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Symington, Biggar And Broughton Railway
All photographs of this railway in date order.
![Looking east over the former Biggar station.<br><br>[Ewan Crawford //]](/images/0/861.jpg "Biggar")
![Looking west towards the former Broughton station.<br><br>[Ewan Crawford //]](/images/0/862.jpg "Broughton [2nd]")
![Looking east from the former Coulter station level crossing.<br><br>[Ewan Crawford //]](/images/0/864.jpg "Coulter")
![The former Lyne station, now a house.<br><br>[Ewan Crawford //]](/images/0/865.jpg "Lyne")
![Stobo goods shed viewed from the north.<br><br>[Ewan Crawford //]](/images/0/866.jpg "Stobo")
![Looking west towards the former Stobo station.<br><br>[Ewan Crawford //]](/images/0/868.jpg "Stobo")
![Peebles West's goods shed seen from the steeple of the Old Parish Church in a south facing view. The Caledonian passenger station was off to the right, the line seen running off to the left continued to the North British station.<br><br>[Ewan Crawford Collection //]](/images/53000/53441.jpg "Peebles West Goods")
![Peebles station LMS. Class 2 4.4.0 592 on branch train. September 1948.<br><br>[G H Robin collection by courtesy of the Mitchell Library, Glasgow 25/09/1948]](/images/7000/7402.jpg "Peebles [CR]")
![The former Caledonian Railway signal box at Peebles, closed in 1954, seen here eight years later in February 1962 - still looking remarkably intact.<br><br>[Frank Spaven Collection (Courtesy David Spaven) /02/1962]](/images/28000/28719.jpg "Peebles [CR]")
![Looking north east over the remains of the turntable that stood alongside the former Caledonian station on the south bank of the Tweed in Peebles. The photograph was taken in 1962, eight years after the last freight trains ran east of Broughton.<br><br>[Frank Spaven Collection (Courtesy David Spaven) 03/02/1962]](/images/27000/27131.jpg "Peebles Shed [CR]")
![Looking west from under the impressive overall roof of the former Caledonian Railway station in Peebles, 12 years after the last passenger train ran in 1950.<br><br>[Frank Spaven Collection (Courtesy David Spaven) 03/02/1962]](/images/29000/29314.jpg "Peebles [CR]")
![The large yard area and former grand Caledonian station building at Peebles on a dull day in February 1962. This was eight years after complete closure and 12 years since the last passenger train had called. View is east towards the Tweed Bridge, part of which can be seen in the left background just beyond the station.<br><br>[Frank Spaven Collection (Courtesy David Spaven) 03/02/1962]](/images/31000/31520.jpg "Peebles [CR]")
![42737 at Biggar with Scottish Rambler No 3 at Biggar on 29 March 1964. [See image 39040]<br><br>[John Robin 29/03/1964]](/images/6000/6449.jpg "Biggar")
![42737 with the SLS <I>Scottish Rambler No 3</I> railtour at Broughton on 29 March 1964. Following this stop the special returned along the branch to Symington [See image 22588]<br><br>[Andy Carr Collection 29/03/1964]](/images/32000/32615.jpg "Broughton [2nd]")
![<I>Scottish Rambler No 3</I> at Biggar on 29 March 1964 behind ex-LMS <I>Crab</I> no 42737. The special was on a trip from Symington along the Broughton branch. [See image 22588]<br><br>[K A Gray 29/03/1964]](/images/38000/38700.jpg "Biggar")
![42737 at Broughton on 29 March 1964 with <I>Scottish Rambler no 3</I>. The <I>Crab</I> had brought the special from Symington to what was then the limit of the former route to Peebles (the line east having closed in 1954). This surviving section had been retained to serve a nearby meat processing facility. On the left is the old island platform built in 1896 to serve the Talla Railway [see image 6635]. <br><br>[John Robin 29/03/1964]](/images/45000/45818.jpg "Broughton [2nd]")
![Viaduct and tunnel leading to Peebles CR.<br><br>[John Robin 25/05/1964]](/images/6000/6456.jpg "Neidpath Viaduct")
![The closed station at Broughton, looking west towards Symington in 1966.<br><br>[John Robin 25/03/1966]](/images/6000/6407.jpg "Broughton [2nd]")
