Galashiels railway station
Galashiels railway station serves the town of Galashiels in the Scottish Borders region of Scotland. It reopened on 6 September 2015[1] as part of the Borders Railway, a project to run trains between Edinburgh and Tweedbank, a village on the outskirts of Galashiels.
Galashiels  | |
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| Location | |
| Place | Galashiels |
| Local authority | Scottish Borders |
| Coordinates | 55.6175°N 2.805°W |
| Grid reference | NT493361 |
| Operations | |
| Station code | GAL |
| Managed by | Abellio ScotRail |
| Owned by | Network Rail |
| Number of platforms | 1 |
| Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries | |
| Annual rail passenger usage* | |
| 2015/16 | 0.214 million |
| 2016/17 |  |
| 2017/18 | |
| 2018/19 | |
| History | |
| Original company | Edinburgh and Hawick Railway |
| Pre-grouping | North British Railway |
| Post-grouping | London and North Eastern Railway |
| 1 November 1849 | Opened |
| 5 January 1969 | Closed |
| 6 September 2015 | Reopened 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 Galashiels from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year. | |
The original station was closed by British Rail in 1969, along with the rest of the Waverley Line. The new construction work was undertaken by BAM Nuttall opening on 6 September 2015; it is located slightly to the north of the original station.[2]
References
- Network Rail Timetable, May 2015
- "Borders to Edinburgh railway opens as longest line in UK in a century". BBC News. 6 September 2015.
External links
| Preceding station | |
Following station | ||
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| Stow or Gorebridge |
Abellio ScotRail Borders Railway |
Tweedbank | ||
| Historical railways | ||||
| Bowland Line open, station closed |
North British Railway Waverley Route |
Melrose Line partially open, station closed | ||
| Disused railways | ||||
| Clovenfords Line and station closed |
North British Railway Peebles Railway |
Terminus | ||
| Terminus | North British Railway Selkirk and Galashiels Railway |
Abbotsford Ferry Line and station closed | ||
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