Borthwick Bank Signal Box

Location type

Sidings

Name and dates

Borthwick Bank Signal Box (1892-1968)

Opened on the Edinburgh and Hawick Railway (North British Railway).

Description

This signal box broke the section between Fushiebridge [1st] station and Tynehead station. The box was located on the Borthwick Bank, on the south side of the line, north east of Borthwick Castle .

This was the site of an ash (and other materials) dump from St Margarets Shed, there being two sets of sidings on the north side of the line accessed from a headshunt which made a trailing connection to the southbound line east of the signal box. The sidings allowed dumping of material into Brirky Side / Maggie Bowie's Glen. (See Birky Side Dump.)

The crossover here (just to the immediate west of the box) was used to let local trains from Edinburgh to Gorebridge change tracks for the return journey.

The signal box closed in 1968 (before the line closed in 1969). Following thus local trains (DMUs)had to continue to Heriot to change tracks.

After line closure this was the site of a track recovery depot, new sidings being laid for that purpose.

The base of the demolished signal box survived between closure and the works for re-opening of the line.

Tags

Signal box

Aliases

Borthwick Bank
07/01/2021


Books


A Regional History of the Railways of Great Britain: Scotland - The Lowlands and the Borders v. 6 (Regional railway history series)

Forgotten Railways: Scotland

Galashiels 1897: Selkirkshire Sheet 08.02 (Old Ordnance Survey Maps of Selkirkshire)

Galashiels to Edinburgh: Including the Lauder and Dalkeith Branches - the Waverley Route (Scml)

Hawick 1897: Roxburghshire Sheet 25.07 (Old Ordnance Survey Maps of Roxburghshire)

Hawick to Galashiels: The Waverley Route Including the Selkirk Branch (Scottish Main Lines)

Last Years of the Waverley Route

North British Railway, Vol. 1 (Standard Railway History)

North British Railway, Vol. 2 (Standard Railway History)

On the Waverley Route

Railways Of Scotland 2: The Waverley Route DVD - Cinerail

The Waverley Route Through Time

The Waverley Route: Its Heritage and Revival

The Waverley Route: The Postwar Years

Waverley Route: The battle for the Borders Railway

Waverley Route: The Life, Death and Rebirth of the Borders Railway

Waverley: Portrait of a Famous Route