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The Jedburgh Railway was a 9+1⁄2-mile (15 km) single-track branch railway in the Borders, Scotland, built by the Jedburgh Railway Company. It ran from a point south of Roxburgh Junction on the Kelso Line to Jedburgh via three intermediate stations, Kirkbank, Nisbet and Jedfoot.
History
United Kingdom legislation| Jedburgh Railway Act 1855 | |
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| Act of Parliament | |
 Parliament of the United Kingdom | |
| Long title | An Act for making a Railway from the Town of Jedburgh to the Kelso Branch of the North British Railway at or near the Roxburgh Station, and for other Purposes. |
| Citation | 18 & 19 Vict. c. xxx |
| Dates | |
| Royal assent | 25 May 1855 |
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| Repealed by |
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| Text of statute as originally enacted | |
| North British and Jedburgh Railways Amalgamation Act 1860 | |
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| Act of Parliament | |
 Parliament of the United Kingdom | |
| Citation | 23 & 24 Vict. c. cxl |
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| Royal assent | 3 July 1860 |
Authorised by the Jedburgh Railway Act 1855 (18 & 19 Vict. c. xxx), the line was opened in July of the next year. It was run by the North British Railway from its opening and was absorbed by that company in 1860. The line closed to passengers on 13 August 1948, the day after large-scale flooding took out the bridge over the Teviot at Nisbet. The line closed to freight on 10 August 1964.
The track where the rails lay is now part of the Borders Abbeys Way walking route.
See also
The Kelso and Jedburgh railway branch lines
References
- "Nisbet: Scottish Borders". Gazetteer for Scotland. Retrieved 30 November 2022.
- "Jedfoot". Gazetteer for Scotland. Retrieved 30 November 2022.