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Former railway station in Scotland

Saughtree
General information
LocationSaughtree, Roxburghshire
Scotland
Grid referenceNY564981
Platforms1
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original companyBorder Counties Railway
Pre-groupingNorth British Railway
Post-groupingLondon and North Eastern Railway
North Eastern Region of British Railways
Key dates
1862Station opened
1 December 1944Station closed to passengers
23 August 1948Station reopens to passengers
15 October 1956Station closed to passengers
1 September 1958Station closed to freight
Border Counties Railway
Overview
StatusClosed
Locale
Service
TypeHeavy rail
History
Commenced11 December 1855
Opened2 April 1858 (1858-04-02)
Completed24 June 1862
Merged intoNorth British Railway - 1860
Merged intoLondon North Eastern Railway - 1923
Merged intoBritish Railways - 1948
Closed
Technical
Track gauge4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm)
Route map

Legend
Up arrow Waverley Route to Edinburgh
Riccarton Junction
Down arrow Waverley Route to Carlisle
Saughtree
Scotland
England
Deadwater
Kielder
Lewiefield Halt
Plashetts
Plashetts Colliery Waggonway
portion of line flooded by Kielder Water
Falstone
Thorneyburn
Tarset
Charlton
Bellingham
Right arrow Wansbeck Railway to Morpeth
Reedsmouth
Countess Park (1859–1861)
Wark
Barrasford
Chollerton
Chollerford (later Humshaugh)
Wall
Up arrow Newcastle & Carlisle Railway to Carlisle
Border Counties Bridge
Border Counties Junction
Hexham
Down arrow Newcastle & Carlisle Railway to Newcastle

Saughtree railway station is a closed railway station situated a mile north of the hamlet of Saughtree and two miles from the border with England.

History

Saughtree railway station was on the Border Counties Railway which linked the Newcastle and Carlisle Railway, near Hexham, with the Border Union Railway at Riccarton Junction. The first section of the route was opened between Hexham and Chollerford in 1858, the remainder opening in 1862. Services to the station were never frequent, due to its remote location (the nearest settlement being a mile distant) – only a single train each way was timetabled to call on Mondays, Thursdays & Saturdays, to allow the handful of regular passengers to travel to Hawick to shop. The service was suspended altogether on 1 December 1944 as a wartime economy measure, eventually being reinstated in August 1948.

The line was closed to passengers by British Railways in October 1956 and completely two years later. The station had a single platform, a stone-built station building, and a siding.

The station building and platform have been restored and 400 yards of new track laid.

Former Services
Preceding station   Disused railways   Following station
Riccarton Junction   London and North Eastern Railway
Border Counties Railway 		  Deadwater

References

  1. ^ "Disused Stations - Saughtree"Disused Stations Site Record; Retrieved 17 May 2016
  2. Quick, M. E. (2002). Railway passenger stations in England, Scotland and Wales – a chronology. Richmond: Railway and Canal Historical Society. p. 379. OCLC 931112387.

External links

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