Canonbie

Location type

Station

Name and dates

Canonbie (1862-1964)

Opened on the Langholm Branch (North British Railway).

Description

This was a single platform station. The platform was on the east side of the line. The goods yard was to the south, accessed from Canonbie Colliery Signal Box. The station closed to passengers in 1964 and the line remained open until 1967 for goods.

Tags

Station




Chronology Dates

01/07/1862Border Union Railway (North British Railway)
The line from Edinburgh Waverley to Carlisle Citadel via Galashiels and Hawick [2nd] is completed. The line opened from Hawick [2nd] to Scotch Dyke. Stations opened at Hawick [2nd], Barnes, Shankend, Riccarton, Steele Road, Newcastleton, Kershope Foot, Penton, Riddings Junction (and Canonbie on the incomplete Langholm branch). (Alternative date 01/08/1862.)

Books


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

Carlisle to Hawick: The Waverley Route (Scml)

Railway to Langholm

Waverley: Portrait of a Famous Route