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Newtongrange
All photographs of this location in date order.
![Although still looking in reasonable condition, this Andrew Barclay 0-6-0ST carrying running number 20 of the NCB Lothians Area gives the distinct impression of having been put out to grass. It was photographed on a visit to Newtongrange in May 1971 at what I am reliably informed was referred to as the Newbattle Coal Stacking Site.<br><br>[Bill Jamieson 25/05/1971]](/images/40000/40939.jpg "Newtongrange")
![Confused lower quadrant signal on the closed private line between Lingerwood and Lady Victoria Collieries, Newtongrange, in 1974.<br><br>[Bill Roberton //1974]](/images/37000/37303.jpg "Newtongrange")
![Plan of the new station at Newtongrange. Single platform station with parking for 70+ cars and pedestrian access from the A7.<br><br>[John Furnevel 07/02/2007]](/images/13000/13782.jpg "Newtongrange")
![Entrance to the car park at the proposed Newtongrange station on the Borders Railway in February 2007 looking across the A7.<br><br>[John Furnevel 07/02/2007]](/images/13000/13783.jpg "Newtongrange")
![Looking north along the future platform site at Newtongrange in February 2007 through the bridge which carries the A7, eerily named <I>Murderdean Road</I> at this point.<br><br>[John Furnevel 07/02/2007]](/images/13000/13784.jpg "Newtongrange")
![View south over the site of the proposed new station at Newtongrange in February 2007, with the winding gear of the Lady Victoria Colliery visible in the left background.<br><br>[John Furnevel 07/02/2007]](/images/13000/13785.jpg "Newtongrange")
![Photograph taken from alongside the A7 on 3 June 2011 looking south west over the site of the planned Newtongrange station on the Borders Railway route to Tweedbank. The houses of Jenks Loan in the background are part of a significant residential development on the west side of the trackbed here. The original Newtongrange station was located on the north side of the A7 behind the camera [see image 24342].<br>
<br><br>[John Furnevel 03/06/2011]](/images/34000/34346.jpg "Newtongrange")
![Preparations at the site of the future Newtongrange station, looking south towards Gorebridge on 19 October 2011. The gardens of Jenks Loan, one of a number of modern developments in the area, run alongside the formation on the right, with the A7 behind the camera. The original Newtongrange station stood on the other (north) side of the A7 road bridge. [See image 24342] <br>
<br><br>[John Furnevel 19/10/2011]](/images/36000/36100.jpg "Newtongrange")
![The station site at Newtongrange on 26 March 2012. View is north towards the road bridge carrying the A7. The original Newtongrange station stood on the other side of the bridge [see image 24342].<br><br>[John Furnevel 26/03/2012]](/images/38000/38148.jpg "Newtongrange")
![Site of the new station at Newtongrange looking south from the A7 road bridge on 9 June 2012. The headgear of Lady Victoria Colliery can just be seen poking above the trees on the left. [See image 13785]<br><br>[John Furnevel 09/06/2012]](/images/39000/39163.jpg "Newtongrange")
![View from south of Newtongrange towards Salisbury Crags and Arthur's Seat on 9th October 2012 - many of the structures to be re-used on the Borders Railway are in remarkably good condition despite lack of railway maintenance for more than 43 years.<br><br>[David Spaven 09/10/2012]](/images/40000/40832.jpg "Newtongrange")
![The Waverley trackbed running through the site of the proposed Newtongrange station on 13 October 2012. View is south from the A7 road bridge looking towards Gorebridge. <br><br>[John Furnevel 13/10/2012]](/images/40000/40645.jpg "Newtongrange")
![View south over Newtongrange station site on 6 January 2013. No noticeable change since the last visit in October, other than the appearance of various wooden stakes around the site.<br><br>[John Furnevel 06/01/2013]](/images/41000/41668.jpg "Newtongrange")
![Site of the planned Newtongrange station looking south on 12 April 2013. For the view north on the same day from the bridge in the distance [see image 42753].<br><br>[John Furnevel 12/04/2013]](/images/42000/42773.jpg "Newtongrange")
