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
Location
PlaceGalashiels
Local authorityScottish Borders
Coordinates55.6175°N 2.805°W / 55.6175; -2.805
Grid referenceNT493361
Operations
Station codeGAL
Managed byAbellio ScotRail
Owned byNetwork Rail
Number of platforms1
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections
from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage*
2015/16 0.214 million
2016/17 0.346 million
2017/18 0.356 million
2018/19 0.360 million
History
Original companyEdinburgh and Hawick Railway
Pre-groupingNorth British Railway
Post-groupingLondon and North Eastern Railway
1 November 1849Opened
5 January 1969Closed
6 September 2015Reopened 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

  1. Network Rail Timetable, May 2015
  2. "Borders to Edinburgh railway opens as longest line in UK in a century". BBC News. 6 September 2015.
Preceding station National Rail Following station
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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