Drem

Location type

Station

Name and dates

Drem (1846-)

Station code: DRM National Rail ScotRail
Where: East Lothian, Scotland
Opened on the North British Railway.
Open on the North Berwick Line.
Open on the Edinburgh to Berwick.

Description

This is a two platform station served by local trains from Edinburgh Waverley to North Berwick. There is a small car park.

This is a very good example of a small North British Railway station. The original single storey stone built station building stands on the eastbound platform and a timber waiting shelter on both platforms. (Apparently accidentally demolished by a contractor and rebuilt.)

The goods shed was at the east end, north side of the line. Of this a single siding survives for Permanent Way use.

Immediately to the east are loops on either side of the line and Drem Junction where trains leave the East Coast Main Line to join the North Berwick Branch (North British Railway).

Tags

Station.

External links

Canmore site record
NLS Collection OS map of 1892-1914
NLS Collection OS map of 1944-67
NLS Map

Facilities

Gaelic name: An Druim
Listing: B




Chronology Dates

01/11/1856North Berwick Branch (North British Railway)
Horse operation begins. Dandy Car, previously used on the South Leith line, introduced between Drem and North Berwick.
06/08/1979North British Railway
Drem closed to goods.
  /  /1985North Berwick Branch (North British Railway)
Drem westbound waiting shelter partly demolished. The building was listed and British Rail built a replica.
30/01/2007North British Railway
Car carrying IPA wagons catch fire at Drem station.

News items

15/11/2016Investing in the future of Scottish Rail [Rail Technology]
18/08/2011Athelstaneford posters unveiled [Railscot]

Books


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

Drem to Edinburgh: Including Gullane, Haddington, Tranent, Musselburgh and Fisherrow Branches (Scottish Main Lines)

Edinburgh St. Margaret's: The Story of the 'Other' Edinburgh Depot of the North British Railway 1845-1967

Exploring Disused Railways in East Scotland

Last Trains: Edinburgh and South East Scotland v. 1
LNER Wagons: Volume 3: Scottish Area: Ex North British and Ex-Great North of Scotland Railway Wagons
North British Railway in Northumberland, The

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

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

Signalling and Signal Boxes along the North British Railway, Great North of Scotland Railway and the CLC Routes

South East Scotland (British Railways Past & Present)

The Castle and the Bear: A Brief History of the North British Railway

The North British Railway a History
The North British Railway, Volume 1, One,
The Vanished Railways of Old Western Dunbartonshire (Britains Railways/Old Photos)

Vanished Railways of West Lothian