![Entrance to the planned station and car park at Newtongrange on 22 May 2013. The A7 continues north along Murderdean Road (right) to cross the bridge over the trackbed, from which ramped access to the platform will also be available.<br><br>[John Furnevel 22/05/2013]](/images/43000/43198.jpg "Newtongrange")
![The site of Newtongrange station on 30 July looking south. The rain over the past week has created some additional water features here. The A7 runs past on the left.<br><br>[John Furnevel 30/07/2013]](/images/44000/44000.jpg "Newtongrange")
![Update on works at Newtongrange on 27 September 2013. Above is the view south over the station site from the A7 road bridge. In the lower picture the parapet on the north side of the bridge is receiving attention.<br><br>[John Furnevel /09/2013]](/images/44000/44770.jpg "Newtongrange")
![Progress on the new station at Newtongrange, seen from the A7 on Sunday morning 20 October 2013, looking south over the station site towards the houses of Jenks Loan.<br><br>[John Furnevel 20/10/2013]](/images/45000/45057.jpg "Newtongrange")
![Work in progress at the Borders Railway station site at Newtongrange on 17 January 2014.<br><br>[John Furnevel 17/01/2014]](/images/45000/45983.jpg "Newtongrange")
![Looking south over the site of the planned Newtongrange station on 28 March 2014.<br><br>[John Furnevel 28/03/2014]](/images/46000/46796.jpg "Newtongrange")
![View north along the trackbed of the Borders Railway towards the site of Newtongrange station on Sunday 6 April 2014. The new station will be located just before the bridge carrying the A7. The Firth of Forth is visible in the background with the Kingdom of Fife beyond.<br><br>[John Furnevel 06/04/2014]](/images/46000/46923.jpg "Newtongrange")
![Site of the new station at Newtongrange on 4 July 2014, looking south towards Gorebridge.<br><br>[John Furnevel 04/07/2014]](/images/47000/47928.jpg "Newtongrange")
![Progress at Newtongrange on 10 August 2014. View south over the site of the new station from the A7.<br><br>[John Furnevel 10/08/2014]](/images/48000/48327.jpg "Newtongrange")
![Saturday working at Newtongrange station site on 30 August 2014, looking south from the A7.<br><br>[John Furnevel 30/08/2014]](/images/48000/48540.jpg "Newtongrange")
![Platform construction underway at Newtongrange on 14 September 2014. The Lady Victoria Colliery site on the left is home to the Scottish Mining Museum and will be linked to the new station via a footpath.<br><br>[John Furnevel 14/09/2014]](/images/48000/48726.jpg "Newtongrange")
![Progress at Newtongrange on 5 October 2014 with platform construction well advanced.<br><br>[John Furnevel 05/10/2014]](/images/49000/49017.jpg "Newtongrange")
![The Borders Railway tracklaying team in action mid morning on 17 October 2014 just south of Newtongrange station. The train is being propelled by GBRf 66736. <br><br>[John Furnevel 17/10/2014]](/images/49000/49086.jpg "Newtongrange")
![View south at Newtongrange on 14 October 2014 during tracklaying operations, showing the short distance between the Lady Victoria Colliery site, home of the Scottish Mining Museum (top left) and the under construction platform. The new station will have a direct footpath link with the museum. <br><br>[John Furnevel 17/10/2014]](/images/49000/49097.jpg "Newtongrange")
![Ballast dropping on the Borders Railway at Newtongrange on 22 October 2014.<br><br>[Bill Roberton 22/10/2014]](/images/49000/49162.jpg "Newtongrange")
![Early afternoon sunshine catches the front of Freightliner 66605 with a Borders Railway ballast train at Newtongrange on 24 October 2014. Sister locomotive 66602 is on the other end of the train. View north towards the Firth of Forth.<br><br>[John Furnevel 24/10/2014]](/images/49000/49204.jpg "Newtongrange")
![A relatively tidy looking Newtongrange station site on 25 November 2014, photographed looking south from the A7 overbridge. Platform construction looks well advanced and a noise barrier has been erected between the new railway and the gardens of Jenks Loan. Work is in progress on the main entrance and car park off to the left. <br><br>[John Yellowlees 25/11/2014]](/images/49000/49552.jpg "Newtongrange")