![Bridge over Clyde at Coulter in 1966 [see image 47524].<br><br>[John Robin 25/03/1966]](/images/6000/6450.jpg "Coulter")
![View east through Broughton station towards Peebles on 25 March 1966. [Ref query 4069]<br><br>[John Robin 25/03/1966]](/images/46000/46968.jpg "Broughton [2nd]")
![Platform view at Coulter station looking west towards Symington in the spring of 1966. On the other side of the road beyond the crossing gate is the bridge over the Clyde, with Tinto Hill visible through the trees on the right. [See image 6450]<br><br>[John Robin 25/03/1966]](/images/47000/47524.jpg "Coulter")
![Biggar station and SB looking east on a rainy day in October 1971. [See image 33370]<br><br>[John Furnevel 13/10/1971]](/images/6000/6030.jpg "Biggar")
![Looking west from below the Tweed bridge carrying the B7062 across the river at Peebles in 1975. Running through the bridge is the trackbed of the line that once linked the CR from Peebles West station to the NB system on the other side of the river. Already a bungalow has been built across the trackbed; today this whole site has been totally redeveloped. [See image 37343] <br><br>[Bill Roberton //1975]](/images/38000/38372.jpg "Peebles [CR]")
![Surviving goods shed at Stobo in 1986.<br><br>[Bill Roberton //1986]](/images/24000/24681.jpg "Stobo")
![Looking west over Peebles (West) station.<br><br>[Ewan Crawford 12/04/1997]](/images/0/867.jpg "Peebles [CR]")
![Neidpath Viaduct, west of Peeles, looking south along the Tweed. 2002.<br><br>[John Furnevel //2002]](/images/6000/6752.jpg "Neidpath Viaduct")
![Looking west over Neidpath viaduct across the Tweed in September 2002. View towards Lyne station.<br><br>[John Furnevel 19/09/2002]](/images/3000/3116.jpg "Neidpath Viaduct")
![Crossing the River Tweed on Neidpath viaduct in September 2002, heading west along the ex-Caledonian route from Peebles to Symington.<br><br>[John Furnevel 19/09/2002]](/images/3000/3680.jpg "Neidpath Viaduct")
![View of Neidpath Viaduct, to the west of Peebles. Looking south along the River Tweed in September 2002.<br><br>[John Furnevel 19/09/2002]](/images/6000/6053.jpg "Neidpath Viaduct")
![The viaduct over the Lyne Water approaching Lyne station from the east in September 2002. The former station is now a private house located beyond the trees.<br><br>[John Furnevel 19/09/2002]](/images/6000/6104.jpg "Lyne")
![Former railway bridge over the Lyne Water on the ex-Caledonian route between Symington and Peebles. View south in September 2002, with Lyne station off to the right.<br><br>[John Furnevel 19/09/2002]](/images/6000/6106.jpg "Lyne")
![The substantial bridge that brought the railway across the Lyne Water into Lyne Station. Looking east over the river towards Peebles in September 2002, with the old station (now a secluded private residence) off picture to the left.<br><br>[John Furnevel 19/09/2002]](/images/24000/24669.jpg "Lyne")
![The Caledonian Railway's Neidpath viaduct over the River Tweed west of Peebles on a bright December day in 2003. View is south east, with the entrance to Neidpath Tunnel hidden amongst the trees on the left.<br><br>[John Furnevel 11/12/2003]](/images/6000/6052.jpg "Neidpath Viaduct")
![Looking east along the trackbed at Biggar in February 2004 with housing developments and a scrapyard gradually encroaching on the site of the old station.<br><br>[John Furnevel 09/02/2004]](/images/6000/6031.jpg "Biggar")
![The former Lyne Station, platform side, photographed from the south in November 2004.<br><br>[John Furnevel 10/11/2004]](/images/6000/6034.jpg "Lyne")
![Looking east over the site of the level crossing and on through the former Coulter station in November 2004. Photograph taken from the remains of the eastern abutment of the old railway viaduct over the River Clyde.<br><br>[John Furnevel 28/11/2004]](/images/6000/6032.jpg "Coulter")
