anderson using [North British Railway] engines and crew. |
28/08/1914 | [Invergarry and Fort Augustus Railway] [North British Railway] North British Railway (Invergarry and Fort Augustus) vesting and confirmation act passed as the North British buys the line. |
31/12/1914 | [Invergarry and Fort Augustus Railway] [North British Railway] North British Railway buys line and railway hotel at Fort Augustus. |
18/08/1915 | [Wemyss and Buckhaven Railway] ([North British Railway]) Methil Dock No. 3 closed for repairs. |
/ /1916 | Whiteinch Tramway [North British Railway] takes over operation. |
14/12/1916 | [Edinburgh and Hawick Railway (North British Railway)] A major landslip at Ladhope Tunnel, just west of Galashiels station, blocks line. |
/ /1917 | [Leith New Lines] ([Caledonian Railway]) Seafield Engine shed leased to the [North British Railway]. |
/ /1919 | [Wemyss and Buckhaven Railway] ([North British Railway]) Methil Dock No. 3 re-opened. |
29/03/1919 | [Cowdenbeath Loop] ([North British Railway]) All passenger trains start to use the Cowdenbeath (New) deviation. |
/ /1923 | [Edinburgh and Hawick Railway (North British Railway)] Melrose station's timber roof removed. |
01/01/1923 | North British Railway
Edinburgh and Bathgate Railway
Great North of Scotland Railway
Forth and Clyde Junction Railway
Kilsyth and Bonnybridge Railway
Gifford and Garvald Railway
Newburgh and North Fife Railway
Lauder Light Railway
Great Central Railway Grouped into London and North Eastern Railway. |
01/07/1925 | [Macmerry Branch] ([North British Railway]) Macmerry to Ormiston closed to passengers. |
07/07/1930 | [Kincardine Line] ([North British Railway]) Alloa (Kincardine Junction) to Dunfermline via Culross closed to passengers. |
22/09/1930 | [Macmerry Branch] ([North British Railway]) Smeaton closed to passengers. |
03/04/1933 | Gifford and Garvald RailwayMacmerry Branch (North British Railway) Gifford to Edinburgh (Monktonhall Junction) closed to passengers. |
02/10/1933 | [Tay Bridge and associated lines] ([North British Railway]) Dundee Esplanade closed. |
/ /1934 | [Macmerry Branch] ([North British Railway]) Smeaton to Hardengreen Junction lifted. |
/ /1948 | [Kelso Branch] ([North British Railway]) Line used by expresses diverted from the East Coast Main Line. |
05/12/1949 | [North British Railway] Haddington to Longniddry closed to passengers. |
/ /1950 | [Kelso Branch] ([North British Railway]) Line used by expresses diverted from the East Coast Main Line. |
/ /1951 | [North British Railway] Cockburnspath station closed. |
07/04/1952 | [Leith Central Branch] ([North British Railway]) Leith Central to Abbeyhill and Piershill closed to passengers. |
19/09/1955 | [Coatbridge Branch] ([North British Railway]) Parkhead station closed. |
08/01/1956 | Glasgow City and District RailwayCoatbridge Branch (North British Railway)Monkland and Kirkintilloch RailwayBathgate and Coatbridge Railway (Monkland Railways)Edinburgh and Bathgate RailwayEdinburgh and Glasgow Railway Last regular Glasgow Queen Street Low Level to Edinburgh Waverley via Shettleston, Coatbridge Sunnyside and Bathgate Upper service runs. |
02/05/1960 | [Macmerry Branch] ([North British Railway]) Macmerry to Ormiston closed to freight. Goods depots at Macmerry and Winton closed. |
05/08/1960 | [North British Railway] Petition against closure of Portobello starts. |
05/02/1962 | [North British Railway] Ayton station closed. |
05/02/1962 | [North British Railway] Burnmouth station closed. |
17/11/1963 | [Kirkcaldy District Railway] ([North British Railway]) Invertiel to Cowdenbeath closed. |
/ /1964 | [Edinburgh and Hawick Railway (North British Railway)] Fountainhall becomes de-staffed. |
/05/1964 | [Aberdour Line] ([North British Railway]) Aberdour closed to goods. |
04/05/1964 | [North British Railway] Grantshouse station closed. |
04/05/1964 | [North British Railway] Reston station closed. |
15/06/1964 | [Kelso Branch] ([North British Railway]) Kelso to St Boswells (Kelso Junction) closed to passengers. |
07/09/1964 | [Musselburgh Branch] ([North British Railway]) [Edinburgh and Dalkeith Railway] Musselburgh to Joppa (Newhailes Junction) closed to passengers |
07/09/1964 | [Musselburgh Branch] ([North British Railway]) Closed to passengers. |
25/05/1965 | Gifford and Garvald RailwayMacmerry Branch (North British Railway) Saltoun to Smeaton (excluded) closed to freight. Ormiston goods depot closed. |
/07/1967 | [Coatbridge Branch] ([North British Railway]) Bellgrove closed to cattle traffic. The Glasgow Cattle Market was located by the station. |