![An Edinburgh bound DMU on the Borders Railway heads north from Newtongrange on 11 January 2015. The train is about to pass below the second of the two new pedestrian footbridges built here, as it turns left towards Newbattle Viaduct. <br><br>[John Furnevel 11/01/2015]](/images/53000/53915.jpg "Newtongrange")
![Ongoing work at Newtongrange, looking south on a wet 16 March 2015. The car park is starting to take shape on the left with work also underway on the direct link to the National Mining Museum at the far end of the platform.<br><br>[John Furnevel 16/03/2015]](/images/50000/50665.jpg "Newtongrange")
![New infrastructure at Newtongrange, photographed on the morning of 26 April 2015, including pedestrian access from the housing developments on the west side of the line to reach the south side of the A7. The platform will be accessible via a ramp and stairway on the east side of the road bridge. [See image 13782] <br><br>[John Furnevel 26/04/2015]](/images/51000/51101.jpg "Newtongrange")
![Main entrance to Newtongrange station and car park from the northbound lane of the A7 on Sunday 10 May 2015. <br><br>[John Furnevel 10/05/2015]](/images/51000/51271.jpg "Newtongrange")
![Ongoing work in and around the station area at Newtongrange on the afternoon of 20 May 2015.<br><br>[John Furnevel 20/05/2015]](/images/51000/51358.jpg "Newtongrange")
![Work underway on the steps which will provide a pedestrian link between the A7 and the new Borders Railway station at Newtongrange. Looking south east across the line on 3 June 2015.<br><br>[John Furnevel 03/06/2015]](/images/51000/51512.jpg "Newtongrange")
![ScotRail 158869 passing Newtongrange station northbound on 9 June 2015 on a Borders Railway driver training run returning from Tweedbank.<br><br>[John Furnevel 09/06/2015]](/images/51000/51583.jpg "Newtongrange")
![View north towards Newtongrange on 16 July 2015, a day without any scheduled Newcraighall - Tweedbank crew training runs. Finishing work is being carried out on the station and the surrounding infrastructure.<br><br>[John Furnevel 16/07/2015]](/images/51000/51980.jpg "Newtongrange")
![Vehicle entrance to Newtongrange station car park from the A7 on 16 July 2015, with some signage and partial landscaping now evident. Near the brow of the hill a pedestrian entrance is also nearing completion. [See image 51991] <br><br>[John Furnevel 16/07/2015]](/images/51000/51987.jpg "Newtongrange")
![The new pedestrian entrance to Newtongrange station giving access from the overbridge on the A7 Murderdean Road. The building on the left was part of the rail served Dean Oil Works which once occupied the station site. Photographed through security fencing on 17 July 2015. [See image 51987]<br><br>[John Furnevel 17/07/2015]](/images/51000/51991.jpg "Newtongrange")
![The crew of train 2Z12, the 0851 Newcraighall - Tweedbank, takes to the platform during the scheduled stop at Newtongrange during a break in the clouds on 24 July 2015. Through the haze in the background a tanker can just be made out heading for the oil terminal at Hound Point in the Firth of Forth. <br><br>[John Furnevel 24/07/2015]](/images/52000/52078.jpg "Newtongrange")
![Just add passengers? Newtongrange station on 30 July 2015 looking more or less complete. Arriving at the platform is the 1058 Tweedbank - Newcraighall.<br><br>[John Furnevel 30/07/2015]](/images/52000/52110.jpg "Newtongrange")
![<I>'Hello there! It's good to be back!'</I> The first scheduled passenger train on the Borders Railway calls at Newtongrange on 6 September 2015 on its way from Tweedbank to Edinburgh.<br><br>[John Furnevel 06/09/2015]](/images/52000/52489.jpg "Newtongrange")
![The ScotRail 0845 ex-Tweedbank draws up at the platform at Newtongrange on 6 September 2015 on the first day of scheduled passenger services over the Borders Railway. [See image 52489]<br><br>[John Furnevel 06/09/2015]](/images/52000/52507.jpg "Newtongrange")
