Eskbank railway station
Eskbank  | |
|---|---|
| Scottish Gaelic: Bruach Easg[1] | |
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| Location | |
| Place | Eskbank, Dalkeith |
| Local authority | Midlothian |
| Coordinates | 55°52′59″N 3°04′59″W / 55.883°N 3.083°WCoordinates: 55°52′59″N 3°04′59″W / 55.883°N 3.083°W |
| Grid reference | NT323660 |
| Operations | |
| Station code | EKB |
| Managed by | Abellio ScotRail |
| Number of platforms | 1 |
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Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries | |
| Annual rail passenger usage* | |
| 2015/16 | 0.128 million[note 1] |
| 2016/17 |
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| History | |
| July 1849 | Opened as Gallowshall |
| October 1850 | Renamed Eskbank & Dalkeith[2] |
| 6 January 1969 | Closed |
| 6 September 2015 | Reopened as Eskbank on New Site |
| National Rail – UK railway stations | |
| * Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Eskbank from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year. | |
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Eskbank railway station (Scottish Gaelic: Bruach Easg[1]) is a station serving the Eskbank area of the town of Dalkeith, Midlothian, Scotland. It reopened on the Borders Railway between Edinburgh and Tweedbank, just beyond Galashiels. There is a half-hourly service to Tweedbank. It is approximately a mile from Dalkeith town centre.
The station sits approximately 12.5 km from Waverley and 43.5 km from Tweedbank,[3] and lies close to the towns of Bonnyrigg and Dalkeith.
The original Eskbank and Dalkeith railway station was previously closed (along with the Waverley Route) in 1969. The new construction work was undertaken by BAM Nuttall. The new station, further south than the original, reopened on 6 September 2015.[4]
Notes
- ↑ The statistics only reflect six months of operation
References
- 1 2 Brailsford, Martyn, ed. (December 2017) [1987]. "Gaelic/English Station Index". Railway Track Diagrams 1: Scotland & Isle of Man (6th ed.). Frome: Trackmaps. ISBN 978-0-9549866-9-8.
- ↑
- ↑ "Eskbank". Transport Scotland. Retrieved 2 August 2012.
- ↑ "Borders to Edinburgh railway opens as longest line in UK in a century". BBC News. 6 September 2015.
External links
- Borders Railway
- Eskbank Station (Transport Scotland)
- Video footage of Eskbank railway station
| Preceding station | |
Following station | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shawfair | Abellio ScotRail Borders Railway |
Newtongrange | ||
| Historical railways | ||||
| Glenesk Line open, station closed |
North British Railway Waverley Route |
Dalhousie Line open, station closed | ||
| Disused railways | ||||
| Terminus | North British Railway Macmerry Branch |
Smeaton Line and station closed | ||
| Crossgatehall Halt Line and station closed | ||||
| Bonnyrigg Line and station closed |
North British Railway Peebles Railway |
Terminus | ||
| Broomieknowe Line and station closed |
North British Railway Esk Valley Railway |
Terminus | ||
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