01/04/1968 | [North British Railway] Haddington to Longniddry closed to freight. |
01/04/1968 | [Kelso Branch] ([North British Railway]) Kelso to St Boswells (Kelso Junction) closed to freight. |
05/08/1968 | [Leith North Branch] ([Caledonian Railway]) Leith North to George Street Depot closed to freight. (Accessed from former North British Railway lines latterly) |
06/01/1969 | [Edinburgh and Dalkeith Railway][Marquis of Lothians Waggonway][Edinburgh and Hawick Railway (North British Railway)][Border Union Railway][Carlisle and Silloth Bay Railway and Dock Company] Edinburgh (Portobello East Junction) to Hawick to Carlisle (Port Carlisle Junction) closed to passengers. Newtongrange, Gorebridge, Tynehead, Heriot, Fountainhall, Stow, Galashiels [1st], Melrose, St Boswells, Hassendean, Hawick [2nd], Stobs, Shankend, Riccarton Junction, Steele Road, Newcastleton stations closed. |
28/04/1969 | [Edinburgh and Hawick Railway (North British Railway)] Gorebridge, Lady Victoria Pit, (excluded) to Hawick [2nd] officially closed to goods. |
05/01/1970 | Kinross-shire Railway Fife and Kinross Railway Glenfarg Line (North British Railway) Perth (Hilton Junction) to Cowdenbeath North Junction closed to passengers. |
05/01/1970 | [Fife and Kinross Railway] [Glenfarg Line] ([North British Railway]) Bridge of Earn to Milnathort closed to all traffic. |
05/01/1970 | Glenfarg Line (North British Railway)Kinross-shire RailwayFife and Kinross Railway Cowdenbeath to Perth closed to passengers, Bridge of Earn [2nd] to Milnathort closed to goods, Cowdenbeath to Milnathort singled. |
07/12/1970 | [Musselburgh Branch] ([North British Railway]) Closed to freight. |
01/05/1972 | [Leith Central Branch] ([North British Railway]) Leith Central (DMU servicing) to Abbeyhill Junction and Piershill Junction closed. |
06/09/1972 | [Musselburgh Branch] ([North British Railway]) [Edinburgh and Dalkeith Railway] Musselburgh to Joppa (Newhailes Junction) closed to freight. (Alternative dates: 1971, 7/12/1970). |
31/12/1973 | [Leith New Lines] ([Caledonian Railway]) Leith East Yard, last section of the line, closed. (Latterly accessed from [North British Railway] lines via Seafield Junction) |
/ /1978 | [Macmerry Branch] ([North British Railway]) Dalkeith colliery closed. |
/ /1979 | Blindwells Opencast Mine Rail served coal preparation and bunker plant opened by the former [North British Railway]. |
17/03/1979 | [North British Railway] Tunnel collapse at Penmanshiel diversions of east coast trains via Carlisle required. |
/ /1980 | [Macmerry Branch] ([North British Railway]) Dalkeith washery closed, line closed completely from Monktonhall Junction. |
21/09/1980 | [Coatbridge Branch] ([North British Railway]) Bellgrove station burnt down. |
/ /1985 | North British Railway Perth Pool built on the former goods yard of the North British Railway by Perth station. |
/ /1989 | Edinburgh and Hawick Railway (North British Railway) Millerhill Yard Junction (by Millerhill MPD, approximate location of the former Cairnie station) to Millerhill Junction (south of the former Millerhill station) closed. |
06/03/1989 | [Coatbridge Branch] ([North British Railway]) [City of Glasgow Union Railway] Crash at Bellgrove station when a train leaves Bellgrove station passing a red light (SPAD) and runs onto the single lead of the Springburn line striking a train leaving the branch. 2 were killed and 40 injured. |
/ /1991 | [North British Railway] North British Hotel, Edinburgh, becomes the Balmoral. |
/06/1994 | [North British Railway] Wallyford station opened. |
/04/1997 | [Kincardine Line] ([North British Railway]) Longannet to Kincardine Power station re-opened to freight. |
/03/1998 | [Aberdour Line] ([North British Railway]) Dalgety Bay station opened. |
03/06/2002 | [Edinburgh and Hawick Railway (North British Railway)] Portobello East Junction to Niddrie South Junction and Niddrie South Junction to Newcraighall re-opened to passengers with a stations at Brunstane and Newcraighall. A long reversing spur was provided south of Newcraighall from the new Newcraighall Junction. |
06/09/2015 | Edinburgh and Hawick Railway (North British Railway)Millerhill Deviation (Network Rail) Newcraighall North Junction to Tweedbank opened to passengers with stations at Shawfair, Eskbank, Newtongrange, Gorebridge, Stow, Galashiels and Tweedbank. Newcraighall Junction renamed Newcraighall South Junction. |
This line is divided into a number of portions.