![September 14th 2015 was a particularly dull Monday morning. Even by 0930, car headlights were being automatically activated and various shop windows were still illuminated along Main Street in Newtongrange. The station itself displays an overall grey pallor as the 0859 Tweedbank - Edinburgh approaches. In the background is the now completed zig-zag path linking the station car park and the National Mining Museum. This is the first time I can recall using the ISO 6400 setting on a camera.<br><br>[John Furnevel 14/09/2015]](/images/52000/52642.jpg "Newtongrange")
![Looking back towards Newtongrange station on 14 September 2015 from the pedestrian pathway linking the car park to the Scottish Mining Museum. The 0853 Edinburgh - Tweedbank has just arrived at the platform on what was a dark and dreary morning [see image 52642].<br><br>[John Furnevel 14/09/2015]](/images/52000/52670.jpg "Newtongrange")
![The zig-zag path from the station to National Mining Museum is dotted with information boards about the history of mining in the area. This one though celebrates the predecessor to the shiny new station. It once had standard canopied buildings on both platforms, but lost them some time before that became fashionable, remaining staffed as a halt in all but name. [See image 24342]<br><br>[David Panton 22/09/2015]](/images/52000/52712.jpg "Newtongrange")
![67026 'Diamond Jubilee' leads the returning steam special from Tweedbank past Newtongrange with 60009 <I>Union of South Africa</I> on the rear.<br><br>[Bill Roberton 27/09/2015]](/images/52000/52760.jpg "Newtongrange")
![Signs of an overnight frost are still present as the 0959 ex-Tweedbank boards at Newtongrange on a cold January morning in 2016. Photographed looking south from Dean Park footbridge through the site of the original 1908 station.<br><br>[John Furnevel 11/01/2016]](/images/53000/53878.jpg "Newtongrange")
![158728 runs south between the two new footbridges at Newtongrange on 29 February 2016 and is about to pass through the site of the 1908 station. The train is the ScotRail 1054 Edinburgh - Tweedbank.<br><br>[John Furnevel 29/02/2016]](/images/54000/54368.jpg "Newtongrange")
![The 1018 to Edinburgh Waverley (0945 ex-Tweedbank) boarding at Newtongrange on 1 May 2016.<br><br>[John Furnevel 01/05/2016]](/images/55000/55050.jpg "Newtongrange")
![A Tweedbank - Edinburgh train about to restart from the platform at Newtongrange on 1 May 2016 before passing below the bridge carrying the A7.<br><br>[John Furnevel 01/05/2016]](/images/55000/55060.jpg "Newtongrange")
![ScotRail 158714 about to leave Newtongrange on 1 December 2016 with the 0946 service to Tweedbank.<br><br>[John Furnevel 01/12/2016]](/images/57000/57334.jpg "Newtongrange")
![Passengers boarding the 0931 ScotRail service to Edinburgh at Newtongrange on 1 December 2016. I can't help wondering what the sapling survival rate is in the area to the right between the railway fence and the houses of Jenks Loan.<br><br>[John Furnevel 01/12/2016]](/images/57000/57349.jpg "Newtongrange")
![Early morning winter sunshine illuminates the houses of Jenks Loan in the foreground and the Pentland Hills in the background, as a southbound train on the Borders Railway pulls away from the platform at Newtongrange.<br><br>[John Furnevel 01/12/2016]](/images/57000/57518.jpg "Newtongrange")
![170414 leaving Newtongrange working today's 1054 Edinburgh-Tweedbank. The Borders unit on a Borders train.<br><br>[John Yellowlees 13/03/2017]](/images/58000/58419.jpg "Newtongrange")
!['Borders Railway Unwrapped' posters decorating the south face of the former Dean Oil Works building at Newtongrange. Photographed from the station car park on 19 March 2017 [see image 51991].<br><br>[John Furnevel 19/03/2017]](/images/58000/58715.jpg "Newtongrange")
![ScotRail 158740 pulls away from the platform at Newtongrange on 9 July 2017 with the 1011 Edinburgh - Tweedbank.<br><br>[John Furnevel 09/07/2017]](/images/60000/60077.jpg "Newtongrange")
![A dull, grey October morning at Newtongrange, with the 0930 from Tweedbank about to call on its way to Edinburgh. The pathway on the left leads to the National Mining Museum, visible top left.<br><br>[John Furnevel 12/10/2017]](/images/61000/61381.jpg "Newtongrange")
