Whitrope Siding

Location type

Station

Name and dates

Whitrope Siding (2010-)

Where: Scottish Borders, Scotland
Opened on the Border Union Railway (North British Railway).

Description

This is a new station built in 2010 and opened on a section of preserved line.
Waverley Route Heritage Association

This was the site of a refuge siding for bankers on the southbound side of the line with signal box. The siding also saw some use as a public siding for local traffic. The siding was approached by reversal from the south. It was also used as a halt for railway staff and their families.

The siding closed in 1967 and line in 1969.

It was to the south of Whitrope Tunnel and north of Whitrope Culvert and Whitrope Summit.

The site was exposed with considerable snow fencing.

The location saw some passenger use - but there was no platform and it was not a passenger station.

The box closed in 1967.

A railway cottage remains here. The foundations of the former signal box have been uncovered.

Also known as Limekilnedge Siding - Limekilnedge is to the north east.

Local

The Waverley Route Heritage Association have reinstated a portion of the line here. Waverley Route Heritage Association

Tags

Station

Aliases

Limekilnedge Siding Lime Kiln Edge



Chronology Dates

  /10/2002Border Union Railway (North British Railway)
Four track panels laid at Whitrope Siding by the Waverley Route Heritage Association.

Books


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

An Illustrated History of Carlisle's Railways

Border Country Branch Line Album

Border Railway Portfolio

Borders Railway Rambles

Carlisle to Hawick: The Waverley Route (Scml)

Forgotten Railways: Scotland

Hawick 1897: Roxburghshire Sheet 25.07 (Old Ordnance Survey Maps of Roxburghshire)

Last Years of the Waverley Route

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

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

Railways Of Scotland 2: The Waverley Route DVD - Cinerail

The North British Railway a History

The Waverley Route Through Time

The Waverley Route: The District Controller's View 'Edinburgh (Waverley) - Carlisle Via Hawick'

Waverley Route: The battle for the Borders Railway

Waverley Route: The Life, Death and Rebirth of the Borders Railway

Waverley: Portrait of a Famous Route