This is the main station in Edinburgh and acts as both a terminus and through station. The larger part of the station is covered by a large glazed roof by Blyth and Cunningham and is an island platform with bays at either end. There is a smaller island platform outwith the main roof on the south side.
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This pair of double track tunnels are to the east of Edinburgh Waverley and a little west of Abbeyhill Junction. Since electrification the tunnels carry single lines as the overhead equipment needed extra clearance.
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This junction was formed between the 1868 Easter Road Deviation (North British Railway) and the 1846 North British Railway. It was east of Edinburgh Waverley and the Calton Tunnels.
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This station was west of the London Road overbridge and St Margarets Shed. The Duke's Walk and Queen's Drive ran west to Holyrood Palace. A loading bank and sidings were added to the north side. ...
More detailsThis shed was located east of Edinburgh Waverley just west of Piershill Junction. It was on both side of the East Coast Main Line. There was a roundhouse and single ended shed to the north and another single ended shed to the south. Approach was from the west, with reversal to the roundhouse. There was a signal box, 'St Margarets', at the west end of the site which opened in 1868.
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This is the junction for the disused line to the Powderhall Destructor. Approach was from the east.
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This a an important depot servicing trains used on the East Coast Main Line.
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In 1858 a curve was opened from the 1846 North British Railway to the South Leith branch of the Edinburgh and Dalkeith Railway.
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This was the junction between the North British Railway main line and its short connecting curve which ran north to meet the Edinburgh and Dalkeith Railway's South Leith branch. The curve allowed trains from the east to join the branch and vice versa. It was opened to the west of Portobello [2nd] station.
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There have been three station at Portobello and presently (2018) none. The second station, opened by the North British Railway, was a two platform station with a building on each platform. To the immediate east was the original Portobello Junction (later relocated further east).
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This junction is open. The double track East Coast Main Line from Berwick-Upon-Tweed meets the single track line from Tweedbank and passenger trains run west to Edinburgh Waverley.
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This was a two platform station which replaced Joppa [1st]. But unlike that station, this one was on the East Coast Main Line rather than the Waverley Route.
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This junction was controlled by a tall signal box on the west side of the line and south of Newcraighall Road. The box was tall enough to see over the bridge. Both lines were double track.
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This junction opened in 1884. Also known as Newhailes East Junction. It was the southern end of a Edinburgh, Suburban and Southside Junction Railway curve connecting north west to the Fisherrow branch of the Edinburgh and Dalkeith Railway.
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This is a two platform station. The station is quite some way south of Musselburgh town centre and serves the newer housing and new Queen Margaret University campus.
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This junction has had several different layouts and refers to several slightly different locations. The original junction was for the Macmerry Branch (North British Railway) the present version is between the East Coast Main Line (former North British Railway) and line to Millerhill Marshalling Yard (British Railways).
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This was a two platform station with the platforms passing under Carberry Road. The main station building was on the eastbound platform with a waiting room on the westbound. The signal box was at the west end of the westbound platform (it closed in 1924).
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This was a short lived station. It was west of today's Wallyford station and north west of today's village.
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This is a minimal modern two platform station but with a large car park. The station is east of the original Wallyford [1st] station, which was very short lived.
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This junction was located to the west of Prestonpans station.
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This is a two platform station on the East Coast Main Line served by local trains. The main station building is on the eastbound platform. The goods yard and shed were on the north side at the east end, the site is now the car park. The signal box (1881) was on the south side of the line at the east end of the westbound platform.
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A siding was laid on the south side of the North British Railway immediately west of where the Tranent Waggonway crossed overhead. The siding was approached from the west. A short curved branch was laid from the Tranent Waggonway which turned through 90 degrees from going north to west and ran parallel to the railway siding. Wagons were tipped from above onto railway wagons. With the ...
More detailsThis bridge was opened in 1846 to allow the North British Railway to pass under the much older Tranent Waggonway.
