Esk Valley Junction
Location type
JunctionName and dates
Esk Valley Junction (1867-1964)Opened on the Peebles Railway.
Opened on the Esk Valley Railway.
Description
This was a double track junction formed with the opening of the Esk Valley Junction which met the existing Peebles Railway. Access to both was from the north.
The line from here to Hardengreen Junction was probably single track before the branch opened, it was certainly double track afterwards. The route south to Hawthornden was doubled in 1872.
The branch closed to passengers in 1951 and the Peebles in 1962. The junction ceased with the closure of the branch in 1964 and the signal box closed. The final line closure came in 1967.
The location is now a footpath. Both routes are footpaths.
Tags
Junction
| Nearby stations Eskbank South Esk Dalhousie Eskbank and Dalkeith Bonnyrigg Broomieknowe Glenesk Lasswade Dalkeith Newtongrange [1st] Sheriffhall [2nd] Newtongrange Sheriffhall [1st] Polton Gilmerton | Eldin Colliery Dalhousie Catchpoints Hardengreen Viaduct Eskbank Carpet Factory Bonnyrigg Catchpoints Hardengreen Junction Hardengreen Yard Newbattle Viaduct [1st] Newbattle Viaduct Bonnyrigg Carpet Factory Phillip^s Siding Tip Lasswade Tunnel West Bryans Siding Tourist/other Polton No 2 Signal Box |
| Location names in dark blue are on the same original line. | |
Chronology Dates
| 15/04/1867 | Esk Valley Railway Opened from Esk Valley Junction (Peebles Railway) to Polton. |
| 19/09/1951 | Esk Valley Railway Polton to Eskbank [1st] (Esk Valley Junction) closed to passengers. |
