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Eskbank And Dalkeith
All photographs of this location in date order.
![Platform scene at Eskbank station in 1995, with the old footbridge still in place.<br><br>[Ewan Crawford //1995]](/images/48000/48614.jpg "Eskbank and Dalkeith")
![Eskbank station building, July 2002.<br><br>[John Furnevel 19/07/2002]](/images/2000/2244.jpg "Eskbank and Dalkeith")
![Eskbank station looking south from the road bridge in December 2004.<br><br>[John Furnevel 01/12/2004]](/images/3000/3308.jpg "Eskbank and Dalkeith")
![The old Eskbank station on the Waverley route looking south in March 2005. The proposed new station will be half a mile further south behind the Tesco Superstore car park near the A7 roundabout.<br><br>[John Furnevel 02/03/2005]](/images/5000/5740.jpg "Eskbank and Dalkeith")
![View south along the Waverley trackbed passing through Eskbank station in March 2005.<br><br>[John Furnevel 02/03/2005]](/images/36000/36157.jpg "Eskbank and Dalkeith")
![Eskbank looking north - April 2005.<br><br>[John Furnevel 07/04/2005]](/images/3000/3499.jpg "Eskbank and Dalkeith")
![Platform shelter at Eskbank gradually being consumed by nature - 2005.<br><br>[John Furnevel 07/04/2005]](/images/3000/3500.jpg "Eskbank and Dalkeith")
![Haven for drunks and lost souls on the northbound platform at the old Eskbank station. <i>Who is Lucan into this?</i><br><br>[Brian Forbes /09/2006]](/images/11000/11748.jpg "Eskbank and Dalkeith")
![Odd shed of antiquity at Eskbank. south platform.<br><br>[Brian Forbes /09/2006]](/images/12000/12143.jpg "Eskbank and Dalkeith")
![Eskbank & Dalkeith, now overgrown. Steps up to old footbridge from platform visible. This station closed with the entire Waverley line in 01.1969<br><br>[Brian Forbes 02/10/2006]](/images/11000/11356.jpg "Eskbank and Dalkeith")
![Station House, main line to the rear.<br><br>[Brian Forbes 02/10/2006]](/images/11000/11386.jpg "Eskbank and Dalkeith")
![The magnificent old station building at Eskbank in April 2007. The trackbed is in a cutting to the left.<br><br>[John Furnevel 27/04/2007]](/images/14000/14398.jpg "Eskbank and Dalkeith")
![Loading bank north of Eskbank station. The goods yard was on both sides of the line and a coal mine on the west side.<br><br>[Ewan Crawford 09/06/2007]](/images/15000/15390.jpg "Eskbank and Dalkeith")
![Eskbank Station looking north towards Glenesk Junction in May 2008.�<br>
<br><br>[Mark Poustie /05/2008]](/images/28000/28543.jpg "Eskbank and Dalkeith")
![The original Eskbank station looking south towards Hardengreen on a fine day in August 2011. Opened in 1847 as Gallowshall, it was renamed Eskbank in 1850. Between 1954 and closure in 1969 it carried the name Eskbank & Dalkeith. A new Eskbank station on the Borders Railway opened in 2015, just over a mile south of here. <br><br>[John Furnevel 07/08/2011]](/images/61000/61290.jpg "Eskbank and Dalkeith")
![A young girl and her dog passing through the remains of Eskbank station on a bright and sunny afternoon. View south from the road bridge on 18 June 2012.<br><br>[John Furnevel 18/06/2012]](/images/39000/39306.jpg "Eskbank and Dalkeith")
![The former Eskbank station site on 22 May 2013, with the old footbridge and most of the platform structures now demolished and removed [see image 5740]. View north from the A6094, with the station building behind the trees at the top of the ramp and the bus in the background heading east along the A768.<br><br>[John Furnevel 22/05/2013]](/images/43000/43183.jpg "Eskbank and Dalkeith")
![Site of the 1847 station at Eskbank looking north on 18 July 2013. The last of the remains of the old station structures seem to have been demolished and cleared. The pedestrian ramp on the right, which formerly provided access to walkers and cyclists, is now closed off - with nature already starting to show signs of an early reclamation attempt.<br><br>[John Furnevel 18/07/2013]](/images/43000/43894.jpg "Eskbank and Dalkeith")
![View south over the remains of the 1847 Eskbank station on 28 August 2013.<br><br>[John Furnevel 28/08/2013]](/images/44000/44387.jpg "Eskbank and Dalkeith")
![Bridgeworks on the B6392 north of Eskbank station on 28 August 2013 looking along the trackbed towards Sheriffhall. <br><br>[John Furnevel 28/08/2013]](/images/44000/44394.jpg "Eskbank and Dalkeith")
![Southbound through the 1847 Eskbank station site on 27 September 2013.<br><br>[John Furnevel 27/09/2013]](/images/44000/44798.jpg "Eskbank and Dalkeith")
![View south into the sun over the remains of the old Eskbank station on 29 November 2013. Beyond the bridge work is in progress on the section running towards the new station.<br><br>[John Furnevel 29/11/2013]](/images/45000/45464.jpg "Eskbank and Dalkeith")
![All appears fairly quiet in this view north over the old Eskbank station on 15 December 2013, with works activity starting to wind down for the Christmas holiday break. <br><br>[John Furnevel 15/12/2013]](/images/45000/45717.jpg "Eskbank and Dalkeith")