![The surviving piers of Coulter Viaduct, photographed looking west across the River Clyde towards Symington in the autumn of 2004, with Coulter station off picture to the right. Tinto Hill stands in the left background.<br><br>[John Furnevel 28/11/2004]](/images/6000/6033.jpg "Coulter")
![Looking east over the frosty trackbed of the Symington, Biggar and Broughton Railway from the A701 road bridge at the south end of Broughton village in November 2005. The branch to Talla turned south approximately one mile east of this point. <br><br>[John Furnevel 30/11/2005]](/images/6000/6060.jpg "Broughton [2nd]")
![Looking west towards the former Broughton station site from the A701 bridge in 2005.<br><br>[John Furnevel 30/11/2005]](/images/6000/6064.jpg "Broughton [2nd]")
![At first glance the tyre tracks along the frosty embankment give the impression of rails still in place. View is west towards Broughton along the trackbed of the Symington, Biggar and Broughton Railway in November 2005. The Talla Railway branched south behind Rachan Farm on the left of the picture. <br><br>[John Furnevel 30/11/2005]](/images/6000/6071.jpg "Rachan Junction")
![Old goods shed, Stobo, December 2005.<br><br>[John Furnevel 02/12/2005]](/images/6000/6267.jpg "Stobo")
![This was taken inside Neidpath Castle. Nearby the tunnel ran carrying the Symington, Biggar and Broughton Railway.<br><br>[Colin Harkins /03/2006]](/images/10000/10370.jpg "Neidpath Castle")
![View from the Tunnel to the only Refuge/Void<br><br>[Colin Harkins /03/2006]](/images/10000/10821.jpg "Neidpath Tunnel")
![Entrance to void in Tunnel ... no other refuge exists.<br><br>[Colin Harkins 16/04/2006]](/images/10000/10378.jpg "Neidpath Tunnel")
![Its exit or purpose unknown but you can see the infill of the void complete with rubbish.<br><br>[Colin Harkins 16/04/2006]](/images/10000/10379.jpg "Neidpath Tunnel")
![A boggy but somewhat open entrance to the Tunnel attracts many a speculative visitor.<br><br>[Colin Harkins 16/04/2006]](/images/10000/10380.jpg "Neidpath Tunnel")
![Deep within the tunnel. Sources suggest that the Royal Train sought protection here during WW2 and that Cosmic Rays were first indentified/invented here.<br><br>[Colin Harkins 16/04/2006]](/images/10000/10381.jpg "Neidpath Tunnel")
![Inside the void looking toward the exit of the refuge to the Tunnel... Notice the oil drum amoungst other debris. PS not me in picture but kind permission granted.<br><br>[Colin Harkins 17/04/2006]](/images/10000/10382.jpg "Neidpath Tunnel")
![Neidpath Viaduct complete with cable runners.<br><br>[Colin Harkins 17/04/2006]](/images/10000/10384.jpg "Neidpath Viaduct")
![Caley Viaduct near Neidpath Castle looking majestic in the Spring Sun... notice the Cross on the Parapit.<br><br>[Colin Harkins 17/04/2006]](/images/10000/10385.jpg "Neidpath Viaduct")
![Underneath the Viaduct.<br><br>[Colin Harkins 17/04/2006]](/images/10000/10386.jpg "Neidpath Viaduct")
![Coulter Station showing platform looking east towards Biggar.<br><br>[Clive Barlow 26/05/2006]](/images/9000/9714.jpg "Coulter")
![Coulter Station showing platform looking east towards Biggar.<br><br>[Clive Barlow 26/05/2006]](/images/9000/9715.jpg "Coulter")
![Coulter Viaduct looking west towards Symington<br><br>[Clive Barlow 26/05/2006]](/images/9000/9716.jpg "Coulter")
![Remains of the viaduct that carried the SB&B across the Clyde at Coulter. Jan 2007.<br><br>[John Furnevel /01/2007]](/images/13000/13437.jpg "Coulter")
![View west over the Clyde and the remains of Coulter viaduct, January 2007.<br><br>[John Furnevel /01/2007]](/images/13000/13760.jpg "Coulter")
![The old station and signal box at Biggar in January 2007. Photographed from the south west looking towards Broughton. The area now forms part of a scrapyard.<br><br>[John Furnevel 05/01/2007]](/images/13000/13442.jpg "Biggar")
![Warding off evil.. Cross in viaduct to stop witches & spirits crossing the water.<br><br>[Colin Harkins 09/04/2007]](/images/14000/14449.jpg "Lyne")
