Newtongrange railway station

Newtongrange
Location
Place	Newtongrange
Local authority	Midlothian
Coordinates	55°52′02″N 3°04′08″W / 55.8671°N 3.0688°W / 55.8671; -3.0688Coordinates: 55°52′02″N 3°04′08″W / 55.8671°N 3.0688°W / 55.8671; -3.0688
Grid reference	NT331642
Operations
Station code	NEG
Managed by	Abellio ScotRail
Number of platforms	1
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage*
2015/16	86,398
2016/17	0.142 million
History
1 January 1908[1]	Opened
6 January 1969	Closed
6 September 2015	Reopened on New Site[2]
National Rail – UK railway stations
* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Newtongrange from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.
UK Railways portal

Newtongrange railway station is part of the Borders Railway, the reopened section of the Waverley Route between Edinburgh Waverley and Tweedbank, just beyond Galashiels. The new station is on a site south of the original station. There are half-hourly services (hourly on Sundays) from this stop to Tweedbank and Edinburgh. This station serves the town of Newtongrange, Midlothian, Scotland.

The station was previously closed (along with the Waverley Route) in 1969. The station reopened on 6 September 2015.^[3] On 9 September 2015 the Queen and Prince Philip stopped off in Newtongrange station to unveil a plaque.^[4] The new construction work was undertaken by BAM Nuttall.

The station also directly serves the National Mining Museum Scotland.

References

External links

• Borders Railway
• Video and commentary on Newtongrange Railway Station.

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Eskbank		Abellio ScotRail Borders Railway		Gorebridge
	Historical railways
Dalhousie Line open, station closed		North British Railway Waverley Route		Gorebridge Line and station open