![Looking south from the A6094 road bridge along the Waverley trackbed on 17 January 2014 towards the site of the new Eskbank station in the distance. The original 1847 station site is immediately behind the camera on the north side of the bridge.<br><br>[John Furnevel 17/01/2014]](/images/46000/46003.jpg "Eskbank and Dalkeith")
![View towards Edinburgh from the A768 at the north end of the old Eskbank station on 17 January. The interesting looking bridge carries the B6392 Melville Road over the trackbed.<br><br>[John Furnevel 17/01/2014]](/images/46000/46020.jpg "Eskbank and Dalkeith")
![The old Eskbank station looking south on 8 February 2014. Still relatively undisturbed by the construction activities taking place to the north and south of the site.<br><br>[John Furnevel 08/02/2014]](/images/46000/46276.jpg "Eskbank and Dalkeith")
![Beginning of the end at Eskbank? The machines get to work at the 1847 Esbank station site on the morning of 19 March 2014. <br><br>[John Furnevel 19/03/2014]](/images/46000/46700.jpg "Eskbank and Dalkeith")
![The view south at Eskbank on 19 March 2014. The new Borders Railway station to the south of here will be located less than half a mile beyond the bridge in the background. [See image 46700] <br><br>[John Furnevel 19/03/2014]](/images/46000/46742.jpg "Eskbank and Dalkeith")
![Little obvious significant change at the old Eskbank station since the previous visit, other than the raised bridge parapet and the seven daffodils. View north on Sunday 6 April 2014. <br><br>[John Furnevel 06/04/2014]](/images/46000/46913.jpg "Eskbank and Dalkeith")
![Looking south from the the A6094 on 27 April 2014, with the old Eskbank station immediately behind the camera. The new station will be located just beyond the yellow works container in the background, some 9 miles out from Waverley. The houses of Hardengreen Lane stand just off to the right behind the trees.<br><br>[John Furnevel 27/04/2014]](/images/47000/47138.jpg "Eskbank and Dalkeith")
![Morning stroll south through Eskbank - scene on 2 June 2014.<br><br>[John Furnevel 02/06/2014]](/images/47000/47512.jpg "Eskbank and Dalkeith")
![The Waverley route between Eskbank and Hardengreen looking south on 2 June 2014. Note the supports for the footbridge that will span the trackbed in the background at the site of the new Eskbank station.<br><br>[John Furnevel 02/06/2014]](/images/47000/47521.jpg "Eskbank and Dalkeith")
![The old Eskbank station looking north east from the A6094 road bridge on 3 August 2014. [See image 48259]<br><br>[John Furnevel 03/08/2014]](/images/48000/48252.jpg "Eskbank and Dalkeith")
![Work underway at the old Eskbank station site on 3 September 2014. View north. <br><br>[John Furnevel 03/09/2014]](/images/48000/48606.jpg "Eskbank and Dalkeith")
![View north over the works at the site of the old Eskbank station on 5 October 2014.<br><br>[John Furnevel 05/10/2014]](/images/49000/49005.jpg "Eskbank and Dalkeith")
![A road-railer passes through the old Eskbank station site on 22 October 2014.<br><br>[Bill Roberton 22/10/2014]](/images/49000/49168.jpg "Eskbank and Dalkeith")
![View north through the old Eskbank station on 27 March 2015.<br><br>[John Furnevel 27/03/2015]](/images/50000/50799.jpg "Eskbank and Dalkeith")
![A QTS vegetation management squad in action at the old Eskbank station site on 1 May 2015.<br><br>[John Furnevel 01/05/2015]](/images/51000/51159.jpg "Eskbank and Dalkeith")
![Another driver training run on the Borders Railway on a bright and sunny 9 June 2015. ScotRail 158869 heads south through the site of the 1847 Eskbank station, which eventually closed in 1969. The train will pass through its new 2015 replacement around half a mile further on.<br><br>[John Furnevel 09/06/2015]](/images/51000/51586.jpg "Eskbank and Dalkeith")
![Borders Railway crew training on 15 June. 158741 Southbound past the platforms at Eskbank (Old). Mind the gap!<br><br>[Bill Roberton 15/06/2015]](/images/51000/51664.jpg "Eskbank and Dalkeith")
![A fine May morning in 2016 sees 158727 run through the abandoned platforms of the original Eskbank station with a northbound train on the Borders Railway. <br><br>[John Furnevel 22/05/2016]](/images/63000/63112.jpg "Eskbank and Dalkeith")
![A Sunday morning service on the Borders Railway runs south through the site of the original Eskbank station on 12 March 2017. In another half mile the train will stop at its 2015 replacement. <br><br>[John Furnevel 12/03/2017]](/images/58000/58444.jpg "Eskbank and Dalkeith")
![The old station house at Eskbank and Dalkeith.<br><br>[John Yellowlees 30/10/2017]](/images/61000/61838.jpg "Eskbank and Dalkeith")
![1354 ex-Waverley rushing past Eskbank & Dalkeith.<br><br>[John Yellowlees 30/10/2017]](/images/62000/62007.jpg "Eskbank and Dalkeith")