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This colliery was on the south side of the North British Railway east of Prestonpans and south of Seton House. Access was controlled by Riggonhead signal box which opened in 1906.
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This was a short lived station. It was located to the south of Seton House and Seton Chapel.
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This level crossing is west of Longniddry station. The box was on the south side of the line, west of the road. A former railway cottage is opposite on the east side of the road.
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This short siding was on the north side of the line, west of Longniddry station. It was accessed by reversal.
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This is a two platform station. The station had a third platform for the Haddington branch on the south side.
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This was an extremely short lived station, most likely located to the north of Ballencrieff House and farm.
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This is a two platform station served by local trains from Edinburgh Waverley to North Berwick. There is a small car park.
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This was a two platform station. The main station building was on the eastbound platform. There were waiting rooms on each platform.
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This level crossing is between East Fortune (to the west) and East Linton. The crossing was formerly controlled by a signal box which was to the south of the crossing and on the south/west side of the line. This closed in 1965. ...
More detailsThis was a two platform station. A station building remains in use as a house, on the south side of the line. The station building is unusual, some parts predate the railway.
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This pair of sidings was on the north side of the line, approached from the east. Opposite, on the south side of the line, was Beltonford signal box. The box opened in 1895 and closed in 1966.
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This is currently a single platform station. The platform is on a loop line from the eastbound/southbound track. Network Rail is building a second platform on the main westbound/northbound track.
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These sidings, serving the Dunbar Cement Works, are east of Dunbar station. The site was originally also known as East Barnes. Oxwell Mains was a farm to west.
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This was a two platform station. The main building was on the westbound platform. The small goods yard was on the south side of the line, a loop serving a loading bank. Opposite this was a siding on the north side, approached from the east. There was a signal box at the west end of the eastbound platform.
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This is a double track viaduct by John Miller over the Dunglass Burn, located north west of Cockburnspath. It is a seven arch viaduct. The central arch is 130 ft long and 120 ft over the burn. The north three and south three side arches are 30 ft long.
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This was a two platform station about a third of a mile north of the village.
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Known to the Railway Clearing House as Pease Bridge, later known by British Railways as Pease Siding and the bridge information plaque refers to it as Pease Lye. There were a pair of sidings from the southbound line, on the east side of the railway, approached by reversal. A public siding for agricultural use. The parent station was at Cockburnspath, not far to the north west.
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This was a single tunnel, 244m long on the former North British Railway, now the East Coast Main Line.
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This was a two platform station immediately south of the small village of Grant's House.
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This is a double track concrete viaduct over the young River Eye. The original stone bridge washed out during severe flooding in 1948 leading to diversions of East Coast Main Line trains over the Berwick - Kelso - Galashiels [1st] - Portobello East Junction route.
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This was a three platform station and a junction. Goods and mineral trains from the south could enter the branch to Duns directly, passenger trains ran to a reversing spur south of the station before entering the branch. The awkward working was due to the station opening in 1846 and branch subsequently in 1849. The main station building, stone built and two storeys, was on the southbound ...
More detailsTwo bridges at Peelwalls are listed C. Both are west of the former Ayton station.
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Ayton station was to the south east of Ayton village, about half a mile away.
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This station served Burnmouth, it was in the north of the village, and was the junction for Eyemouth.
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This is the East Coast main Line crossing of England/Scotland Border between Burnmouth and Berwick-Upon-Tweed.
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This signal box was north of Berwick-upon-Tweed and south east of Marshall Meadows House and south of the Marshall Meadows Deviation.
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This is an island platform station. It is located at the north end of the Royal Border Bridge on the north bank of the Tweed.
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This is a two platform station. The station had a third platform for the Haddington branch on the south side.
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This siding was not far from Longniddry on the Haddington branch. The siding was approached from the south and was on the east side of the line.
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This was a single platform terminus with the platform on the south side of a loop. The line approached from Longniddry to the west. Opposite the platform, to the north, was the goods yard with shed, covered and uncovered loading banks.
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Opened 1847.
This was the junction between the North British Railway main line and its short connecting curve which ran north to meet the Edinburgh and Dalkeith Railway's South Leith branch. The curve allowed trains from the east to join the branch and vice versa. It was opened to the west of Portobello [2nd] station.
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This works manufacturers switches and crossings - points, the track hardware for junctions and siding turnouts. Voestalpine VAE UK
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Access to Baileyfield Switch and Crossing Works was controlled by Baileyfield Signal Box which opened when the line was doubled in the 1912. The box closed in 1940 when its responsibility was absorbed by Kings Road Signal Box to the north.
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