Peebles (West) railway station

Peebles (West) railway station was one of two railway stations that served the burgh of Peebles, Peeblesshire, Scotland from 1864 to 1950 on the Symington, Biggar and Broughton Railway and Peebles Railway.

Peebles (West)
Location
PlacePeebles
AreaPeeblesshire
Coordinates56.6495°N 3.1949°E / 56.6495; 3.1949
Grid referenceNT249402
Operations
Original companyCaledonian Railway
Post-groupingLondon, Midland and Scottish Railway
British Railways (Scottish Region)
Platforms1
History
1 February 1864 (1864-02-01)Opened
5 June 1950Closed to passengers
1959 (1959)Closed to goods
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

History

The station opened on 1 February 1864 by the Symington, Biggar and Broughton Railway. It opened eight months before the station of the same name. The goods yard, which had loading banks, a goods shed and a crane, was to the south. To the west was a locomotive shed with two roads. The signal box was to the north west. It was burned down in 1889 but rebuilt later in the year and rebuilt again in 1906 when the goods yard was expanded. The station closed to passengers on 5 June 1950[1] but the goods facilities remained open, which were renamed Peebles West Goods. The signal box was reduced to a ground frame. The goods facilities closed in 1959.[2]

References
  1. M E Quick, Railway Passenger Stations in England Scotland and Wales—A Chronology, The Railway and Canal Historical Society, 2002, p. 316
  2. "RAILSCOT - Peebles [CR]". Railscot. Retrieved 30 April 2020.
Preceding station Historical railways Following station
Terminus   Symington, Biggar and Broughton Railway   Lyne
Line and station closed
Peebles (New)
Line and station closed		   Peebles Railway   Cardrona
Line and station closed


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