Abbotsford Ferry railway station

Abbotsford Ferry
Abbotsford Ferry
	Location of the former station (1991)
Location
Place	Melrose
Area	Scottish Borders
Grid reference	NT497334
Operations
Original company	Selkirk and Galashiels Railway
Pre-grouping	North British Railway
Post-grouping	London and North Eastern Railway
Platforms	1
History
5 April 1856	Station opened
5 January 1931	Station closed
Disused railway stations in the United Kingdom
	Closed railway stations in Britain; A B C D–F G H–J K–L M–O P–R S T–V W–Z
	UK Railways portal

Abbotsford Ferry railway station was a small railway station on the branch line from Galashiels to Selkirk railway station at Selkirk in the Scottish county of Selkirkshire.^[1]

The station was near Abbotsford House, formerly the residence of historical novelist and poet Sir Walter Scott.

Footnotes

R.V.J.Butt, (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations. Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 1-85260-508-1
A. Jowett, (2000). Jowett's Nationalised Railway Atlas. Atlantic Publishing. ISBN 0-906899-99-0

Preceding station	Disused railways			Following station
Galashiels Line and station closed		North British Railway Selkirk and Galashiels Railway		Lindean Line and station closed

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