![Lyne Station Buildings (Private House now) complete with original platform.<br><br>[Colin Harkins 09/04/2007]](/images/14000/14450.jpg "Lyne")
![Lyne platform.. at least the owners have kept the originality of the grounds.<br><br>[Colin Harkins 09/04/2007]](/images/14000/14451.jpg "Lyne")
![Entrance to Lyne Station grounds.<br><br>[Colin Harkins 09/04/2007]](/images/14000/14452.jpg "Lyne")
![Lyne Viaduct in its glory.<br><br>[Colin Harkins 09/04/2007]](/images/14000/14455.jpg "Lyne")
![Looking very new... surely this has not been up since 17th Feb 1942??? <br><br>[Colin Harkins 09/04/2007]](/images/14000/14456.jpg "Lyne")
![The end of the public footpath at Lyne Station.<br><br>[Colin Harkins 09/04/2007]](/images/14000/14457.jpg "Lyne")
![The River Clyde at Coulter, showing the remains of the bridge that brought the line from Symington over the river into Coulter station, which stands just off picture to the right. View north west on 26 October 2007.<br><br>[John Furnevel 26/10/2007]](/images/17000/17343.jpg "Coulter")
![The east portal of Neidpath Tunnel on 8 June 2008, a short distance along the trackbed west from the site of the former Peebles Caledonian station (closed 1950). Wooden gates once sealed the entrance to the tunnel but these were removed some time ago.<br><br>[John Furnevel 08/06/2008]](/images/19000/19410.jpg "Neidpath Tunnel")
![Inside looking out. View along the trackbed towards the site of Peebles (Caledonian) station on 8 June from just inside the eastern portal of Neidpath Tunnel. <br><br>[John Furnevel 08/06/2008]](/images/19000/19469.jpg "Neidpath Tunnel")
![The last thing you expect when taking a Boys Brigade Company weekend away through a disused tunnel is the lights of a ........ CAR<br>
What the heck?? These lines were lifted decades ago!!<br><br>[Colin Harkins 28/09/2008]](/images/20000/20889.jpg "Neidpath Tunnel")
![Is that the light at the end of the Tunnel???<br><br>[Colin Harkins 28/09/2008]](/images/20000/20890.jpg "Neidpath Tunnel")
![Its always great to be able to give a new and exiciting experience to todays upcoming citizens.... So what better than taking my BB company Section through a disused tunnel!!!<br><br>[Colin Harkins 28/09/2008]](/images/20000/20891.jpg "Neidpath Tunnel")
![Eastern entrance to Neidpath tunnel. At 674 yards, the western exit of this tunnel emerges near Neidpath Castle, and leads onto Neidpath viaduct<br><br>[James Young /04/2009]](/images/23000/23228.jpg "Neidpath tunnel")
![Peebles or Neidpath tunnel, looking west on the 11 March 2009. The western exit, seen as a chink of light is still some 400 yards away.<br><br>[James Young 11/04/2009]](/images/23000/23227.jpg "Neidpath Tunnel")
![Manor road bridge seen looking west along the Tweed, west of Neidpath Viaduct on 1 August 2010. To the right of the river, above the level of the flood plain, the trackbed of the former Caledonian route from Peebles starts to curve to the right towards Lyne station. It will eventually meet up with the WCML at Symington.<br><br>[John Furnevel 01/08/2010]](/images/30000/30061.jpg "Neidpath Viaduct")
![Eastern approach to Symington along the trackbed of the Symington, Bigger and Broughton Railway in March 2011. After passing below this bridge the line swung north to the junction with the WCML at Symington station. The buildings visible through the bridge now occupy the site of the old goods yard, which stood in the V of the junction [see image 22588]. <br><br>[John Furnevel 21/03/2011]](/images/33000/33296.jpg "Symington [2nd]")
![After leaving the junction with the WCML at Symington the SB&B ran east and, after approximately 2 miles, reached the first station on the line at Coulter. Just before arriving there the route crossed the Clyde on a substantial viaduct. View on 21 March from Coulter station west towards Symington with the remains of the old viaduct standing in and alongside the river. Tinto Hill dominates the horizon. [See image 33335]<br><br>[John Furnevel 21/03/2011]](/images/33000/33329.jpg "Coulter")
