Stow railway station

Stow railway station /ˈstaʊ/ serves the village of Stow of Wedale in the Scottish Borders, Scotland. It was reopened as part of the Borders Railway between Edinburgh and Tweedbank, just beyond Galashiels. It is the nearest station to the town of Lauder. Stow is the only station on the new Borders Railway at which not all services stop.[1]

This article is about the railway station in the Scottish Borders. For the closed railway station in Norfolk, see Stow Bardolph railway station. For the closed railway station in Gloucestershire, see Stow-on-the-Wold railway station.

Stow
Location
Place	Stow of Wedale
Local authority	Scottish Borders
Coordinates	55.692°N 2.867°W / 55.692; -2.867
Grid reference	NT456446
Operations
Station code	SOI
Managed by	Abellio ScotRail
Number of platforms	2
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage*
2015/16	39,656
2016/17	67,474
2017/18	69,834
2018/19	71,222
History
Original company	Edinburgh and Hawick Railway
Pre-grouping	North British Railway
Post-grouping	London and North Eastern Railway
1 November 1848	Opened
6 January 1969	Closed
6 September 2015	Reopened
National Rail – UK railway stations
Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Stow from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.

History

The original station at Stow was opened by the North British Railway on 1 November 1848. Some timetables described the station as Stow for Lauder. It was closed by British Rail on 6 January 1969.[2]

Stow station (and the line) reopened on 6 September 2015.[3] The new construction work was undertaken by BAM Nuttall.

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Gorebridge		Abellio ScotRail Borders Railway		Galashiels
	Historical railways
Fountainhall Line open, station closed		North British Railway Waverley Route		Bowland Line open, station closed

References

1. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 September 2015. Retrieved 9 September 2015.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
2. Butt, R.V.J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations. Yeovil: Patrick Stephens Ltd. p. 221. ISBN 1-85260-508-1. R508.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
3. "Borders to Edinburgh railway opens as longest line in UK in a century". BBC News. 6 September 2015.

External links

• Borders Railway