Bowland

Location type

Station

Names and dates

Bowland (1848-1849)
Bowland Bridge (1849-1862)
Bowland (1862-1953)

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

Description

Bowland was a two platform station. This was briefly the southern terminus of the line before it was extended south.

The station closed to passengers in 1953. The signal box here closed in 1964.

On line re-opening a station was not re-opened here.

The nearest stations are Stow (north) and Galashiels (south).

Tags

Station terminus




Chronology Dates

01/05/1848Edinburgh and Hawick Railway (North British Railway)
Line extended from Gorebridge to Bowland.
20/04/1849Edinburgh and Hawick Railway (North British Railway)
Line opened from Bowland to Hawick [1st].
  /08/2000Edinburgh and Hawick Railway (North British Railway)
The Campaign for Borders Rail erects a straw-bale replica of a steam locomotive at Bowland visible from the A68 to raise awareness.

News items

21/11/2022Review: Northern Lines - Preston to Lancaster - West Coast Main Line by Roy Davies [Railscot]
09/04/2021Here are 12 beautiful views you can see from train journeys around Scotland [Scotsman]
26/06/2013New fountainhall site office central to Borders Railway [Border Telegraph]
19/01/2013Bowland bridge rail plan [Southern Reporter]

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