![The former station at Biggar (closed 1950), complete with signal box, still stands beyond the fence looking east from the old bridge on Station Road. The site, photographed on 21 March, is fairly well surrounded by commercial and residential developments nowadays, but is about to see yet more. [See image 6030] <br><br>[John Furnevel 21/03/2011]](/images/33000/33370.jpg "Biggar")
![Scene near Broughton on 21 March 2011, with the trackbed of the SB&B running across the centre of the picture. View is south towards Rachan Farm, with the village of Broughton off picture to the right. Meandering alongside the trackbed is the Holms Water, which is about to reach its confluence with the River Tweed, just visible on the far left above the line of trees. Eight miles further to the left, the river, road and railway all arrived at the town of Peebles, eastern terminus of the SB&B [see image 7402]. The line lost its passenger service in 1950 with complete closure east of Broughton in 1954 and the final section between Broughton and Symington in 1966.<br><br>[John Furnevel 21/03/2011]](/images/33000/33490.jpg "Rachan Junction")
![Islands in the stream. The remains of Coulter viaduct standing in the River Clyde on the approach to the former Coulter station in March 2011. View is west towards Symington with Tinto Hill in the right background.<br><br>[John Furnevel 21/03/2011]](/images/33000/33597.jpg "Coulter")
![Remains of the island platform at Broughton looking west in March 2003. Opened in 1860, Broughton had become a 3-platform junction station in 1896 following an agreement with the Edinburgh and District Water Trust. This agreement provided a link to the Talla Railway running south to Victoria Lodge in connection with the construction of Talla reservoir. The Talla Railway was abandoned following the opening of the reservoir in 1905, although Broughton station continued in use until withdrawal of passenger services over the former SB&B in 1950. The line between broughton and the WCML at Symington survived as a freight-only route until 1966. <br><br>[Colin Miller 23/03/2011]](/images/33000/33364.jpg "Broughton [2nd]")
![Neidpath Viaduct seen from the east on 24 March 2011, showing the construction of the skew arches.<br>
<br><br>[Colin Miller 24/03/2011]](/images/33000/33410.jpg "Neidpath Viaduct")
![Looking east along the trackbed of the SB&B at Broughton towards Peebles on Boxing Day 2011. The remains of the old station have now become part of a fenced and gated farm yard. The surviving island platform, seen here covered in logs, was created in 1896, giving Broughton 3 through platforms, the southernmost being used by trains on the new Talla Railway running south to Victoria Lodge.<br><br>[John Furnevel 26/12/2011]](/images/36000/36987.jpg "Broughton [2nd]")
![View towards Coulter station on 21 March 2011 from the eastern abutment of the former viaduct that brought the line over the Clyde. As well as the building, a section of platform still survives on the other side of the minor road.<br><br>[John Furnevel 21/3/2011]](/images/33000/33335.jpg "Coulter")
![The remains of the station and remarkably well-preserved signalbox at Biggar. Seen here in June 2012, now standing within a contractor's yard. [See image 6449]<br><br>[John Yellowlees 02/06/2012]](/images/39000/39040.jpg "Biggar")
![A mile east of Rachan Junction the lonely trackbed of the Caledonian Railway's extension east from Broughton to Peebles stretches off into a wild landscape. Here and there the ballast remains nearly intact.<br><br>[Ewan Crawford 06/01/2013]](/images/41000/41892.jpg "Rachan Junction")
![Looking towards Symington, and Tinto Hill, from the trackbed of the former Symington, Biggar and Broughton Railway. The view is west with the village of Symington just visible in the distance.<br><br>[Ewan Crawford 06/01/2013]](/images/41000/41898.jpg "Symington [2nd]")
![Looking east to Coulter station, the building of which can be seen, over the curious double and single track piers of the viaduct by the station.<br><br>[Ewan Crawford 06/01/2013]](/images/41000/41902.jpg "Coulter")
![Remains of the island platform at Broughton in January 2013. The view looks south over the obliterated eastbound platform to the westbound platform, the reverse side of which served the Talla Railway.<br><br>[Ewan Crawford 06/01/2013]](/images/41000/41906.jpg "Broughton [2nd]")
![This is the former goods shed at Biggar viewed from across the field and former station site to the south in January 2013. Wooden goods sheds don't often survive. Just as well it found new uses.<br><br>[Ewan Crawford 06/01/2013]](/images/41000/41912.jpg "Biggar")
![To the west of Biggar the line crosses a fairly damp field full of drains and it is all rather overgrown. It is not obvious but there are two former railways in this view. To the right the course of the line to Symington can just about be seen. To the extreme left is the obliterated trackbed of the Culter Waterhead Railway running out from Causewayend Siding up to Culter Waterhead Reservoir. This view looks west in January 2013.<br><br>[Ewan Crawford 06/01/2013]](/images/41000/41917.jpg "Causewayend Siding")
![Just east of Rachan Junction the Peebles line passes through a deep (and flooded) cutting before emerging here. View west along the trackbed of the Peebles line towards the junction, with the Talla Railway approaching on the left across a bridge.<br><br>[Ewan Crawford 06/01/2013]](/images/41000/41923.jpg "Rachan Junction")
![Rachan Junction looking east. The Talla Railway drops down gently to the right while the main line continues to the left en route to Peebles. The Talla line had a loop just before the junction. Both main line and Talla line ran as two single track railways back to Broughton as there was no physical connection here.<br><br>[Ewan Crawford 06/01/2013]](/images/41000/41932.jpg "Rachan Junction")
![Nice weather for ducks. Flooded fields surround the former Symington, Biggar and Broughton Railway. This view is some way west of Broughton and looks east.<br><br>[Ewan Crawford 06/01/2013]](/images/41000/41939.jpg "Broughton [2nd]")
![The attractive bridge that once carried trains across the Lyne Water into Lyne Station. Looking east on 8 July 2013. The old station building (now a private residence) stands off to the left.<br><br>[John Yellowlees 08/07/2013]](/images/43000/43800.jpg "Lyne")
![The bridge over the Lyne Water on the approach to Lyne station in July 2013. View is east, back towards Peebles. [See image 43800]<br><br>[John Yellowlees 08/07/2013]](/images/43000/43835.jpg "Lyne")
![The signal box nameboard now in the Gladstone Court Museum in Biggar. [See image 6449]<br><br>[Colin Miller 20/08/2013]](/images/44000/44305.jpg "Biggar")
![The 1863 Neidpath Viaduct which carried the Symington, Biggar and Broughton Railway across the Tweed a mile west of Peebles. Photographed on 4 August 2016 looking south east from alongside the A72.<br><br>[John Furnevel 04/08/2016]](/images/56000/56103.jpg "Neidpath Viaduct")
!['I'm still standing ...'<br>
The signal box now isolated in a sea of new builds.The chimneys are those of the station building which still stands. The box looks to have had some TLC recently.<br>
View from the infilled road overbridge looking east.<br><br>[Colin Miller 18/08/2016]](/images/56000/56243.jpg "Biggar")
![This venerable list of Peebles attractions is on the Tweed Bridge. The first-listed car park was at the CR (or 'West') station, just across the bridge. That area has long-since been built over. There's no mention of the current 'East Station car park', as it's actually called; paradoxically, there was no car park there until that station, the NB one, was history too.<br><br>[David Panton 19/10/2017]](/images/61000/61589.jpg "Peebles [CR]")
